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Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving

parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough. Dan Brown Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child. Carl Sandburg If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing. Nile Rodgers The mixture of the Trinidadian people and the Indian people has caused a new culture to emerge. Ismail Merchant Time becomes more precious when you have children. Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt. Boris Spassky Pop culture's gotten much more disposable. Al Yankovic I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such. Dane Cook I don't try to guess what ...

In my real life, both my bosses are gay. On the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,'

Andy Cohen is gay, everybody at Bravo is gay - we call them the gay mafia. Over at 'Glee' and 'The New Normal,' my boss Ryan Murphy is gay. On the show, my boss, played by Andrew Reynolds, is gay in real life. I'm surrounded by all my gay bosses. NeNe Leakes Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused. Darren Aronofsky We are being challenged by Islam these years. There are some things for which one should display no tolerance. And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction. Margrethe II of Denmark There are not many places in the world where you can get to the beach in an hour, the desert in two hours and snowboarding or skiing in three hours. You can do all that in California. Alex Pettyfer I've always wanted to do a family movie. Adam Sandler I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively. Don Nelson Whe...

I like to play the grey areas in life - that's the most uncomfortable place

to be. Nobody likes to be in that in-between state where there don't know what's going to happen. There's a lot of tension in that, and a lot of stuff to play with - where it's uncomfortable and awkward and sad and scary. Melanie Lynskey Business is always looking to avoid the toughest norms. But some do it in a civilized way, while others push it using uncivilized, brazen methods. Dmitry Medvedev The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids. Danielle Steel Although we were The Spice Girls of 1984 in Europe, My work has never been widely promoted in the U.S. Holly Johnson You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do? Scott Brooks I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music. Oksana Baiul But when we came out ...

What is and isn't justified by military necessity is, naturally, open to interpretation. One of

the key concepts, though, is the law of proportionality. A military attack that results in civilian casualties - 'collateral damage' - is acceptable as long as the military benefits outweigh the price that is paid by humanity. Sebastian Junger When I don't know what to do with a character, that's when I say yes to it. When it's far away from the way I am, the way I feel or the way I think, that's when it's more attractive. Demian Bichir I feel more comfortable when I'm somebody else, I think. When I'm taking a picture as myself, the whole idea of taking a headshot, to me, feels very false. Missi Pyle I am a good mother and I feel proud about it. Emily Mortimer The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else. Nate Parker I want to do theatre. I love theatre. Heath Ledger I really like Larry Clark's films, as weird as that is. I like Richard Kern films. Jody Hill Obama's even keel sometimes comes across as alo...

When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come

to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesn't just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms. Sheldon Whitehouse Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave. Alanis Morissette I'm a slow starter, but it's time to flip on the switch. Joe Cowley I love to eat - Kit Kats or cookies-and-cream ice cream. I need sugar like five times a day. Kim Kardashian I had to be sure we were doing something tasteful. Larry Hovis I don't lose sleep over what I have done or have nightmares about it. Dennis Nilsen I'm not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected. James Purefoy I am still into the people I listened to growing up, so I completely remember what is like to be a fan, I haven't changed. Lenny Kravitz It's great extremes which leads to great drama and great comedy. Vince Vaughn

Theology necessitates an image of God as a conscious, rational, supernatural being of unlimited power

and scope who cares about humans and imposes moral codes and responsibilities upon them, thereby generating serious intellectual questions such as: 'Why does God allow us to sin?' 'Does the Sixth Commandment prohibit war?' Rodney Stark Nothing replaces being in the same room, face-to-face, breathing the same air and reading and feeling each other's micro-expressions. Peter Guber I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious. Will Smith Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where he did actually shut up in the end. Anthony Holden Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on. Don Mattingly The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself. Jessica Savitch I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead. Martha Beck Candy is child...

I would feel ill without theater. It's kind of a cliche, but every time you

make a mistake, you really do have to learn from it to move on. When you're doing something live, there's no time to dwell. Hopefully you'll laugh it off, but if not, you can always take a day to hate yourself. Nina Arianda Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority. Vic Snyder Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people. William J. Clinton Ideally, I'd like every issue to include a diverse group of stories that meet the qualifications sketched above, but covering a wide range of specific matter and flavour. Stanley Schmidt The world is starving for original and decisive leadership. Bryant H. McGill No matter how tough the meat may be, it's going to be tender if you slice it thin enough. Guy Fieri Sometimes I wish the writing a...

If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely,

beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by that? But you have to tell yourself not to value that. You have to tell yourself - or at least I do - to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that's dangerous. Joaquin Phoenix Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it. Aidan Quinn With Guard and Reserve units, you can end up with a lot of people from one part of the country dying in one day, and that gets people's attention. Lawrence Korb My children are lovely. They're perfect. Kristin Scott Thomas The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. William Greider I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel. Mel Brooks I'm going to fight until the end. My husband is worth it. He wanted me to have it. He was worth a lot. He was a very, very wealthy man. Anna Nicole Smith Secular humanists can sit around and talk...

