Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up.

If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.

the most compelling reason for reforming our system is that the system is in no one's interest. It is a suicide machine.

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

America seemed a virgin land waiting for civilization. But Europe had made the wilderness it found; America was not a virgin, she was a widow.

Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.

There are lots of people out there who prefer tinkering to winning - it gives them a good excuse.

I want to start a trend of women as we really look. Some good things, some not so good. I am tired of looking at frozen faces.

If you have a friend, a good friend, a woman you love, and you learn she’s done something abominable, do you stop loving her?

Self-acceptance is involved in this process. You have got to be able to look at both your dark and your light side and not get enamored or depressed by either.

You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.

Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.

I don't have much choice these days in how I have my hair.

Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'

How they treat you defines them. How you treat others defines you.