Every accepted public quote

“The force that has come closest across American history to actually ending America was white supremacy. That was the Civil War.”

“I don't know Bill Clinton as someone who needs to literally sexually harass a woman. I'm sure that he could have found many willing participants.”

“I started waiting tables in college and realized how much I loved the business and loved to cook. I decided to go to culinary school and never looked back.”

“I'm not a big fan of the high-altitude approach of mega TV ads.”

“I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.'”

“I don't think perfection is possible. I think you can attempt to reach perfection, but I don't think it's a possible thing. I think perfection is a moving point, and we spend our artistic li...”

“There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - the...”

“I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.”

“The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine.”

“The greatest threat to the security of the people of North Korea comes from the government of North Korea.”

“The Grail is the womb of the beloved.”

“I must say that when I left 'Doctor Who,' I was filled with... not loathing, but I was incredibly annoyed because I wanted to do more television and films and the only thing that people coul...”

“My family is no different from yours. We may be different from the geography that we come from. Some of you all may pray differently than I do, some of you all may be from a different ethnic...”

“One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.”

“It's my job to be the Pierrot, the clown, in the theatrical sense.”

“Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this ill...”

“My whole thing isn't about being vegan, to be honest. It's more about a more natural diet.”

“Two hundred years ago, industrialisation ruined the labour force. In the modern age, especially in the West or America, people who are 'efficient,' who can bracket their emotions off, tend t...”

“Once you get into space, you can really unleash a lot of creativity, but the launch itself? I have been through all of the creative ways, and believe me, chemical rockets are the best.”

“Access by kids to the Internet should be like kids breathing clean air.”

“I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time.”

“In January we start saving money, getting out of credit card debt, funding our retirement accounts, and we're doing wonderful. Then, every single year like clockwork, starting in November, a...”

“I loved anything spooky, mysterious, or frightening.”

“How many people do you know who have thrown up on the Scrambler or a carnival ride? A lot of people, is the answer.”

“Now that I'm with RCA, they were able to get radio on board, and it's just really awesome to see their support and 'What Ifs' going to No. 1.”

“Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in order to create more good jobs in West Virginia this system must be fixed and it must be fixed...”

“When I told my mom I was auditioning for 'The Handmaid's Tale,' she lost it. She was so excited.”

“I have been fighting writing songs for a long time. People keep telling me I should write, and other writers have offered to write with me, and to be honest, it's not something I've ever rea...”

“I grew up listening to my dad, a miner who rose through the ranks to be the mine superintendent in Coalwood, W.V. , yelling orders into his black company phone. He wanted to get coal out of...”

“Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome.”

“Listening to people keeps them entertained.”

“The European Union needs a comprehensive, continent-wise, transnational counter-terrorism center that has the authority to track threats across borders.”

“In Maryland, we consider ourselves pro-growth Americans.”

“take words and make them useful,' she told me. 'drain them of all the crappy meanings they used to mean and make them mean something useful instead.”

“Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.”

“Children are amazing, and while I go to places like Princeton and Harvard and Yale, and of course I teach at Columbia, NYU, and that's nice and I love students, but the most fun of all are t...”

“What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.”

“When President George W. Bush cut taxes, he cut them for everyone.”

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”

“Almost instinctively he went about learning the truth and at the same time disbelieved it.”

“I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior. Whether that's the truth or not, I'm definitely going out there with my mic and my shield to declare, 'I am here to save R&B.' I will have the people saying...”

“Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which ma...”

“When I was young I used to smother myself with olive oil mixed with a dash of vinegar to keep the flies away and lay in the sunshine for hours on end. But we knew no better then. Now we know...”

“When I was little... I didn't relate to princesses. I saw Maleficent, and I just thought she was so - she was so elegant.”

“The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn't have to reveal who comes cal...”

“I always thought of myself as a kind of literary bureaucrat. And that was never going to be enough for me.”

“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”

“I try to drink a lot of water and always moisturize. When my skin gets cranky, I use Proactiv to keep it clear. That stuff really works.”