I went to Washington to ask for a little residual payment for the people who had written films in the early, early days, people who never got any residuals on tapes or anything at all.
Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
My wife loves football, but I think she's resigned to the fact that I'll never make it there.
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart.
Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.
I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.
Liberalism has never done as well as it thinks at resolving its own crises.
Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance.
We never thought 'Say Something' would be a holiday song. I'm still surprised that it's resonating at this time of year. Maybe that's why it's working so well - it balances out all the joy.
I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women.
I've never hidden my Christianity in Hollywood, and I've been handled respectfully because I handle the issue and other people respectfully.
I ain't never called nobody no redskin. I've never been mad, like, 'Get out of this restaurant, you redskin.'
In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take.
I always told myself never to have a plan B - I feel like that's also one of the reasons I'm doing what I'm doing now, because I just never really rested until I got here.
Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.
My whammy system is set up so I can yank the bar up as well as do dive-bombs with it. This means that if I accidentally push down on the bridge with my palm, my strings go sharp and sound out of tune. I make sure this never happens by never resting my hand on the bridge when muting. I always do my muting just in front of the bridge.
I've never been a frustrated person because I learnt at a very young age that the frustration I had inside of me had to do with creativity and the ability to transform that into action. I realized very early my restlessness had to be channelled into things I could do.
If the Italian is the most passionate lover in the world, it may be because he is the most restrained. Rigid convention denies him all contact with the lovelier girls, who never are free from chaperons.
Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been restricted by what technical musicians might call a song.
