I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?
The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.
The soaps are great training. You can form good habits - or you can form bad habits. You have to set your goals. If you're not clear on what you want, you can slip into bad habits. It can become a comfortable place, and you don't grow.
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
What is their potential for evil; what is their potential for wickedness? That's the only time that those characters become interesting to watch.
Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.
I like L.A., but I think what's changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become delinquent but the fatherless ones.
To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
I think the University of Texas has the chance to become the finest public university in the country.
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
The central question is whether Medicare and Medicaid should remain entitlement programs guaranteeing a certain amount of care, as Democrats believe, or become defined contribution programs in which federal spending is capped, as Republicans suggest.
I've spent enough time with soldiers to know that once they get to know you and they loosen up and become themselves, they are some of the biggest hams and most charismatic, cocky, fun, humorous guys I've ever met.
Colorado cannot afford to become the next California, with skyrocketing taxes that hurt our state's economy and our quality of life.
I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas.
To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.
It's easier not to make a particular joke in case it offends. But every joke will offend someone, and I've always believed that the audience is bigger than one person. The danger is that things will become bland.
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed.
With a lot of shows, what you'll see happen is they start off really well, and they're very original, but they become sort of a version of themselves. They stand outside the show... they become a cliche of the show they once were. That's the whole 'jumping the shark' thing.
We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to keep them out of it.
Without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next wave of anti-Semitism.
Groceries became a revelation: the people coming out with bundles of food. It's all like a great ceremony, and the whole drudgery of shopping has become my inspiration.
When you are scoring runs, you automatically become a good leader because you are armed with so much confidence. If you struggle with your performance, then it becomes very difficult for a leader to perform his role.
You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.
This whole thing has become a pantomime.
You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old.
Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
In social situations, when I'm surrounded by people, I become very shy. But if there's a camera in front of me, I feel free.
We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal. We must see what conclusion the child has drawn.
Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves.
