Endings are really hard to do, and it's hard to do an ending where it's sort of collaborative with thousands and thousands of people, and to satisfy all those people is impossible.
There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.
In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.
I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.
Everybody, I think, that was in 'Harry Potter' was certainly introduced to an enormous lot of young people.
Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies. I'm always hoping that half the people get the joke and the other half are the joke.
People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.
There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.
You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.
The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president.
Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.
Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.
I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.
The job of the government isn't to go around and try and make people sacrifice, it's to try and make people free. The reason why we have a national defense is to protect our freedoms.
People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.
Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace.
Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.
I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people.
People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white.
It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.
