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"What I used to say to people, when I was much more engagé myself, is that you can't be apolitical. It will come and get you. It's not that you shouldn't be neutral. It's that you won't be able to stay neutral."
"I've always really been a fan of scenes in which you're able to be as natural as you want."
"I always want to be able to be in a room where I know I'm going to be entertained and challenged."
"The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family."
"I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt."
"As you get older, your voice changes, as well. Your voice should be able to last as long as you last."
"To be able to travel the world, especially to places I never thought I'd be it's really, you know, still fascinating for me."
"I hold a lot of things in. I'm always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don't rage; I usually don't curse. So for me, it's a great thing to be able to scream and say whatever I want."
"I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate."
"All our troubles come from not being able to be alone."
"If you read a label and just look up the ingredients, you'll be able to figure out really easily what's good for you and what's bad."
"I didnt really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing."
"I've always loved the fact that Bob's [Dylan] been able to sustain his mystery over 50 or 60 years."
"I was clinically depressed. I was paranoid. I was agoraphobic. I would have days at a time of not being able to even bathe or brush my teeth."
"When you live in a place, you're not just taking from it, you're contributing to it. In America I would never be able to make myself a person who could contribute. I wasn't interested in that society; I was interested in this society."
"You only have control over the storms you are able to have peace in."
"We must carefully examine change so that we are able to discard those aspects of change which would be detrimental to our way of life, and, at the same time, take advantage of those aspects of change which will enhance and improve our quality of life."
"When I was doing a movie called 'The Seeker,' I was fortunate enough to be able to do a lot of my own stunts."
"Am I going to be able to be the person I want to be in this relationship?"
"I'm much more famous than I am rich, but I'm able to scale back my lifestyle. I know a lot of people who were where I was who can't imagine living any simpler, but I haven't got a lot of expensive wants."
