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It's a lot more comfortable, I must say. Ummm, I didn't think I'd be playing

with another band, I kinda thought I was through with that, but I make an exception because they're nice people. Vivian Campbell I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life. Haruki Murakami But find something that you absolutely love doing. And then get to love the way you do it. That's the uniqueness of all of us. That's it. Al Lewis The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy. J. Donald Walters Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons. David Ortiz There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities. Ray Charles Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life. Lauren Bacall

We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of

beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety. Alain de Botton But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world. Christiane Amanpour I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song. Christine McVie People take chances every now and then, and you don't want to disappoint them. Jason Statham Poetry is a sort of homecoming. Paul Celan I have no fondness for pure form at all. Peter Porter Yes, there are times when I get extremely depressed and how I sublimate those feelings is through music. Peter Steele

Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security

system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system. Kay Bailey Hutchison The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. Simone Weil Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true. Richard Bach What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win. Patty Berg To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle. Walter Chrysler Wal-mart... do they like make walls there? Paris Hilton

I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here

wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice. Harold Ford, Jr. There is no sinfulness in the will and affections without some error in the understanding. All lusts which a natural man lives in, are lusts of ignorance. George Gillespie I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences. Miguel de Cervantes Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms. Joseph McCabe I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York. Janice Dickinson Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen. Esther Williams With The Simpsons you can go back to work with a keen heart. Joe Strummer

Sometimes those fears creep into the back of your head, but then you slap yourself

and think, 'Oh, woe is me! People actually like me.' What a silly thing to worry about. This is a huge opportunity, and I'm excited. Ben McKenzie If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Colin Powell But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live. Frank Stella There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom. Michel de Montaigne A man's character is his guardian divinity. Heraclitus I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people. Keanu Reeves Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married. Richard Ford

I said, 'Okay, it's the year 2000, I'm getting a computer and a Palm Pilot.'

I know how to check my e-mail, and I've listed some phone numbers on it. Half the time the battery has gone out so I can't use it. Marc Jacobs Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words. Deborah Bull By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision. Bruno Walter I think what destroys Hollywood marriages is our work schedule, not so much infidelity. Eva Longoria It's okay to laugh in the bedroom so long as you don't point. Will Durst We love because it's the only true adventure. Nikki Giovanni Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. William Blake

You really should not do this job unless you're willing to put in that enormous

amount of effort. You should not do the job unless you're willing to take risks. And you shouldn't do the job unless you're willing to lose the job, too. Anthony A. Williams It's not that conservatives don't care. We do. We just have different answers than liberals do. It's a difference of the mind, not of the heart. Tom Selleck When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention. Mark Shields Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. Edgard Varese I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old. George Canning Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws. Stuart Chase Each year is a new year. Tim Buckley

It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact,

mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved. Tom Wolfe Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: they can breathe it. Jean Genet Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death. Rupert Holmes When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty. Earl Wilson We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days. Robert Hall When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the last. Helen Rowland

Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it

doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist. Jane Campion Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's on their mind. Very quickly the topic shifts to money. And it can be very hard to get them off that subject. Dave Winer As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself, And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee. Bernard Barton Let a man turn to his own childhood - no further - if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change. Alice Meynell Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education. Bill Frist It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state. Bruce Schneier Program testing can be used to show the presen

The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were

assured that we would never reach the very depths of poverty. And to be told, that we are now going to gamble it, on Wall Street, is nonsense! Arthur Hertzberg Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life. Connie Mack My ideal day would be to get a good work out in, listen to music, talk to my family and friends on the phone, read and go to a good movie. Steve Nash Because usually in the past when I was in a big band, that was all I did. Kathy Valentine Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. Honore de Balzac There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just old. Barry Took In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde. Powell Clayton

Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was

no indication of what the people inside the USSR really thought, the army of true believers that we think we see in the Arab world is an illusion. Natan Sharansky The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick. Angela Carter Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts. Robert Smith All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move. Alfred Lord Tennyson There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure. Will Durant I have a Lab, it's fun to hang out and hike with the dog, people come up to him, and pet him, it's fun. George Eads I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me. Jeremy London

A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day

with an old guitar. I don't know where he got it, I don't know how long he'd had it, but he knew about two chords on it. He proceeded to teach them to me, and then we proceeded to go crazy over music. Charlie Daniels There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas. Anne Morrow Lindbergh While I am the one who made the choice to enter the ministry, there was a choice before that one, the choice God made in calling me to be his in the first place. James Green Somerville Rufus? He's a grand kisser, and he's dead sexy. Catherine McCormack It's easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious. Suzanne Fields Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinne

