Most unfortunately, Enron's plunge into bankruptcy court also cost many of its rank-and-file employees their savings.
I also always carry my flute. It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.
Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.
I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.
Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.
But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.
Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead and the BeeGees.
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be the truth.
Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn't mean that you can't do something else and also make it sell.
The brain is highly structured, but it is also extremely flexible. It's not a blank slate, but it isn't written in stone, either.
I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
Punctuality is not just limited to arriving at a place at right time, it is also about taking actions at right time.
A magician reveals himself not only by the magic he presents but also by the respect and entertainment he gives to his audience.
The beauty of the unexpected lies within the surprise of the momentum, not only at its tipping point, but also within all the moments waiting.
Though people are laughing at the dirt surrounding you, they are missing to see the seeds also planted, growing silently within.
I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues.
If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there is also the familiar look that is the sign of perpetual crowds.
I've been known to do lunges down hotel hallways. I also like to use the ice bucket in the hotel room as a medicine ball.
Home is not necessarily, where the heart is. It is also, where good food,people, and sanity resides. even if that accounts for a house, with no people in it.
I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.
Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.