The language of the heroic is something that has evolved over time.
The 'Daughter of the Regiment' that I did in Boston was vintage Sarah Caldwell, which is to say it was brilliant. Before my career was over, I'm sure I sang the role of Marie at least a hundred times, often in productions that cost a fortune, but none touched hers.
You can't have a value structure without a hierarchy. They're the same thing because a value structure means one thing takes precedence over another.
There's one thing I'm really good at, and that's hitting the ball over a net, in a box. I'm excellent.
I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world.
I hoard and buy loads of the same things over and over - DVDs, clothes, trainers.
I never felt ostracized or made to feel strange by obsessing over 'The Onion' or 'Calvin and Hobbes.' That was considered completely normal.
I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.
DJing is really, really pleasant. It's like having people over and making hors d'oeuvres.
President Ford was taken for a ride by his predecessor, whom he unpardonably pardoned; Jimmy Carter was also taken for a ride, but by his successor, Ronald Reagan, over the return of the Iran hostages.
I don't hover over the thought of only playing a protagonist.
The human heart is the same the world over.
There is no denying that the interventionist wars in Iraq and Libya that were propagated as necessary to relieve human suffering actually increased human suffering in those countries - many times over.
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.
We misjudge risk if we feel we have some control over it, even if it's an illusory sense of control.
I've been the movie business for over 50 years, and I've done everything imaginable that could be done or ever was done by anybody.
The implication here is that those who came to America legally over the years are somehow second-class citizens.
What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
