In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down.

My own fashion sense has been influenced by 'We'll Take Manhattan.' It's gotten a little better.

Inarritu's own nomination for Best Director for 'Babel' was the first such honor for a Mexican director.

We are all entitled to our own opinion.

Women are breaking down barriers, I'm so grateful and honored to be a part of it.

I got to sing a wonderful song called 'I Ain't Down Yet.' Well, I ain't.

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you.

I went from unknown to having no anonymity.

Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.

I've always loved coach Brett Brown. I've been on record. I've been a fan of his for years.

I want to be known as a great businessman.

I always like to entertain, first of all, and if the readers take anything away from it that helps them with their own lives, well then, that is a bonus.

I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork.

I ran my own business when I was 19, buying condos and renovating apartment buildings.

You do have to kind of sit down and try to write, because it's not the easiest thing when you're off and on planes. I'm sure if you're always on a bus, it's a little bit easier.

We had library books in our house, but not our own. So you had 14 days to read them. There would be eight books a fortnight in our house and I'd read as many of those as I could.

Look, if you're driving down the highway at 120 miles an hour, I'd rather be behind the wheel than in the backseat.

It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.

If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness.