I don’t see how our country can produce such men as Robert E. Lee, John J Pershing, Eisenhower and Bradley and at the same time produce Custers, Pattons, and MacArthurs.
Two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa, not often coupled with each other, but the two people that I turn to most.
Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.
In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors.
At first glance, Martha Stewart, queen of artfully distressed home furnishings, might not seem to have much in common with Michael R. Milken, one-time king of junk bonds.
For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.
Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.
The great attraction to 'American Gangster' is these two great characters who are absolute paradoxes within their own sphere.
My father's work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather's is robust, bursting off the walls.
