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It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni

community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to take place so they join the future of Iraq. John Abizaid Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining. Philo With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. Abraham Lincoln Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. Voltaire People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. Lucille Clifton

We had no idea what we were in for when we started Blue Sky. We

just had an idea of what we wanted to do. When we got to a point where it seemed impossible, we just kept doing it. After 18 years, we have a lot of it done. Chris Wedge Power is dangerous unless you have humility. Richard J. Daley I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now. Miguel Cabrera I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience. Barbara Kruger Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Barbara Sher

But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal

and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go. Amy Grant I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer. Dave Barry Life is but a moment, death also is but another. Robert H. Schuller Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. Confucius What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall. Carl Stokes

I want to point out to adults that there is a world of good material

available to you now in comic form - in this medium - and learn to give it your support because the more you support it, the better the material will be as it comes out. Will Eisner They've been brought up on the best music. It's gonna be so good. Sean Booth The world used us as an excuse to go mad. George Harrison A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants. Harry S Truman A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end. Henry A. Wallace

It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something

altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set. Norm Coleman The problem is, when you come back in you're sweating, so I wait until the very last minute before putting on my shirt so that it's not covered in sweat. Paul Ince Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people. Charles Lamb The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. Thomas A. Edison We talk a lot in our home together about where we're going, what I'm doing. Melinda Gates

The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to

invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit. Mike Johanns Quality child care, health insurance coverage, and training make it possible for former welfare recipients to get, and keep, jobs. Mel Carnahan Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire. J. K. Rowling My cousin's gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock. Rodney Dangerfield The information I requested under the Freedom of Information Act has been blocked for two years. Sibel Edmonds

In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience

of how in tune it is or something of that kind, that the whole point is somehow being missed, and the music has failed. John Eaton The concepts of Joss are pure, and express attitudes and technical ideals. Cliff Shaw Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep. William C. Bryant Curiosity is the lust of the mind. Thomas Hobbes Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. Aesop

Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie

I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult. Jackie Chan All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Leo Tolstoy Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are. Eric Hoffer Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking? Krzysztof Kieslowski Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit. George III of the United Kingdom

This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental

policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. Jim Jeffords God, I hope I wear this jersey forever. Derek Jeter I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do. Isaac Rosenberg Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them. Henry David Thoreau The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. Gilbert K. Chesterton

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run

by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. E. O. Wilson Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything. Harry S Truman I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes. Marcia Cross You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper. William Albert Allard We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected. Tony Levin

Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death

sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly. Jean Baudrillard He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him. B. C. Forbes If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable. Donna Karan It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end. Billy Idol

There's loads of things you can do to make things easy for your throat, you

can drink a bit of lemon and hot water couple of spoons of honey, you can gargle with port, I've done it a couple of times myself - but don't swallow it! Cliff Richard I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation. Lee Child Every spoken word arouses our self-will. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Rhythm and sounds are born with syllables. Jean Philippe Rameau The only rule I got is if you slide, get up. Bill Lee

Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age.

And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly? Abdullah II of Jordan 'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'! Randy West I grew up in Brooklyn. Johnny Kelly It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind. Branch Rickey I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues. Luther Allison

For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns.

His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught. Roger Bacon I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know? Kelly Lynch Segregation in the South is honest, open and aboveboard. Of the two systems, or styles of segregation, the Northern and the Southern, there is no doubt whatever in my mind which is the better. Strom Thurmond Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way. David Lynch I haven't shaved my private parts, but I dyed them once for a laugh! They looked more ginger, though! Lee Ryan

If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture -

in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention. Richard John Neuhaus Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still. Isaac Watts I think people are always looking for a good comedy. Catherine Keener I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it. Salvador Dali Indeed it is very hard, when we have let the King's subjects have so much of our lands for so little value. Joseph Brant

On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the

people. But more important, since we knew that you couldn't observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer. Bobby Seale We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest. Thomas Jefferson Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers. Herbert Kaufman The worst thing that can happen to us in an ideological struggle is to become what we are fighting. Nick Clooney I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop. Ruth St. Denis

Not to sound egomaniac or anything, but just to get under people's skin like that,

and for them to believe in you and believe strongly enough to write... it's flattering and it helps you during the day. Glenn Quinn We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know what to create. Jose Ortega y Gasset You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time. George William Russell Dreams are necessary to life. Anais Nin I found through my fan mail that women... really wanted a role model. Donna Mills

The reason why I've been keeping private for the longest time ever here, I've always

wanted to protect my wife's privacy. I don't like - I didn't want to put her picture all over the news. I just wanted to keep her private. Michael Schiavo The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades. Alice Cooper Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration. Bill Frist It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it. Zora Neale Hurston All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. Thomas Browne

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people.

