I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture.
“I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing.”
“I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.”