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Big stories need human stakes. ”
With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough. ”
We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can protect the freedoms that make America worth fighting for. ”
The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in the first 10 Amendments - the Bill of Rights. I'm a firm believer in those civil liberties and the ability to have your own opinion. ”
I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being. ”
Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back. ”
As technology evolves, it manipulates our culture, and there's a huge opportunity to push ourselves further. I think it actually makes ourselves maybe more human, or at least human in a different way, that we can connect together in amazingly different ways and powerful new ways. ”
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning. ”
The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human. ”
Creative people have no barriers. Ultimately, it's connecting with human beings. There's just one planet. I don't see it as different countries. ”