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Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into...

It would be unthinkable in Canadian public life today for the public inauguration of our supreme political figures to be accompanied by prayer.

I like things in their proper places.

The fact that Barack Hussein Obama became president is historic, to say the least. Actually, to become U.S. senator, that was historic, and then what he did later on - that's what inspired me to think...

I've said in the past that I'd like to play in Spain one day, because it is a league that is good technically and where you get a lot of touches on the ball, which is my style.

I wanted to write a book about what it's like to be 50 and trying to reinvent yourself - that struggle. There are all these books and inspirational speakers talking about being a lifelong learner, and...

Sustained exhaustion is not a rite of passage. It's a mark of stupidity.

Things repeat themselves.

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.

I love improv. 'Crazy, Stupid, Love,' the script was really great, but the directors were open to letting you try different things. And that felt like a muscle I hadn't exercised in a really long...

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.

I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.

Yelp is in a very nice spot: local data, and especially review data, is one of the killer apps on mobile phones.

A city of homes should not be built as a business center.

I'm looking forward to, as an actor, having to do some stuff that's out of my comfort zone. It makes for interesting work and when you're uncomfortable doing something; then it's going to be...

I'm supposed to be everywhere all the time!

When I sing my hits live, the feeling is electrifying.

I'm much more attracted to the miscegenation of cultures than to harmony.

I wrote 'Paava Kadhaigal' the same way I wrote my feature films 'Irudhi Sutru' or 'Soorarai Potru.' I was more honest in this film rather, because you can afford to be real and get away with it.

I just hate plugs. It just doesn't seem entertaining to me. I've never plugged anything in my life on a talk show ever. I understand people use that vehicle. It's just not very entertaining.

My family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church.

In daytime, they're doing 50-60 pages a day, whereas nighttime, you do seven or eight.

I am never the favourite, but I live for that.

I really put my feet into my music, I have a say in how I want my music to sound and where I want it to go which is great.

I once did a film in which I was being chased by wolves. I had a scene where the Alpha of the pack leapt on the hood of my car and stared me down through the windshield. I will never forget staring...

I'm just a product of my environment, and it comes out in the music.

When people are telling stories on screen, you can show the reactions of people, play it off those reactions, and it can be fun. But when it's someone just giving an opinion on things, even if the...

I don't go to the gym. I've always been very athletic and kept very active. I used to run track. I literally have no desire to get a gym membership.

Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple.

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.