I consider myself a spiritual atheist. I certainly believe there are forces bigger than ourselves, and that we should be searching, individually, for meaning in our lives. But I don't believe there's a supreme being, an intelligence that created everything.
All of us want to know that we are doing great things, that we are touching a lot of people, and that what we are doing is something bigger than ourselves.
Unless we tell stories about ourselves, which is all that theater is, we're in deep trouble.
For the resolving powers of our scientific instruments decide, at a given moment, of the size and the vision of our Universe, and of the image we then make of ourselves.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
I think I'm just like a lot of people who had nothing. We had to amuse ourselves, so we had to become amusing.
I think the outside world is more fascinated by the fact that me and my wife are competing against each other than we are ourselves.
There's one thing we all share: We eat to nurture ourselves, to feel stronger.
My mother has always instilled in us that we should carry ourselves with dignity despite the horror that came with the civil war. She also taught us that where you come from is very important because that's what makes you who you are. So for me, whatever I've gone through had profoundly shaped me; it has given me strength and unwavering faith.
You could fancy what you'd like, but as a woman, my mother always raised us to believe in ourselves. I am very grateful that my mother brought me up that way.