I'm embarrassed about it, I think its wrong. I think it does give terrorists an unwarranted excuse to use the despicable means to hurt innocent people. Jimmy Carter Mostly singing was cathartic, writing was cathartic, therapeutic. I don't think I had a goal, particularly, to sing or put it out there for anybody. Lisa Marie Presley I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity, my name is no longer my own. River Phoenix If we are to create tomorrow's jobs, we can't remain frozen in time in yesterday's tax system. Bob Taft Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better. Maria Cantwell

Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the 'good life' we thinks others lead

by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts. Sarah Ban Breathnach The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. William Blake Have a mind that's open to everything, get attached to nothing. Gary Busey The education of a man is never completed until he dies. Robert E. Lee I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself. Dennis Potter

Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on

in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so. Estelle Morris Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. James A. Baldwin Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man. J. B. Priestley A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. Ralph Waldo Emerson The art of communication is the language of leadership. James Humes

The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it

of the emotion and deal with the facts. And there was a considerable challenge to that here and understandably so. Howard Baker God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat. Thomas Tusser I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking. Ahmad Jamal There's no point in lying saying I am doing really, really well because I'm not; I'm cult level. Gary Numan There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. Albert Schweitzer

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than

the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations. Sun Tzu There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences. William Ralph Inge What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. Ralph Waldo Emerson To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. Thomas J. Watson We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues. Mike Johanns

If some woman tells me how she feels about something, my immediate assumption is that

she wants an answer, or that she wants me to solve her problem. In fact, all she wants to do is share, or show how she feels. Fred Ward The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages. Esther Williams Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is. Sri Chinmoy Never take anything for granted. Benjamin Disraeli I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home. Cat Stevens

We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our

best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education. Nigel Short I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book; you just tell the best story you know how to tell. Paula Danziger We took our eye off the ball as a company. William Clay Ford, Jr. Starting off, all options are always open, but as soon as you choose something, you inevitably limit yourself. If you go for B, A is out. Alva Noto What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it's because that's what's inside. Wayne Dyer

When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks

at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom. Peter Lynch If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely. Don DeLillo Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move. Joe Cocker Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives. William Moulton Marston I went to a Catholic high school and it seemed like every time I drew something for a class project, it either got thrown away by the teacher or something. Mike Judge

As we descend deeper and deeper in this region its inhabitants become more and more

modified, and fewer and fewer, indicating our approach towards an abyss where life is either extinguished, or exhibits but a few sparks to mark its lingering presence. Edward Forbes I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Harry S Truman What is the good of experience if you do not reflect? Frederick the Great When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. Francis Bacon Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so

much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success. Max Born What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. Antoine de Saint-Exupery A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher He was a crystal of morality among our scientists. Nikita Khrushchev It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. J. K. Rowling

I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms

of what it means to a whole new generation of people who are interested in the enduring energy, achievements, spirit and creativity that exemplified our era. David Amram It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales! Robert Bolt Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort. Helen Gurley Brown The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. John F. Kennedy Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. Alexander Pope

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves

too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin. Tori Amos I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty. James A. Garfield Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot. Hugh Jackman In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do. Gianni Versace We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last. Charles Studd

Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable.