Our strategy in dealing with patents in Mono is the same strategy that any other

software developer would take. In the event of a patent claim, we will try to find prior art to the claim of the patent. Miguel de Icaza Money is always on its way somewhere. What you do with it while it is in your keeping and the direction you send it in say much about you. Your treatment of and respect for money, how you make it, and how you spend it, reflect your character. Gary Ryan Blair When people say 'love to hate', they actually mean 'love to be appalled by' - if they truly hated them, they'd never repeat a catch phrase. Chris Morris I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing. Eddie Bernice Johnson He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. Aeschylus I don't feel I'm a step above anyone on this team. I'm just another link in the chain. Jeff Gordon We wanted the language to feel fresh, fun, and rock solid. James Frank

We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me.

I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up. Charles Evers In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything. Harold Coffin When we were filming, I thought that I was Peter Pan, you know? I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world. Jeremy Sumpter Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music. Marcel Marceau I'm an actor and this is a role I'm playing. But people can get wacky. Dean Cain It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. Hippocrates It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq. Douglas Hurd

This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when

clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity. William Jennings Bryan It was hysterical going to work. I would just walk in and think, 'What in hell? Am I here? What's going on? I'm going to wake up in a minute. I'm in a dream.' Jacqueline McKenzie Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth. Mikhail Gorbachev I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films. Richard Linklater I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer. James Galway When your name is out there like that, guys are going to want to see what you're about. Jamal Lewis Lessons are not given, they are taken. Cesare Pavese

The way the credit cards were made in the '80s to be a people's form

of capitalism and be able to make it so that you could get a loan that you would have been denied previous, now that's the way stocks are. Jim Cramer As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget. Corrine Brown When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic. Lance Burton I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other. Billy Bob Thornton Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of man. Henry Beston One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them. D. H. Lawrence City employees will be hired and promoted because of their abilities - without outside interference. Jane Byrne

To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to

being tortured. For being God means that one is in harmony with all that is, including the worst. The existence of the worst evils is unimaginable unless God willed them. Georges Bataille Having been to Europe and working and traveling there, the restaurants my wife and I remember were always off the beaten trail restaurants. So I tried to seek a little 'off the beaten trail,' but cool area. Todd English I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get. Elizabeth Taylor Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite. Marlon Brando When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Dale Carnegie I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months. Jack Nance You don't have to be the biggest to beat the biggest. Ross Perot

As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental

element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism. Christopher Dawson As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains. John Moody The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it. William Golding Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm. Robert Schumann To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks. A. A. Milne Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest. Wilson Mizner In our society a man is known by the company he owns. Gerald F. Lieberman

I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I

knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on years of building walls to divide people, and feel I had spent my life making the world a worse place. Richard Stallman I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman. Tim Robbins If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. Rene Descartes Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea. Mick Taylor I don't, for the record, have a Tweety Bird fetish. Brian Lamb No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed. Clarence Darrow

Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression

are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. Alexander Meiklejohn You know, for 300 years it's been kind of the same. There are restaurants in New Orleans that the menu hasn't changed in 125 years, so how is one going to change or evolve the food? Emeril Lagasse He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man. Norman Schwarzkopf If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. Cesare Pavese Even though college has been hard, I don't want to give up. Beverley Mitchell The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. Aristotle A man by himself is in bad company. Eric Hoffer

They have some pretty tough gun laws in Japan, as they do in any other

civilized country in the world, and they're not killing each other off with firearms. You have very violent films in Europe, yet it's not causing the mayhem we see in our streets routinely here. Michael D. Barnes All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate. My language to each of them has to suit their brain. Sam Mendes The Bush administration also was not straightforward about the intelligence it had, releasing tenuous information that fit its goal of attacking Iraq. I feel deceived. Ken Lucas I'm nutty bunny number two. I love me and I love you. Mark McKinney Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but trashing the Constitution is not the right way to do it. Eliot Engel When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. Samuel Goldwyn I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist. Leo Kottke

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires

sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. Martin Luther King, Jr. We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives and a majority can manipulate law to cruel and unjust ends. Robert Byrd I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it. David Mallet I don't have a directorial overview, which sometimes is very helpful. Julia Barr When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death. Dennis Quaid You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions. Patrick Leahy It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the

other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. Ruth Bader Ginsburg As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself. Richard Thompson Some had the custom of receiving the Eucharist daily, some twice a week, some on the Lord's day, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, some only on the Lord's Day. Martin Chemnitz Every law is an infraction of liberty. Jeremy Bentham I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character! Theodore Roosevelt The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears. Heraclitus I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger

we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache. Gilbert K. Chesterton Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies. Delia Ephron The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch of prizes and occasionally done some public good. Allan Sloan I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. Ulysses S. Grant I had a fear of being alone. Gloria Gaynor It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying. Ingrid Bergman Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling. River Phoenix

When the baby dies, On every side Rose stranger's voices, hard and harsh and loud.

