The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
In 2008, Putin's message was, 'We aren't like a Central Asian republic, we aren't going to build a personalistic regime, we will have institutions.' This is all abolished now. The very idea of a governing party and party career, as you have in China,...
Comedy is very hard, but you have to learn the art and science of it.
The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was.
I think the key to working with my husband is that collaboration in comedy is best.
The best way to ruin a comedy is to throw a lot of money at it.
The original 'Caddyshack' with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray is one of the best comedies ever made.
Comedy in America is very serious. Either they laugh, or they don't.
Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.
I like comedy, I mean, in all forms.
There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy.
I'd like to do a bit of comedy.
I'm not going to give up the shock part of my comedy.
Most comedy comes out of misery.
Comedy is actually very macho driven.
Chris Guest is the godfather of improvisational comedy.
I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer.
Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.
I think comedy is funnier when it's real.
Comedy's really subjective, you know.
Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. (Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.) [ ]