I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague. Norman Douglas Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. Edna Ferber I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it. Donald Trump A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game. Earl Weaver

Remember, this was a world that was still ethnically separated. I was thirteen and ignorant

of the social situation in America, but I felt these records were better than what my own culture was turning out. Roy Harper The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men. James Harrington The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Robert Green Ingersoll When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country. Bruce Hornsby I was having trouble making ends meet, and my beginnings weren't meeting either. Allan Sherman

Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in

the first book all the positions of the orbits together with the movements which I ascribe to the Earth, in order that this book might contain, as it were, the general scheme of the universe. Nicolaus Copernicus Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. J. R. R. Tolkien If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up. Alan Perlis If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization. Mary Douglas Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again. Moira Kelly

Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the

resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count - on real results. Phil Bredesen When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm very curious to know him. If I neither recognise nor know him, then it is better that I don't play him. Ben Kingsley Would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat. Hermann Goering It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. Alfred Adler Nothing is more revealing than movement. Martha Graham

Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies

it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea. Guy Debord L.A. to me is not really an attractive place. Nicholas Lea As far as my favorite songs to perform live, most of the songs we did live were my favorite. If they weren't, I would have gotten rid of them. Johnny Ramone What is a friend? I will tell you... it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself. Frank Crane When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. Walter Lippmann

The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to

after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed. Kofi Annan It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust. Mary Wollstonecraft Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. Bertrand Russell When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it. Howard Barker I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic, which wasn't easy. Lee Child

In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In

fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history. Mark Shields You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out. Crystal Gayle When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming. Della Reese Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing. John Donne Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. Terry Pratchett

I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I

would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think that's where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to. Spalding Gray Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough. Thomas Lynch Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world. Muhammad Iqbal Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time. Ian Fleming Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. Albert Einstein

There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good

job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life. Byron Dorgan Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create. Ed Parker To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand. Zoltan Kodaly The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky. Solomon Short This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always accompanied by such a process. Susan George

Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and

more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications. Mary Douglas We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. Flamboyant. David Johansen One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. John Berger I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet... It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house not be able to leave. Elizabeth Hurley Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands. Jean Giraudoux

It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today

because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance. Mark Rydell What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want. Jeffrey Sachs Wet Hot American Summer so far is a financial disappointment and money was lost on it. But perhaps it will find its audience in video, cable, etc, maybe over the course of years. David Wain I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea. Joichi Ito

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits

- and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful. Simone Weil I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood - sex and the dead. William Butler Yeats Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies. Theodor Adorno Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy. Camille Paglia It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true. Gerald F. Lieberman

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of

character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done. William James Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. John McCarthy My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right. Carl Schurz Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. William Jennings Bryan There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man. Owen Feltham

These are ideas. I could say that they just came to me, but it would

be more accurate to say that I went to them. Ideas - and new connections between ideas - lead you away from commonly held perceptions of reality. Ideas lead you out here. Ideas lead you into the darkness. Dave Sim Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. Bernard Meltzer I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state. Michael Dukakis A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne. Georges Clemenceau I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans. Madeleine Albright

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach

the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart There is only one passion, the passion for happiness. Denis Diderot Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. Henry Steele Commager What is a society without a heroic dimension? Jean Baudrillard The Science Coalition, which grew out of an initial concept at Harvard and at MIT, has now grown to an informal group of about 60 research universities. Charles Vest

Do not try to approach God with your thinking mind. It may only stimulate your

intellectual ideas, activities, and beliefs. Try to approach God with your crying heart. It will awaken your soulful, spiritual consciousness. Sri Chinmoy For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination. Maxwell Maltz Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. Andre Maurois I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution. William J. Clinton The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best. Sasha Cohen

I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating;

there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real. Peter Singer Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold. W. Eugene Smith Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's no reality to it. Paul Giamatti The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last. Andrew Sullivan Joys divided are increased. Josiah Gilbert Holland

The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson

county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors. Cole Younger Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead. R. Buckminster Fuller There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance. Thomas Pynchon I figure if it's turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it's hard to really picture the DVD version when I'm in production. Jay Roach No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world. Barney Oliver

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them,

breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose? John Trumbull It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly. Lynn Davies People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel. William Hazlitt Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon. Dominic West I'm not going to fight in the physical with physical weapons, because it's not a physical fight. I'm going to fight with spiritual weapons, cause it's a spiritual fight. Stephen Baldwin

That was in the days when everyone rode a bicycle, and the journal had a

circulation of over one hundred and twenty-five thousand weekly, so my verses and illustrations became known to a fairly large public. Joseph C. Lincoln I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too. Joichi Ito So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books. George Stephen I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek. Vanna White In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary. Emile M. Cioran

