Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.
Poetry is an act of love. Without love life is impossible. Without poetry love has no exuberance.
Without doubt, it is the greatest act of courage that is often the most fearful.
If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this... it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.
I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
Sometimes when you're starting out with acting, you have to take what you can get to get experience and meet people.
From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands.
The fact that I am able to live a life and act and to do all of those things and support myself and my family is a gift.
My mother's family raised grains and crops. My father's grew sugarcane and mangos. So I knew more about the basics of farming than of acting.
The crisis in Europe has affected the U.S. economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence, and pressuring U.S. financial markets and institutions.
If you hang around long enough to show these people what you can do, you have a chance in this acting business.
Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.
This acting's serious! And I really respect those actors. It's a tough business to be able to be something you're not and be natural and convince people on camera.
I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.
I love acting, but don't necessarily enjoy other aspects of the business. For me, going to celebrity parties is like work.
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra.
Sometimes acting is really cool because it forces you to exercise certain muscles in your personality that you wouldn't normally be called upon in life.
When you're in Los Angeles, nobody bats an eye, they're so used to seeing actors, they just act really cool.
Our career is a dream. I mean, we get to act, travel around the world, and meet cool people. What's not to love!
