Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place.
You are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.
A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.
I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.
I am whatever you make me, nothing more. I am your belief in yourself, your dream of what a people may become. . . . I am the clutch of an idea, and the reasoned purpose of resolution. I am no more than you believe me to be and I am all that you believe I can be. I am whatever you make me, nothing more.
The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.
My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.
I do enjoy that folks [ Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin] really get into [ Aladdin ] because I enjoy getting it. I love it where you just get to go nuts. Ninety percent of what you hear, he wrote. There's ten percent that he let me play around with in the studio and actually put in the script if it was funny enough.
I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods.
It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal.
The only one I feel pressure from is myself to go and give my all for every match and, obviously, I'm a competitor.