Some advantages, particularly to this age, are not to be denied. Boredom seems to have been "vanquished"! There is always something to do, but hasn't this translated into a perpetual dis
Often men my age, President Clinton, by the way, when I met him said--Men my age, mention that character as their favorite of all the women I've played. And I have my own secret understanding of w
Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art. And in high school, another form of acting took hold of me. I wanted to learn how to be appealing. So I studied the character I imagined I wanted to be
Still, I'm optimistic. Yes, inequity has been with us forever, but the new tools we have to cut through complexity have not been with us forever. They are new-they can help us make the most of our
Well, this cumbered pilgrim's mind and he feared death no longer. The wise man turned to the second pilgrim and said, "What is it you fear, my friend?" 这除去了这位受苦的朝圣者心中的恐惧，他不再害怕死亡。此时，智者转向第
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West,
So actually there is a Big Brother. But he's not a malevolent fiction, he's actually all of us and he lives in our search engines. So no matter how many times I do the calculations, I come up
Recently, as you probably maybe have read, Rosa Parks, a former seamstress married to a barber, married to a hairdresser, died, and she lay in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capital in Washington. P
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levee
But if you want to inspire people to participate, you have to show more than numbers; you have to convey the human impact of the work-so people can feel what saving a life means to the families affect
Will you all start to my parents? You guys see all the I-likes. What is about me that you guys don't know? As I stand up here and watch all the other recipients stand up here and give their histor
Women, I feel I can say this authoritatively, especially at Barnard where they can't hear us, what am I talking about? They professionally can't hear us. Women are better at acting than men. W
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye,
My fellow citizens: 同胞们： I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his se
The AIDS epidemic offers an example. The broad goal, of course, is to end the disease. The highest-leverage approach is prevention. The ideal technology would be a vaccine that gives lifetime immunity
You challenge me every time I play the Nicks, the Heats, I don't think you are with the Lakers, but every time I played against you, you have "Jordan Stoppers" on your team, you have Joh
Never before in the history of our country have most of the advanced degrees been awarded to women but now they are. Since the dawn of men, it's hardly more than 100 years since we were even allow
I told my friends I would come here to say "thank you", then walked off. I can't, it's no way. I get so many people I can thank. In all the videos, you never just saw me, also Scotti
And the competition didn't stop there. My sister who is one year younger than me, never want to be home by herself. She took classes, extra classes, graduated from high school with me, to go to un
I got to Vassar which 43 years ago was a single-sex institution, like all the colleges in what they call the Seven Sisters, the female Ivy League and I made some very quick but lifelong and challengin
