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I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.

Everybody in America has been dependent on the government at some time. We owe everybody in America the right to vote and access to capital. What I say is, let's make America work, let's make democracy and free enterprise work for everybody.

When the biceps become too strong, it brings the shoulders forward and makes for a gorilla-like posture.

The thing I love about political interviews is, if you're really prepared, you can make great headway because these are the people for whom, theoretically at least, the buck stops.

The best food I've had in Lexington is Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt. It's non-guilt ice cream!

When I was a kid, I loved watching kung fu movies - in San Francisco, we had 'Kung Fu Theater' on TV on Saturdays, and they'd air old Shaw Brothers movies with English dubbing, things like that.

In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.

Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.

The early-'80s recession was good for good restaurants, not least because it put bad ones out of business.

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.

The selfie, like all technology, causes us to reflect on our human values. This is a good thing because it challenges us to figure out what they really are.

Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.

As great a public speaker as I am, I don't know have - I don't - I don't have the words to describe Cub fans who welcomed me as a rookie, were patient through my 1-for-32 start, and took me into their homes and into their hearts and treated me like a member of their family. You picked me up when I was down.

What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life?

Real science can be hard but, like classical literature or playing the violin, worth the struggle.

My father had the main barber- and beauty-supply business in the African-American community in Buffalo.

All honest work is good work; it is capable of leading to self-development, provided the doer seeks to discover the inherent lessons and makes the most of the potentialities for such growth.

Google started out when the dot-com boom was happening. It grew under the radar of big companies that were competing in but basically ignoring search. Then they were able to really invest during the bust for a long time.