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The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it

were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years. Susan George A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. Liberty Hyde Bailey Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. Edmund Waller He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you. Daniel Craig Intelligence is a moral category. Theodor Adorno

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working

at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works. William Morris My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh. Dominic Monaghan I feel sorry for the '90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the '80s. Simon Le Bon Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. J. Donald Walters There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started. Eddie Van Halen

Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave

more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds. Herbert Simon Don't let your fear paralyze you. Prepare yourself not only technically, but also emotionally. Bob Weinstein Though I weigh only 120 pounds, when I'm mad, I weigh a ton. Thomas Starr King A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. Thomas Jefferson A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top. James Reston

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which

deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason. Hal Borland All what we hope for is that a day will come, when we have all gone, when people will say that this man has tried, and his family tried. This is all there is to seek in this world. Hussein of Jordan The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced. D. Elton Trueblood The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that. Ted Turner When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression. Casey Affleck

I wanted to give money to people like this woman so that they would be

free from the moneylenders to sell their product at the price which the markets gave them - which was much higher than what the trader was giving them. Muhammad Yunus For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties. John Crowe Ransom A mind enclosed in language is in prison. Simone Weil The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become. William Arthur Ward Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. Walt Whitman

We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have

a surplus, the amount of the tax cut goes straight to the bottom line, adds to the deficit, and the deficit adds to the national debt, and sooner or later, the debt has to be paid. John Spratt In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action. Robert Green Ingersoll All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. Plutarch The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts. Paul R. Ehrlich We cannot make good news out of bad practice. Edward R. Murrow

So, then you find yourself in a situation where you have to do things because

they're on offer to you, because you don't have much self-respect left. You just can't say no, even to something that you've never done before. You just can't help yourself. Brian Molko Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist. Epicurus A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. Billy Graham I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again. Ben Hogan Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations. Lincoln Chafee

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are

painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now. Sophia Loren I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He said, 'Yes,' so I said, 'Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich.' Tommy Cooper They started to try and keep us off the air in the beginning. Della Reese There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things. Antonio Banderas Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence. Jerry Cantrell

What does gene A do? What does gene B do? What does it do in

different contexts? What's its importance? We know the answer to that for a very small number of genes, the ones that made themselves evident many years ago. David Baltimore I feel like I've come out of this grown up, maybe because I live through the character vicariously and she grows up so much during the course of this story. Emmy Rossum Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. Jim Rohn Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. Winston Churchill Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

What I try to do is factor in how people use computers, what people's problems

are, and how these technologies can get applied to those problems. Then I try to direct the various product groups to act on this information. John Warnock I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove. Lennox Lewis Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it. Logan Pearsall Smith You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values. Peter Abrahams More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager. Walt Alston

I think this is one of the greatest strengths of this school. Not only do

the students go on to achieve great milestones in their own lives, they never forget their roots and the school that gave them the chance they needed to improve their lives and their families' lives. Michael N. Castle Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball. Mickey Mantle I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities. Gisele Bundchen Speaking as a Democrat, all my life battling for what I conceived to be Democracy, and what I conceived to be right, I am yet an American above Democracy. Richard Parks Bland Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists. Richard Thompson

If you met my dad, I think a lot of things would be put to

rest. Because my pops is a pretty silly guy. But, Coldcut, they're based in the U.K. I'm a big fan of jazz music, so American music has had a big influence on what I listen to. Eric San The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th. Adam Schiff Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism. Chuck Palahniuk It's not hard. When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But when I'm hitting, I hit anybody. Willie Mays The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools. James E. Rogers

Let's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the

same staff, if the only thing that's different between you and me is the products we can get, and I can get a better product than you, I'm going to be a better chef. Thomas Keller I don't believe in killing whatever the reason! John Lennon I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream. Jon Lovitz The sky hides the night behind it, and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above. Paul Bowles If we do not make tough decisions now, future Americans will have to make even tougher ones. Virginia Foxx

So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem.

