As someone who came to New York in the 1970s, I was, like so many of my friends, a certified member of what we now call the 99 percent - and I was a lot closer to the bottom than to the top of that 99 percent. At some point during the intervening years, I moved into the 1 percent.
If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.
I'm always challenged by someone.
If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.
I never use debit cards. I only use credit cards. This way, if someone does get my account number... and charges $1 million, by federal law, my liability is zero.
One of the interesting things about Twitter is looking how famous people choose to use it. Take someone like Steve Martin, who I follow: it's all sorts of comic gems, nothing private, nothing personal - all jokes. Other celebrities are overtly personal - like Charlie Sheen. I do a mix of observations and updates.
I adore actors/actresses that have range: someone that can transform into a character that is far beyond who they truly are. Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp are amazing at this.
It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course.
I don't care how someone lives or how good their spoken English is. I do all of my interviews on Skype text chat - all that matters is their work.
Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?
I've seen my friends take someone back after they've cheated because they fit perfectly.
Know this, if someone has cheated on you who truly loves you, they have hurt themselves as much as they have hurt you.
It's difficult to know what to say to someone whose partner has cheated on them.
Cheating in school is a form of self-deception. We go to school to learn. We cheat ourselves when we coast on the efforts and scholarship of someone else.
If I am lining up for a race, and I know there is someone there who cheats, it upsets me.
It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.
As someone who took an oath to defend this country, I refuse to sit idle until the unimaginable occurs: Iran cheats or simply runs out the clock, and the largest state sponsor of terrorism threatens the United States and its allies with a nuclear weapon.
We don't want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.
Nobody should teach the black man in America to turn the other cheek, unless someone is teaching the white man in America to turn the other cheek.
If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.
