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PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals

is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness. Bea Arthur Art thou the King of the Jews? Pontius Pilate I made a living out of being a class clown. Shannon Hoon The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology. Jean Genet Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations. Martin L. Gross

As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet

in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future. Thomas Edward Brown Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. Steve Jobs Our goal is not to crush the enemy at any price, but to make it realize that it is illegal to take up arms to overthrow a democratically elected government. Jose Eduardo dos Santos I have one president at a time. I only work for you. Richard M. Helms

There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain

other ways will make other people happy. But if you go in because there's money in there, you're bound to fail, bound to fail! Joan Chen Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her. Mahatma Gandhi It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. Lillian Hellman Their Internet usage is growing very rapidly, and even they can do the math: If everyone in China needed an IPv4 address - just one - this country would use up one third of the entire public IP address space. Vint Cerf Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil. Gore Vidal

There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one

who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is. Ellen Terry America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it. Bill Frist It was the roughest time in my life. Connie helped me through it. Maury Povich What I am telling you is that Matta had a way of making you feel comfortable and that's probably why he had nine wives because he made them feel comfortable and then uncomfortable later. Robert Barnes My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens. Alvin Adams

This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place

hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S. Mario Monti I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it dosen't come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I'm not really aware of what I'm doing. Kirsten Dunst There was a possibility I could have been under surveillance. Julius Rosenberg Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment. Mahatma Gandhi All generalizations are false, including this one. Mark Twain

And the political system is changing rapidly in this country, and we better realize that.

The elephants or donkeys are not what younger people look to. They look at individual candidates' philosophy, and I think it's a different time and a different generation. Richard M. Daley But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government. Alphonso Jackson Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for. Earl Warren I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy. I can't get into minute details. Dee Snider It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him. Robert Carlyle

Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and

receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films. Beau Bridges Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest priority. Mel Carnahan Value is what people are willing to pay for it. John Naisbitt Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge 'cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women. Frank Miller Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think. Barry Zito

I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it

can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality. Jermaine Jackson The river route is certainly preferable, as it affords good grazing and an abundance of water. William Whipple He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. Euripides Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate. Corrine Brown Nineteen percent of doctors say that they'd be able to give their patients a lethal injection. But they also went on to say that the patient would have to be really, really behind on payments. Jay Leno

We tend to read each other's books in sizeable chunks as they are written. I

don't know that you could say we are ruthless with each other - in fact, I suppose we are very kind. There are ways to make suggestions which are not destructive. Jonathan Kellerman Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong. Winston Churchill So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. Elbert Hubbard True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else. Clarence Darrow Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou

A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses

of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality. William Winwood Reade My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. Tommy Lasorda Being in front of all these people staring at you and it helps you to dig down and become more emotional and get lost in it as you're feeding on people's energy. Fred Durst I still write the same way and have the same perspective. Kenneth Edmonds I kinda go for the Jane Eyre type of film. I am fascinated by classics. Tippi Hedren

When I walk into an Orthodox Church... one is immediately aware that one has stepped

into the presence of what St. Paul would call the whole family in heaven and earth. You have stepped into the precincts of heaven! Thomas Howard Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate. Dorothea Lange Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. Ambrose Bierce We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. Charlotte Whitton People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. Dale Carnegie

I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a

lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks. Joe Scarborough My trade and art is to live. Michel de Montaigne It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. e. e. cummings Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. Romain Gary Over and over again-in the movie, I have nine different people who have worked for Fox News network who have come forward and talked on camera, three of them anonymously, by the way. Robert Greenwald

I'm probably not going to get married unless I live with somebody for 10 or

20 years. But these people (Romeo and Juliet) took a chance and they did it. We don't have the balls that Romeo did. Leonardo DiCaprio My stories are character driven. Terry McMillan Why do you judge me as a musician, John? All I'm interested in is making money. Glenn Miller Man is the creature of circumstances. Robert Owen Think your own thoughts. Lydia Lunch

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age

of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five. Thomas Carlyle All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?' Norman Ralph Augustine Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding. Leonardo DiCaprio If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa I ain't no historian but I happen to savvy this incident. Charles Marion Russell

Where he was, where his cells were, where his logistical channels were, how he communicated.