Are you kidding? I'm a terrible cook, but John is a really great one. Literally,

I never cook. The whole time we were dating, I prepared two officially romantic meals. Both of them were such disasters that he begs me never to go into the kitchen again. Rebecca Romijn We're improvising a lot of this, which amazes people. Tom Bergeron We die only once, and for such a long time. Moliere As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason. Thomas Browne More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty. Jerry Weller

Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em

all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature. Herbert Simon Unlike the phone system, which is engineered around an application, the Internet layered model allows you to, in essence, separate applications from infrastructure. Michael K. Powell Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose. Heinrich Heine Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the World will suffice for me in the future. Mary Cassatt A rule to live by: I won't use anything I can't explain in five minutes. Phil Crosby

It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those

from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation. Roger Mahony Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows. Siegfried Sassoon I'm kind of insane when it comes to music, a little obsessed. Elijah Wood What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful. Blaine Lee If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. Grace Hopper

I parody myself every chance I get. I try to make fun of myself and

let people know that I'm a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I'm not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn't exist. Gary Coleman Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way. O. Henry Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. Joseph Chilton Pearce What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union. Mary Harris Jones If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life. Tom Stoppard

It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I

think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters. Helen Slater But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job. Frank Black I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera. Dorothy Malone I bought some instant water one time but I didn't know what to add to it. Steven Wright It's true, I don't like the real world. Richard Foreman

I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't

want to be known always as the silly 'Scrubs' guy... So part of me was like, You know what? Life's short. Let's go for it. Zach Braff I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts. Angelina Jolie Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while. Aaron Neville Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding? Philip Roth One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress. Allison Janney

TIVO executives stand up and say, 'Well, we're not getting rid of commercials, but we

are letting them fast forward, because people like commercials, and if they see one that they like they stop and watch it.' I mean, please. Dick Wolf There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America. Arnold Schwarzenegger A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested. Edmund Barton Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis. Yasser Arafat At the next General Election, voters face a clear choice: deregulation and less interference in everyday life with the Conservatives, or yet more regulation and interference under Mr Blair. John Redwood

Paul's the writer. Yeah, I wrote a little of that stuff, but that's just technically

true. In spirit, and in essence of the truth, it doesn't matter. So I don't know, maybe I'm being foolish for not being technical. Yeah, I wrote a certain portion of the things. Art Garfunkel We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us. Gary Ackerman I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough. Debra Wilson I started as a teenager going up on commercials. Fran Drescher What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history. Avery Brooks

I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free.

The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation. Mikhail Bakunin Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. Thomas Beecham What is best and most necessary usually happens. Knute Nelson I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album. Anita Baker

As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so

that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional. Gavin Newsom The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we come in the door. Mary Higgins Clark Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes. Kjell Magne Bondevik It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate. Donald Trump I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles. Don Nickles

For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down

around the sides... Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark. Bettie Page Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. Albert Einstein It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it. Florence Ellinwood Allen You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser. Joe Namath Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you. Loretta Young

People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp

or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?' Major Owens If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside. Adam Michnik A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects. W. H. Auden It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience. Matthew Bourne It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. Henry Ward Beecher

I would advise my young colleagues, the composers of symphonies, to drop in sometimes at

the kindergarten, too. It is there that it is decided whether there will be anybody to understand their works in twenty years' time. Zoltan Kodaly Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building. John Osborne It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope. Arthur Baer Cleverness is not wisdom. Euripides I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. Ty Cobb

I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own

work. I was quite clear that I didn't want to be an interpretative kind of artist. I had an intuition about wanting to create my own form, in one way or another, whatever that would be. Meredith Monk A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. Joseph Addison In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face. Steven Biko 'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to. Johann Most Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another. Reinhold Niebuhr

I lost that excitement I had when I first started out. It was all about

the need to just get a job, and so I found the joy again when I was writing Deuce Bigelow. I was laughing so hard and along with my writing partner at the time, simply laughing until we cried. Rob Schneider The wildest colts make the best horses. Plutarch The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life - to reduce it to order but at the same time to give it possibility, scope, even dignity. Archibald MacLeish Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it. Max Jacob That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. Thomas Jefferson

The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs

of his agenda. A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter. Mary Landrieu We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. Aristotle It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue. Max Baucus Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. Carl Jung I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it. Michelle Rodriguez

