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Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most. ”
We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are. ”
I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part. ”
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. ”
When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment. ”
My life is ready, fire, aim, and it is one of adventure. ”
It's better to set a big goal to try and then fail than to never set a goal in the first place. ”
We don't aim high enough with our goals. We all have more in us, and we are all capable of aiming higher. ”
When you do a play, you have the kind of nightly feeling of accomplishment. But you also have the daily dread of the doing it every night. And because you're doing the whole thing every day, it's like climbing up the mountain every single night. With a movie it's like climbing the mountain very slowly, over months of filming. ”
My job when I'm acting in a movie is very limited to playing a role. I'm not evaluating somebody. I'm only evaluating them insofar as they're interacting with me, but I'm not evaluating their skill set and I don't watch the movies, so I'm not aware of the way they're putting things together. ”