chefs with three Michelin stars were the culinary equivalent of the Beatles or Rolling Stones — they were sorcerers.

Many of the businesses, large and small, that were operating in New Orleans on Aug. 28 are not going to be here anymore, … If we were to measure the New Orleans economy now, it...

Hopefully, nobody will be scared that it’s a western, because the show is really a piece of very contemporary entertainment. It’s fun, and I think audiences will love it.

Right now currency manipulation is not seen as an export subsidy, and it should be just as much as subsidy slave labor or anything else.

We have suffered unlike any other State, I think in the country, as far as job loss goes.

It’s going to help me be informed with what I want to do and that’s the most important thing, to be informed.

I caught the bug, … I went down there and had a blast. Capitol Hill is a great place for a young person. I decided I wanted to go back after graduation.

And the answer that we always have come up with in this country is to make sure everybody is educated, that everybody has health care, that everybody has a shot.

There’s an old basketball saying. You recruit offense; you teach guys how to play defense. Not saying anything about his defense – I’m saying that in general. I think his lateral movement is quick enough....

She is so soft-spoken and the voice of calmness, … Barry gets caught up in the moment and is constantly doing 100-yard sprints, while Stella is running a marathon… [They] work tirelessly to make the...

The script doesn’t spoof the movie entirely. It just walks a really fine line where they’re playing that style to the hilt, so some of it is quite funny.

So it is important for us to remember where this all started. And now, today, several years later, we have 19,000 troops in Afghanistan, and 140,000 troops in Iraq. We have forgotten and taken our...

I mean, if one really wants to empathize with the people who are suffering in our country, one does not go to the suburb.

I think he’s the kind of player we get a chance to sign out of this area every seven or eight years.

I held signs on the side of the road for him,

And as we began the war in Iraq, many, many, many months ago, we began to shift our focus from Afghanistan to Iraq.

It is like there are only certain kids that can get into the sandbox, and if you are not born to the right gene pool or you are not born in the right hospital or...

Some people seem to think, from watching CNN reports from the French Quarter, that everything’s back to normal. Others seem to think the city is completely closed and nonfunctional. … It does seem to be...

Emma is just as fiery, and determined to destroy Vienna and take over the town – even if she has to destroy it.

I make no apologies for getting federal money for one of the most economically depressed areas in the country.

So as we have this debate about the personal accounts, I think it is very important for us to recognize that diverting 4 percent of your Social Security taxes into this is never going to...

I don’t think it’s just him, I think it’s every player coming out of high school. I think the intensity level is something they’re just not used to coming out of high school.

While the political debate over abortion will continue for a very long time, the federal government can and should be doing more to support programs and services that provide women with better options.

In the short run there is a real critical problem, … If you don’t have housing you don’t get the people back, and you are going to be limited in the number of businesses you...

It is past time for the U.S. government to fully fulfill our moral obligation to those who have fought for freedom and democracy.

It is like our foreign policy has attention deficit disorder.

The NRA and I do not agree on a lot of things, but it’s refreshing and quite a surprise that the NRA has come up with a good idea.

It’s a tough draw. They’re a great team.

Luis does all the things that enables your team to be successful.

All I am saying is, we are trying to argue that if the system does not help everybody, the system is not working; and this system is not working.

As we remember our nation’s bravest, let us live up to the ideals for which they fought and died, that we may be not just the beneficiaries of their bravery but stewards of their sacrifice.

From the War for Independence to today in Iraq and Afghanistan, I am inspired by the courage, professionalism and patriotism of our men and women in uniform.

It’s a risk-reward, cost-benefit analysis, when you think about it. Sometimes it bites him, sometimes he comes out on the winning end of things.

The only thing that we can do is invest in education in the United States of America, and we have not done it.

I am a firm believer in the mission of the health centers, which offer cost-effective comprehensive primary and preventive services to at-risk people.

It’s a huge dance show that was conceived by Jerome Robbins, one of the great choreographers. It’s a crazy, wonderful show, one of the great musical dance numbers.

To get there, you’ve got to beat the best. Without a doubt, they’re one of the best.

I believe Paul Hackett is one such individual who, should he decide to run, would serve Ohio well in the U.S. Senate,

We must move forward on a bipartisan basis to expand access to affordable, quality and reliable health coverage for America’s families.

Let us get it right. Let us focus on Afghanistan and make sure that the underground black market drug economy does not continue to fund terrorism.

Millions of working, uninsured Americans go to bed every night worrying what will happen to them and their families if a major illness or injury strikes.

Oh no, no, no. There are no sacred cows.

We are getting our clock cleaned by China.

In each instance, when we were talking about this, we were told that the high-wage jobs were going to stay here and that we were going to give the lower-paying jobs, the jobs that Americans...

The kids are doing a great job. They love it. It amazes me how much they just fall for these musicals. This one is 60 years old, but the kids find it as fresh and...

They understand that they’ve got to come to play. Without coming to play, they can lose to anybody.

Competing interests … Katrina, the war … everything is competing.

The threat when people do not move along with everyone else is, the whole system collapses.

That goes all of the way back to what was the planning, what was the end game, what was the exit strategy for both of these wars?

If you look at the suburbs, it’s a boomtown. There’s tremendous economic activity, but I don’t think the world beyond New Orleans sees that. It’s just not something the national press is reporting on.