One of the reasons it's important for me to write about war is I really

think that the concept of war, the specifics of war, the nature of war, the ethical ambiguities of war, are introduced too late to children. I think they can hear them, understand them, know about them, at a much younger age without being scared to death by the stories. Suzanne Collins People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote. John Cornyn My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons. Questlove Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Jack Schwartz I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes. Bess Myerson I hate junk food. It depresses me. Sean Faris You can't learn everything you need to know legally. John Irving My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do. Charles Kuralt I am a country boy and proud of it. Lionel Richie

I decided I would open this little actors' workshop I always told actors to look

for. That gave me something to do on Wednesday nights, and after about a year of that, I realized that some of the things I was saying to actors probably had broader application. I ran into a magazine called 'Speakers For Free.' Robert Forster My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up. Bobby McFerrin But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not. Saif Ali Khan Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested. T. Berry Brazelton I never felt any different from anyone else though. Louise Brown I'm an artist that's attracted to a specific way of seeing and a way of being. Jock Sturges When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on. Michael P. Anderson I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family suppo...

I don't think I have ever done anything for this age of children before, a

pre-school audience. Generally speaking, we don't have vivid memories of that age and what influenced us, yet clearly they are hugely formative years and it's really important that we can create television of a high quality for that audience. David Tennant Purity of heart is to will one thing. Soren Kierkegaard Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country. Helen Suzman I was never taught how to raise a child, because I wasn't raised properly. Corey Feldman I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines. Marissa Mayer In all the sciences except Psychology we deal with objects and their changes, and leave out of account as far as possible the mind which observes them. Charles D. Broad The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses. Ovid I think some people in their 20s really get it, that ...

I've been divorced and I had to get back out there be single again and

do some of that in the genuinely miserable state where you really do wonder what the hell is going on. And you feel like trying to have casual conversation with someone you don't know on the surface of the moon or something. Hank Azaria I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done. Natalie Wood I cannot understand how the education of this United States of America has been fooled time and time again. Either make it separate but equal or integrate, therefore it will be equal. And it has been separate and unequal. Bill Cosby I'd love to do a musical. I have a little list of them in my head. Swoosie Kurtz I've been a fan of the Marvel Universe since I was a little child. Steven Weber I want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with. Daniel Craig The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. William Henry Harrison There will alwa...

I've been watching more American TV because of all the great TV series that have

come out in the last five to 10 years. I'm a 'Sopranos' fan, I'm a 'Wire' fan, I'm a 'Mad Men' fan. I'm a 'Deadwood' fan. It makes me optimistic for the future of storytelling on TV that producers are willing to take that kind of jump. Jo Nesbo To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. Plutarch You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. Diane Arbus There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back. Steve Forbert Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts. Serge Gainsbourg It began to dawn on me that perhaps my country needed me more at home than overseas. Larry David I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me...

With 'Believe' bringing really big success for me outside of the U.K. for the first

time, it meant I have been touring around the world and that led to a gap from the studio. I really feel like the gap has done me the world of good. Throughout that time I was able to collect songs that I really loved. Katherine Jenkins I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now. Neil Patrick Harris You're always going to have detractors, and you're always going to have people who love you, and that's how it's perfectly balanced and the world spins on. Phil Anselmo I was never a prodigy. Lindsay Davenport Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him. Sophocles Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate. Charles B. Rangel Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things. Algernon Charles Swinburne I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be a...

Everything I write doesn't appear to be biography until later. I often say that I've

never written about anything I've experienced. Of course, that's not true. But it doesn't appear familiar to me at all. And maybe that's because I have to be in a kind of coma in order to write. If it appeared familiar, I wouldn't. Suzan-Lori Parks You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside. Oswald Chambers My heart goes out to the grieving parents who lost their two-year-old or their newborn. Elizabeth Edwards This whole generation of parents - I'm guilty of it too - does too much for their kids. Julie Brown I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can. Shane Warne To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity. Alfred Russel Wallace Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere. Jay Kay The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner struct...

It's so important for people to pay attention to history and learn from it, because

it's the only thing we've got that's going to help us figure out where we are going. Especially the way things are manipulated in the press today. You have to sort through so much stuff to figure out what is real and what is not. It gets harder every day. Joe Perry 'The Nutcracker' is the ballet that keeps on giving. David H. Koch One can be emptied out and be filled up. Isabelle Adjani I declare that I am a bachelor. Julian Eltinge Neil Armstrong, when he was out there landing on the moon, I was there first. Mark Roberts Our dreams are made of real things, like a shoebox full of photographs. Jack Johnson You don't want to be in a relationship with someone who's scared of you. Tila Tequila I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry. Manuel Puig My manager has a car payment, so I work every night. Carrot Top

More than five million seniors have already saved money on their prescription drugs, and almost

33 million have benefited from free preventive services. The president cracked down hard on Medicare and health care fraud, recovering a record-breaking $10.7 billion over the last three years, protecting our seniors. That's what change looks like. Kathleen Sebelius Let Jammu and Kashmir lead the way in the building of a new future for India. Let it set an example to the rest of India and the world by showing how the entire region can be transformed into a zone of peace, stability and prosperity. Pranab Mukherjee A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top. Emeril Lagasse I have reservations about everything I do. Larry David Do something that makes a difference - because, by God, there's a lot to make you angry. Neil Kinnock Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst. Elizabeth I It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth. Alan Rudolph I like t...

