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Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen.

I don't think there's a back lot here in Hollywood anymore that has those streets, like a French Quarter.

I'm an absolute fan of 1970s New York in films like 'Mean Streets' and 'Dog Day Afternoon.'

Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use public spaces, film on the streets, have the cooperation of the police, you have to have a permit.

Shivajinagara' is set in Bangalore's Shivajinagar. We shot most of the film on those busy streets.

When crime was spiking in our communities, Dad wrote the crime bill that put 100,000 cops on the streets and led to an eight-year drop in crime across the country.

The Kimberley Process is not a perfect construct, and it is necessary now to re-double efforts to address its remaining shortcomings and strengthen its provisions.

In 1997, the Labour government set out to strengthen funding for the arts - and achieved it.

I requested people to strengthen my hands with a view to ensuring justice for Tamil Nadu and its due rights.

I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone.

I think my own strengths are in television production.

It's a big, complicated democracy, and one of the strengths of our country is... its rich diversity.

'The Memphis Grizzlies' are always a great defensive team and defense is one of my strengths, so I think that's one thing that I can bring to this team.

I tend to have this perverse reaction to authority and stress: I become more confident and clear when a challenge is enormous.

Some years ago, I fired my agent, Andrew Wylie, alias The Jackal. I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation. I fired him because his agency wasn't doing enough for me.

When you have a great intimacy coordinator on set - which Bridgerton' does - you eliminate all of the stress.

I can't stress too much how much Ry Cooder was an influence on me. Having one of the most respected musicians around like my singing really gave me the confidence to do it.

The thing I like to stress about TV is that it's a team exercise. You really can't have too much of an ego.

Cleaning is my favorite way to relax. I clear things out and get rid of the stuff I don't need. When the food pantry and the refrigerator are organized, I feel less stressed.

I think I always stressed myself out as a kid, and alopecia can be caused by stress.

Writing about Jerusalem was very stressful; every word counts.

It's in the DNA of all the shows that I have done that are about people that are dealing with very stressful situations that are giving them a lot of angst.

I find a lot of input from other people very stressful.

Football sometimes is stressful. Music is more of a kind of laid-back type, chilled-out kind of activity. It kind of keeps me balanced, I guess.