The baby was not wrapped in any shroud. The mother made no sound. Her head was bowed That men's eyes might not see Her misery. Helen Hunt Jackson The amount of information that can be stored by the ultimate laptop, 10 to the 31st bits, is much higher than the 10 to the 10th bits stored on current laptops. Seth Lloyd Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view. Max Planck I did try to leave, and she came running after me. David Gest If I had been a bricklayer I'd still have been a journeyman. Fred L. Turner My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m. Betty Cuthbert I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country. Rick Allen

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they

know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the make the first move - and he, in turn, waits for you. Marian Anderson For a man who purports to have learned of media ethics only this month, Mr. Williams has spent an undue amount of time appearing as a media ethicist on both CNN and the cable news networks of NBC. Frank Rich He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves? Friedrich Nietzsche The days of the digital watch are numbered. Tom Stoppard Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door. Vernon Howard To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge. Confucius We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation. Peter Krause

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain

of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing. Thomas Fuller The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony. Ruth Bernhard My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game. Bobby Hull I didn't work on the killing floor. I worked in the section where you break the meat down and package it. Marg Helgenberger You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages. Al Stewart Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. William Ellery Channing I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore. Robert Smith

No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea

has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite. David Hilbert The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good. Walter Cronkite The more we get out of the world the less we leave, and in the long run we shall have to pay our debts at a time that may be very inconvenient for our own survival. Norbert Wiener I am seriously troubled by the proposed rapid consolidation in the telecommunications marketplace. Conrad Burns I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did. Joely Fisher We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases. Miguel de Icaza Get Miramax to send me down to Australia. I'd like to see it. Walter Hill

No one in this world, so far as I know - and I have searched

the records for years, and employed agents to help me - has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. H. L. Mencken One blob of red in the wrong place and the audience isn't looking at the hero, they're looking at a patch of curtain (or something similar) and your whole effect is lost. Terence Fisher He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again. Tacitus While there's life, there's hope. Marcus Tullius Cicero I've lost my faith in science. Bette Davis For my own part I continue of the same Disposition. George Morgan I think the theme of the album probably was just that it was our first record. Ann Wilson

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly

to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. Edgar Allan Poe I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour. Peter Wright I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions. Michelle Shocked I believe I can do anything. If I decide I want to be a doctor tomorrow, I'm going to be a doctor. Amy Jo Johnson A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business. Loretta Young Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient. Robin Cousins

I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom,

who had said to me that he perceived his life as a link in a continuous chain of those who served our nation and that he expected me to be a new and strong link in the same chain. Hussein of Jordan Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders. Baltasar Gracian You can't legislate or litigate good, healthy behavior but we must be willing to educate people at an early age about the affects of unhealthy living. Zack Wamp I think they are looking for publicity and they are looking for a name for themselves. David Baltimore It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society. Tabare Vazquez Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Mary Baker Eddy I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing. Billy Bob Thornton

It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated

for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS. Bruce Davison Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur. Michael J. Fox Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons. Dorothy Denning To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought. Alexander Pope That's another fine mess you've gotten me into. Oliver Hardy I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit. Tony Goldwyn

Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer,

fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon. Terry Pratchett What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us. Julia Cameron Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers. Kurt Cobain Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off. David Steinberg Better a broken promise than none at all. Mark Twain

The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by

the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet. Michelle Shocked Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one - but there is a price. Harry Browne Indeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than the full assent of those whose approbation I could most wish to win. Asa Gray I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free. Martin Yan Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted. Donna Mills Different strokes, for different folks. Sly Stone The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. Arnold H. Glasow

In 1970, I had begun work on the basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor which has later

become the model compound for the development of protein NMR, molecular dynamics, and experimental folding studies in other laboratories. Robert Huber In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt I knew we were going to marry someday, but I was absolutely surprised when he actually proposed. And surprised he had bought a ring. I ran around the yard screaming. Jennifer Garner I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least I'd know that I tried. Michelle Branch Nobody should have to be a systems integrator to make a convergence network work in their home. Steve Case Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain. Malcolm Lowry It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening. Fred Willard

I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol.

