I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and explored in Yosemite in the High Sierra.
When you have been persistent for as long as I have been, you have to exercise a certain amount of caution, but I want to do everything.
Shopping in Mumbai is always an outing with friends.
I think good art does come from a dark place.
I think when you exercise in open spaces, it kind of detoxifies your body and gives you peace of mind.
In our community, we are encouraged to take up professions like medicine or engineering that offer consistency and job security. Acting is not a 'real' profession.
I love to work out under a clear sky with lots of fresh air purifying my lungs.
When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.
Other than dying, I think puberty is probably about as rough as it gets.
Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.
If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.
The ocean is where I go
To lose my mind and find my soul
To lose my mind and find my soul
I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.
Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.
I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil.
Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light.
In the high-income English-speaking world, the elderly get treated very well indeed.
Globalization obviously has the potential to be good. That doesn't mean it's good for everybody. There's a very large number of people in India and China who benefited directly from globalization, but it doesn't mean everybody in America benefits from globalization.
I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other.
All our lives, we fight for certain ideals, and they get diluted, and then we have to fight for them again.
I don't want to be like other authors and say that there are only a few story lines in literature. A story is like a human face. We have as many stories as human faces. You might have similar facial features, but they're all a little different.
Nobody thought the Soviet Union would collapse; it was a shock for everyone.
Reality has always attracted me like a magnet; it tortured and hypnotized me. I wanted to capture it on paper.
Freedom is not an instantaneous holiday, as we once dreamed. It is a road. A long road. We know this now.
I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute.
Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at nights. Your mind is on her - on whatever. You know, that's the blues. You can't hug that money at night. You can't kiss it.
I don't think that globalisation is anywhere near the threat that robots are.
Trade, migration, and modern communications have given us networks of friends and associates in other countries. We owe them much, but the social contract with our fellow citizens at home brings unique rights and responsibilities that must sometimes take precedence, especially when they are as destitute as the world's poorest people.
The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.
I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them.
I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.
I am a happy man. I've had a good life.
To hear someone talk about their life - you get to know the way their eyes moisten up, how big the smile is or how comfortable their body language is while talking to someone.
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.
Fitness is about keeping yourself healthy. This is something you do for yourself and for your loved ones.
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
I always believe holidays strengthen the family bond, away from our daily hectic schedules.
I take a more holistic approach to fitness than trying to achieve a certain body to display.
If you were to put me under one umbrella, call me a storyteller.
Filmmaking, whatever the window dressing or the scale of a film may be, is eventually about telling a story.
Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.
I assure, the door to politics is never closed. Whatever medium is necessary to reach the masses, I will take that - be it cinema or politics.
More than the hits, flops will have an impact on my career. In fact, flops helped me shape my career. They made me look at things from a different angle.
In India, there are lots of places that I love, but my favourite is Kashmir.
India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity.
Politics has been a roller coaster, but I'll never look back and say, 'Why did I do it?' In fact, if my son decided to join politics tomorrow, he has my full and unconditional support.
I felt it was a privilege that I came from such a rich background. I had the best of both worlds. My mother was a Shia Muslim, while my father was a janoi-clad man. He never pretended to be secular.
A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path. But these problems can be solved - and swiftly - if the right leaders emerge.
