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As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child.

Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by 'survival of the fittest.' Bill Cosby There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention. Charles Guggenheim He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. John Milton Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. Harriet Beecher Stowe If that's the way the game is played, I don't want to play anymore. Joyce DeWitt

Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at

2 to 3 percent a year. He says we have to rein it in, but he ignores the spending category that is the big spike in the budget. John Spratt As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. Pierre Beaumarchais I was always a God guy. Stephen Baldwin I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. H. L. Mencken I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork. Natalie Portman

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization

than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. Pauline Kael All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. Orison Swett Marden Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. Ludwig Wittgenstein Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. Aldous Huxley Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries. Kjell Magne Bondevik

Publicly, we're saying we're better at fighting terrorism. Privately, we know that the bureaucracy has

only gotten worse, since the high-level people are scared of being held responsible for 9/11. David Hunt There's only one thing worse than a man who doesn't have strong likes and dislikes, and that's a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them. Tony Randall I can't live off of yesterday - that's in the past. Juice Newton No man's credit is as good as his money. John Dewey I can't even remember when the Seventies was. Robbie Keane

Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and

that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries. Marquis de Sade Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. Edmund Burke I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people. Dick Murphy The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. Napoleon Bonaparte Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me. Anatole France

I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of

describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road. Vin Scully Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as God's children. Dirk Benedict Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Khalil Gibran A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. Adlai E. Stevenson One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures. Josiah Gilbert Holland

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them.

For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger. Arthur Schopenhauer Much of what we see in America, what most people feel has been progress and good things, have been brought about by the existence of third parties. Peter Camejo I will be sad. I've gotten very attached to Harry and all that goes on in his world, I guess I'll just be kind of tasting every bit of it because it will be the last one. Mary Grandpre I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing. Dan Hicks Did you know that the White House drug test is multiple choice? Rush Limbaugh

We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th

of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past. Tom Wolfe The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned. Gerard De Nerval Treat your friends as you do your best pictures, and place them in their best light. Lady Randolph Churchill There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by. William C. Bryant We may come to Jesus and ask Him; He will know all about it; if He comes to a little child, he will adapt himself to the language and capacity of a little child. Joseph Smith, Jr.

I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market

investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit. Barbara Boxer I'm Mr Boring, not a party-goer at all. Barry Gibb Make no judgements where you have no compassion. Anne McCaffrey I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it? Anne Bancroft Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. Muhammad Ali

I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting

the Knicks, we're moving in the right direction here and we will be exciting to watch and competing against the best in the NBA. Come back to the Garden for those exciting games. John Starks Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest! Chris Rock 'Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning. J. Lee Thompson One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants. Marquis de Sade We have a good time and try not to kill each other. Isaac Hanson

We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap

the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain. Liberty Hyde Bailey I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. Plato It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me. James Caan The only journey is the one within. Rainer Maria Rilke Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. Jimi Hendrix

The food was interesting. My background is Russian, so cheese and potatoes are my love.

There was plenty of that. And fried cheese! It is really, really, really good. And really, really, really bad for you. It's like an artery on a plate. Michelle Trachtenberg Modesty forbids what the law does not. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice. Wislawa Szymborska After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands. Maynard James Keenan There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people. Anwar Sadat

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery

kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything. Albert Camus Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd. Margaret Thatcher We advised them to do what they think proper against the war. Hanoi Hannah Low-income taxpayers deserve the same rights as everyone else. It was wrong of the IRS to target low-income taxpayers, and I am please by the decision to correct this unfair practice. Christopher Dodd Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life. Roger Tory Peterson

Sometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives

to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, it's a quiet thing. At least for me it was. Ben Vereen I have not been able to get any grain yet. It is all in the country, and the people talk instead of working. John Buford To err is human; to admit it, superhuman. Doug Larson He that's secure is not safe. Benjamin Franklin Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio. Melinda Gates

It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal.

