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I think that [James] Comey acted in an outrageous way during the [presidential ] campaign [in 2016].

Do I think Russians supported [Donald Trump]? Do I think they tried to get him elected? Do I think it worked against Clinton? I do. And that is something that has to be investigated.

I want [Donald] Trump to send out a tweet saying that he's going to keep his campaign promises.

Some people know Rosa Parks, they know Daisy Bates in Arkansas, but every... Ruby Doris Smith, Diane Nash, countless individuals.

I'm gonna say that I have followed every presidential campaign since the campaign of President [John F.] Kennedy in 1960.

Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz since the innovations in the mid-forties of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and those of Thelonious Monk

My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.

I think the administration can do a lot of good by telling folks that are on their side of the aisle, look, we may have lost the election on the Democrat side, but it's time to come together.

I think, in fact, I think President [Barack] Obama could step up.

Nobody thinks that Obamacare is perfect. It has its problems.

I think it is an imperfect arms control agreement. It's not a friendship treaty. But when America gives her word, we have to live up to it and work with our allies.

DNI director [James] Clapper said as much many, many times, that there is no evidence that any outcome of the election was changed.

John Lewis stood up and said in an interview that Donald Trump was not a legitimate president. It's insanity.

It is interesting that [James Comey] is not doing investigations about the possible - possible ties between [Donald] Trump's campaign and the Russians.

I can tell just from working closely for the last year an half with president-elect [Donald Trump] and even over the course of the last six weeks, he has no problem with differing opinions in a room.

Donald Trump has made it clear that certainly over the last few years that President [Barack] Obama was born in Hawaii.

This man [ Donald Trump] won in an electoral landslide.

President-elect [Donald] Trump won 30 of 50 states, more counties since Ronald Reagan.

Well, what Cory Booker and John Lewis are right about is to talk about the racist past of Donald Trump.

What has been doing in the last week, attacking Hollywood actresses [Meryl Streep] for criticizing him, I mean what would is this guy [Donald Trump] living in?

When the population is filled with peace and harmony it ripens like fruit that turns to rot in a jiff if not preserved by change.

Hypnotically haunting sounds from a true artist that dares to dream.

Mexico takes a hard line on immigration, demanding that visitors to her shores enter lawfully, and show her respect during their stay.

In just three years, Iraq has achieved immense progress. It has had three successful elections in which 80% of their citizens voted, even while being threatened with death.

The American people want economic prosperity, high-quality goods and low prices, all of which I support.

The U.S. Forces are winning in Iraq. It is to be hoped that they will win at home also.

The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders.

Our values and way of life will prevail - terrorism will not.

In today's world, new infections and diseases can spread across the country and even across the world in a matter of days, or even hours, making early detection critical.

Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material.

New York has total depth in every area. Washington has only politics; after that, the second biggest thing is white marble.

Technology tends to fuel the imagination. People with a technological bent can get excited by sometimes the most hazardous technologies, if they think they can harness them safely.

I'm definitely more interested in technologies that are more accessible, that are as accessible as possible.

If we are ever going to save this society and the world, there has got to be a way for us to work together. That may be more than we can ever hope to achieve, just because of human nature.

If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too

I have a lot of faith in people.

My only regret is that we didn't have more kids. I came from a family of four kids, but my wife and I just started too late.

I was married very young. I lived a very middle class life. I was married at age 21, divorced at 31. I didn't sleep on people's couches.

Any character you play, you're on his side. You do have the third eye that looks at what an appalling creature he is, but you have to look at what's good about him.

I look for every opportunity to mix comedy and horror and tragedy. I love catching audiences off-guard.

I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.

Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main reason being there was something I wanted to do far more, which was be an artist.

What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.

Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater.

I certainly had my years as an out of work actor but I was married with a baby. My wife was supporting us.

I went to Harvard and immediately fell into the theater gang, and I was already an experienced actor, so you go with the flow! I've already used the phrase "campus star."

It's nice when you've done enough movies that you can do your own anthology.

I really prize and love great painting. It's so out of date now. It's slightly come back in.

It was great to play for a live audience on a stage.

I don't have a Jersey dialect. So when I approached the singing, I approached it the same way as an actor I approach a dialect, just as a singer.