In the end, a new Americanization movement can't just be about listing our privileges and immunities, which we catalog in our laws. It also has to be about reinforcing our duties, which we convey in our habits.

In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.

I'm not here to battle anybody. In the end it's just an instrument. That shouldn't be a concept.

In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the pipeline that feed it. Slots at Duke and Princeton and Cal are finite.

In the end, to do a good accent, you just have to be a good listener.

In the end, I'm an actor. I'm paid for what I bring to the screen.