Pastoral Resources

State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.

I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'

Whenever I am among my fellow Governors, I am struck by how many face the same education improvement issues.

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.

Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment.

I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses.

If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!

I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.

I like my whisky old and my women young.

Women won't let me stay single and I won't let me stay married.

The only result of our present system - unless we reverse the drift - must be the gradual extension of the fascist sector and the gradual disappearance of the system of free enterprise under a free representative government.

Most people in this country believe that the American Communist Party and its dupes are the chief internal enemy of our economic system and our form of government. This is a serious mistake.

At the same time, I was listening to black music, and I began to think that the best musicians were receiving the worst treatment. The people who were doing the greatest work were despised as lower class, with no dignity accorded to what they did.

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

I think the Internet's been a tremendous tool in terms of breaking down the power structure of information and entertainment, particularly at a time when so much information and entertainment were in the hands of so few people, with multinationals owning everything.

Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more secure future.

A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward.