Rather than setting property taxes on the value of land and improvements, I'd advocate a plan to set rates based on land values across the entire neighborhood.

I don't care if what we do makes a profit; I care whether we get somebody out of a wheelchair.

My definition of economic development is economic growth.

Not to win is guttering.

People who renovate and improve homes are penalized by being taxed more for creating value and improving the neighborhood.

The main problem with rail is flexibility and affordability.

Arts are what free and thriving people do with their time after their critical needs have been met.

Art is the writer not having control, but the subject having control of the writer.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself.

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

I am conversational - I just like to engage and talk about things.

To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.

I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.

And as I got older and played more, people began to forget about my age and took the music more seriously.

When I was a kid, I was trendier. I'd wear anything. I was in love beads and platforms...

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.