You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.
This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion.
The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.
The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman.
It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.
Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture.
As a teenager, I developed a great interest in not only horse breeding but also horse racing and used to bet based on red-hot tips. I realized that becoming a bookmaker would be very lucrative, but Dad put his foot down, saying it was an inappropriate career.
There are people, radio talk show hosts, those kind of people, it's their job to only have one opinion, they can't tell you about their feelings. They have to go with what pays their bills.
When I became political and Communist, it was because they were the only people I had ever met who fought the color bar in their lives.
To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it.
I was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 16, 1923, the only child of Joel and Sylvia Miller.
Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.
You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.
Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.
My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job.
I only know one way to pitch. I really do.
For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to make a living and for whom the bush is the most welcoming community, is a child lost forever for peace and development. I contest this view. For the sake of these children, it is essential to prove that another life is possible.
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.
Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.
Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get.
I guess it could be said that the inspiration for 'Requiem for a Dream' is watching the American dream not only destroy so many lives in the U.S., but infect the rest of the world with its obsession with getting more, ignoring the deadly effect that has on the planet.
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful German officials who have now been imprisoned only because they carried out their duties.
For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma.
It's hard to edit. It's hard to stay focused. And yet, we know we'll only do our best work if we stay focused. And so, you know, the hardest decisions we made are all the things not to work on, frankly.
I enjoyed my time in Utah. It was a different area to what I was used to. The people there were very nice and it was a great organization and city. I have only good things to say about Utah.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat.
I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22.
The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need.
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