I'm a romantic, but I'm not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to

romanticize what happens to me. Whatever happens to me - you could quantify it as good or bad - I romanticize it. I think along the lines of 'When that thing happened, it made me who I am.' That kind of thing. It's a different way of being romantic. Zooey Deschanel Every argument on lynching in the South gets back sooner or later to the question of rape. Ray Stannard Baker Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than would be the case if there were only one triplet for each amino acid. Francis Crick Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal. Gustave Flaubert I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey. Daisy Fuentes I am kind of the guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town. Rick Majerus I don't want to be unapproachable. Angie Harmon I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unles...

In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot,

with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed senses than all the predators that threatened them. Moreover, they were hampered in their movements by the need to protect their uniquely immature young - juicy meals for any hungry beast. Robert Winston I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself. Manuel Puig The Internet has really democratized ideas. There are no real gatekeepers any more, because if you have a great idea, and you put it online, people will find it and it will get in front of who it needs to get in front of. Justin Halpern I was raised on comic books, and I love science fiction. Mayim Bialik We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me. Kristin Scott Thomas The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Max Irons I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language. Sonny Bono I try to do my ...

I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them

to write television than to take somebody who was a television writer and make them funny. And I discovered a lot of great writers that went on to do a lot of great shows like 'Seinfeld,' 'Friends,' you know, 'Three and a Half Men.' Roseanne Barr Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers. Klaus Schulze Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book. Poppy Z. Brite I have no beliefs of a religious kind. Helen Clark Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion. Jim Fowler What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous. Lady Gaga I always work out. I do Pilates and yoga. Kim Delaney The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me. Mason Cooley Timing really is nearly everything. And what it isn't, cir...

Tabloid discussion of bad children always blames baby-boomer liberals, careerist mothers and fashion-crazed Nathan Barley

types who think it's all enormously funny. But the centre-leftish psycho-thinker Oliver James says it's all down to the Thatcher-and-after culture of turbo-capitalism, making people acquisitive and unsatisfied. Peter York It was just like a digital fixation with cards and math and science and then I started to look at images of great magicians from Houdini down the line. David Blaine Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena. Nguyen Cao Ky I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them. Travis Barker You know like it has its own personality, its own character. Marc Newson My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens to have fallen within an area of Africa. Katherine Dunham I was a James Brown junkie as a kid. L.A. Reid I'm Latin - we start young...

Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes

waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now. David Lindsay-Abaire For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language. Fabrice Luchini Love comes to everybody in many different ways. Attraction is always the first thing, no? But love must be more than that. It must be magic. Julio Iglesias I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band. Levon Helm I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men. Jules Asner On Ain't No Telling I came up with the bass solo. Noel Redding Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense. William Penn I had never passed a single school exa...

When a child comes in, I believe that it's a 'multipersonhood,' and it knows it,

its consciousness knows it, and it has a nuclei in the center of its consciousness that is the repository of all experience and all knowledge. And when you look in the eyes of your baby and you feel this sense that they are an old soul, I believe indeed they are. Shirley MacLaine No one is accountable anymore for anything. Craig T. Nelson Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one. Nikolai Berdyaev There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman. Charles Dudley Warner Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element. Norman McLaren The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. Thomas Sowell I've lived in Paris. I've lived in the Slovak Republic. I've spent extensive time in England, and I've traveled all over Europe. Romany Malco The soun...

Why would a lazy guy become a parent of five? Then again, why would creative

people who inherently don't like change and criticism become writers, actors, or comedians? There's something about this process. I joke about it: My kids have made me a better person, and I only need, like, 34 more of them to be a really good guy. Jim Gaffigan I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them. Dale Archer If your body is excited to do something, that's what you should be doing. Or if it really scares you, you should be doing it. Amy Ryan Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power. Horace Mann I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; it's a very specific task. Dmitry Medvedev I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life. R. L. Stine If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom. Nigel Farage Life is ...

I noticed that there are no B batteries. I think that's to avoid confusion, cause

if there were you wouldn't know if someone was stuttering. 'Yes, hello I'd like some b-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries!' and D-batteries that's hard for foreigners. 'Yes, I would like de batteries.' Demetri Martin The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind. David McCullough What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart. Raoul Dufy While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story. Gabourey Sidibe I come from a place where I find it hard to identify with a label. Amber Heard Further more Yemen is leading pioneer in democratic practice, lots of brothers and friends testified on that. Ali Abdullah Saleh No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitati...