Who his allies were. Who donated to them. I think it's fair to say the entire range of sources were brought to bear. Michael Scheuer They call it golf because all the other four letter words were taken. Raymond Floyd The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free. Barbara Boxer We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality. Benjamin Jowett

One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis

- the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still. La Monte Young If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism. Wallace Stevens A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. Thomas Hardy I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover. Germaine Greer The shortest answer is doing. George Herbert

Playing a robot is possibly the most difficult role you can have as an actor,

because you have to take all your innate emotional responses and completely suppress them. Even the way you walk is affected. Kristanna Loken There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile. Alma Guillermoprieto Being horrible in a big film is a quicker nosedive than doing an obscure film and making no money. Renee Zellweger You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that. Frank Hague Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions. Brian McBride

I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the

modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent. Harold H. Greene No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. Isaac Asimov It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat. Fiorello LaGuardia That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. Robert Louis Stevenson Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished

they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it. Jane Porter I didn't care about being the 'star.' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career. Angie Dickinson You cannot open a book without learning something. Confucius I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you write a song about it, I'll buy you album. Matthew Perry I aspire to be that, to be a voice of reason one day. Drew Barrymore

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be

a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. C. S. Lewis No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. Barbara Tuchman When, in the third book, we do learn the identity of the Blue Rose murderer, the information comes in a muted, nearly off-hand manner, and the man has died long before. Peter Straub Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work. Chuck Close This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it. John Dalton

It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can

see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid. Susan Hampshire No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods. Demosthenes Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. William Pollard Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that. Aretha Franklin Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Wearing this kind of costume is not something I fantasize about. It's not natural, it's

not comfortable. I don't see myself as this. But it gives you dramatic license to do almost anything when you're dressed as a bug. Joan Severance We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure. Shane Leslie Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. Gilbert K. Chesterton Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old. Robert Herrick You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say. F. Scott Fitzgerald

I think most people played both variants and regular games. It was a period when

variants were very popular and there were a lot more variants being played at that time. Every week practically, it seemed someone would publish a new variant in a zine. Fred Davis It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope. Pope John XXIII You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin. Tim Roth We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head. Rita Rudner

In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views,

people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too. Johnnie Cochran The best time to make friends is before you need them. Ethel Barrymore I had some fears as a kid, but I was also relatively fearless. Maybe that's a result of living half the time in reality and the other half in fantasy. Suzanne Vega It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. Abu Bakr Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it. Jimmy Connors

Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost

exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order? John W. Foster I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good. Thomas Hooker I had lived a charmed life, and then I lost a beautiful woman I loved with all my heart. Robert Wagner Maybe I have just a younger voice than many other directors. Michael Bay Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints. Alfred Hitchcock

The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors

to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences. Paul Martin The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. Robert Green Ingersoll Pride the first peer and president of hell. Daniel Defoe By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer. Helen Hunt Jackson I don't believe in guilt; I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person. And don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free. Angelina Jolie

Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it.

The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago. Mary-Kate Olsen Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road. Peggy Lee He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound. Plautus An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises. Mae West Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so that listeners could relate more easily to its deeper meaning. Joan D. Vinge

Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think

that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you. Gregory Peck My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world. Jaromir Jagr I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning. Richard M. Nixon I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick. Abe Lemons You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself. Ricky Nelson

I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship

and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved. Dido Armstrong I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural. Cathy Freeman Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss. John Keats I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's sixth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how to make it interesting. Milton Berle If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up. Brent Spiner

There I was limited to what happened the same way I am with Riel. It

doesn't feel like a great burden to have your story, to some degree, set. I am enjoying figuring out what I think is the most dramatic way of telling this set of historical facts. Chester Brown Pirates have always fascinated me. Tanith Lee Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston. Joshua Slocum The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you. Linda Ronstadt Virtue is the fount whence honour springs. Christopher Marlowe

We represent people, and any good congressperson wants to know how their people at home

feel about issues. I can tell you for sure in our office that is taken into account, and that is true for any congresspersons I know. Charlie Norwood I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do. Lusia Strus A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand He who allows oppression shares the crime. Desiderius Erasmus The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world. Diane Watson

Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond

surfaces and games, who are willing to take the risks of being totally open, of listening, of responding with the whole heart. How much we can do for each other. Alex Noble In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you. Bill Paxton A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do. Marilyn Manson In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead. Erich Fromm I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children. Ricky Skaggs

