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My hope and treasure lies above

I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams.

Broken marriages, conflicts of loyalty, the problems of everyday life fall away as one faces up to [Jeff] Thomson.

I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart.

At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we all have responsibilities as parents, as librarians, as educators, as politicians, and as citizens to instill in our children a love of reading so that we can give them a chance to fulfill their dreams.

If stealing a few saltshakers was wrong I didn't want to be right.

Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.

To me the church's problem would be a hundred times worse if you felt everyone has written the church off, they don't want to know, there just aren't people to turn to. But it's exactly the opposite: there are such people. We have to find a way in our organizational life to get out of their way, clear the path to find more of these people, and empower them.

I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.

I believe in having fun first, and along the way, if you teach people, if you influence people, well and good.