Tennis players we're always playing in center courts that feel like arenas. And when we

get on the court and the crowd cheers your name or salutes you - it's like you're a gladiator in the arena. And everyone is cheering - and you're fighting, you're screaming, during your strokes - it feels like you're an animal, fighting for your life. Novak Djokovic I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party. John Dingell I had always done theater during the entire six years I was with 'CSI: Miami.' Khandi Alexander That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa. Haile Gebrselassie I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one. Yoko Ono I like knowing where I am in action sequences if I'm supposed to. Tony Gilroy The view outside was much more important than the exhibits. Minoru Yamasaki Interstate highways dull the reality of place and distance almost as effectively a...

Like, if you look at Heidi Montag, who got 10 surgeries she didn't need, I

think that's unfortunate. I've always been voluptuous with a big butt, but didn't have boobs, so I wanted my body balanced out. My nose was fine in real life, but it didn't photograph well, so I had it tweaked for my line of work. I'm very happy with it. Holly Madison There's no sex in Middle Earth. Ian Mckellen California is going to be quite good for the Democrats. But the rest of the country is a draw. Stuart Rothenberg A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away. Jeremy Irons Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union. John Hutton I'd love to be a voice in 'Toy Story 4.' Jacki Weaver The best way to find out whether you're on the right path? Stop looking at the path. Marcus Buckingham Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be...

There are characters that have made me uncomfortable. I did a film called 'Rob Roy,'

and I played Killearn, who was this sort of greasy fallen-angel character who was voyeuristic and sleazy and really unpleasant. It was a great role, but I didn't especially enjoy living with this awful man for the length of time it took to make the movie. Brian Cox When you have to stop and think about things is when they go wrong. Tim Duncan There is also a marked global trend towards sustainable agriculture, building on traditional methods which use fewer chemical inputs, carefully manage soil and water resources, and work hand-in-hand with nature. Helen Clark There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures. Joshua Bell The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners. Gloria Swanson I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own. Jon Favreau ...

Rapunzel is a bit more relatable than the other princesses, especially because she doesn't even

know that she's a princess until the very end of the movie. I like to think of her as the bohemian Disney princess. She's barefoot and living in a tower. She paints and reads... She's a Renaissance woman. Mandy Moore Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body. Valerie Bertinelli I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me. John Legend When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're fifty.' I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing. Erik Satie When I'm writing my blog, I think of myself at 13 years old, back in St. Louis, daydreaming about Hollywood. Jenna Fischer We're Norwegians. You know, the Vikings. My deadlift was 310 pounds. I mean, I was very, very strong - and...

We have revenue coming in. We can pay our interest payments. And then we can

prioritize what government programs that have been given to the American people that are unsustainable promises that have been made by reckless politicians that can't possibly be sustained. We can determine which one of those if any we need to keep. Todd Rokita You look at 1968 and it was truly the year that shook the world. The world was really completely upside down. Emilio Estevez God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself. Herodotus My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colorful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write. Alexander McCall Smith People say I'm difficult and sometimes that's a badge of honour. Bill Murray No one has their own identity like the Ronettes did back in the day. Ronnie Spector My friends say I have two speeds: fast and blistering. Jodi Picoult It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a...

Well, I think it's kind of interesting how the Osmond name has been really seen

on both sides of the pendulum. There's obviously the bubblegum side, but for people who really know about music, it's clear on the other side. As a matter of fact, I find it quite ironic that Metallica used to cover 'Crazy Horses.' It was a cutting-edge album. Donny Osmond It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship. Michael Reagan Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band. Gene Simmons I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have. Arnold Schwarzenegger I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food. Jennifer Ellison Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly. Claire McCaskill What I would tell young players is that as y...

Before my father would open up a karate school in a particular neighborhood, he'd clean

up the block - kick all the drug dealers and gang bangers off the block. My father was very clear: 'I've got guns too, and I'll kill you just as much as a rival gang would.' And he meant it. He was a man of many facets and complexities. Lupe Fiasco When I joined Gucci in 2002, I immediately wanted to make a research trip into the archives because I'd heard about how incredible they were, but I never had the opportunity to visit them. Frida Giannini I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. Ahmet Ertegun I don't even like playing a contentious role. Jim DeMint A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius. Horace I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever. Bobby Flay We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moo...

With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making

money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq, the tsunami in Japan, Osama bin Laden, whatever story there is. That day, the shareholders are making money off it. Every newspaper that's sold, somebody's making a dime. Nancy Grace This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump. Charles Barkley We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin. Hugo Ball OMG, I am a married woman! Brooke Burns There is nothing wrong with my mind. Matt Emmons In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it. George Strait My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians. Brandi Carlile Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband...

