I've made several films that haven't been shown.

I've made several films that haven't been shown.

Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.

Nobody in America, in the modern generation, has read their mythology or legends.

I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.

I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.

A higher IOER rate encourages banks to raise the interest rates they charge, putting upward pressure on market interest rates regardless of the level of reserves in the banking sector. While adjusting the IOER rate is an effective way to move market interest rates when reserves are plentiful, federal funds have generally traded below this rate.

The biggest distraction in life to ones focus is often near locus standing people saying all hocus pocus.

We are really living the American dream, to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously in fashion.

Before you judge others, first judge yourself.

Anybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there's going to be a problem.

If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.

When the time comes to die be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.

When I first started touring, we had a crappy van, and we would all share rooms. So for many years as a grown adult woman, I would share a bed with a bandmate, whether it would be Jimmy Tamborello from the Postal Service or Pierre De Reeder from Rilo Kiley, just a pillow barrier between us sleeping on the same bed.

The secret to fundraising comes down to three magic words: before, more, and strategic.

I compose songs with a lot of simplicity because my school has been the streets, and people have been my books.

Be just before you are generous.

Don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today. Procrastination is a sign of weak character.

When the ink runs dry, you're most likely writing at the wrong angle.

Actually, my character needs to be questioned. On a regular basis. By people who know and love me.

I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.

The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.

When science has sent forth her fiat - it is only to hear and obey.

I am like a drop of water on a rock. After drip, drip, dripping in the same place, I begin to leave a mark, and I leave my mark in many people's hearts.

The kind of support encouraged by such modes of expression has always arisen basically from confusing the fatherland itself with the social conditions which happened to prevail in it.

After 'X Factor,' I got loads of gigs. Then I went on holiday just after the tour and bought my Rolex in Tenerife. I needed to go through that phase - splurge and see that it's worthless - to get it out of my system.

I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.

As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. It was like being in McDonald's and realizing that even though cheeseburgers and fries sold big, you could also make money serving up McRibs, which are always available for a limited time only.