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues

to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. Dietrich Bonhoeffer If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.' Robin Quivers I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that. Moira Kelly I have only one real hobby - my husband. Florence Harding If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. Peace Pilgrim

In Canada, women's rights are a vital part of our effort to build a society

of real equality - not just for some, but for all Canadians. A society in which women no longer encounter discrimination nor are shut out from opportunities open to others. Paul Martin The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. Virginia Woolf There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation. W. C. Fields Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop. Robbie Coltrane It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people. Wanda Sykes

As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't

really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award. Richard Marx To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master. Milton Glaser I work on my voice through what I have to sing. Bryn Terfel It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting. Tris Speaker When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable. Bill Bradley

From slavery to segregation, we remember that America did not always live up to its

ideals. In fact, we often fell far short of them. But we also learned that fundamental to our national character is the drive to live out the true meaning of our creed. Bill Frist Life has become serious for me, although I do like to party every now and then. Lita Ford For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country. Donnie Yen America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people. George W. Bush We're all pilgrims on the same journey - but some pilgrims have better road maps. Nelson DeMille

When an individual, a sect, a clique or a nation hates and despises another individual,

sect, clique or nation, he or they simply do not know the objects of their hatred. Ignorance is at the bottom of it. Paul Harris I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community of friends, neighbors, parents and Americans. Jim Walsh The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else. Jodie Sweetin For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. Pedro Calderon de la Barca I don't know if I want to be a big star though. Darrell Hammond

I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud

of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn't have my mom to encourage me to be me and be proud of how tall I am. Lisa Leslie I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. James Boswell Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. Susan Sontag One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it. Jack Dee You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. Alvin Toffler

I'm not worried. I'm just so grateful to be in the position that I'm in.

I'm just going with the flow right now, and I think my album will come together quite nicely because I think everybody is on the same page. Carrie Underwood We were at Pye Studios for half an hour so we set the gear up and we did two tracks. A month later we found out it was selling thirty thousand copies a day. Georgie Fame Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. Denis Waitley I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies. Tim Burton It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit. Anatole France

We know they are doing their job in committee, that they are brilliant men, smart

men, and that they are on the job all the time. We're just human beings down here-all different. We take all these things into consideration. You can't help it. John William McCormack Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. Arnold Palmer I come to play everyday. David Ortiz When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon. Jena Malone The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am - it seems I change every day. Leonardo DiCaprio

While mainstream media is led by profit, ratings and popularist culture and filtered by the

current political climate, Alternative Media is lead solely by the convictions of the campaign and film maker. Ben Edwards Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public. Steven Squyres The awareness of our own strength makes us modest. Paul Cezanne I am more spontaneous than my character. Gillian Anderson Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. Ellsworth Huntington

As the books grew bigger and more ambitious, the situations in question sometimes became political

ones, and so it became necessary to start painting in the social background on a scale which eventually became panoramic. Jonathan Coe Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances. Robert Crumb The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I've read so often that I've internalized them in some really essential way: they are more inside me now than out. Donna Tartt My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. James Thurber If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space. Joyce Carol Oates

I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do

and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained. Sally Kirkland Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law. Solon I love all Yes music and love to play it live, but I'm most interested in making new music with Yes. Billy Sherwood I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty. Brent Spiner It's a prizefight. Get off the stool, take your beating, go back to your corner, rest, and take a beating again. Believe in your own talent. Marry well. Bruce Paltrow

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits

of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate. Nathaniel Hawthorne Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself. Samuel Johnson There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. David Lloyd George Action is the foundational key to all success. Pablo Picasso Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? Jean Paul

We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall

Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else. Lee R. Raymond The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous. R. W. Apple, Jr. When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice. Sarah Vaughan I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family. Nastassja Kinski The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large

part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions. Steve Kerr I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else. Mats Sundin Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it. George Sand True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does. Torquato Tasso Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war. Carroll Quigley

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their

potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict? Max de Pree Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all. Arthur Balfour Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain. Mary Catherine Bateson I was enchanted by the escape into that meticulous world that seemed real yet not... well, it seemed not real, but very detailed and meticulous, bizarre. Richard Foreman Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it. Mia Hamm

