Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week.
In the course of his presidency, Obama has gone from an almost magical charismatic figure to an ordinary politician. Ordinary. Average.
It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.
Hitler's economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or political decisions.
I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.
I was Catholic. You talk about a minority within a minority within a minority: a black Catholic in Savannah, GA.
There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.
I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.
It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States.
If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.
Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State.
Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases.
When you're involved in the work of the Lord, the power behind you is always greater than the obstacles before you.
I wanted to let my employees know what will come if they make the wrong choice. They need to worry if Obama gets reelected.
I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward.
When you're winning, anything you say has value. When you're losing, the less you say, the better.
Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.
At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.
There is no softer target in GOP primaries than the United Nations and foreign-aid spending.
The truce brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas depends, above all, on the borders between Egypt, Gaza and Israel.
The United States should encourage Israel to take further steps to improve the Palestinian economy.