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Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.

I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry, because I don't think my kids are going to have that. The world is very scary. The world would be scary without the choices the current administration made, but they just exacerbated it. And it ticks me off. I want my kids to have a good life.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

The invisible carnage of the unf-ed wives and the children not being read to is just wafting out.

At the end of your days, you will be judged by your gallop, not by your stumble.

Infuse your life with action.

Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair. You will inevitably make mistakes but at the end of your days, you will be remembered for your gallop, not for your stumble.

The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?

John Wells let me write a couple of West Wings, which was an incredible gift. I loved it once I got past the brain injury part of it, and so I'm working on a couple of things that are far from fruition, but what I want to pursue

You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are

Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.

I can't believe George Bush might be president.

I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day.

Help us show children around the world that we can make a difference together.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.

We all go through life bristling at our external limitations, but the most difficult chains to break are inside us.

Take action. Every story you've ever connected with, every leader you've ever admired, every puny little thing that you've ever accomplished is the result of taking action. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.