I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting. John Robinson I do what I do, and I do it well, and focus and take it one moment at a time. Jim Caviezel Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful. Beth Anderson I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me. Wanda Sykes The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. George Bernard Shaw

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity

of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful. Thomas Arnold But these days, I get a lot more attention and airplay from the Adult Contemporary and country radio stations, and I feel comfortable saying I'm a part of that. Juice Newton It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. William Makepeace Thackeray Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature. David Hare I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them. Campbell Scott

In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast

have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored. Raymond E. Feist Good writing is like a windowpane. George Orwell Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton I thought Out of Action was better as a catalogue than the honeycomb because the honeycomb was like walking into one compartment and then another compartment. Richard Serra If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources. Matthew Simpson

I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the

actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to. Alejandro Amenabar It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent. Dave Barry I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play. Billy Sheehan Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns. Daniel Morgan Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit. Seamus Heaney

In a way it costs thousands dollars before you could actually go out to put

the show on because you'll need equipments, all the lights you know, and that's more just going out and playing you know. John Deacon The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine. Ellen G. White My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are! Johnny Ramone There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the creative process. Adam Duritz And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death. William C. Bryant

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home

run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself. Willie Stargell All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride. Corazon Aquino Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. Samuel Johnson How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. Karl Kraus I am not drinking now but I cannot guarantee tomorrow. Kelly McGillis

I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for 'Six Feet Under',

last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day. Michelle Trachtenberg Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. Cat Stevens I have always liked shows that have laughter in them. David Walliams People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again. Norman Ralph Augustine The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of the people. Lord George Gordon

In ten minutes, I'm thinking, 'OK, you know what? I love these guys. They're really

smart, they're really good, they've got a good sense of comedy, under their guidance, I think maybe this could come out OK.' But I didn't like the part. Eugene Levy In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. Friedrich Nietzsche Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it. Uma Thurman All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. Samuel Johnson You have no idea of the people I didn't marry. Artie Shaw

I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people

of different social - or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman. Mitt Romney Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. Theodore Isaac Rubin Is there no way out of the mind? Sylvia Plath The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls. Gerald Jampolsky What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive. Arnold Palmer

Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance

immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently. James Wolfensohn Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun. Kent Nerburn To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. Franklin D. Roosevelt It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you. Ouida Metaphysics is a science. Gabriel Marcel

For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the

state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become. Joseph Chilton Pearce Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. Joseph Addison Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Albert Einstein Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like. Jamie Oliver A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. Saint Augustine

Have you ever, on a cloudless night, looked down from a passing aircraft flying over

Canada? Endless, glowing strings of cities, towns, and homesteads. Stretching on and on, one province to the next. With only the stars in the distance. Paul Martin Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age. Lydia M. Child I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it. Ralph Fiennes I will cut all state taxes by at least one third. Sonny Landham The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought. Vaclav Havel

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the

child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero. Pablo Picasso Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins. Victoria Billings Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no. Jose Carreras Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth. Thomas Fuller Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks. Gary Sinise

They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for

anybody. When they drink they lose their cool, a lot of us. Like when we played with Sonny Boy, I would never get paid, you know. He would drink up all the money. Ike Turner The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words. Bill Haley Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition. Magic Johnson I have great confidence in Taiwan's democracy. I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights, and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan. Chen Shui-bian Comics were going down for the second time and here, all of a sudden, came this thing and for the next fifteen years, romance comics were about the top sellers in the field; they outsold everything. Gil Kane

It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war

on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq. John Yoo I didn't send back any of the royalty checks. Ira Levin People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. David Attenborough Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. Mary McCarthy The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away. Joshua Chamberlain

The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's

just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through. Whitey Herzog How man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood... he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against. Edward T. Hall Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them. Samuel Pepys I've been doing a lot of learning from mistakes, first and foremost, and building off that. William Green Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. Mencius

My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not

going to do. I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be. Bill Dixon On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.' Earl Weaver Running those poor steers back and forth in the heat is ridiculous. What they ought to do is put the steers in the convention hall and run the delegates. Stanley Marcus My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport. Joan Chen Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. Brian Aldiss

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot

possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair. Douglas Adams We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case. Silvio Berlusconi My father didn't know George W. Bush from Adam. Ron Reagan For some reason, on that sparkling afternoon last week, I actually saw the coal that was passing by and it set me to thinking how important coal was to our everyday lives when I was a little boy. Nick Clooney Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them? Arthur Hugh Clough

Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have

a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter. David Gilmour I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it. Walt Disney My Olympic voyage has continued because it is so rewarding. Bill Toomey There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it. Marcus Tullius Cicero Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver. William James

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth,

for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations. Arthur Schopenhauer Also, General Zinni, who commanded central command, was very much opposed to the war in the first place, as I was. We were both quoted to that effect in February of 2003. William Odom I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying. Elliott Smith The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish. Donald Knuth Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple. John W. Dawson

