We have 1.8 million Americans behind bars today at Local, State and Federal level. In the federal system, which has doubled in the last ten years, over 110,000 people behind bars in the Federal system, probably two-thirds are there for drug related reason.


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It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it.
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I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve.
BARRY STERNLICHT
I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort l...
BARRY STERNLICHT
There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.
BARRY STERNLICHT
There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans ...
BARRY STERNLICHT
If it can be profitable to be green, that's just smart business.
BARRY STERNLICHT
If I had high-ticker 10 percent financing, which would probably be the market rate, I would have to ...
BARRY STERNLICHT
You go public because you want access to capital in the form of debt and equity.
BARRY STERNLICHT
I wanted to start a hotel company from scratch.
BARRY STERNLICHT
We have an impact on nature, and nature has an impact on us.
BARRY STERNLICHT
You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company tha...
BARRY STERNLICHT
Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportuniti...
BARRY STERNLICHT
I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attenti...
BARRY STERNLICHT
Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight pe...
BARRY STERNLICHT
Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
BARRY STERNLICHT
I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hote...
BARRY STERNLICHT
The American dream is still to own your home.
BARRY STERNLICHT
I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of differe...
BARRY STERNLICHT
It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.
BARRY STERNLICHT
Today, when you're marketing a brand, you can't try to appeal to everybody. You should speak...
BARRY STERNLICHT
The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did som...
BARRY STERNLICHT
It is very important that a leader in the hotel industry be both creative, I think, and compassionat...
BARRY STERNLICHT
As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
BARRY STERNLICHT
I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
BARRY STERNLICHT
Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say a...
BARRY SONNENFELD
When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that...
BARRY SONNENFELD
They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
BARRY SONNENFELD
These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of the...
BARRY SONNENFELD
Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big...
BARRY SONNENFELD
It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
BARRY SONNENFELD
I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out ...
BARRY SONNENFELD
I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be consid...
BARRY SONNENFELD
I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a bi...
BARRY SONNENFELD
I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
BARRY SONNENFELD