Pastoral Resources

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age.

In reality, everyone is good in bed. Close eyes. Shutdown brain. Pause as necessary. Restart brain. Open eyes. What's there to not be good at? Bed is the one place where laziness is rewarded.

When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.

There is no doubt that now, more than ever, we must work to end our dependence on foreign oil sources. But we cannot do so by ignoring the wishes of the coastal communities that oppose drilling.

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

If you had the opportunity and some talent, there was no way you couldn't progress, because it was an open market. There was the advertising world, and there was the documentary world.

This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much.

Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

The curtains would open and it would be just her standing in some ludicrous pose, like Aphrodite.

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

In the economic sphere, the program demanded thorough decentralization and managerial independence of enterprises, as well as legalization of small-scale private enterprise, especially in the service sector.

One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.