If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies. Jessica Cutler You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live. George Bernard Shaw Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself. G. Stanley Hall I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart of something. Otherwise, they wouldn't write what they write. Tim Gane Our two major parties are actually called the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party. Stockwell Day

In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men

starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading. J. F. C. Fuller By my senior year in high school, I was friends with every group. Shane West We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety. John Lubbock The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming. Charles Bass

In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race,

whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year. Baron Hill Today we are in a war against war - music is our power. Michael Franti I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head. Princess Diana Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble. Raymond Hull

'Free' is more of that 'familiarity breeds contempt' kind of thing. It's about saying 'Wait,

I'm longing for something more than I have and I don't know what it is that I want, but I know I want it.' It has nothing to do with what I'm going through, personally. Jon Crosby Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. Vannevar Bush Dancing, apart to music with a beat, is my legacy. Chubby Checker We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending we're in a... bedroom. We'll hang off the edge of the bed, take off our shoes and get naked! Dave Matthews I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. Virgil

I find that people are constantly coming up to me now. There's been a definite

surge of people recognizing me and I'm not sure if it has to do with the DVDs or not, but I've sort of assumed that it does because the show has been off the air for three years now. Shiri Appleby Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that order - a way of surprising. Vaclav Havel To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination. George Jean Nathan Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. Aristotle We were fortunate to be there a day or two before 'the big bang' and then we got the heck out of town. Scotty Moore

I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There

is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say. Geronimo Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms. Che Guevara We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people. Michael Crapo My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress. Anjelica Huston When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all. Publilius Syrus

I have three brothers and they're all into computers. They're all intellects. My mother would

pay me a quarter a page to read a book and I couldn't make 50 cents. I just couldn't do it. Josh Holloway Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception. E. V. Lucas No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. Tommy Lasorda They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon. Edward Lear The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage. Ethel Barrymore

I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time

being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana - the people, the food. It is a part of my life. Everything that has happened for me since moving here has just been icing on the cake. Emeril Lagasse It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. Leonardo da Vinci He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited. Anthony Powell We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident. Vincent Canby He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner. Benjamin Franklin

I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on

the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living. James Cameron Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts. Dario Fo Shakespeare was a dramatist of note who lived by writing things to quote. H. C. Bunner I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them. James Dobson A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai Stevenson

As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what

gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America. Arnold Schwarzenegger It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost. Stephen King What is the first thing we did when we took control of Iraq? Protect the oil fields. Remember the administration quote about how the oil would pay for the war. Peter Schuyler Running the test suite like this allows us to catch problems when they are just introduced. Miguel de Icaza When President Jiang Zemin visited India in 1996, the two sides decided that they would jointly build a constructive partnership of cooperation oriented towards the 21st century. Li Peng

I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of

other people that are good songwriters, but I don't think I'm in the club. What I do well is perform, sometimes sing pretty good, and accompany myself well and arrange fairly well. Alex Chilton Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan. Chen Shui-bian My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward. Esther Williams Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well. Francois de La Rochefoucauld That's a hard question, because I started skating when I was three, so I don't really remember life before it, and I don't know what it is like not to work hard at something. Julie Benz

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that

a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful. H. G. Wells Why is it there are so many nice guys interested in baseball? Not me, I was a real bastard when I played. Burleigh Grimes Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story. Jim Bishop The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. Elbert Hubbard

We wanted to create an environment where if a game player enjoyed the 'writing style'

of a particular game designer, he or she could look for the next game by that same author and not be disappointed. David Crane Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young. A. E. Housman Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act. Leonardo DiCaprio We can't afford to go down the dead end roads of Parliamentary Socialism or Fascistic Bolshevism. John Blair The President has not created any Ford constituency, unique from that of any Republican President. The one exception to this is that he does show unique strength with young voters for a Republican. Robert Teeter

Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand

it back until a certain time to come, he certainly may take a compensation for this inconvenience which he admits against himself. William Petty Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts. Hector Hugh Munro I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence. Thomas Hood Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy? Christopher Atkins So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do. Nicolaus Copernicus

In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that

can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe. Tori Amos People are either enamored with me or wonder if they can take me. Michael Ironside In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort. Bill Kristol Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. Barbra Streisand To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death. Jean Anouilh

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't

just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. John Lennon The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America. Ellsworth Huntington The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. Helen Hayes I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I ever dreamed of as a kid. I never think about it. Joan Chen We also have 2 horses, but they're not allowed in the house. Martin Milner

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning,

like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry in that they're about the exuberance of youth. That's the sort of subliminal ideology. Robert Wyatt Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation. Ed Rendell Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in. Robert Collier Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. Thomas Aquinas

The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust

themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others. John Chrysostom The Bahamas is headed for unprecedented economic activity. Perry Christie Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. Thomas Browne A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin May God be with me! May Heaven bless this New Year. May it be a year of fruitfulness, of peace and prosperity; may it be a year of peace and unity for all mankind; may the world be freed of cholera. Giacomo Meyerbeer

