"Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person."

“We are responsible for our own destiny. What matters is how we improve ourselves from this moment forward.”

“I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint. ... When the stakes are high enough and the risks obvious, we still turn to people who can be counted on to understand those risks and prepare for worst-case scenarios. A chief of state does not want to hear a general in the field say that he 'hopes' to win tomorrow's battle or that he's 'visualizing victory' ...”

“Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity”

“There's a joke about the balloon boy who has a balloon mum and a balloon dad and he goes to a balloon school with balloon friends ad a balloon principal. And one day, the balloon boy decides to take a pin to his balloon school, which is, of course, a disaster. And he's called into the balloon principal's office, and the balloon principal tells him, 'You've let me down, you've let your school down, you've let your parents down, you've let your friends down. But most importantly you've let yourself down'.”

Source : Gabrielle Williams (2010). “Beatle Meets Destiny”, p.216, Marshall Cavendish

“I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong.”

Source : "Exclusive: Amber Heard talks about being out in Hollywood" by J. Halterman, www.afterellen.com. December 4, 2010.

“Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Forms and regularity of proceeding, if they are not justice, partake much of the nature of justice, which, in its highest sense, is the spirit of distributive order.”

“Today, you get better performance from a Ford Focus than a Ferrari from the mid-70s. [The Focus] is just as fast and with better fuel economy. It's fun to see supercar technology trickle down to everyday cars.”