"It is a vast, and pervasive, cognitive mistake to assume that people who agree with you (or disagree) do so on the same criteria that you care about."

“It depends on your specific conception of God, because belief can equally well leave you with this constant sense that you're coming up short and you're being judged and you're not doing quite the perfect thing. You know, I was brought up very religiously, and I never totally lost that sense, you know, that I'm screwing up.”

“If we could all take a sober look at our history, then we would no longer see this nostalgic attitude to the Soviet past that predominates among the less affected part of our society.”

“It is very difficult to stop feeling.”

“There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students: "white shoe," "brown shoe," and "black shoe." "White shoe" people were kind of the ur-preppies from high-class backgrounds. "Brown shoe" people were kind of the high school student-council presidents who were snatched up and brushed up a little bit to be sent out into the world. "Black shoe" people were beyond the pale. They were chemistry majors and things like that.”

“I can appreciate anybody's passion for anything.”

Source : "Kristanna Loken for 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. June 16, 2003.

“If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.”

“Swallow what's bitter in the cup and move on.”

“You can't get there alone. In fact, you can't get very far at all.”

Source : Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.16, Crown Business