The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.
I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.
With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all.
Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal.
Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.
In life every effort is marked down at the end as a win or a loss.
Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.
Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.
My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.
In short, we cannot grow, we cannot achieve authentic discovery, and our eyes cannot be cleansed to the truly beautiful possibilities of life, if we simply live a neutral existence.
I made up my mind several years ago that I had worked very hard to get to where I am in life and that I was only going to do things that are fun and exciting.
My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.
The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.
It is essential for genetic material to be able to make exact copies of itself; otherwise growth would produce disorder, life could not originate, and favourable forms would not be perpetuated by natural selection.
I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.