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you

have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being. Steven Biko No, but you've got to be here in case something does happen. Bob Paisley I'm really, really enjoying myself, I seem to have a lot of purpose in my life. I'm enjoying what I'm doing, you know, and people are liking it. So, it's great, you know. Robbie Williams I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty. Susan Estrich Freedom isn't for wimps. Neal Boortz

The Indians knew that life was equated with the earth and its resources, that America

was a paradise, and they could not comprehend why the intruders from the East were determined to destroy all that was Indian as well as America itself. Dee Brown No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result. Tommy Armour I see no reason for recording the obvious. Edward Weston You know, you go home and you try on a new mascara, and I guess a male CEO can't do that. Andrea Jung

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for

information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits. John Locke It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange. Piper Laurie When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket. Don Rickles Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. Ralph Waldo Emerson It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life. Max Frisch

Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions,

and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make. Mitch Daniels There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear. Rose Kennedy It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. John Burroughs We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about. Charlie Haden None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. Thomas Carlyle

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well

prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome. Anne Perry I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who is deluded enough to be called a utopian. Keith Henson The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job. Dylan Moran If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again. Michael Chang It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow. Anne Heche

Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and

second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood. Saint Augustine When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died. Luther Vandross It was hard to watch, the business side is so big in the game. Mats Sundin We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills. Jim Talent The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. Francis Bacon

It's not like he called me up and asked me. They've never wanted to throw

us into that world, and I think our decision probably shocked them. But I love my dad, and I think I'd regret it if I didn't do this. Jenna Bush I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story. Frank Darabont Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age. Matthew Simpson Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him. Billy Graham If Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly. Julie Delpy

Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family

than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women. Muhammad Yunus At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school. William Standish Knowles Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road. Dag Hammarskjold It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop. Arthur Baer I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire. I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do. Michael Moore

I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about

it. But the rest of the time, I'm so nervous and obsessed. I'm just tearing my hair out in the trailer. The whole time I'm really tense. Casey Affleck The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. Dale Carnegie It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it. Epictetus There's a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart. Michael Shanks How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. Marcus Aurelius

One of the best things that ever happened to me was Rocky Horror being a

total flop in New York as a play. I mean, it was a disaster, and it was the night of the long knives as far as the critics were concerned. Tim Curry I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music. P. J. Harvey My strength is coming up with two outs in the last of the ninth. Michael Eisner I'm working as hard as I can. Yesterday, I had five different debates. I don't get a half an hour a day to talk to my wife. I don't know how much harder I can work. James P. Moran It is your business when the wall next door catches fire. Horace

Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of

brightness and color. And everybody is smiling and happy and butterflies flitting around and it was that kind of image that, it was like a dream world, really. George Martin People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else. Ralph Waldo Emerson Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands. Lionel Hampton I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid. Josh Charles I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart. William Shakespeare

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always

had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game. Pete Rose I fully appreciate the fact that George W. Bush won 49% of my district. Jim Costa Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop. Steve Nash I like throwing snowballs at small children. Sam Mendes The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification. Mike Johanns

Upon arriving, meeting their teachers and signing up for classes, these students began to realize

that their attendance at Delaware State University was not a goal achieved, but rather a dream being sewn - a first step, if you will. Michael N. Castle Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Mother Teresa The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. Benjamin Disraeli People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are. Jim Woodring Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude. Bart Starr

The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's

also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older. Chris Van Allsburg There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second. Jeff Bezos One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors. Rupert Grint We are reminded how short life really is, and how we are just passing through. So, all the people you haven't told you love lately, tell them, and live your days like you mean it. Hal Sutton No Spanish government has given into terror and no government will do that. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through

great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him. Margaret Whiting One hardly saves a world without ruling it. Emile M. Cioran Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. W. H. Auden Delaware State has established itself as an institution of excellence in its own right and attracts a diversity of students from various races, socio-economic status and locations. Michael N. Castle We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people. Louis Farrakhan

We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that

there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success. River Phoenix The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy. Buck Owens I think you're only free if you're working on very low or huge money. George A. Romero I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results. Florence Nightingale We don't start a job that we can't finish... that's the American way. Paul Wolfowitz