Fans sometimes think I am. The majority of them are sweet about it, but occasionally somebody weird becomes totally fixated upon me. Teena Marie The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color. A. J. McLean Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. Oscar Wilde Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem. David R. Brower If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction. Arthur Bloch I don't have a boyfriend right now. I'm looking for anyone with a job that I don't have to support. Anna Nicole Smith Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant. Aaron Eckhart

I've heard that Alfred Hitchcock said that by the time he was ready to shoot

a film, he didn't even want to do it any more because he'd already had all of the fun of working it out. It's the same thing with these Frank comics. Jim Woodring The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain. Carroll Quigley From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. Sophie Tucker Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing. Michelangelo Antonioni While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost. Quintilian I'm not always in that good with middle-aged heterosexual men. Kathy Griffin I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring. Ben Elton

Because of the power of television, I was visible to everybody all over the world.

But there are many things in the theater that are more fulfilling and that I look forward to doing more. But really, I love it all: theater, film, television. Charlotte Rae If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration. Lincoln Ellsworth No, no, no separate but equal... never the twain shall meet. And the pendulum kept swinging and it came to rest in the bastard hybrid known as the Daily Show. Mo Rocca I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig. Cornelia Funke Religion is the opium of the masses. Karl Marx I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health. Christopher Shays I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out. Victoria Beckham

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of

time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate. W. H. Auden Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained. Lao Tzu As a Democrat in this Senate, I felt aggrieved by some things the other side has done. I have no doubt they feel aggrieved about some of the things we have done. Mark Pryor Kiss till the cow comes home. Francis Beaumont It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. William Godwin Be willing to trust your instincts, especially if you cannot find answers elsewhere. Brian Koslow I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them. Bob Hoskins

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart

like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. Nikola Tesla There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. Golda Meir If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors. Olivier Martinez What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate. Donald Trump Those who know the least obey the best. George Farquhar I was indeed very slow as a youngster. Roger Penrose The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul. Wassily Kandinsky

If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the

future - and these markets clearly did not exist - what assurance do we have of the stability and efficiency of the capitalist system? Joseph Stiglitz The Sand Pebbles has always been one of my favorite films, I suppose because its the most difficult film - from a physical and logistical standpoint - that I've ever made. Robert Wise Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. Mark Victor Hansen World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war. Lane Evans Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. Doris Day The story of the Internet is this incredibly strong, exciting change. James Daly Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea. James Bryant Conant

Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the

study of its causes and beginnings, if it has had causes and beginnings; nor completed except by knowledge of its accidents and accompanying essentials. Avicenna The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding. Chris Van Allsburg I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale. Kim Cattrall Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline. Jane Byrne There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. Michel de Montaigne I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world. Joely Fisher It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit. Tom Sizemore

All they need to do is to set up some website somewhere selling some bogus

product at twenty percent of the normal market prices and people are going to be tricked into providing their credit card numbers. Kevin Mitnick I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face. Thomas Kretschmann Finding that no religion is based on facts and cannot be true, I began to reflect what must be the condition of mankind trained from infancy to believe in error. Robert Owen I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul. Dick Dale The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. James Madison To write about someone like myself would be very limiting. Michael Ondaatje We have had a long wait for democracy. Chen Shui-bian

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for

silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. Octavia Butler You have to treat people gently because we're all in a process. What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there. Amy Grant Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents. Jeff Hawkins Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. Charles Dickens You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched. Norman Vincent Peale My friends and I are collecting prom dresses to give to girls who can't afford them for their proms. Lauren Bush Neither of my parents would ever stand in the way of any of their children speaking their minds. Ron Reag

To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any

era, really. We do it with the new doing all sort of fanfare things in it and it works really well. It goes down great with audiences. Roy Wood I'm amazed at how adventurous and how dangerous the music was, and still is. I haven't heard anything like it since. I'm quite surprised, because a lot of the music on there we never heard at the time. Michael Giles It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders. Ben Stein Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life. William Goldman Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war. John McCain As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other. George Crumb I want to assure you that working in transition period is an ungrateful job for any honest government. Robert Kocharian

I'm working on a snow scene right now, and it's summer. It's hot, and I

will get chilly. I'll have to turn on the heat. My wife walks in, and it's 95 degrees in the studio. I know it's nutty, but it's a projection you have where you step into the painting. Thomas Kinkade You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?' Joe DiMaggio Education begins at home. You can't blame the school for not putting into your child what you don't put into him. Geoffrey Holder Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it. Loretta Young We can't compete with Mel Gibson, but we figured we could do our part. Garry Marshall All things can be forgiven if we can progress. Cat Stevens If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it. Wanda Jackson

Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right

and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity. John Lennon I am Classic Rock Revisited. I revisit it every waking moment of my life because it has the spirit and the attitude and the fire and the middle finger. I am Rosa Parks with a Gibson guitar. Ted Nugent It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business. Theodore Parker They have a fine breeze and are now we hope, well on their way. Lewis Tappan I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form. Joan Crawford Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. Michelangelo Be moderate in everything, including moderation. Horace Porter

The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through

the process and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work and are brought together. Ben Edwards Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings. Karen Armstrong A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment. Jack Vance Now I am an old hag, I get to play much more interesting characters. Joan Greenwood To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. Bono I didn't write anything until I was well over 30. Penelope Lively It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character. Arthur Schopenhauer

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to

look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' Eleanor Roosevelt My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition. Jon Huntsman, Jr. I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. Thomas Jefferson The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing. Willem Dafoe I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen. Anthony Hopkins It is always well to get near to men of genius. William Henry Moody I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel like that. John Denver

We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand,

we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons. Wolfgang Petersen Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? Richard P. Feynman I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one. Thomas Lynch Change is good. And in fact unavoidable. Dirk Benedict We soon believe the things we would believe. Ludovico Ariosto When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. Muhammad Iqbal It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. Francis Beaumont

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of

God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. Gilbert K. Chesterton What we do every night is we change out the set list as much as we can to make sure that (fans can) go home and tell their friends they experienced something unique and cool. Isaac Hanson We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number. Nathaniel Smith True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. Alexander Pope A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing. Victor Hugo Calamity is the test of integrity. Samuel Richardson A woman's best protection is a little money of her own. Clare Boothe Luce

The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths

are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. John F. Kennedy I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department. Joseph R. McCarthy Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy. Howard Berman I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people. John Edwards The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. Herbie Hancock When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble. Barbara Taylor Bradford Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his

The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital

communications and stored data. Right now the use of encryption isn't all that widespread, but that state of affairs is expected to change rapidly. Dorothy Denning It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions. David Blunkett My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing. Al Pacino The thing with me, I can't talk about my work. I find it very difficult. Mark E. Smith Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends. Philip Seymour Hoffman I don't have the identity of any of them. I only had the nicks that they used on Internet Relay Chat. Jon Johansen The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans. Andrew Sullivan

What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a

good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance. Michael Connelly In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job. Alberto Gonzales The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only one example. Dave Barry I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. Ayn Rand Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes. Donald McKay Such and so various are the tastes of men. Mark Akenside I'm lucky the arthritis happened at the time that it did because of the record. Daniel Johns

We have been trying to play a lot of different kinds of music, and probably

the next album will go back more towards the direction where you couldn't classify each song as a certain kind of music. This album you can. Mike Gordon I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of marriage. Stephen Harper I guess I just don't have a talent for it, some women just aren't the marrying kind - or anyway, not the permanent marrying kind, and I'm one of them. Jane Wyman To the timid soul, nothing is possible. John Bach God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again. Robert South You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side. William E. Gladstone If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there. Tom Peters

Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys

of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework. John Knowles I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive. Joey Lauren Adams People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income. Robert Half Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work. Karl Kraus Let's not talk punishment. George Steinbrenner In spite of everything, I still believe that people are truly good at heart. Kurt Huber The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party. Chen Shui-bian

In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also

have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have energy. John Frusciante I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that. Alberto Gonzales Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. R. L. Stine I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Stephen Leacock If it's on the Internet, then it's gotta be true. Ken Jennings Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. Albert Einstein Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head. Margot Asquith

The point is not to stay marginal, but to participate in whatever network of marginal

zones is spawned from other disciplinary centers and which, together, constitute a multiple displacement of those authorities. Judith Butler One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea. John C. Reilly Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios. Nicolas Cage A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. Ward McAllister I declare myself an Austrian and a European. A united Europe will be a peaceful Europe. Heinz Fischer The straight line leads to the downfall of humanity. Friedensreich Hundertwasser To me, theater is the mecca; if you really love to act, that's where it's the most fun, by a long shot. Scott Caan

But Dr. Smith says, and I believe it to be a true state of the

case, that he himself gave a course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy, during the same winter, and that the money raised by them was also applied towards paying for the Orrery. David Rittenhouse I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight. Douglas Hurd A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer. Garrison Keillor I try not to discriminate against genres. Ryan Gosling I even played Jack Webb's partner on the radio version of Dragnet for a while. Martin Milner Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do. George W. Bush There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. George Bernard Shaw

I've often had people ask me, would you allow a homosexual to be your friend.