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny

of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment. Lionel Trilling Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong. Adolf Hitler To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many. Vladimir Putin San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city. Gavin Newsom For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out. Oprah Winfrey

The senior officer who met with reporters in Baghdad said there had been 21 car

bombings in the capital in May, and 126 in the past 80 days. All last year, he said, there were only about 25 car bombings in Baghdad. Rich Lowry In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. H. L. Mencken Everything that is strong in me has gone into my art work. Robert Crumb Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both. Homer Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war. Gerry Adams

We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to

it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it. John Newton Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail. Phil Crosby And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art. Alan Lomax I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet. Chris Robinson The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism. Orson Welles

I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount

of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that. Danica Patrick Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural. Amelia Barr Lord of myself, accountable to none, but to my conscience, and my God alone. John Oldham Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin. Joseph Conrad I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice. Jamie Lee Curtis

Knowledge is power. Most of us agree that something has to be done to strengthen

Social Security, and I believe it's irresponsible to arbitrarily dismiss any idea, Republican nor Democrat, without giving it a hard look. Conrad Burns That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts. Ricky Skaggs I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me. Stanley Fish When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful. Drew Barrymore How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is? Hayden Fry

It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into

the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now. Mike Peters The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat. Jacques Yves Cousteau The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy. Eudora Welty Most countries are static, and they need to do is keep having babies. But America's like this big old clanking smoking machine that just lumbers across the landscape scooping up and eating everything in sight. Neal Stephenson What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning. Barbara De Angelis

The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players,

but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you. Al Lopez Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves. Charlie Chaplin When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly. Bill Frist People habitat has to take priority over bird habitat. Byron Dorgan The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices. Bill Bradley

I've always done food that can work in a set time frame. The message I'm

trying to get across is, it doesn't have to take three days to do this. With planning, you can do a lot and really have quality food every day. Emeril Lagasse You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. Robert A. Heinlein The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. Oscar Wilde People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life. Bo Bennett Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date. Brigitte Nielsen

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at

the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children. George W. Bush The way I write, words can means lots of different things. Beth Orton Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight. Auguste Rodin Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that you're having too good a time. Dennis Miller Every time I went on TV I got a threat. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become

so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery. R. Buckminster Fuller There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told, and the ones who figure it out all by themselves. Tom Clancy We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Michel de Montaigne The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor. Wayne Rogers Truth exists; only lies are invented. Georges Braque

But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is

supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you don't have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether they're a movie star. Victoria Jackson My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years. Donna Mills I think that has been a benefit to me because I think most people understand quilts and not a lot of people understand paintings. But yet they're looking at one. Faith Ringgold No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief. John Calvin If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Thomas Carlyle

It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is

most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it. James Agee A learned man has always riches in himself. Phaedrus Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating. John Yoo Researchers have found very little difference between men and women in terms of the amount of time spent gossiping. Kate Fox Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. Saint Augustine

I feel like I'd like to continue putting out records and start putting them out

more rapidly than I have until now and for me if I can keep selling the records to the fans that already like me that's fine. John Frusciante There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it. Miguel de Cervantes Don't take tomorrow to bed with you. Norman Vincent Peale I don't think we will use the 80s glossy sound again. Ann Wilson I want to be involved in soccer some way. Brian McBride

Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But

what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men. Bede Griffiths If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second. Edward Bellamy We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. Tennessee Williams But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along. Melinda Gates I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream. Heywood Broun

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for

anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. Grenville Kleiser It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport. Fridtjof Nansen I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. Fran Lebowitz Small projects need much more help than great. Dante Alighieri People like to pigeonhole you. Jason Statham

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions,

is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. John Updike My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. Cole Porter Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves. Thomas Hobbes The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea. Thomas Mann The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind. William Godwin

In Asia, a lot of successful economies that had been living on their own saving,

decided to open up their financial markets to international capital in the early 1990s. So here were countries doing quite well, but they decided they'd borrow a bit more and do even better. Jeffrey Sachs I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn't the best shoot for me. Morris Chestnut In heaven an angel is nobody in particular. George Bernard Shaw It's not the teaching, it's the learning. Sly Stone Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men. George Bernard Shaw

The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require

for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case. William Whewell The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide. Lesley Garrett You are just as capable of making a mistake as anyone else. By insisting too eagerly upon a small right, you may turn it into a wrong against yourself and also against your neighbor. Lawrence G. Lovasik The American people abhor a vacuum. Theodore Roosevelt Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers. Gloria Steinem

