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You read a lot about movies with budgets of $25 to 30 million. Hell, if a studio can piss away that kind of money, why not let 'em piss on me?

How would you have done things differently if you were not afraid?

One can look at John McCain and say that he's not ready to be commander-in-chief.

I'm not sure if President Obama is an ideologue or a pragmatist. I am hoping and praying he's a pragmatist.

One must not politicize science. But the converse is not necessarily true. There's no reason why scientists can not go into the public sphere. In fact, I would argue they should.

If you're a victim, you're not happy. You can't be happy. It's impossible to be happy. It's even difficult to be content.

The Republican Party clearly is not interested in winning. And if you want to be even more specific than that, it is paramountly obvious that they're not even interested in defeating the Democrats.

Yeah, that'll excite the media, what role will Bill [Clinton] have, versus the [Donald] Trump story. But in all of this, the key to remember is that we're not talking about media.

I'm like anybody else that's in media. I've got my opinions. I share them. I'm not afraid of them.

I was a normal kid. I rebelled. But I've never been a liberal. And there have been all kinds of efforts to make me one. I've not bothered to tell any of these stories. Folks, we all face them.

Let's not forget something on this prosecuting Hillary [Clinton] business. It's not just [Donald] Trump supporters. Bernie Sanders supporters are gonna be among those who are not happy to hear this.

We're not hearing any Hollywood people talk about the Crime Family Foundation. We're not talking about any specific details about Hillary Clinton's work on the foundation.

I have a practice of really not talking about the competition. I'm from the old school.

You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.

If you're thinking of becoming a critic, why not make other plans?

Progress! Progress through everybody dying and their kids eventually not caring who their parents hated!

We need to make it safe to cycle across London. Why not pedestrianise parts of London like Oxford Street and Parliament Square? I intend to plant 200 million trees across London in my term as mayor.

Fundamentally, Buddhism is for the awakenment and benefit of beings. So, you can't say, "Oh, you can't have it because you're not ready for it." That goes against the fundamental principle.

I started to repeat to myself "If I'm not where I want to be, it's because I'm not good enough... yet." Which meant it was up to me.

Increasingly, it's people not interested in National Geographic.

Once your product is working, switch from not caring about this to caring about this a little bit.

I'm not sure how anyone with a soul can make jokes about the passing of one of the most talented artists this generation will see.

I'm not afraid to say what I'm afraid of. Does that make me fearless?

I'm not sure that some of the food purists are in touch with what really goes on in American households.

I'm terrified to go in lakes because you can't see the bottom, and not knowing what's there watching you is really scary to me.

I'm sorry, okay, I'm not perfect, but I'm trying.

I'm not sure that I have a favorite either on-screen or in the books! Whenever I'm writing, I'm always really excited to dive back into each character.

Some people don't know how to fall in love, like not knowing how to swim. They panic first when they jump in. Then they figure it out.

You are who you are, whether you like it or not, so why not like it?

Maybe I'd just figured out there were some things you were better off not knowing

It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.

When you have a kid, you sign on for the whole package: good, bad, everything in between. you can't just dip in and out, picking and choosing the parts you want and quitting when it's not perfect.

You didn’t understand what he was saying, until he kissed you. It was a kiss of such complicity, of such uncomplicated sympathy, that you felt for the first time not alone in your suffering.

I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?

Would it help if I stood around uselessly not knowing what to say?

I'll tell you why we make fun of midgets: We're not afraid of them.

People are interested in relevant stories. In big events. But I'm not interested in big things; I'm interested in the smaller details of life.

I'm not sure that I recovered, but I also know that I cannot afford going back yet. I see how much the kids are happier, I guess, here and I think that they might have a better future not hiding.

Are people who want this kind of progressive change not turning up at polling stations? Are they not voting for progressive representatives? It's hard to put your finger on why we are where we are.

I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'm terribly uncomfortable.

I'm not sure a candidate ever feels his message is getting out.

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are

Why not start over because every promise made is not kept, why not start over so the American people can debate [the health care law] again?!

Solving specific problems is what drives me. I am not interested in having a career. I never have been.

I'm not interested in thinking up the name of a band and a logo and all that. Been there, done that, sold a million T-shirts.

There's a lot of things that I don't promote and I do promote mescaline. They open places in your mind that other things don't and if you're smiling, why not?

I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.

I can understand that people are not happy, but they should not use football to make their demands heard

I'm not sure there's any number of Facebook likes that can replace a hug.