If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking?
You'll have lower prices under deregulation than you will through regulation.
I think Social Security should be bipartisan and it should transcend the next election, and you should get the best ideas of the Democrats and of the Republicans, and move forward with the best.
Any time you get to play or dress differently or look differently, as an actress, that's incredibly exciting.
Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to win.
More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.
When you start your first band and it has an impact on the rest of the world you go through a lot with those guys and you become very protective of that legacy.
Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.
Whether you are a consumer, a hardware maker, a software developer or a provider of cool new services, it's hard to make a move in the American cellphone world without the permission of the companies that own the pipes.
I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.
I think that old school style of 'I'm your parent and I'm greater than you' doesn't work. What I establish with my children is a partnership.
That's the easiest thing to do, is quit and give up when things are hard. You really see what you're made of when those things are not going the way you want them to go.
I shaved my head when I was 14 - is that bad? I asked my dad's permission first. He said, 'You're gonna look like a boy.' And I said, 'OK'... then I did it anyway. All through high school, I had a shaved head and I'd dye it crazy colors - it was fun.
I was the all-American face. You name it, honey - American Dairy Milk, Metropolitan Life insurance, McDonald's, Burger King. The Face That Didn't Matter - that's what I called my face.
The network shows have this very commercial voice that you have to adhere to, and the cable shows, it's kind of like winning the lottery. The independent film world is a world you can actually get to. You can get the under-a-million-dollar film by finding a good cast and financing.
The first time you make something, follow the recipe, then figure out how to tailor it to your own tastes.
I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.
Our students learn more in 30 days than one could learn in 30 years without our training. To really maximize your potential as an umpire, you need to get a solid foundation as soon as you can.
My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good.
The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
There's many different genres, and when you see R&B and pop and house, as well as electronic, come together, that's the reality of what music is.
It used to be that artists thought of nature as their environment. Now media is our environment. It has been for the past 50, 70 years. It's what you see on TV, on the computer, what is in the magazines and newspapers.
Jah is love, or God, whichever way you might accept it.
You know, you can't make the people do what you want them to do.
Depression is something that makes you lose your sight.
I am constantly asked, 'What's the difference between acting in the theater and acting in film?' The only answer I can give is the space - you adapt to the space. But acting is acting.
You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.
Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week.
Only the film industry can make you an overnight success. Unlike other jobs where you have to work your way up, here you can reach dizzying heights of fame instantly.
I watch ESPN all day. If you come into my trailer, ESPN is on. That's the first thing I do when I leave the set.
Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.
I like to play around with people who don't know me. Often I'm talking to people through my speaker phone, and after 10 minutes or so they say, 'Wait a minute, Marlee, how can you hear me?' They forget I have an interpreter there who is signing to me as they talk. So I say, 'You know what? I can hear on Wednesdays.'
Winning the NFC championship affords you a chance at the next opportunity.
It can bum you out when your intentions aren't, like, translated properly.
You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.
