Household spending growth has been particularly solid in 2015, with purchases of new motor vehicles especially strong. Job growth has bolstered household income, and lower energy prices have left consumers with more to spend on other goods and services.

If there is a job that you feel passionate about, do what you can to pursue that job; if there is a purpose about which you are passionate, dedicate yourself to that purpose.

Some degree of inequality in income and wealth, of course, would occur even with completely equal opportunity because variations in effort, skill, and luck will produce variations in outcomes.

Sometimes you have to make decisions without knowing all that you would like to know That's part of the job.

So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.

I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.

Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesn't come any more marked than here.

There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.