I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and my old boss, Bill Hathaway, and Walter Mondale.

My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.

One of my life principles is that if something isn't working, doing something harder isn't necessarily going to produce the same result.

I had no intention of getting back into politics. I was teaching at Bowdoin and happily retired from politics.

In Britain, the idea one could go from blue-collar beginnings to the university was so far out, it was quite unthinkable. I took a variety of jobs to pay for tuition - from ice-cream salesman to night-club bouncer. Whatever earned the most money in the least time.

Where can I earn money if not from my work? We do some films for money and some for creative satisfaction.

In general, global economic growth supports Russian economy.

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.