We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how

many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves. Kevin Garnett A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. Joseph Addison Five years ago, we thought of the Web as a new medium, not a new economy. Clement Mok I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am. Dwight D. Eisenhower I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out there that are going through this even now, that it is the hardest thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it. Robin Gibb

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and

insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. Pope Paul VI The little I know I owe to my ignorance. Sacha Guitry They're caught where there's no way out or where you can't see out. What are you going to do about it? I don't have the answer. If I did there would be no insane asylums. Ric Ocasek Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well. Gavin Newsom

They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried

the franchise. But the truth is, it was a big project. I was pretty intimidated in that world. I did the best I could in the situation I was given. George Clooney History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. Voltaire No, I love Montreal... I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me... I love the food there. Kathy Griffin I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce. Megan Gallagher I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right. Tony Blair

We have increased conservation spending, enacted legislation that enables us to clean up and redevelop

abandoned brownfields sites across the country, and implemented new clean water standards that will protect us from arsenic. Sue Kelly In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and besides if we do, it will blow our model out of the water.' Thomas J. Sargent The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. Matthew Arnold In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality. John Archibald Wheeler People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children. Mary McCarthy

Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it

is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive. Bernard de Mandeville Misery is a communicable disease. Martha Graham In youth, the days are short and the years are long. In old age, the years are short and days long. Pope Paul VI Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself. Andres Serrano Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. Theodor Adorno

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America

is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still. e. e. cummings Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad. W. Somerset Maugham Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon. Adam Osborne But, the relationships that I see work - As long as they're telling the truth, and saying the things that you don't ever want to have to say to another human being. Mark Ruffalo War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days

I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am. Judy Holliday I think there's a little bit of sizzling here. Honestly, I can feel it. The ions are flying back and forth. Regis Philbin President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which. Dennis Miller Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. Ralph Waldo Emerson The one thing I couldn't identify with was the blue cowboy outfit he put on. Dwayne Johnson

Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch,

French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories. Said Musa Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different. David Cross I try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything. Rob Schneider Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible. Simon Newcomb I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action. Tennessee Williams

This has been a learning experience for me. I also thought that privacy was something

we were granted in the Constitution. I have learned from this when in fact the word privacy does not appear in the Constitution. Bill Maher Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. Albert Einstein Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am. Michelle Pfeiffer I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it. Dick Dale With me, nothing goes right. My psychiatrist said my wife and I should have sex every night. Now, we'll never see each other! Rodney Dangerfield

You can't give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die

by the roadside - so be it. But at least you know you've tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it. Robert Plant A Socrates in every classroom. Alfred Whitney Griswold When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.' Steven Wright If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody. Ray Floyd The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out. Michael Shermer

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden

of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else. John W. Gardner Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash? Dennis Miller The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette I have significant concerns about reducing the 188th Fighter Wing's capabilities, and will fight tooth and nail against attempts to reduce its personnel or take away aircraft. Mark Pryor I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it. Rose Kennedy

Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into

12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl. Eric Williams I'm satisfied to go in at the bottom - that's the best way to learn what things are all about. Cesar Romero Treat everyone the way you would want to be treated... this can be applied to any situation. Dante Hall I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas. Paul Taylor The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest. Sophocles

You know, songs often have a very coloured past. They might have something about them

but it still doesn't work, so someone else adds a bit, and someone else adds a bit so perhaps one day I'll know its full history. Kylie Minogue Humanity lives and always has lived on certain elemental provisions. Charles Wagner If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. Anatole France I think because my parents died in their early 50s, mid 50s, I always thought I would die young. And that's been both a useful thing and I suspect something that's haunted me a little bit. Stephen Dunn The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly that the enemy if you want to save yourselves. Stanley Baldwin

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at

doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. Henry Van Dyke I know many great actors who have small heads. Catherine Keener This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians. Gary North It is not a question of who dances but of who or what does not dance. Ruth St. Denis We tend to get what we expect. Norman Vincent Peale

I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren

across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her colonial trade against foreign competitors. King George V The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me. Mike Johanns I'm trying to assemble materials for a different mode of life. Henry Flynt Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others. Laurell K. Hamilton I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth. Debbie Reynolds

We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to

look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I'm optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed. Alberto Gonzales No company can afford not to move forward. It may be at the top of the heap today but at the bottom of the heap tomorrow, if it doesn't. James Cash Penney The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime. William J. Clinton The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity. Grover Cleveland The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. John Cage

