Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities of citizenship.
What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.
I love looking out at 27 semis and being like, every single one of those semi trucks is there to put together my stage.
Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their own physicians.
I love to meet the fans. I just get embarrassed with those who weep. I don't know what to do or what to say. It's a very embarrassing situation.
Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.
I'd just love to have an audience and it's the most fun in the world to get a new script every week and have the audience come in, and work with those actors.
Even though we are deceived, still believe. Though we are betrayed, still forgive. Love completely even those who hate you.
The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises.
What's the reality of being inside a zoo, for the animals and for the people who love and care for those animals? There's a lot of joy, and there's a lot of loss.
I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.
Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so sometimes I do those things along with the jokes.
It bothers me when musicians listen to music from the '60s and try and recreate it. Those people weren't trying to recreate music from the '20s. Why do it?
He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and those numbers increase.
But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasn't full time.
I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
Medical attention and emotional support can be difficult to obtain for those in need, yet both are essential to nurturing healthy futures year round and especially during the holiday season.
I just remember Stella Tenant and me dancing in Donatella Versace's bathtub until like four in the morning. It was one of those 'pinch me' moments.
I used to hear about guys who played saying how difficult it is getting up in the morning, and now I'm experiencing it; those same effects.