Ben Affleck (1972-) |
The thing that science fiction does is what nobody on TV does - outside the news. It looks at the enormous issues of equality, war, feminism, racism, international relations - big, big stories ignored by mainstream TV for obvious reasons. Science fiction is the easiest way to deal with it. |
The timing is really interesting. China and Iran appear to be collaborating not only for energy development but also to increase the stakes in case sanctions are imposed. This is a subtle message that even if sanctions are passed, you could have limited sanctions without touching upon oil. |
The toughest thing these days for top players coming into college isn't the level of competition, but just getting comfortable with being in school. Learning your way around campus, learning how to budget your time. If they manage that all right, their games almost take care of themselves. |
The trade-in value is lower because of how cheap a new one is, but the used car customer can get a newer vehicle for less money than they're familiar with. The interesting thing is that manufacturers will do whatever it takes to sell vehicles, and this is just one more piece of the puzzle. |
The truck operations, on the other hand, are ones where GM is better off leveraging Isuzu's impressive development capabilities and production technologies, and we think the reported deal, if it materializes, would be of considerable advantage to Isuzu, whose earnings recovery is on track. |
The tune-up was good, the track is good, and the air is good, that's what it takes. If you want to win a bunch of championships you have to stay ahead of the curve. We started working on this stuff a year ago and it bit us but now the work is paying off and all three cars are running good. |
The United States began life in a moment of time with a Declaration of Independence, and then proceeded to secure that new and distinct national existence by establishing a formal set of ground rules - a written constitution, which outlined the institutions of government of the new nation. |
The United States believes that the Security Council's involvement should reinforce the [International Atomic Energy Agency's] role and investigations. As a first step, we envision a call for Iran to cooperate with the agency and to take steps identified by the board to restore confidence. |
The vast majority of tax cuts (under Bush) went to special interests, select corporations, and our most privileged and wealthy citizens. They gave the wealthy and most powerful the vast majority of your tax breaks and gave everyone else a few crumbs and told them they've been to the party. |
The very same means that the cyber vandals used a few weeks ago [in the denial-of-service cyber attacks on several major Web sites] could also be used on a much more massive scale at the nation-state level to generate truly damaging interruptions to the national economy and infrastructure. |
The way momentum shifts in the playoffs, it's a big goal because you can take the crowd out of it. It calms everything down and allows the younger guys to play with more ease. Despite them getting that goal back, it gave us that confidence at the start of the game that we were ready to go. |
The weather will kind of dictate what I do. It looks like it's going to be warm and clear, which isn't the best situation for me. That allows you to sight fish, and these guys can all do that. I think I'd do better with a cold, overcast day, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. |
The White House promoted a number of nominees that we believe demonstrated hostility to civil rights, women's rights and to matters of concern to many Americans. We certainly hope the administration will use this opportunity surrounding the Lott controversy to rethink some of its nominees. |
The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it. |