My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer. Most men are not that evolved. It's strange how the simple things in life go on while we become more difficult. Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy. The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom. There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth. The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval. My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian. I don't think I'm a great singer myself. I'm all right. I've worked with different writers, different producers... I've just been blessed with the caliber of people I've been able to work with. I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest. So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work? That's what it means to be a veteran; to be scared all the time. I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them. I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some. From the age of about five to twelve I was very bad, a hideous little terror who beat people up. I was a member of the Rough Gang - we went around and terrorized all the pupils in school. When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance. Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. But Angela had at least 30% more viewers on the same night at the same time. I mean, she wiped everybody out. But the sponsors don't care when she had the most people. They only care about if there was only a handful of young viewers on the other one. The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine. Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. I want my audience to know me for my work, not because of who I'm dating or what drugs I'm on or what club I went to. If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years. World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy. Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game. I have accordingly considered it, and now appear not only in obedience to your order, but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this town, who have presented another petition, and out of regard to the liberties of the subject. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends. In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The way I look at it, E.T. stole a bit of my son's childhood. I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships. I claim the right to take a stand once in a while. The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.