I feel most at home in the United States, not because it is intrinsically a

more interesting country, but because no one really belongs there any more than I do. We are all there together in its wholly excellent vacuum. Wyndham Lewis Her death contributed to my later interest in studying biochemistry, an interest that has not been fulfilled in the sense that my accomplishments remain more at the basic than the applied level. Paul D. Boyer A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. Tony Robbins We want to make as big a market as we can with our current product. Trip Hawkins The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free. George W. Bush

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the

intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims. Joseph Conrad A scientist is an unlikely character to put at the center of a movie. Bill Condon Best to live lightly, unthinkingly. Sophocles With renunciation life begins. Amelia Barr Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so. Murray Walker

And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping

fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over. Ed Rendell There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film. Ben Edwards I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad. David Schwimmer Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain. George Saunders I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look. Debbie Allen

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and

degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life. Dag Hammarskjold In this metaphor we actually have a picture of the computational universe, a metaphor which I hope to make scientifically precise as part of a research program. Seth Lloyd If you don't know something, admit it. But, try to impress them with what you do know. Bob Weinstein As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious. Nicolas Cage Miss Child is never bashful with butter. Phil Donahue

Love... Force it and it disappears. You cannot will love, nor even control it. You

can only guide its expression. It comes or it goes according to those qualities in life that invite it or deny its presence. David Seabury The finer the bait, the shorter the wait! Frank Gorshin I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever. Anita Loos No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. Honore de Balzac But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies or platforms that have a surprising effect on market share. Trip Hawkins

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't

quite know how I'm going to do them, because I haven't lived that moment yet. I always feel very insecure and I get very excited. Suzanne Farrell From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. Napoleon Bonaparte To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name. Vachel Lindsay We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. William E. Gladstone It is time to maximize and prioritize our health care dollars. Jane D. Hull

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad

parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago. E. O. Wilson Chronically homeless means constantly homeless; it means repeatedly homeless. Linda Lingle Success produces success, just as money produces money. Diane Ackerman The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. Thomas Carlyle In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul. Claire Bloom

They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged

thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system. Imelda Marcos It is interesting to be here and to see that for certain actors they have to live in a way that you think of nobody living anymore except for in small towns. They have such elaborate double lives. Bill Condon So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong. Jim Capaldi Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. Anna Seward I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer. Aaron Spelling

I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons

of his getting elected. But as to whether he really believes his actions are going to hasten the day of the final conflict, I do not know. Huston Smith Most people might just as well buy a share of the whole market, which pools all the information, than delude themselves into thinking they know something the market doesn't. Merton Miller Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers. Isabelle Huppert Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on. John Lydon The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it. Murray Rothbard

It's rare that I actually have a story in my head. I have events or

'what's the next move?' Like, Maggie, 'where's she going to go in this story, where's she going to end up?' Then the story has to fill in the in-between, and that comes as I'm starting it. Jaime Hernandez Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are. Malcolm Forbes Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security. Suze Orman I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever. Victoria Pratt I don't believe gun owners have rights. Sarah Brady

My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months

old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk. Dick Dale Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves. Adrienne Clarkson But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion. Amy Grant The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income. George Foreman It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read. Thomas Jefferson

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Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform,

or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value. Anita Roddick The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of life. Without it there would not have been the chemical materials to allow life to evolve here on earth. John Polkinghorne I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game. Rafael Palmeiro I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous. Susan Collins When I was 12 years old, I was hanging out with 23-year-olds. I was into cartoons and Pokemon, and they're all talking about girls. It was a strange way to grow up. Shaun White I read everything. I've always got a b

If I can avoid looking at myself, I will. I don't care to examine myself

or see much of what I do. I never care how I look. Scott Bakula I was 17 when I released my first record. I didn't really figure out what I wanted to say, how to get a message and put it together. Sydney Wayser I've always liked simple. Growing up, I wore corduroys and Lacoste shirts, Maraolo flats, and maybe one gold bracelet. Aerin Lauder I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I enjoyed it. I've always really enjoyed music. Jesse Spencer Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale! Tom Selleck Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments. Elie Wiesel Sweet, delicious Dungeness crab is always a treat. Tom Douglas I'm feeling around for what happens in a post-'Peep Show' world. Robert Webb I'd refer to myself as a feminist. I don't