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my

nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that that's a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn't that interested in moving from place to place. bell hooks The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough. Charles E. Wilson A wounded deer leaps the highest. Emily Dickinson Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives. W. Edwards Deming Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn. B. R. Hayden

It shouldn't take an emergency for this Administration to deal with the health care needs

of our nation's heroes. Funding the VA and our bringing our troops home safely should never be treated as an afterthought. John Salazar The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. Mark Twain Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids. Jim Sensenbrenner Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one. Krzysztof Kieslowski I'm not interested in becoming a bigger star, I'm not interested in being the wealthiest guy in the world. I'm doing fine, I love acting, and I want to do it for the rest of my life. Seth Green

No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct

of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses. Edward Livingston Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. Henri Frederic Amiel I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour. Maynard James Keenan One often thinks that using 2 different things like visual and sound lead to 2 different conclusions - to a different content - but in in my case it is all one. Alva Noto You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do. Betty Carter

There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world.

International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few powers. Li Peng With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying. Frederick Law Olmsted For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film. Rupert Grint A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first. Chanakya There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted. Gilbert Parker

The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding

between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them. Arthur Henderson All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so. John Naisbitt The world's people all share the earnest aspiration to have peace, stability, justice and cooperation. Tran Duc Luong I don't like a lot of rehearsing. Patricia Clarkson

History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push

comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice. Tim Pawlenty I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from. Cristiano Ronaldo I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job. Alexis Bledel The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought. Emma Goldman You just can't keep pouring money down an endless hole and never recoup any of it. It's got to be a business. Don Bluth

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to

some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them. Thomas Aquinas Often undecided whether to desert a sinking ship for one that might not float, he would make up his mind to sit on the wharf for a day. Max Aitken The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host. Theophrastus I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot. Mark McGwire Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying. Nikki Giovanni

So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do

things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl. Carrie Underwood I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all? Walt Whitman I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms. John Engler There is a rising generation in this country who do not know God because of a general decay of religion. Arthur Middleton Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much. Bill Owens

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your

yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future. Carl Sandburg The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write. D. H. Lawrence The ninth grade. I went from 5'9' to 6'8'. Bubba Smith Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did. James A. Baldwin Party honesty is party expediency. Grover Cleveland

As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done

much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial. Robert Wise I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch. Anna Chlumsky There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign. Theodore White People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. It's over the day that child is born. It's over, and something completely new starts. Bill Murray Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago. Robert Teeter

Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording

it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound. Juice Newton There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time. Napoleon Bonaparte He is great enough that is his own master. Joseph Hall The universal narrator knows all and can enter a character's head any time he chooses. Arthur Herzog In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change. Sally Kirkland

I came away from the forums with a profound concern about the highly addictive and

destructive nature of methamphetamine. Families are torn apart, lives are destroyed and treatment is difficult to get. Greg Walden But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan for stopping it. Everyone tried to get out of its way. Frances Perkins When I was a young player, I would look at players and think, he does this well, and try and pick up good points from them, or he conducts himself well, I'll pick up on that. Richard Gough You do not notice changes in what is always before you. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine. Bill Vaughan

We think the whole world's going to change, and forget that human beings are still

human beings; we have the same five senses, we still interact the same way, we still love and hate the same way, but marketers lose track of that. But then it comes down to earth. Michael K. Powell If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you. Ramakrishna There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened. Jules Renard Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being. Evan Bayh It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by. Lili Taylor

Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot

of musicians went over there and stayed over there for a long time. A lot of them moved over there, lived over there, and died over there. Sonny Rollins I guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract. Peter Steele Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of sound that penetrate the world. Toru Takemitsu If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. John Acton Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. John Dryden

I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is

really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional. Jon Carroll The age I'm at now, you go from being a young girl to suddenly you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot. Liv Tyler My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go. Roger Penrose If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing. Then it's a constant spreading out of that five minutes. Richard Price We have given most of Europe to Hitler. Let us try to hold on to what we have got left. Pierre Laval

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to

be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together. Yo-Yo Ma Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary. Martin Luther King, Jr. I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children. David Soul Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. Samuel Johnson We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations. Franklin Pierce Adams

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your

dream will not. Your life may change, but your dream doesn't have to. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Tom Clancy We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. Edward R. Murrow Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people. Martina Navratilova Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal. Pete Rose His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall. James M. Barrie

