I'm not scared of anything in particular but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration of feudalism and tribalism.

Once you're in a particular country and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.

Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind which is independent of all experience in its origin though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience because you only examine your particular part.

I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.

There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity and that is an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life and the exhilarating experience of open space.

Education particularly higher education will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.