Ask me not, 'Are you rightwing,' but ask me 'Are you a committed believer in

individual freedom, the values of the enlightenment?' Then, yeah, if being rightwing means believing Adam Smith was right, both in the 'Wealth of Nations' and the 'Theory of Moral Sentiments,' then I'm rightwing. Niall Ferguson I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl. Michael Caine One of the makeup artists once dyed my dog blue with vegetable blue. Mia Kirshner I'm really proud of myself because I've pared my beauty regimen down to a cream blush and berry-tinted lip balm, which has saved me so much time. Katherine Heigl I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised. Ellie Kemper The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food. Mary Shelley The universe is monst...

I think a scientist's job is to explore the Universe, to explore the cosmos around

us. People always want to know - why is that useful? Well, on just pure fundamental grounds, on some level it's like art, it's like umm, music, it's aesthetics, it's like philosophy. You want to know where you are in the Universe. Brian Schmidt You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I know few things more disagreeable than to argue, or even converse with a man who has no idea of inductive and deductive philosophy. William John Wills I wear women's leggings under my clothes, but no lingerie. Dennis Rodman Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said. Meshell Ndegeocello People tell you not to work with children and animals, and I chose to work with a 7-year-old and several dinosaurs! Jason O'Mara The best movies have one sentence that they...

Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations

are not met, they are disappointed and discouraged. This same disposition will be seen through their whole lives, and they will be helpless, leaning upon others for aid, expecting others to favor them and yield to them. Ellen G. White Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her. Michael Jackson I had no words for these feelings. And then people started using the word Ms. Suddenly, there was this handle with which I could identify myself and understand why I felt so out of whack with the culture around me. Betty Buckley People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't. Judi Dench Whenever you're out of town, no matter modern communications, you feel a little bit out of touch. Richard Armitage And you can tell the writers who do it - Robert Stone, for example, who with each new novel is doing something new. I appreciate that in other writers. Tobias Wolff The very basic core of a man...

Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the

wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art. Camille Paglia My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. Mel Brooks I work my butt off to stay in shape, especially after having had a baby. Poppy Montgomery All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff. Elaine Stritch I believe that everything in life happens for a reason. Boris Becker It's only a house when it's filled with people you love. Andrea Thompson Travel definitely affects me as a writer. Anthony Doerr Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people. James Gandolfini Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men. Jose Marti

I can't stop watching 'Pan Am.' When I was growing up, my father worked as

an engineer in Turkey, and we always flew Pan Am. The stewardesses were so glamorous! When they gave me a set of those golden wings, I felt very grown-up. Not only is the show's plot full of mystery and infidelity, they get the period details just right. Gayle King I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual. Bobby Flay The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with. Frank A. Clark My kids have been incredibly supportive of the work that I do. They understand why it matters. Susan Rice One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing. Anthony Bourdain With the Hubble telescope and all the other things that are out there, I believe something would have come through. Today, I really believe we are unique. Mark Goddard If you're 30 years old, you have your whole life ahead of you. Sherry Argov I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or ...

I've been painting off and on since I was in sixth grade. I don't paint

when I'm acting - I'm not really able to split my focus that way. I do it intensely when I'm doing it, but I'm reluctant to take myself too seriously as a painter because that would mean there would be pressure to be better than I am. Michelle Pfeiffer I don't think I'm a celebrity. Maybe I'm a cult figure? Joss Whedon I love to cook for my husband and daughter. I enjoy going to the market for fresh vegetables. Salma Hayek I'm on a team with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, and they both dress well. It gets competitive. If I don't bring my A game, they're going to outshine me. Dwyane Wade Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed. Harri Holkeri Yauch was a gifted MC. Michael Diamond I have control issues. For sure, no question. Eli Roth A committee is an animal with four back legs. John le Carre I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for...

For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark

theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I also enjoy hiking in the foothills and mountains close to Sacramento. I always have to bring a pen and paper to jot down sudden thoughts and ideas. So inspiration arises from countless sources. James Rollins In the ring, I never really knew fear. Rocky Marciano Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business. Robin Trower I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction. Armistead Maupin Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience. Moby Young people are so brave when they go to fight. Emmanuel Jal It's no coincidence that 'Night at the Museum' completely blew the lid off my career. I finally got a handle on tone. Shawn Levy Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science. Teller When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to the...

I see around 100 shows a month, going from Niketown-size palaces where you feel like

yelling, to storefronts in Bushwick. Each has to pay the bills; keep artists happy; and cope with collectors (oy!), curators (ay-yi-yi), critics (woo-hoo!), and occasionally plumbers. That their fiscal life often hangs in the balance only adds to the energy. Jerry Saltz Marriage is obsolete and a trap. Catherine Deneuve I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right. Viggo Mortensen 'The Client List' is my baby. I always tell people, 'It took nine months to put this project together because it is my baby.' And, it really did take that long! Jennifer Love Hewitt With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character. Kaitlin Olson I've been able to work with great directors in Israel. Hani Furstenberg Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact the family brings up baby by being brought up by him. Er...

Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not

wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis. Michael Bloomberg It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project. Donnie Wahlberg My goal is to break three hours in a marathon. Frank Shorter Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house. Gavin Rossdale Funerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it. Steve Earle My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me. Michael Imperioli Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! Richard Bach Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide. Maggie Gallagher I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower. Naomie Har...

But I was always a bit of a gypsy, anyway. I spent five years at

Oklahoma State, five years at Miami and moved on after winning the national championship, and five years with the Cowboys. So, I was ready to move on. We won back-to-back Super Bowls, and I felt that I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish. Jimmy Johnson Going after 'the bad guy' has not been a real issue for me. Jennifer Garner Apparently Iran thinks that it can continue to deceive the world in order to reach its goals. Moshe Katsav What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass. Fran Tarkenton My mum always says work goes in waves: you have a good spell and then it dips. Nicholas Hoult I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness. Jeanette Winterson A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment. Richard Cobden No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, a...

Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in

a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue mountain. Some see it in a leg of mutton, others in a compound fracture; and to expect others to accept one's own definition of it is as absurd as to expect all humanity to use the same toilet-brush. William Morris Hunt I'm a good shot and I love guns - I own several. Amber Heard It's been crazy. My life has totally changed. One week I was in school, hanging out with my friends and the next, I'm going to the L.A. premiere of one of the year's biggest movies. It's been a crazy experience. Willow Shields I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the states, and I travel all over the world. Emerson Fittipaldi I've given every maid I've portrayed soul and heart. Lupe Ontiveros On March 4th, 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me. Henry Bessemer Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself. Whittaker Chambers I've always said that if anything...

It's about the characters, it's about the film, it's about the process of making stunning

visuals and a huge, epic movie. It doesn't matter if my head was covered in a black plastic bag and I was bouncing around in a space hopper: That's the villain of Chris Nolan's 'Batman!' Tom Hardy In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy. William Irwin Thompson I met my wife by breaking two of my rules: never date a girl seriously that you meet at a nightclub and never date a fan. Corey Feldman I'm probably one of the most dangerous men in the world if I want to be. But I never wanted to be anything but me. Charles Manson It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence. Desiderius Erasmus But for us Democrats, Obamacare is a badge of honor. Because no matter who you are, what stage of life you're in, this law is a good thing. Kathleen Sebelius Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can...

Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting

thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it. Natalie Portman Nature is a dream state at this point, that we almost don't have a real relationship to it unless it's people living off the land and killing our own food and going for it. Catherine Opie The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. George W. Bush I loved dancing as a young girl. Andie MacDowell My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them. Victoria Abril I feel like movie stars don't have many friends at all. They have acquaintances. Milla Jovovich A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself. Francis Picabia Kids are wandering around the streets today that will become tomorrow's criminals that were yesterday's h...

It's really cool to know that you've put something together that isn't for a particular

audience. It's so often that a TV show can really only speak to one sect of the population, and this really is something that appeals to a worldwide fan base. People who are into the pursuit of knowledge. Their reaction has meant the world to us. David Krumholtz We depend a lot on the guy upstairs in dire times, in addressing our concerns and looking for help. John Sweeney I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We're in a very self-destructive state where we're addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans. Drake A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic. Max von Sydow I love just working. I love the idea of being a working class citizen. Ben Schwartz I really fell in love with Africa. Jean M. Auel Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier. Sarah Dessen I have so many goals. Tyra Banks Look, when you're the president, there's al...

We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to

punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit. Jonathan Safran Foer I play the guitar a little bit. Jim DeMint Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best. Randy Johnson Now financial liberalization is just a catastrophe waiting to happen, and there are very well understood reasons for that. Noam Chomsky Hollywood can be an ugly place and it can do ugly things to you. Kelli Garner You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer. Nile Rodgers A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. Thomas Mann I never do anything for money...

Technologists provide tools that can improve people's lives. But I want to be clear that

I don't think technology by itself improves people's lives, since often I'm criticized for being too pro-technology. Unless there's commensurate ethical and moral improvements to go along with it, it's for naught. Jaron Lanier I think we can lower our emissions. I think the world will be better off if we did that, and we can do it without cap and trade. Fred Upton I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back. Paloma Faith There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium. Bob Brown Ambient Devices is what I call part of the Third Wave of Internet devices. David Rose I like old people falling over, that's what makes me laugh. Allan Carr Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film. Stephen Fry I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy. Jack Brickhouse As you get older, you realise yo...

The power of the silent filibuster to distort Senate politics is now accepted on Capitol

Hill and by the press as normal and not worth mentioning. Let me be the skunk at this political garden party and say this stinks. Representative government was not designed to work this way by the Founding Fathers. Juan Williams You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard. Paloma Faith If we are not represented, we are slaves. James Otis The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world. Gary Vaynerchuk Men expect too much, do too little. Allen Tate The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten. Warren Cuccurullo I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made. David Beckham I'm on time even when I try not to be. Diane Kruger What we're always looking for is weird social issu...