No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something special. They were

like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands. Lefty Gomez It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt. Eric Hoffer Hollywood has a way of sucking the world's talent to it. Richard Linklater Those that vow the most are the least sincere. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Anyone who's a great kisser I'm always interested in. Cher

Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It

makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda. John Yoo I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. Robert Frost Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species. Thomas Carlyle The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them. Publilius Syrus I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons. Tanith Lee

I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I

don't value the things that diminish you when you do tell the truth. So I'm not scared of the end result, and that is the biggest asset I have. Susan Powter Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair. Blaise Pascal My job as a pollster is to understand what really matters. Frank Luntz We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate. Miguel de Icaza When we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged. Andrew Shue

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on

a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. Denis Diderot Explorers have to be ready to die lost. Russell Hoban We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. Eric Hoffer It's about somebody initially knowing more about it than you do but eventually you learn a lot about it yourself and practise the skills and techniques that you've been taught. Lynn Davies These funds will ensure that ports will be able to pay for adequate security measures to protect all Americans against terrorist attacks from our seaports. Bobby Scott

The fact is that daytime television is less valued than nighttime, and it's partly because

of the product that we produce. We do a one-hour show in 12 hours. Nighttime produces a one-hour show in seven to nine days. Deidre Hall Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine. Friedrich Schiller The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either. Vanessa Paradis Arnold Palmer has what I call an 'Eisenhower smile'. Those two men, they'd smile and their whole faces would look so pleasant; it was like they were smiling all over. Byron Nelson Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years. Lamar Hunt

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid

of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. Lucille Ball Photography helps people to see. Berenice Abbott I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it. Young Buck Looking good is the best revenge. Ivana Trump A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean person or a Bosnian person, within the prism of an American life. John Pomfret

The script will point you in certain directions and I go the opposite if I

can. I try do do one thing and tell a different story with my eyes. I believe what's more interesting is always what's not being said. Robert Carlyle He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. Miguel de Cervantes True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Milan Kundera These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel. Abraham Lincoln Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die. Natalie Goldberg

There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers

with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level. Parker Posey Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer. Bryant H. McGill I know my husband really loves me because he takes me to have ribs. He says I'm the only girl he ever took out who actually ate anything on her plate, as opposed to pushing it around. Julia Barr The way to my heart is by being truthful and spontaneous. Michelle Trachtenberg Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more. John McCarthy

I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more

good. I can't buy more, I can't eat more, I can't do more, and I want it distributed among the ordinary people who work every day. Frank Lautenberg Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography. Graeme Murphy Playing with decks, for me, has always been about trying new things. I make it a point to keep trying different things, keep pushing it a little bit at a time. Eric San People always ask me, how do you do everything you do? Susan Lucci Once you are a victim of a bombing, you enter a risk group to which they will not sell insurance. Ernst Zundel

I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about

a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet. Karl Malone I'm known clean around the Earth. Minnesota Fats Music is the silence between the notes. Claude Debussy Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you. Tom Lehrer Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. Sarah Caldwell

The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand

and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves. Jack Hanna You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation. John Abizaid Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. Francis Bacon Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action. David Seabury

Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I've been

to a lot of shows in me life, some good and some bad. But I was never moved to take off me shoes and throw it at the lead singer. Noel Gallagher If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are. Imelda Marcos Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way. Isaac Rosenberg I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.' David Ortiz Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love. Frank Moore Colby

The capture of Saddam Hussein has proven to the bad ones, to the guilty ones,

to the sinful ones that they cannot run forever. Sooner or later, the other criminals will also be found from their hideouts. Hamid Karzai I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion. Gerry Cooney Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other. Rainer Maria Rilke Punctuality is the soul of business. Thomas Chandler Haliburton All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. John Ruskin

Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new.

Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape. Gary Burton Well I just figure any man who risks his neck to save a dog's life isn't going to kill someone for gold teeth. Alvin Adams I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'. Laurence Fishburne I mean I'm not smarter than the market, but I can recognize a good tape and a bad tape. I recognize when it's right and when it's wrong and that's what my strength is. Jim Cramer The income from sales now covers the expense of materials but I expect this to improve. Mike Thompson

It's hell with that big beard and stuff. That's the one bit I don't like.

