The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.
I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level.
Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.
It drives me crazy when people talk about the scale as an indicator of health, because your weight doesn't tell you what's going on at a biochemical level.
I'm a huge fan of home recording. I think it levels the playing field. You don't need $100,000 to record a studio CD.
You kind of hope that the events themselves are interesting. I think that's what you have to hope for, that on a broad level it's an interesting story.
We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow.
All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.
I've never really had a problem with the imagination level of an audience. They're always smarter and savvier than any studio exec will give them credit for.
It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something as simple as television can empower us to create change and awareness in the world.
Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life.
One thing is for sure: most of the people admitting candidates to universities for technical subjects are pretty dissatisfied with the level of math education.
Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.
Increased awareness and education could be a great help toward improving spending and saving habits and increasing participation and contribution levels to retirement plans.
The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.
At some level, I feel it is nice to know that a film of yours is doing well at the box office and has also got great reviews. That feels like success.
There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.
But despite historic levels of obstruction, President Obama was able to bring the economy back from the verge of a second Great Depression.
When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were sort of chosen for me.
I've had a very good career and I'm grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.
