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Fidelity surveyed a group with at least $1 million investment assets excluding real estate and retirement. 42% of them did not FEEL wealthy.

Reading is my breath.

Pursuing your dreams is the best way of insulating yourself from your nightmares.

The last word of love is ... goodbye.

There's still a lot of people out there who think the only good shark is a dead shark.

I really learned to approach climbing not just with a pure athletic mentality, but also to appreciate all these beautiful places we get to go to.

Men, as an organization, are getting more women than any other group working anywhere in the world. Wherever women are, we have men looking into it.

I believe a writer is an eye, a pervasive eye that sees the reality that surrounds us, as well as the impression it makes on our souls. It reacts — or does not react — by putting it on paper.

You have to make a film and make it interesting, so you can't have a shot of you cleaning your teeth just because you did that. It's boring!

All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.

When I talk about having good hearing, I don't mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don't mean just looking, but looking at yourself.