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that

are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity. Dick Wolf The hierarchy of relations, from the molecular structure of carbon to the equilibrium of the species and ecological whole, will perhaps be the leading idea of the future. Joseph Needham The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit. Nelson A. Miles For God's sake bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country. Reginald Maudling You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. Joseph Conrad

There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the

cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today. Jackie Stewart Everybody has their thing. I think you can always do what you like. Loretta Swit It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation. Camille Paglia In so doing, use him as though you loved him. Izaak Walton Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes. George Bernard Shaw

The weather was fine, the valleys literally covered with buffaloe, and everything seemed to promise

a safe and speedy movement to the first grove of timber on my route, supposed to be about ten days' march. William Henry Ashley Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. Aphra Behn A loving heart is the truest wisdom. Charles Dickens Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't. Brad Holland I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked. Alphonse Karr

Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to

the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls. Rudolf Otto Indecision and delays are the parents of failure. George Canning The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman. Henry James You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime. William Kirby This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it. Thomas Carlyle

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in

a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour? Thomas Jefferson It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good! Mackenzie Astin Inquiry is fatal to certainty. Will Durant I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself. Herb Alpert In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw 'em. Honus Wagner

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to

achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. John von Neumann I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation. Johnnie Cochran I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder. Nancy Reagan Get in the race car do what I do then go home. We don't have freedom to do anything anymore. Tony Stewart Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended. George Bernard Shaw

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from

my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues. Ruth Brown We rise in glory as we sink in pride. Andrew Young With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. Friedrich Schiller The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. Francis Bacon There's only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence. Mary of Teck

I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and

eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media. Milton Babbitt I will begin first to search out this right by that magna charta, that great and faithful charter which was made to Abraham, the father of the faithful, in the name of all his seed. Thomas Goodwin I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today. Ken Wilber However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy. Chen Shui-bian There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. William Hazlitt

I think it's time to do clean-up for a generation. I believe this is one

of the movies that hits home for all colors and all races. Everybody I talk to, black or white, suburban, rich or poor, can relate to rejection, can relate to not having a father or a mother. Derek Luke Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished. Leslie Nielsen It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it. Arthur Lydiard If my father's business hadn't gone broke, I'd be exporting nuts, bolts and sugar machinery right now. What an awful thought! Cesar Romero Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. Tecumseh

New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS,

and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine. Daniel Akaka I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last. David Amram I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams. D. H. Lawrence I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably antecedent to writing; of no value unless it come to fruit in the created work later. Ezra Pound Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. Herbert Simon

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary,

it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. Frederic Bastiat Less base the fear of death than fear of life. Edward Young What I wanted to do was see if we couldn't balance the budget. Wilbur Mills Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements. Nelson Mandela A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns. Marguerite Young

I want to lead the Progressive Conservative Party, a party that will promote true conservative

values and principles. I can tell you right now, I am not the merger candidate. I am not interested in institutional marriages with other parties. Peter MacKay You can't fatten the pig on market day. John Howard The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it. George Santayana A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. Samuel Johnson If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy. Michael Phelps

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much

more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men. Isaac Asimov We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting. Samuel Johnson Death and the dice level all distinctions. Samuel Foote With an open trade in corn and a fixed duty we should have every man in the country fully fed and happy, instead of our present situation in which so much distress exists - distress of our own producing. Joseph Hume If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy. Darrell Royal

I talk to Simon, I write to him. I never used to write a diary.

But now I'm writing a diary to him. I think it's not just me, but lots of others, family and friends, can still feel him around. Petra Nemcova When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove. Don Drysdale I've given no thought to moving to America at all. Eric Bana Never was a miser a brave soul. George Herbert The thought of a limit to perceptual space and time staggers the mind. Muhammad Iqbal

If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way

many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know. Dorothy Stratten Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after. Thomas Fuller There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. Emile Zola There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political issue that is not ultimately personal. Charlotte Bunch I believe you can make forces of good and evil work for you, to get what you want. GG Allin

I think families are so great, because when you go home, no

matter what you've accomplished in your life, you still are the person you were in sixth grade to them. You know, it never really changes. Bonnie Hunt I want to build a studio in my backyard. The interest rates are low now, so who knows. Paul Taylor Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. Pope Paul VI I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life. Karen Allen Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat. Gina Gershon

Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you.