Yes, I will. And the reason I will is because I know that that person has problems, and if I can minister to those problems, I will. Reggie White The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same. Billy Graham If you're a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot - and you're willing to spend a bundle to get it. Bill Kurtis There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were. Dwight D. Eisenhower Government does not create jobs, it only creates the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. Mitch Daniels Evil societies always kill their consciences. James L. Farmer, Jr. A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin

Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please,

I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.' Bill Maher I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself. James Franco Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. Roger Babson Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt. Jean Rostand Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices. Frank Knox A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation. Gilbert K. Chesterton Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Kri

Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess

of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not. Cher Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison. Mahatma Gandhi Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. Andre Gide I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe. Elizabeth Hurley College isn't the place to go for ideas. Helen Keller I like to take afternoon naps in the nude. Cleo Moore There are enough churches already, but the world still needs salvation. Sun Myung Moon

The women's movement is taking a different form right now, and it is because it

has been so effective and so successful that there's a huge counter movement to try to stop it, to try to divide women from one another, to try to almost foment divisiveness. Carol Gilligan Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well! Barbara Bush The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character. Arnold Schwarzenegger See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise. Patricia Clarkson It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good. Henri Rousseau My life is not just about the past. Jeannette Walls To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. Bayard Rustin

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills

development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly. Bobby Scott If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel. Buddy Holly Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul. George Bancroft Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground. Alexander Pope Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand I just feel tired now if people are shocked. If it's not for you, just don't bloody watch it. Chris Morris Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. Horace

I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing

has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality. Ronnie James Dio My purpose is to have American Jews look away from the success story with which they've cheered themselves up, and to have them remember the classical tradition, whatever it is. Arthur Hertzberg Celebrity - I don't even know what that means. Obviously it's the same basic word as celebration, but I don't know what's being celebrated. James Woods You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are! John Lennon Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell. Keith Hernandez Bluegrass is really a big part of my background. Travis Tritt Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. William Shakespeare

Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality, you can get

lost in that and a lot of people do and that's why you see so many people with successful careers but with destructive lives. Morris Chestnut Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry, as such. Peter Davison To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives. Debra Messing Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body. Carmen Miranda The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them. Pierre de Coubertin You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! Dolly Parton Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear. Phil Gramm

Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals

are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail. Bram Cohen My art and poetry is very political now. Because you've got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I know, there will be people who will listen. Jack Bowman Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters after her image, but far more beautiful and prosperous. Jeremy Taylor 'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them. Edward Moore Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing. Alex Winter One can advise comfortably from a safe port. Soren Kierkegaard You lose a lot of time, hating people. Marian Anderson

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that.

Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act. Orson Welles My Department has already recognised this and has been working specifically on the technical support issue since January and will offer advice to schools during the Autumn term. Estelle Morris Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. Reinhold Niebuhr Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. Benjamin Disraeli Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains. John Philip Sousa Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys. Dorothy Salisbury Davis We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our lives. Charlotte Rae

Rations were scarcely issued, and the men about preparing supper, when rumors that the enemy

had been encountered that day near Gettysburg absorbed every other interest, and very soon orders came to march forthwith to Gettysburg. Joshua Chamberlain I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music. John Coltrane There are two kinds of climbers: those who climb because their heart sings when they're in the mountains, and all the rest. Alex Lowe Now my drug is writing or acting, being creative. Scott Caan Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man. Barbara Pym When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.' Anton Chekhov One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines. Emile Zola

The greatest luck that I've had has been the ability to find men and women

who came into my administration who worked with me and brought extraordinary talents that we were able to take full advantage of. John Engler I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of acting. Paz Vega I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden. Saint Augustine What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. Samuel Johnson Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate. Rem Koolhaas I met a hundred men going to Delhi, and every one is my brother. Pope Paul VI I don't know a high C from a low C. Brett Somers

Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a

bit of a sponge. When I was going around competing I was always asking, 'What does that light do?' If you want to be successful, you have to understand what people are doing around you. Robin Cousins That's one of those things that will really hurt me personally, if I label a character or think about what it might do if it were to do well. I just try to do a good job with it. Luke Wilson Sometimes all it takes to change a life is to decide which beliefs do not serve you and to literally change your mind about those beliefs. Joy Page Real style is not having a program - it's how one behaves in a crisis. Frank Auerbach Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. H. L. Mencken Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. Bob Marley We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers. Bill McCollum

I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't

have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them. Matt Gonzalez What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons. Hans Blix You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do. Norman Douglas Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others. Niccolo Machiavelli By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed. O. Henry I always enjoyed going into the holodeck. Jonathan Frakes To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I don't know that I can give a definitive answer to that, I can only

say that if we create the right climate those who are producing those products will have the opportunity to move into a higher value product if changes are needed if we get this right. John Anderson If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed. Kanye West In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force. Charles Bass Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands. Norah Jones The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Richard Bach I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away. Gerry Cooney What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things. Margaret Mead

