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Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking. ”
They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing. ”
I know a lot about the Battle of the Bulge, and a lot about World War II from 'Saving Private Ryan.' ”
I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan? ”
I always thought I'd buy my mother a house if I ever became successful - a big, beautiful house on the nicest street in town. It didn't exactly work out that way. I was still borrowing money from her in my 40s. ”
I was paid $8 or $9 million for 'Evan Almighty.' I didn't want that money. ”
The pressure is all self-imposed, and it's to live up to the expectations of people who are going to shell out their hard-earned cash to listen to the music. It's actually more than that, though. I wouldn't want to make a record that didn't live up to my expectations. ”
We need a free media, not just freedom of speech. ”
The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom. ”
Napoleon - the people who were becoming Napoleon's generals realized that for him, it was not about spreading freedom and revolution; it was about creating a new empire with Napoleon the dictator or the emperor. ”