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I don't know if 'Crash' is a good movie or not because I didn't set out to make a movie. Really, what I wanted to do is more of a social experiment. ”
You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer. ”
When Facebook first started, and it was just a social directory for undergrads at Harvard, it would have seemed like such a bad startup idea, like some student side project. ”
In my daily life, I tend to be very literal and unsuperstitious. But music gives me an outlet to be very emotional. ”
At the end of the day, I just want a movie that's great, that people are going to love and laugh at and be affected by, and also have an emotional journey. ”
If you look at people who seek a lot of care in American cities for multiple illnesses, it's usually people with a number of overwhelming illnesses and a lot of social problems, like housing instability, unemployment, lack of insurance, lack of housing, or just bad housing. ”
Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care. ”
The real Social Security crisis is that the government does not have the money to redeem its IOUs. ”
In 21st century America, capitalism has been unfettered from the regulations that democratized it and made it serve society. ”
I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills. ”