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There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness.

I guess, deep down, there's a dark side to us. I guess that's why movie fans really love the revenge drama. We like to go into dark movie theaters and fantasize.

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's thinking and decision-making is not in its brain at all. It's distributed. It's in its legs.

A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path. But these problems can be solved - and...

I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.

If I could continue to work in comedy - whether it's TV, stand-up - I will be happy.

You can't have it all and I came to the conclusion that if you want too much you're going to end nowhere.

In Kolkata, I had two bikes till I had an accident and had to give them up.

I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value of an item of clothing.

I always have a bet at the start of each season, looking at the teams and the squads. I know there's a big element of unpredictability but if you've got your financial structure sorted out you've got...

The mysteries and scandals of the Kremlin are nothing compared to the mysteries and scandals of the Bolshoi.

Many institutions of higher learning will grant an 18- to 30-month deferral to prospective missionaries. This will enable you elders and sisters to serve without worrying about where you will begin...

The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be chopping shallots.

As long as Fox News continues to exist, you've got comedy.

Silicon Valley has always been in my blood.

Booksellers are tied to publishing - they need conventional publishing models to continue - but for those companies, that's not the case. Amazon is an infrastructure company; Apple sells hardware;...

At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.

My dad, in the best way possible - not in an intimidating way, but with the physically intimidating qualities that every father has - can truly be scary. The only time you saw that side of him, the...

My only non-acting job was being a barista at Coffee Bean. While I was in college, and I had a blast! I loved making drinks because I got to be like a mad scientist.

I look in the mirror, and I work with the brightest person I know.

You program music with an image and then people are desensitized.

My patience level can be my weakness, but I know I can deal with anyone.

When I am talking to someone, I can constantly see whether I am failing or succeeding. I am regulating what I am saying in terms of how I think I'm doing. I'm always searching for the truth of a...

Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles.

If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH in the National League.

When you put more money in the pockets of working families, they spend it on groceries, gas, school supplies, and other goods and services. And that helps businesses grow and create jobs. So many...

When the residue of oppression and fear are compounded over time, when the historical precedents of policing and discrimination manifest themselves over and over again, the very act of waking up to a...

For CNBC, and for Wall Street, billion-dollar fines for violations of the law are just part of the price of doing business, along with litigation costs and 'compliance.'

Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love.

The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.

Tone is everything in TV.

The news changes every day. So it's not like being involved in any litigation that goes on for four years, and the trial lasts three months.

I am interested in how cells know what they are and how they should behave in their proper place in the body.