There is nothing in the world so monstrously vast as our indifference.
If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led.
Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp.
By seeing a same-sex couple in ordinary situations, that it might make people think twice about if they have, you know, questions about acceptance of LGBT equality, it's one way to just say that, you know, 'We're members of your family and gay people are like anybody else. '
Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
Our mechanics are engineered so that we can survive quite a lot, but I think our need to be loved is so great that it’s the thing that damages us the most.
A person can no more make money suddenly and largely, and be unharmed by it, than one could suddenly grow from a child's stature to an adult's without harm.
We did not organize press conferences and talk about fighting against corruption, we acted on the ground and brought changes in the schemes to fight corruption.
Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all. . . Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.