We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. Hillary Clinton You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. Winston Churchill No one who lives in error is free. Euripides However, we all share the firm belief in the triumph of humanist and progressive values that mankind has achieved during its long history of struggle and creativeness. Tran Duc Luong If anything I consider myself non-violent, I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy. Rick James

Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while I'm on the court. People like

the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think that's great. Lisa Leslie We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts. Alan Keyes Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature. Gao Xingjian I'm crazy, but I'm not too crazy. Jackie Chan Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives. Andy Rooney

When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand

will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not resent life any longer. William Barclay The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures its morals. Jimmy Swaggart History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Winston Churchill Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it. John Naisbitt I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. Thomas Jefferson

As a physician and as a pilot, I think it lets me be a pretty

good translator having one foot in the medical world and one foot in the flying world. Sometimes when the medical guys come in and speak medical stuff to the pilots, the pilots really don't know what they're saying. David M. Brown Nudity is who people are at the most interesting point of the evening, when they take off their protective layer, when no one is watching. Bridget Fonda Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves. Anne Baxter I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic. John Shirley Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health. Avicenna

Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men

do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible. Isaiah Berlin As long as I'm an hour away from a major airport, I can get to that job. Michael Moriarty The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy. Ben Stein Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. Plutarch

I am musical and I enjoy theatre, but I never wanted to just do theatre.

I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately. Sabrina Lloyd No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price. Orison Swett Marden With Star Wars fans, there's so much enthusiasm, and it's a completely different generation now. Peter Mayhew He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. Harry Emerson Fosdick Though the terror of the sea gives to none security, in the secret of the shell. Self preserving we may dwell. Muhammad Iqbal

Standing on soil feels so much different than standing on city pavement; it lets you

look inward and reflect and see who you really are, while you see a beautiful, unspoiled land as far as the eye can see. It allows your inner life to grow. Ricardo Montalban Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on. Kin Hubbard Music is a safe kind of high. Jimi Hendrix We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations. Kenneth Burke No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. H. L. Mencken

This is my fourth term and my seventh year. My first year was in 1997,

the same year for Vic Snyder. It is still exciting to be there even though Washington is not run by Democrats right now, but we are working very hard. Loretta Sanchez No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. Cyril Connolly A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. Jean Rostand A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. George Eliot Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own. William Greider

There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds

of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection. Alberto Gonzales I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture. Bob Uecker I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. Margaret Mead Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. John Donne I think my mum has the foulest mouth of anyone I've ever met. Kelly Osbourne

You get to a point where the factual adjudication doesn't matter because there are all

these other outlets that are far less responsible, all talking about the ad, some of which have a political reason for promoting it. David Brock That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history. Thomas Howard Sense is a line, the mind is a circle. Sense is like a line which is the flux of a point running out from itself, but intellect like a circle that keeps within itself. Ralph Cudworth I do not feel an exile from America in any sense. John C. Hawkes TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch. Aaron Brown

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall

of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life. Amelia Barr I never had any hang-ups about sex. As for being sexually repressed, nothing could be further from the truth. There are more hang-ups now than ever there were when I was growing up. Mary Whitehouse If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing. John le Carre The strongest thing I put into my body is steak and eggs. I just eat. I'm not a supplement guy. Steroids are not even a thought. Jim Thome Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to

developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income. George Stephen I can't stay in L.A. too long or it starts to grow on me in a bad way. Henry Thomas Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two. Buddha Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. Oscar Wilde Composers are always going back to the past. Anne Dudley

You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you

will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. James Lane Allen How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him? Rod Stewart I do not believe in self-proclaimed parties. Ernest Mandel God isn't dead - he's just missing in action. Phil Ochs It doesn't really mean a great deal of difference to a life. You live as you wish to do and if a job is oppressing, you leave it. I've done it on several occasions. George Woodcock

Sometimes I'm more true when I'm up onstage than I'm able to be in my

regular life. It's not as exciting to be at home, but I've got to learn how to make that work, and then I will be an ordinary woman. Bonnie Raitt I don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image. Ayumi Hamasaki The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch. Jim Rohn Make crime pay. Become a lawyer. Will Rogers Never give an order that can't be obeyed. Douglas MacArthur

What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can

register and process huge amounts of information, which is a significant fraction of the amount of information that human beings themselves, as a species, can process. Seth Lloyd The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it. Daniel Barenboim We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. Judith Martin Nooooooo... favorite film, that's like asking if you have a favorite kid! Sylvia Sidney I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source. Andrew Johnson