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are

off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself. Sara Blakely The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval. Franz Grillparzer When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Lady Gaga I really like visiting military bases. Stacy Keibler Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left. Christopher Lasch I'm not going to disappear. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone. Amy Tan My family is my life, and I'll never lose that. Jessica Simpson R...

I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the U.K. and I am not

a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has been - and I hold my market share mathematically, then fine, I am doing no worse than the market is doing, which is exactly the case, but I'm losing revenue. Stuart Rose I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament - it was about 1982 - they called it Peace Sunday. Jackson Browne I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar. Mike Figgis I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent. Susan Rice For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory. Anna Gunn Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach? Greta Garbo We've never been anti-Semitic. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough. Leslie Caron Always have a sense of h...

Carbon dioxide is unusual because it doesn't go through the usual three phases of matter,

from solid to liquid to gas, but it goes straight from solid to gas. The volume of the gas is much greater than the volume of the solid. When a solid turns into a gas, we say it sublimes. The process is sublimation. Robert Winston More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music. Ciara Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women. Anna Howard Shaw I go to various boot camps 4-5 times a week, and I try to get some Pilates in there to thin and tone. Rachelle Lefevre Language should find itself in the physical world, and not end up locked in an idea in somebody's head. Robert Smithson Freedom of expression is not absolute. Countries have laws that define the framework for exercising this right and which, for instance, condemn racist language. Tariq Ramadan All my band members were old enough to be my dad. It was like this family vibe....

Hitchcock is a big ask. I am playing someone significantly older than me and someone

significantly bigger than me. The stuff I find very interesting is why certain physical things have come about. How can he be light on his feet when he is so big? How can his weight vary so much? Where does this rather beautiful voice come from? Toby Jones If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life. Gao Xingjian We used to play in a theater club in London called The King's Head. When the theater let nut, around 10:00 P.M., we'd be ready to go and really get it on for about an hour or so. Mark Knopfler I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don't see it as me, but as someone painted, fluffed, puffed and done up. Jennifer Aniston I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance. Robert Plant I'll tell you, Quentin Tarantino really writes the most amazing dialogue. Christopher Walken I jus...

And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would

have been absolutely appropriate back then for us to have the chief executive of the company, most senior person in the United Kingdom, come and answer for the policy they were pursuing. And we ducked that, and frankly that's a failure of Parliament. Tom A. Watson If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive to increase productivity and to bring new ideas. Manmohan Singh With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me. J. Tillman I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar. Daniel Radcliffe Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader. Jackie Joyner-Kersee I have no interest in anyone who wants to criticise me, or doesn't like me despite never having me...

The origin of all revolutions and corruption, and the spur and source of all base

morals are just two sayings: The First Saying: 'So long as I'm full, what is it to me if others die of hunger?' The Second Saying: 'You suffer hardship so that I can live in ease; you work so that I can eat.' Said Nursi I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity. Ayelet Waldman I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors. Joaquin Phoenix Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally everything is functioning well. James Blunt No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. Plato I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil. Uri Geller I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love sta...

With the never-ending stream of new social technologies, apps and platforms rolling out every day,

its easy to get lost in the minutiae of social media. Yet for there to be effective change, especially within large, top-down, hierarchical institutions, a company must have an over-arching understanding of the new role it has to play. Simon Mainwaring I think that people need to become more educated about money. We need to stop creating systems that benefit only the most-cutthroat sharks. Nicholas Jarecki On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game. Richard Roeper People don't believe in positive changes anymore. Alexei Navalny What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to work. Richard Powers The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real. Gary Vaynerchuk Kids look up to me, and it's really incredible to be in that position. Corbin Bleu The tendency in lots of large organizations is to try and find a comfortable place where you t...

In my childhood there was every year at my old home, Roxborough, or, as it

is called in Irish, Cregroostha, a great sheep-shearing that lasted many days. On the last evening there was always a dance for the shearers and their helpers, and two pipers used to sit on chairs placed on a corn-bin to make music for the dance. Lady Gregory In addition to their 'do no evil' motto, Googlers have always been guided by another, much less explicit philosophy: 'computational arrogance.' Evgeny Morozov Only a couple of companies in the world have the experience of building these machines, although the market need, if RFID did take off, would be for about 1 million of the machines running in parallel. Mike Marsh The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it. Robert Orben Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it. Susan Orlean No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, ...

On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in

the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964. Leonard Slatkin When one person does something that works, everyone else wants to do it. So it didn't surprise me at all to see people come with different versions of 'American Idol' and a lot of them are exactly the same but with different twists. Ruben Studdard It's obviously a lot harder to try and be a good guy than it is to be a bad guy. The world is a fundamentally evil place, it seems like. So in order to be a good person, you have to fight temptation and vice. Michael Shannon You're allowed to rip-off another score so close that it's ridiculous. In my opinion it's ridiculous, how closely one can just rip-off a score that happened a year or two earlier. Danny Elfman Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpo...

