They can't save enough without fundamentally altering the line, and for that, you have to go back to the voters.

We have had no specific or credible threats, but we don't take that as any kind of comfort. We know we need to be ready and we know that, that vigilance is the price of freedom.

It's obvious we can't ignore the problem any longer. Locally and nationally, we cannot wait to see how bad it gets. We need to act now.

Has given me no choice but to advocate for the termination of this project.

A delay does not solve the revenue problem.

We as mayors have the opportunity to push the envelope and get people thinking, even when it is not politically popular. Cities hold the key.

Will still produce considerable overlook and shadowing on adjoining streets.

I've managed to stay alive out here in the Ruin because I'm a realist. I allow the truth to be the truth, no matter how much I might want it to be something else.

We are so used to not having kids around [on Twilight] that we had to really make an effort to try and edit our language.

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

One planet, one experiment.

I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful and honest. And I think that's been a thorn in my side.

I go around the world dealing with running and hiding... I can't take a walk in the park . I can't go to the store... I have to hide in the room. You feel like you're in prison.

Emotionally, my ambition is not yet sated. Emotionally, I still feel like a kid at the adult's table, yearning for recognition. I'm not sure where this all comes from but it is how I feel.

I would always be painting and drawing. If I was stuck at home, I was in the basement working on a painting.

New Orleans is not in the grip of a neurosis of a denied past; it passes out memories generously like a great lord; it doesn't have to pursue "the real thing."

Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.