I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
I grew up in a town called Cornwall, Ontario, which is about an hour outside of Montreal.
By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.
I got fed up with academia and decided I would rather be a carpenter.
I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.
I'm a member of BAFTA, so I vote in all the films that come up for the Academy Awards.
By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died.
I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter.
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.
I've given up on being accurately portrayed in the media.
We'd love to do Space Ace 3D. It has a lot of potential. But, it is really up to the publishers.
Right from my childhood, whenever I have taken up a task, I have been an achiever.
As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.
One of my favorite Japanese foods is called natto. It's fermented soybeans. I grew up in Japan eating natto. It's definitely an acquired taste. It's basically smelly.
Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions.
I could've ended up in action films forever. But the comedy thing has been my forte.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.