I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.
There is a horrible misconception that you can either act or not. But experience is everything.
A traveller must buy his own experience, and success or failure depends mainly on personal idiosyncrasies.
If experience has taught me anything, it’s to make every day as good as possible. You learn that with age, as it goes by so quick.
The pain of loneliness seems to be part of the mortal experience. But the Lord in His mercy has made it so that we need never deal with the challenges of mortality alone.
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning – in other words, of absurdity – the more energetically meaning is sought.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
Just making a movie the way ‘All is Lost’ had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.
To represent your country is an honor and a great experience.
The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn’t just because we think more, but also because we think differently.
Growing up in Silicon Valley, during my time at Morgan Stanley and as a member of Stanford’s Board, I’ve had the opportunity to experience firsthand how tech companies can help people in their daily lives.
I do like being in front of the camera more and more. Having experience behind it has taught me about lighting and angles, how to move, and what looks good and what doesn’t.
The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions.
Let me say that I consider myself a deep believer in the reality of God. I might define God quite differently from the way some people in the Christian faith would do so, but I do not doubt the reality of that experience.
I write the black experience in America, and contained within that experience, because it is a human experience, are all the universalities.
I don’t know about changing my perspective, because motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I am very thankful for that. It’s such a beautiful experience. I so strongly recommend it. It’s bliss, love and fulfillment of another level.
The chips fall into place, but the educational experience I had at Cal, second to none.
Many filmmakers have had that experience. They make a movie, then out of nowhere, they either pass censorship or fail.
Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.
I always encourage people to get out there, travel the world, see new things, experience new people, experience new food, experience new culture. What happens is that helps you to grow and be your best self.
Black History Month could focus less on slavery and civil rights and more on the Harlem Renaissance and everything we have achieved. I want to know about the whole black experience.
That’s part of what a relationship is: you don’t experience things in the same way.
The B-52s, you know, our songs are about volcanoes or lobsters. Cindy and I sing them like our lives depend on them. I feel very emotional when I’m singing ‘Rock Lobster,’ but I’ve wanted to sing more about my personal experience.
It’s okay to fail ‘cause there’s no failure, you’re just informing the richness of your experience, and that’s – that’s the greatest gift you can possibly give yourself.
