“The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.”

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

The moment you say, ‘I want to do a role,’ the story suffers. I don’t set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.

The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.

Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.

Clinton’s an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?

I’ve been a Yankees fan since I was six.

When you’re fighting for economic and social justice, you’re always fighting for the minority.

I really do want to see a change in myself in certain ways, but I want to figure out exactly what they are and not have it be like a diet that I’m trying.

Society is better off without certain people.

If you’re going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it

There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.

But as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they’re not as good.

The reason we get overwhelmed is that we’re attached to a certain result or taht we want to achieve a certain result or that we to achieve a certain goal.

I always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.

It’s true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.