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The classical music world is so snobbish.

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

The price of toppling Gadhafi will be steep. But Libyans will topple him, and in doing so, they will bring down with him the castles of fear our dictators thought they had fortified.

Manhattan, after eight years here, still reminds me of Hong Kong. There are parts of Chinatown that are the spit and image of streets in Wan Chai, and I am held in thrall by the Chrysler building as much as I was by I.M. Pei's Bank of China Tower.

The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.

With His love, you can wake up every day with an attitude of faith and expectancy.

Most scholarly books we read for the information or insight they contain. But some we return to simply for the pleasure of the author's company.

Baby Boomers represent the largest and wealthiest market consumer segment in the Japanese economy

People adored Element 13's color and luster, which reminded them of the sparkle of gold and silver - a brand-new precious metal. In fact, aluminum became more precious than gold and silver in the 19th century because it was harder to obtain.

I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.

I think the gender norms of emotion are horrendous. Being masculine means showing zero emotions, but having the choice to be angry or depressed. Being female means you are one dimensional - if you show more than that, you are a psycho, hysterical, or historically, a witch.

Historically, large-scale global trade has served two functions: 1) the exchange of goods between willing sellers and buyers described in Econ 101 textbooks; 2) as a tool of state aggrandizement, in which the private parties are stand-ins for governmental interests.

Middle Eastern cuisine has the same depth of ingredients and processes as other cuisines. They just haven't had as much exposure.

I think it would be great if everybody could be out. But it's such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Rey's parents left her at 5, and we meet her when she's late teens or early 20s, and for someone to keep hopeful that there's a better life to come, I think, is astounding. Though she starts off alone, she very much finds her place in a group of people, and that's lovely.

The people who are most attractive to me are those who feel most comfortable in their skin - there's a sense of self-acceptance.

The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.