Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror. 630
Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year. 1.1K
Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don’t necessarily know how to obtain happiness. 599
I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition. 1.26K
My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value – I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone. 914
I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack. 549
That should be the measure of success for everyone. It’s not money, it’s not fame, it’s not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. 599
Everyone applauds each other’s success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process. 1.78K
In New York, everyone’s desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London they’re more laid back about things like that. 613
The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land. 801
Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed. 614
No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship. 634
It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It’s harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is. 1.53K
