The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.
We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.
Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.
Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.
What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.
Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality.
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
You're always trying to balance your understanding of who you are and what you need, and your longing and imaginings of freedom.
It's very important that when you have a designer like Marc Jacobs, who is a genius, you give him complete freedom.
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
Podcasting is great. Total freedom.
I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.
Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.
Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.
I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.
I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically equal freedom to me - and not having to return that message or call from my record company or management. At some point, I need to recharge.
They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon.
I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto. But it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom.
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.
We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.
At Coinbase, our mission is to create an open financial system for the world. We believe that open protocols for money will create more innovation, economic freedom, and equality of opportunity in the world, just like the Internet did for publishing information.
I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.
There are only two roads, victory for the working class, freedom, or victory for the fascists which means tyranny. Both combatants know what's in store for the loser.
Anytime the coach gives you the ball and some encouragement, you get a sense of freedom.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
Kids should speak to each other. They're horrid to each other online, they bully each other - they should shut up and stop it. The problem with social media is there is too much freedom. It's too much, too young.
I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.
There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.
Ted Cruz is a patriot. He believes in what he does. He's done marvels in mobilizing conservatives, mobilizing Americans concerned about the direction of the ever-expanding entitlement state under Obama, and particularly the threat it is to freedom. I disagree with his tactics, but I agree entirely with his objectives.
Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.
Real freedom lies in wildness, not civilization.
Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.
Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.
Our work is a scream of freedom.
You want to strike that happy medium: the balance of being able to find creative satisfaction in your profession, be able to afford a roof over your head, but still have the freedom to live a relatively normal life.
I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.
My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I can throw away all my hair, then I have the freedom to trash any part of the book on the next rewrite.
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
You can only be free if I am free.
Look, we want freedom and we want liberty in this country. But we've also got to have the guts to stand up and run a tight ship in America. Morality is now a word that many people consider very square and outdated. But if we don't stand up for it, we deserve what we will get in the end - unprincipled anarchy.
People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change. That's something that this country stands for: freedom, liberty and justice for all.