Either you take out at lunch or you don't eat. So I opted not to eat, 'cause having to put it on twice is horrific. Robbie Coltrane Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented. Harold S. Geneen Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce. Natalie Goldberg I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family. Gary Ackerman Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure. David Vitter

We must examine then the concerns of the Government of Japan about the language of

the treaty itself - of SOFA - and of the interim and further arrangements that have been made since 1995, and see whether or not we need to make any changes. Those are decisions I cannot make. Howard Baker Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body wondering if anybody is listening. Herbert Gold We have no quarrel with America. We all know NATO is the strongest military machine in the world. We simply want them to stop being so busy with our country and worry about their own problems. Slobodan Milosevic I would endeavour to deserve my life, Sire. Thomas Blood It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed. Joel Barlow

Not being in tune with your customers is like living in an alternate reality; the

way you think your customers feel about your product is not always the same as what your customers really think about your product. Bo Bennett My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose. Bette Davis I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation. Coretta Scott King I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. Derek Jeter I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning. Mitt Romney

It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It

was across from the Playboy Club, diagonally. From one balcony you could read the time from Big Ben, and from the other balcony you could watch the bunnies go up and down. Harry Nilsson When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. Chinua Achebe Looking at beautiful things is what makes me the happiest. Ali MacGraw History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again. Alan Bean London, thou art the flower of cities all! William Dunbar

Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back

at a body of work where when you do the research and you explore the psyche of a character, where she's been, where she is and where she's going. Pam Grier Micro managing anything is not a great role for government. William Weld It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. H. L. Mencken I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing. Gordon Getty Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers. Richard Perle

I was told to challenge every spiritual teacher, every world leader to utter the one

sentence that no religion, no political party, and no nation on the face of the earth will dare utter: 'Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way. Neale Donald Walsch Everybody likes the underdog, because everybody feels like the underdog. No matter how successful you are, you always think, 'No one's being nice enough to me!' Kate Beckinsale The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace. Nikita Khrushchev Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. William Wordsworth I like young actors because they're so unspoiled, not like some of those actors who are about half an hour into their fifteen minutes of fame by the time they get to me. John Hughes

I think it's better when you're natural, when you just do whatever you want, instead

of doing classes where I see all these other people holding back because they've been trained with certain skills or techniques. I'm like, whatever. Gisele Bundchen We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. Nikki Giovanni If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way. Thomas Aquinas These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. Michael N. Castle Different people bring out different aspects of ones personality. Trevor Dunn

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way

clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking. Will Rogers Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination. Harry S Truman As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job. Roseanne Barr Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements. Kenneth L. Pike I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy. Lisa Marie Presley

I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't

gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do. Sam Neill We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor. Bobby Clarke Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. Voltaire Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago. Erma Bombeck A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. H. L. Mencken

A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the

highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true. Catherine Crowe Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of people who might not be Olympians. Bill Toomey My nomadic childhood dramatically fed my eventual decision to be an actor, but not in the way you might think. Josh Lucas Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. Isaac Goldberg I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions. Enoch Powell

I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to

get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist. Graham Nash There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and you've got to get these answers. Marcia Wallace I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise. Ezra Cornell Good-looking people turn me off. Myself included. Patrick Swayze I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle. Nicolaus Copernicus

When you stop to think about it, so many films today where we don't have

that kind of contact are films about alienation. About alienated feelings. We are much more alienated from our colleagues nowadays. Elmer Bernstein You want to find a place where, because of your skills, you can make an impact. John McKinley The good man is the friend of all living things. Mahatma Gandhi When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard. River Phoenix A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. Jeff Bezos

I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the

need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual. Rem Koolhaas Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered. Marilyn Monroe Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. Buddha Daisies are like sunshine to the ground. Drew Barrymore The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia. Jeffrey Sachs

To bare our souls is all we ask, to give all we have to life

and the beings surrounding us. Here the nature spirits are intense and we appreciate them, make offerings to them - these nature spirits who call us here - sealing our fate with each other, celebrating our love. Alex Grey During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe. Imran Khan Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years. Joan Van Ark The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there. Joe Biden I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe. Nick Cannon

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge

that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future. Brian Tracy Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do. Shania Twain I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise. Peter Singer There was one man who was interested in the color of music, the connection between light and music, and that was Einstein. Leon Theremin I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen what the pigeons do to them. Tommy Douglas