At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or

our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people. Howard Dean It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise. Nancy Thayer I would rather not tell you here things which every German has at heart. Albert Speer The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors. Tony Robbins Nothing happens unless first we dream. Carl Sandburg

The underlying message of the Lancet article is that if you want to understand aggressive

behaviour in children, look to the social and emotional environment in which they are growing up, and the values they bring to the viewing experience. Hugh Mackay Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels. Pearl S. Buck I don't like boys. They're kind of annoying. Michelle Wie I really want to keep at it until I find out what I'm capable of. Shannyn Sossamon I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name. Emily Dickinson

What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing

our job as legislators and making sure we do not stick the entire bankruptcy community with these provisions that do not make any sense? Russ Feingold Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared. Otto Weininger To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. Edgar Lee Masters I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through. Amy Sedaris No one is out to get you. It's just that... people are monkeys. Stan Brakhage

There are elections in which everyone knows that 'the people have spoken' but they don't

always know exactly what the people have said. This November's election was different. Not only did the people speak, they spoke clearly. Kay Bailey Hutchison We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place. Daniel J. Boorstin This path that we are now starting will be long, and we must follow it to remind ourselves of the great principles that, in our understanding, should always inspire us. Marc Forne Molne Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom? Lord Byron And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Some of the things I think I learned from that were very educational as far

as just paying bills - the basics in dealing with a restaurant like that. It was just life - the education involved in running the organization, even on a small level. Todd English There is only one issue: man's lack of experience in feeling his Divine self and his innate connection with the Divine. All other issues stem from this. Lindsay Wagner Man has now become an adjunct to perfect and carry forward these conquests. Albert Claude I mean you really can target your answers to get the instant response and I think that is a very manipulative type of polling. I really have no time for that worm at all. Jim Bolger No one has the responsibility to be out to anyone but himself or herself. I made my choice a million years ago. Lea DeLaria

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my

temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first. Jackie Robinson I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated. Tony Blair Government cannot be all things to all people. Jane D. Hull I am called here to answer before you, but I hear no things laid to my charge. Anne Hutchinson Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference. Marilyn Manson

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be

healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves. Herbert Hoover All art is quite useless. Oscar Wilde At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them. Alan Shearer I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it. Harry Emerson Fosdick Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units. Valerie Solanas

There is a number among us, young and old, of all sorts almost among us,

that swarm up and down towns, and woods, and fields, whose care and work hitherto hath been like bees, only to get honey to their own hive. Thomas Shepard I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water. Keanu Reeves The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing his royalties with that editor. Alfred A. Knopf Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to you. It's always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life. bell hooks An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties. Jef Raskin

The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and

of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that. Peter Singer In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers. Kelly Lynch There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun. Alison Lurie Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way. Eileen Caddy Don't make a threat and then not do it. Suzanne Vega

We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of

civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama. Rachel Griffiths They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin The fool inherits, but the wise must get. William Cartwright The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much. William Howard Taft I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down. Gene Fowler

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we

and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group. Shirin Ebadi Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own. John Maynard Keynes Whoopi and I have been friends ever since she claimed she couldn't sing on the set of Sister Act. Jenifer Lewis I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be. Princess Diana Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society. Hubert H. Humphrey

I'm definitely a messy person... I know where everything is but I just can't organize.

I don't make lists and find scripts on the laundry machine, and under my bed, or in the bathroom, kitchen. It's bad, I really need to take control. Katie Holmes All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it. Joseph Joubert When deeds speak, words are nothing. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon On the other hand I have seen several, several top targets for these investigations of these terrorist activities that were allowed to leave the country - I'm not talking about weeks, I'm talking about months after 9/11. Sibel Edmonds The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. Jean Cocteau

A simple idea. And the man that worked on it, Mike Gabriel, doubled the value.

Beautiful job. I should say triple. We have others like that, but, unfortunately, shorts, which are my favorite approach, are economically of no value. Joe Grant I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy. Ed Asner Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence. Louis-Ferdinand Celine I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight. Mark Ruffalo You see much more of your children once they leave home. Lucille Ball

Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building,

whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle. Owen Hart I'm very comfortable in having a strong team. I'm very comfortable in sharing the limelight with the team. Sanjay Kumar We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. Dolly Parton In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. Benjamin Franklin I met a congressman who claimed that he could introduce me to two people who saw Amelia Earhart. Jim Sullivan

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