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet

a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character. Emma Goldman We had every kind of audience you could name. Young, old, not-so-old, some older than old, some younger than young: they were there, they were there! There was everything. John Hunter Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it. Aaron Carter God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with. Luis Palau Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem. Rick Moody We are the recorders and reporters of facts - not the judges of the behaviors we describe. Alfred Kinsey Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. Benjamin Disraeli

One of the worst things about being an actor, besides people being nice to you

and getting free stuff all the time - but really, one of the worst things is not knowing what's coming next. You could shoot a pilot, and they could have you on hold for six months waiting to find out what is going to happen with the show, and you're locked into it. Nick Kroll What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long? Anna Neagle Of course there have been times I regretted being the kid in 'E.T.' My world went completely crazy. I was that stupid kind of famous, where you can't go anywhere. Henry Thomas A lot of the stuff I have done had been not only the likable guy, but like the nice likable guy. Ron Livingston It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin. Harry Melling They always want me to play myself and th

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the

thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. William Morris So, fall asleep love, loved by me... for I know love, I am loved by thee. Robert Browning As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. Ben Hogan And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again. Thomas Moore The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. Voltaire Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants. William Osler There are no insuperable constitutional difficulties. Lionel Murphy

I've become wary of interviews in which you're forced to go back over the reasons

why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you've done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive. Peter Weir With this first novel, I am just above the foothills, but I see the path to the top, and it is my desire to write compelling stories about everything that I find of interest. Guy Johnson Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain. Paul Daniels Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration. Barbara Smith I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it. Michael Phelps Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there

I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the

first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training. Vijay Sethupathi I remember auditioning for 'Moulin Rouge!,' the part that Ewan McGregor played. I was so young: I was literally just out of college. Tobias Menzies When you have an opportunity to do a series, you want to stick it out. You don't know when you're going to get another one like that again. Cleavant Derricks I am a really great daughter. Millie Bobby Brown Let us fight until the end. Let me try at least that - fight. Pep Guardiola You can have an idea that everyone else thinks is dumb, and it's still a good idea. Ryan North When there is a ring on my finger, which is actually given to me, then I'll tell the world. Till then, no one can claim me. Priyanka Chopra You need not fear my extinction. Fear my proliferation! I've already reproduced! Lydia Millet We are at a point in our nation's history w

My uncle inspired me, and it was because of him that I become a wrestler,

but besides him, the one Superstar that really caught my attention growing up as a kid was 'Macho Man' Randy Savage.Rey Mysterio It's clear that Planned Parenthood went out of its way to paint me as some sort of a zealot - a Trojan-horse zealot who came into Komen and within 10 to 11 months had completely turned the place upside down. That's clearly not who I am, and it's not what happened.Karen Handel Once you become president, you don't even have to stop for red lights. And if it looks like traffic's too bad, you just take a helicopter.H. W. Brands From Julia Child to 'The Galloping Gourmet' and the Food Channel and Cooking Channel, our fascination with the spectacle of cooking has been a mainstay of TV entertainment.Chuck Norris I want to love. I want to enjoy life.David Cassidy The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact.William M. Daley I was set to confront the might of the

I think you have to take each movie for its own value. There will be

those you'll roll your eyes over and others you can't wait to see. It all has to do with the intention. If someone's intention is just to make money and exploit something for profit, then it's not good. If it's thoughtfully done, the proof's in the pudding.Carrie-Anne Moss I basically applied to law school as a way of telling my parents that I wasn't going to medical school.John Delaney At a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order. It's a cliche, but it's underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting activities, and the benefits of it are incalculable.Leonard Cohen I simply love coming to Chennai. My wife always complains, saying, 'You literally run at the mention of Chennai - I wonder what it is about that place!' I love how everyone is active here 24/7.

In the spiritual body moreover, man appears such as he is with respect to love

and faith, for everyone in the spiritual world is the effigy of his own love, not only as to the face and the body, but also as to the speech and the actions. Emanuel Swedenborg No, the people standing before Christ and Pilate during the judgment scene do not condemn an entire race for the death of Christ anymore than the actions of Mussolini condemn all Italians, or the heinous crimes of Stalin condemn all Russians. Jim Caviezel If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president. A. N. Wilson I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music. Brian McKnight I touched an Oscar once. Friend of mine has one, for writing. As soon as I touched it, he said, Now you'll never win one. Rob Corddry The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians