It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.

Schools should look behind classroom doors and determine the factors that contribute to the kinds of interactions between teachers and students that promote student achievement.

We can change who we are. We can improve ourselves in various ways, and we can give ourselves possibilities.

Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps.

Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that youve grasped the truth.

My family life is a deep source of satisfaction.

They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.

Embrace in one act the two truths-thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ.

The more time you invest in something, potentially, the deeper the emotional impact of the climax. It's true of relationships, too.

One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.

I saw a lot of 47 Ronin on the TV, in the films, and I've done Chushingura Gaiden Yotsuya Kaidan [Crest of Betrayal, 1994] directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

Dalton Trumbo was constantly criticizing the membership [in the Communist Party], and was opposite to being a loyalist.

It's just the end of some things. And the beginning of others.

I kind of miss the old sleazy Times Square, in a way. And yet I don't mind not being accosted by all sorts of strange people.

Dizzy, Duke and Charlie Parker were the greatest jazz legends of all time.

And what's above is in the past As sure as all the angels are.