The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before.

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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...

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains.

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains.

I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning...

I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning...

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or...

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or...

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...

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.

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...

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 started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy.

I started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy.

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy...

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy...

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

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 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...

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

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...

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

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

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered...

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered...

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.

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper...

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper...