You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
What fascinates me are the turning points where history could have been different.
The difference between me and the newer artists is that I have the history with the architects, the masters that started the music. I know where the music came from.
It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning.
There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies have many different systems of democracy.
Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
I take computers practically apart and put them back together. I have a supercomputer I built over the years out of different computers.
As I think about the future, I'm back where most people live their lives. Which is, death is not imminent, and that's different.
When there's an emergency weather situation, the local broadcaster is the source of information that often makes the difference between life and death.
I'd like to be remembered as someone who made a difference in the lives of young people - that I nurtured someone and taught them to pursue their dreams and their careers, to leave a legacy.
IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.
I can create clothes for so many different time periods. I've always tried to avoid being pigeonholed. Plus, everything I learn about design and costume from one movie somehow works its way into something else.
Facebook and pictures on the Internet have created such a different way of dating. It's not necessarily good because an obsessive quality can develop in people.
I have a lot of boyfriends, I want you to write that. Every country I visit, I have a different boyfriend. And I kiss them all.
The want of education and moral training is the only real barrier that exists between the different classes of men.
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.
The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. It's equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference.
Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.
I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fun.