One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular

conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. James D. Watson I lived to write, and wrote to live. Samuel Rogers Today the American knight holds the commercial supremacy of the world. Betsy Ross Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing. William Butler Yeats We rely on our purveyors to tell us what's available and what's good. Thomas Keller

But it's funny that now I'm in such a happy situation, I look more objectively

at my own past and see what others have seen for a long time and I'm just so glad I've been able to get to this point. Rick Allen Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life. Neil Simon We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves. Prince Philip I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy. Tom Waits Mathematics is written for mathematicians. Nicolaus Copernicus

Until 1914 I loved to travel; I often went to Italy and once spent a

few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely abandoned travelling, and I have not been outside of Switzerland for over ten years. Herman Hesse I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries. Jules Renard The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know. Lawrence Durrell We completed and released 'No Code' in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release. Jack Irons No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated. Robert Fortune

When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more

my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however. Uma Thurman I was in one bar band from 1965 to '69, then I was in another one from 1970 to '79 - a 9-year bar band! Eric Carr A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. Washington Irving No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming. Charles E. Wilson Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up? Susan Hampshire

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in

a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it. Ellen Goodman My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions. Peter Drucker Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't. Billy Higgins It is easier to believe than to doubt. Gene Fowler I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past. Penelope Lively

Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or

not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do. Rowan Williams That made me feel very disturbed, because it never seemed to be about how much hard work was involved. Ever. It was about... 'hazel eyes'. It does help if you can brush that stuff off. Julia Ormond Politics is applesauce. Will Rogers Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. James Mackintosh I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common. Angus Wilson

I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the

rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That's the saddest thing of all, because they're locked up and no one else can make them. John le Carre If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like. William Feather Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. H. L. Mencken And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly. Brent Spiner Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones. Herbert Kaufman

Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and

known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time. Michael Ende I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist. David Lean She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. Christina Rossetti Another cause for the increase in alienation and cynicism is a feeling that too many policy decisions that affect individuals have been taken out of any system that has accountability or that they can influence. Robert Teeter Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. Josh Billings

There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the

damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison. Paul Goodman It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless. Robert D. Kaplan The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you. Jerry Gillies Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. Ralph Waldo Emerson Remember the first rule of gunfighting... 'have a gun.' Jeff Cooper

While our country has made great strides in breaking down the barriers which for so

long denied equal opportunity to all Americans, we are not yet the beautiful symphony of brotherhood of Dr. King's dream. Adam Schiff Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? Marie Antoinette All my books were easy to write - doesn't it show? Daniel Pinkwater What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise. Jerome K. Jerome Is it that you hate this president or that you hate America? Sean Hannity

I try to construct a picture in which shapes, spaces, colors, form a set of

unique relationships, independent of any subject matter. At the same time I try to capture and translate the excitement and emotion aroused in me by the impact with the original idea. Milton Avery The spin overwhelms the substance. That's very clearly what happened. Joseph C. Wilson We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth. Gloria Steinem I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself. Drew Barrymore Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you. Roger Ebert

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is

the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow. Mary Wollstonecraft I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well. Gene Simmons Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. Saint Teresa of Avila To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking. Alcaeus In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist. Albert Camus

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the

same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet's job. The rest is literature. Jean Cocteau I wasn't raised with money, so I had to get used to having it. I think I've adjusted to it pretty well. Christine McVie Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights. Christopher Dodd I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them. Henry James Why resist temptation? There will always be more. Don Herold

One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the counterterrorism

community, is to assume if someone hasn't attacked us, it's because he can't or because we've defeated him. Michael Scheuer The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. Robert Anthony One man's constant is another man's variable. Alan Perlis We're living proof that nice guys always finish last. Matthew Cooper I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to. Conrad Black

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and

philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. Isaac Asimov He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward. Harry Emerson Fosdick When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism. Jim Hightower Today we're focused on small acquisitions to add technology where necessary. I think it's fair to say we're not out looking for a large one, but I think it's also very fair to say that as a public company you can never say never. Sanjay Kumar The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies. Tia Carrere

As a working actor, all I want to do is work. That's it. It's terrifying

when you don't work. It's very hard when you don't work. There have been times when I've been out of work for like six months. I feel theatre to me is like manna. Sandra Oh Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of. Amy Heckerling In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential. Richard G. Scott I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. Gerald Jampolsky As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others. Lord Byron

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