The federal government has been a proven failure in picking winners and losers in the energy sector.
The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed.
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done.
I certainly don't walk around my home or being with my family and just using profane language all the time, but on stage, it's a constant.
Your roots, your family, your friends all become so much more important to you as you get older, especially if you are a wandering minstrel like me.
You get a letter from her agency embracing you into the family that says, 'It is our goal now to help you achieve your dream of being a songwriter, in John's memory.'
I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was never a big deal.
When I was a teenager, my parents made me take a part-time job at the local Black Eyed Pea, which was a home-cooked-food family restaurant.
In Brazil, we don't have Victoria's Secret, and my family are all Victoria's Secret fans, so I usually bring them back some lovely pieces.
The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me - my mother's side of the family have awful legs.
There are psychological repercussions to illness and we need a little more help to get through the effects not only on the afflicted but on the family. And I think there's even a place for humor in that.
I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.
I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.
I don't think of myself as a movie star. I'm a movie worker. I come from a railroad family. I come from the corn.
Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgard.'
I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer.
I have such respect for guest actors. They don't know all the characters as deeply as the regulars, and the cast isn't your family, so you have more at stake.
I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in.
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet.
I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going.
