“Making my family laugh when I was little - it became an addiction. It was a kind of survival.” Quote by Sarah Silverman
“If I have to write by a certain time, I can pull through, but usually I just let stuff happen, hanging out with comic friends - or bringing a basic idea on stage and seeing if it goes anywhere.” IfsWritingI CanIdeasHappensCertainStuffSeeingStageComicHanging OutStuff Happens Author:Sarah Silverman
“I am Jewish and proud of this culturally and ethnically - the ways in which I was born this way and am happy with whom I am.” WayBornProudBorn This Way Author:Sarah Silverman
“I'd been an actor my whole life, since I was a kid. And then, I quit for awhile and went to university. When I wanted to start acting again, I couldn't get a job, and that was really depressing. So, I realized, at that time, that I have to take responsibility for my own creativity.” WholeKidsWantedJobsActorsMy OwnActingResponsibilityCreativityUniversityI RealizedWhole LifeQuittingDepressingTaking ResponsibilityI QuitReally Depressing Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Our culture has a tendency to pigeonhole people and to try to tear down anybody who's breaking out of our comfort zone. That's why we get into these cultural ruts that end up being destructive prejudices. But breaking out of that comfort zone is the most rewarding thing you can do, in your life. I do my best to push myself, when I can.” PeopleTryingI CanEndsCultureCan DoTearsComfortPrejudiceTendenciesDestructiveZoneComfort ZoneRuts Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“When you're comfortable and secure, it's not enough. The mind doesn't stop there because it has to continue to focus itself as this body, so it moves to pleasure. And pleasure really is a non-existent thing. When we're experiencing pleasure, we're trying to hold onto it as it leaves, so it really isn't pleasure. Pleasure is pain because we're grasping.” TryingMindEnoughBodyPainMovingPleasureFocusComfortableSecureGrasping Author:Byron Katie
“And as long as we believe what we believe - until that is questioned - there's no progress as a human race. Again, we still have war. So, effective rehabilitation is to question what we believe. When that happens, everyone gets out of prison.” BelieveHumansLongStillsWarHappensRaceProgressPrisonHuman RaceRehabilitation Author:Byron Katie
“Everyone has equal wisdom. It is absolutely equally distributed. No one is wiser than anyone else.” EqualWiser Author:Byron Katie
“There's no one who can teach you except yourself. Each of us needs to look at what our belief system really consists of. Look at the concepts that come across your mind and just notice what you believe.” NeedsMindBelieveLooksBeliefTeachConceptsBelief Systems Author:Byron Katie
“If your beliefs are stressful and you question them, you come to see that they aren't true - whereas prior to questioning, you absolutely believe them. How can you live in joy when you're believing thoughts that bring on sadness, frustration, anger, alienation, and loneliness?” IfsBelieveJoyBeliefSadnessLonelinessFrustrationQuestioningAlienationStressful Author:Byron Katie
“To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don't know anything finer than that.” KnowsMindHumansEnoughHuman BeingsKnow HowExerciseBalanced Author:Byron Katie