I am astonished each time I come to the U.S. by the ignorance of a

high percentage of the population, which knows almost nothing about Latin America or about the world. It's quite blind and deaf to anything that may happen outside the frontiers of the U.S. Eduardo Galeano Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did. Duke Ellington If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed. David Hackworth Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts in a conscious, disciplined way might help one to do science better. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities. Karen Duffy A hair in the head is worth two in the brush. William Hazlitt Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery. Beverly Johnson

We are aware that many national farm organizations are putting forth various plans to provide

both short- and long-term relief to our nation's agricultural producers. While we believe long-term solutions are essential, the current situation demands a more immediate response. Mel Carnahan I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child. Neal Barnard I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor. Conrad Veidt He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust. Emily Dickinson At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant. Martin Yan The world's made up of individuals who don't want to be heroes. Brian Moore Nothing is more fallacious than wealth. It is a hostile comrade, a dome

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if

it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such. Og Mandino Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother. Katharine Hepburn Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. Jose Marti I'm a real Suzy Homemaker. Suzy Bogguss I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often - but I'm well preserved. Rose Kennedy My job is to give my team a chance to win. Nolan Ryan Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness. Harold Kushner

I think it's important to travel around in order to get a notion of what's

going on, to find out what people are think about. I enjoy talking on campuses most because people are more informed and discussion is generally livelier. Harrison Salisbury In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government, three separate branches of State governments, and the peoples of the several States. Robert W. Welch, Jr. The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God. Muhammad Iqbal Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change. Estelle Morris We Latins make splendid lovers and splendid older men. Cesar Romero Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative. T. S. Eliot The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth. Eliza Farnham

What draws me to the theatre, and what appealed to me about Too Much Light,

is that you have no idea what's going to happen. That's the most exciting part of theatre, it's never the same. If it were, it would be like watching a movie. Lusia Strus The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons. Diane Abbott There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course. Rainer Maria Rilke The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system. Oskar Schindler The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear. Thomas Huxley The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone. William Butler Y

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it

makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it. Hank Aaron No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other. Frank Lloyd Wright It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order. Asa Gray Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England - Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation. Charles Stewart Parnell Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for. Jean Cocteau Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. H. L. Mencken Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out. John McCarthy

I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad

thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write. Anne Perry I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they're in the screen. Keenen Ivory Wayans I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress. Ronald Reagan I really believe this team has a lot of potential - whether it's this year or in years to come, I don't know. Brett Favre In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function. Michael Graves We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians. Jean-Bertrand Aristide Have the courage of your desire. George Gissing

We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say,

'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and they'd say, 'Who?' In later years they'd say, 'Oh', which amounts to the same thing. Paul Desmond It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as possible causes of the events which occur in the real world. Friedrich August von Hayek The Mohawks have on all occasions shown their zeal and loyalty to the Great King; yet they have been very badly treated by his people. Joseph Brant You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat. Satchel Paige Our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates. Alan Ayckbourn If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people. Stephen Harper

The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the

revolution now under way. And once we understand nature's transformative powers, we see that it is our powerful ally, not a force to feared our subdued. Thomas Kuhn I want to keep audiences off balance, so they don't know who I am or how to take me. If I duck and weave, as Frank Bruno might say, I'll have a longer shelf life. Robert Carlyle Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed. Wayne Dyer If the person at the wheel refuses to ask for directions, it is time for a new driver. Jennifer Granholm Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin. Jean Philippe Rameau Not much to be perfectly honest! I thought The Phantom Menace was terrible, except for the Pod Race. David Prowse I fight fairly, and in good faith. Edmond About

For an actor, you're rejected eight or ten times a day. All you've got to

sell is yourself. You're not selling products, they're not turning down a car, they're turning you down. Most people can't handle that. Most people are essentially not set up that way. Barry Corbin And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family. Patricia Ireland People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season. Grant Hill I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade. Menander I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along. Ang Lee Look twice before you leap. Charlotte Bronte Assassination has never changed the history of the world. Benjamin Disraeli

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never

actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write. Laurell K. Hamilton Twenty-five years ago, the notion was you could create a general problem-solver software that could solve problems in many different domains. That just turned out to be totally wrong. Howard Gardner Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not. John Dewey Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.' Mark Twain I'm taking Viagra and drinking prune juice - I don't know if I'm coming or going. Rodney Dangerfield We are as near to heaven by sea as by land. Humphrey Gilbert Also, stick around. Don't lose your heart, just keep going, keep at it. Mark Ruffalo

