In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.
My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave.
The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage.
Look, of course people are scared of entitlement reform because every time you put entitlement reform out there, the other party uses it as a political weapon against you.
Before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all, we are going to solve this nation's economic problems. And I'm going to level with you: We don't have that much time. But if we are serious, and smart, and we lead, we can do this.
Time is the wisest counselor of all.
I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball.
Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.
If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?
There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.
I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that.
I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.
I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying!
The first time I was paparazzi'd, I thought I was being investigated for an insurance claim.
Time is a mind construct. It's not real.
At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.
It's a very neurotic time we live in, this postanalytical period where everybody goes to a shrink to solve their problems.
My greatest desire as an actor is to keep people guessing and not do anything close to what I did last time.
I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the same time.
Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.
I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.
