I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically.
I am different than some people would like me to be. I just don't buy into that the personal can be political.
The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.
The fine line that you do when you do political comedy is, as long as you have that laugh, you're fine.
I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.
I never start anything with a really overt, political, or even exactly artistic mission statement.
The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.
It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
Comedy isn't polite and it isn't correct and it isn't accurate, even. It's just a mess. So that's the way that I approach it.
People show surprise that I have interests outside my political career. There is subtle surprise, for example, that I would be interested in a recipe.
Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.
You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.
When politics and home life have become one and the same thing, [...] then,[...] it is evident that we will be in a state of total liberty or anarchy.
The political satirist usually votes against their own interests, but the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter.
Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.
The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate.
Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.
When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.
the euro, it seems, is stuck in a political no man's land – trapped between two opposing world views. And the battleground is not economics, but ethics.
You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman, as far as the Negro in competition with whites socially, economically and politically is concerned, and there is no use lying.
I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement - I just happen to be Scottish.