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the

man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. Thomas A. Edison The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization. F. L. Lucas Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can. Joy Page Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. Albert Schweitzer A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. Warren Buffett My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk. Karl Malden The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. William Butler Yeats

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place

while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished. Amelia Barr Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it's profitable. James Rouse The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention. Edith Sitwell Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity. Samuel Fuller The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. Lord Byron What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child? William Godwin A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery. Thomas Fuller

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is

the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true. Francois Fenelon When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. Robert A. Heinlein The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day. Adlai E. Stevenson Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Jim Morrison Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society. Robert Blair Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world. Jose Marti I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none. Josh Lucas

We've had drive-by shootings. I've been spat on, slapped, shot at. One guy tried to

stab me with a broken beer bottle. But the way we look at it, if people do the worst they can, we'll still wake up in glory. Troy Perry My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then? David Hyde Pierce I am so infinitely happy that he loves me so much, and I pray that it will always be like this. It won't be my fault if he ever stops loving me. Eva Braun It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel. James Allen They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate targets. Ward Churchill Australians were unique due to our corals, our apples, our gum trees and our kangaroos. Harold Edward Holt The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. Francis Beaumont

And what I am trying to say to them that through our ads and through

our discussions is if you don't want us in your community, that's your choice, but don't say it's because of wages. Lee Scott The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality. Joseph Addison I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go on and do plays and films. Jeremy Brett Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank. Alphonse Allais You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Mary Tyler Moore Visions describe what best should be, could be - if and when mankind has the will to make them real. James Rouse

Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963.

If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools. William Bennett But the real growth I must say in terms of the public sector for the Labor Department is really at state and local levels. That's where the real opportunities are today. Alexis Herman Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray. Benjamin Disraeli The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue. Henry IV of England If we abandon marriage, we abandon the family. Michael Enzi Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character. Bo Bennett The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps. David Lloyd George

Yet if a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far

she might have got? If she never takes off her high-heeled shoes, how will she ever know how far she could walk or how fast she could run? Germaine Greer Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars. George Mikes Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music. Johnny Rivers To love what you do and feel that it matters how could anything be more fun? Katharine Graham The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party. Clive Anderson You can make fun of everything. Matt Stone To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face. Stendhal

We are taking steps to fight the production of meth on our own soil through

limiting access to precursor ingredients, supporting educational efforts and providing necessary resources to law enforcement. Greg Walden Politics is there the way men and women are there, the way the Atlantic Ocean is there. Sometimes I've written about politics specifically, I mean about politics as it's understood on television and in newspapers. Kenneth Koch We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a reputation for life. Bill Toomey It takes a long time to publish a book. Kenneth Koch The three traits speculators must learn to manage within themselves are confidence, fear, and aggressiveness. Larry Williams I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck. Michelle Pfeiffer My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important. Christine Taylor

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that

I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story. Christiane Amanpour To me, fantasy has always been the genre of escape, science fiction the genre of ideas. So if you can escape and have a little idea as well, maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two. Sheri S. Tepper You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars. Thomas Traherne It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers. Dave Navarro Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter. Satchel Paige Here in New England, the character is strong and unshakable. Norman Rockwell What is the answer? In that case, what is the question? Gertrude Stein

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We

are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family. Bob Taft We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South. Roald Amundsen Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach. Roger von Oech Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country. Ian Rush Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. Plato I haven't collected memorabilia. I am not a person who lives in the past. Yvonne Craig No, I do it all, but I do love to play solo. Bruce Hornsby

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

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

When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC;

you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job. Carine Roitfeld When I was 10, I was hit by a car, which turned my right tibia into a jigsaw puzzle. John Scalzi Black people have, like, this thing, and I have it, we all have it, we have this kind of embarrassment. Where we don't like white people to find out our little insecurities and out little quirks. We don't really like that that much. It's kind of, we're like, 'Don't let them know - that ours; that's for us.' Michael Che Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous. Ravi Zacharias My beloved dog defied treatment from the best and most expensive veterinarians, holistic practitioners, trainers, and animal communicators. He was simply beyond my ability to repair or control. Jon Katz When I got sober, that was 1990. Rob Lowe I basically apply with my teams the lean startup principles I used in the private sector - go into Sili

Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus

chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on. Stockwell Day I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is. Anthony A. Williams After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion. Albert Camus A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams. Simone Weil The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. Marcus Tullius Cicero To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer. Paul R. Ehrlich A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. Alfred Hitchcock