No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear

the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there's no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience. J. Carter Brown There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost. Moira Kelly If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt. Dean Martin Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters contributed a distinctive version of the story. Penelope Lively Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides. Peter Benchley

The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail

intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work. Charles Kettering I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets. D. H. Lawrence Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. Bruce Lee I wouldn't eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars. River Phoenix To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also. John Ruskin

But if you know that something has been really vicious, you don't read it, you

don't let it into your head. What's damaging is when sentences go through your head and you burn with the injustice of it. Nigella Lawson I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record. Elliott Smith I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as I can. Just give them other alternatives, especially people who aren't exposed to creative music. Charlie Haden For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us. Richard H. Baker Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis? Christopher Marlowe

Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have

enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable. Peter Farrelly There's not one person in this crowd who's gonna agree with everything I say. Not one. Howard Dean I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. Joe DiMaggio The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us. Morihei Ueshiba All sports for all people. Pierre de Coubertin

Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas,

and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin. William Robertson Smith I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build. Eden Phillpotts If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house. Mike Harding We all lie to each other, present some sort of front. Mary Wesley The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people. Carter G. Woodson

Fraud, robbery, and murder have characterized the English usurpation of the government of our country.

Why, for the last fifty years we have been robbed in the matter of taxes of hundreds of millions. John Edward Redmond I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end. Swami Sivananda The idea is if you use those two shapes and try to colour the plane with them so the colours match, then the only way that you can do this is to produce a pattern which never repeats itself. Roger Penrose No one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand. George Sand

I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die,

their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations. Tom Allen This is the way federal land management should work. Cooperation, not confrontation, should be the hallmark of conservation efforts. Dirk Kempthorne Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. Rene Descartes Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song? Francis Scott Key First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife. Thomas Fuller

They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There

isn't enough capability in ordinary people to tinker with such a complicated piece of machinery. David R. Brower Neither the University of Michigan nor its law school uses a quota system. Adam Schiff Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. Thomas Fuller Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper. Toru Takemitsu I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. Charles V

I think that open tunings are a trap really because it's really hard not to

sound like an open tuning when your using one and that gets old as well as what you learn in one open tuning is going to stay there. Leo Kottke You musn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex. Mary McCarthy We made a good start toward preserving recreational areas like the Chattahoochee River. Roy Barnes I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. Hugh Jackman The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer. Chris Farley

Basically, the reason I'm vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years

old, I began to understand that we don't need to contribute to the killing and exploitation of animals to feed our bodies correctly. Daniel Johns If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian. Linda McCartney Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure. Meister Eckhart 'Women's fashion' is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women. Andrea Dworkin

So when people go to the park this summer, they are not going to have

the same quality of a visit. There is not going to be a ranger out on the trail to tell them about the important cultural and historic areas within the Olympic National Park. Norm Dicks We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution. Roger Mahony The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. Samuel Beckett Reforming the way the state works with businesses and providing incentives for employers will help preserve and create new jobs in Massachusetts. Mitt Romney Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. Francis Bacon

To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where

our enemies are hiding. We can't continue fighting terrorism using the same foreign policy blueprints that were in place before September 11th. Evan Bayh Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy. Karl Kraus My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness. Gabrielle Roy Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character. Robert Browning

Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes?

But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness. Billy Ray Cyrus At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Frederick Douglass Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer. Barbara De Angelis At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds. Mahavishnu John McLaughlin Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. Meister Eckhart

Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about

three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. Liev Schreiber You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of. Claire Danes We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings. Kjell Magne Bondevik Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete. Bill Shoemaker The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces. Anatole France

Until now, until I actually got into law class, I just never thought of it

as being an interest for me, but it's really funny because now that I'm in law, I'm like 'Wow, I could be a lawyer. Lisa Leslie The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. James M. Barrie The universe is one of God's thoughts. Friedrich Schiller Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong. Don Marquis Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line. Andy Grove

It is time that we take control and find a way to curtail the explosive

costs of health care. Small businesses deserve a chance to channel these funds toward other needs, such as expanding and creating more jobs for the economy. Christopher Bond You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently. Brent Scowcroft I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own. Margaret Fuller I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing. Pope John Paul II Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent. James A. Baldwin

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