Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person.

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Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for...

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for...

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?

I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to...

I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to...

I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up.

I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up.

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human...

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human...

Two, I actually learned a lot of things that served me very well when it...

Two, I actually learned a lot of things that served me very well when it...

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their...

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their...

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really...

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really...

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It...

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It...

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune...

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune...

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on...

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on...

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn...

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn...

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing...

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing...