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Urban renewal always happens as a symphony of events, and part of the symphony is innovative, optimistic developers with the ability and willingness to transform historic properties.

When I retired in 1994, I was never tempted to drop down the divisions to carry on playing. In fact, I never kicked a ball again, not even in a charity match.

When I hit New York in 1972, I thought I was a sprinter. I thought that I would star in a Broadway show and do a movie and win an Oscar by the time I was 25. It turned out that I'm a long distance runner.

Nowadays, people read too many books to appreciate any.

I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.

Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

When I was about thirteen, the library was going to get 'Calculus for the Practical Man.' By this time I knew, from reading the encyclopedia, that calculus was an important and interesting subject, and I ought to learn it.

I don't want to be known as someone who is deliberately trying to do things that are not commercial! That is not a good reputation to have when you're trying to be a working actor.

The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him.

My parents reverted to their Catholic faith through the charismatic renewal, so I was raised charismatic.

For every Netflix, there's a Blockbuster. Every Facebook, a MySpace.

anything is possible but probably not that

It was an extremely overdramatic play called 'Wild Decembers'. It was all about the Brontes, and they all, one after the other, died of tuberculosis. I remember taking every opportunity to cough over other people's lines.

People might call me a liar for this, but I want a fast teammate, I think for two reasons: it's always going to get more out of yourself, and it's always going to be a more true evaluation of where you stand.

The longer it takes to take a step, the less time you'll have to enjoy whatever you conquer.

The universe is so unhuman, that is, it goes its way with so little thought of man. He is but an incident, not an end. We must adjust our notions to the discovery that things are not shaped to him, but that he is shaped to them. The air was not made for his lungs, but he has lungs because there is air; the light was not created for his eye, but he has eyes because there is light. All the forces of nature are going their own way; man avails himself of them, or catches a ride as best he can. If he keeps his seat, he prospers; if he misses his hold and falls, he is crushed.

I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.

Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.