So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want.
The thing about working with Peter Jackson is that, at the end of the day, he is a passionate artist.
Films are always different from books.
Tolkien fans reacted so strongly to 'Lord Of The Rings' as a franchise because it stayed true; the heart of it was true to the book.
When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it.
At first blush, it seems that the young people who were shot down in the parking lot at the base of Blanket Hill gave up their lives for a dream that died with them.
But he said Blanket Hill should be a national monument. And so we came out of his chambers feeling, though while we had lost to the powers of darkness, we had at least shown one Federal Judge what the right path would have been.
A dog is like a liberal. He wants to please everybody. A cat really doesn't need to know that everybody loves him.
I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.
Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.
I'll never forget the fall colors on the Berkshires.
At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math.
In those days industry would hire any chemist that could breathe.
Brand names aren't important to me at all.
I made my first mix tape when I was 14.
Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.
I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock.
'Khalifa' is Arabic, it means successor, leader, shining light. My granddad is Muslim and he gave me that name.
My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.
I never got nervous performing my own material.
Yeah, baggy jeans are done. Nobody wants to wear big, baggy jeans. Baggy jeans are completely over with.
