Any radical change or trauma always makes for interesting subject matter, but then all stories deal, to some extent, with the disjuncture between past and present.
It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know, cuddled in your little bed, and there it is, raging storms, snowing - wonderful.
If a film is a real knockout like 'Raging Bull,' it does not matter that it might not have happened like that.
When we talk about national infrastructure, we often discuss roads and railroads, but as a matter of fact, mobile infrastructure is equally as important.
There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.
The truth of the matter is that I live on an isolated cattle ranch in the middle of Oklahoma and that's not going to change.
If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
I finished three years ranked No. 1, so the ranking doesn't matter anymore.
I always believe in myself, no matter what my ranking.
Violence against judges and threats of violence against Judges is on the rise and it is no laughing matter. When leaders attempt to rationalize this violence, it only makes the problem worse.
When I was 26, 27 years old I was running a kitchen in New York, and I was a raving lunatic. The older you get, you figure out you don't need to do that. You realize at a certain point, there's a certain gravity to what you say and what you do. If that's not enough, all the yelling in the world is not going to matter.
I am running for re-election no matter who runs.
You read about somebody, and it doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.
Intimacy between humans need not be relegated to independent film. Real characters can exist no matter what the scale of a movie is.
I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.
Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art.
I have a bold plan to break from the Bloomberg years, and end the 'Tale of Two Cities' by providing real opportunity to all New Yorkers, no matter where they live.
If I'm being forced to do something I don't want to do, my real self comes out. But whether or not I'm aware of it, no matter what happens, I'm always going to have a fake self, and I'm not going to judge my fake self.
The vast majority of what I've seen written about me is not true. My family and friends - the people who matter to me - they know the real story.
I wish we could have state-of-the-art hospitals in every corner of the earth... but realistically, it's going to be a while before that can happen. But we can immunise every kid on earth, and we can prevent these diseases. It's only a matter of political will, a little bit of money and some systems to do it.
