You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.
If everyone got a divorce and looked for a second wife, the Coptic family would lose its moral compass.
Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.
Because beauty will be so readily accessible, and skin color and features will be similar, prejudices based on physical features will be nearly eradicated. Prejudice will be socioeconomically based.
The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.
If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.
I met Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Kevin Bacon at Sundance. Steve Buscemi is pretty laid-back. I met Judy Greer in Vegas, and she was cool.
The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing.
The late 20th century had just enough communication abilities to allow superstar-ness and communality to happen. It was a musical renaissance that rivals the visual one that happened in the 1400s.
I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.
It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.
Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders.
Partisanship particularly increased after the 1994 elections and then the appearance of the first unified Republican government since the 1950s.
Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.
My argument is that charity does indeed start at home, but it doesn't stop there.
This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.
I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school.
When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics.
I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
