The Republic of Texas is no more.

Unavoidable circumstances prevent me from giving you ample written instructions. Such however as may be deemed necessary will be prepared and sent to you at the City of Washington in a very few days.

It is only requisite, for me to say to you, that the President places great reliance upon your skill, judgment and intimate knowledge.

The Republic of Texas is no more.

I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.

I really believe in giving tools and resources to other creators so that they can create beautiful videos.

Visit the port of goodness often; if you can, cast your anchor over there!

The arts saved my life.

It's a question of why they come for your advice. Whatever I tell you, it doesn't matter, it is completely irrelevant in a way. I know so many actors who were discouraged and put that aside. You will get half-baked opinions.

Every moment allows your the opportunity to take a deep breath in and be grateful for the fact that you can take in a breath.

I just try to do my best and make the best judgments I can.

Money can't buy you happiness, but it helps you look for it in a lot more places.

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.

Alinsky's 1971 book, "Rules for Radicals," is a favorite of the Obamas. Michele Obama quoted it at the Democratic Convention. One Alinsky tactic is to "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." That's what the White House did in targeting Rush Limbaugh, Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer.

You see, it's actually very good that a human activity is performed very close to death, because that's where life is. Life is, at its most valuable and most full, very close to the boundary of life.

There are different ways to show and tell through Instagram. What's right for one designer will be very different for another designer, and everyone's going to be figuring things out, but it's a great opportunity to use it for feedback.

The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.

All currency is neurotic currency.

When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is, to me, one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human.

I still consider myself a very spiritual person but the structure of the church isn't really for me.

It's a surer way to a woman's heart to be interested in what she's thinking than what she's wearing or not wearing.

It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.

The real problem for Democrats is we've got to help people believe, and then we've got to deliver the message to them. Believe what? That we are absolutely, unshakeably on their side, and we're going to fight for them every single minute.

India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.

I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

Limit use of shareware and public domain software to systems without fixed disks. If you do use them on fixed disks, allocate separate subdirectories... Public domain or shareware software should never be placed in the root directory.