The hazing experience and then the subsequent participation in the group forces its members to

maintain the status quo and traditions at all costs. It demands mindlessness and unquestioned loyalty, resulting in boring people who have little ability to think for themselves or have an opposing viewpoint from those who have the most social power. Rosalind Wiseman But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying. Barney Frank Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs. Benmont Tench I don't have the hard everyday life that so many working mothers face. Heidi Klum Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch. Graham Norton It's a long, hard, difficult process to make it to a national championship. Hale Irwin I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not aware of it passing. Daniel Day-Lewis The statists...

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things

certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few. Brene Brown But for the first time in many years, I get to sleep in my own bed every night. I haven't done that, literally, in years. It seems like such a small thing, but it is so nice. Linda Vester I've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display around the world. Tony Curtis I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. Valentino Rossi I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse to just work a little bit with every day. Robert Duvall I love comedy, so you want to make them happy, make them laugh. Delta Burke The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement fun...

The actual getting into the gym and working out process was easier, but the eating

was harder. I had to eat every two hours. At one point, my trainer said, 'Put anything in your mouth. Go to McDonald's, get the biggest shake possible. I just need to get calories in you.' Because my body fat at the time was only, like, 7.5%. Taylor Lautner I have invested some money and I have a home, but people don't realise that you might only be working for a few weeks of the year and remain unemployed the rest of the time. Greta Scacchi In terms of jobs, I'm an actor. There's gotta' be depth there. I'd never say yes to something just to play the hot guy. That's not what I'm interested in. Bill Skarsgard Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life. Brian Tracy I think lingerie plays a big part in how you carry yourself. Nicole Richie In the future, torture will once again become the recre...

But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nation's future -

climate change, questions of energy and food security, the rise of China and the rise of India. And we need a strong system of global and regional relationships and institutions to underpin stability. Kevin Rudd But I still always felt the absence of a mother. Marcel Carne I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope. Greg Mortenson I don't ask anyone else to live my life. I have enough trouble doing that. Hillary Clinton As an African-American, I know all too well the negative thoughts and feelings hatred and bigotry cause. Tim Hardaway I'm a very spiritual person, and proud of my Mormon roots. Jon Huntsman, Jr. Oh my gosh, I feel like I'm really obsessive about anything dealing with my health. Ginnifer Goodwin To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation. Gloria Estefan I'll cry anywhere because I c...

The difference between a regular camera and a 3D camera, for an actor, is really

no different except that the turn-arounds are longer. It takes a lot longer to set up a shot because the cinematographer is really trying to set up a whole world, so it can't be more intricate and more beautiful to the viewers, in 3D. Chris Zylka One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that. Taylor Momsen Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're going to get hurt then you shouldn't be there in the first place. That's the way I look at relationships. Chris Noth I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't. Bai Ling I think I've got a funny face. Dominic West I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.' Eminem We must fight and win the battle a...

For a long time I felt like I was fighting my age, like I was

constantly trying to prove to people that I was a savvy peer, and I felt them viewing me as a kid. I was a cocky kid, and I felt like I was an adult at, like, 9, you know? I think that's because my parents always treated me as an adult. Ezra Miller I was drafted during the Korean War. Clint Eastwood I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline's pumping. Jenson Button I majored in industrial design/painting, but haven't had time to exercise that creativity. Elisabeth Hasselbeck I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive. Joseph Epstein I have a zero tolerance for sanctimonious morons who try to scare people. Pat Robertson An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition. Michael Korda The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times. Patti Smith To me, 'Scream' is a masterpiece on every level - the pe...

The power of Facebook is not only in the vast size of the connected audience,

but also in the quality of the social ties and interactions that occur within the network. The Facebook social graph fuels our mantra 'Try it for free', 'Share it if you like it', 'Buy it if you love it.' David Perry I think I would make a lousy stay-at-home mom. It just wouldn't suit me. Claire Danes In New York City, everybody goes into therapy. Claire Danes Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty. Samuel Adams Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him. Catherine Deneuve Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think. Luther Burbank Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising. ...

We talked about many issues, like welfare, is it the way of life or hand

up? Talked about size of government, how much should it tax families and small businesses? And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and I looked over at Chuck and said, 'I'll be damned. we're Republicans.' Susana Martinez I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause. Willie Stargell Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes. Tom Cruise People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you. Layne Staley Rock Hudson let his gay agent marry him off to his secretary because he didn't want people to get the right idea. Anthony Perkins We took the insurance companies out of the driver's seat. John Salazar My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions. James Joyce One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones. Nancy McKeon My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most. Victoria Azarenk...

I've exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the

last three years. For the most part, these communications took place before my marriage, though some have sadly took place after. To be clear, I have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time. Anthony Weiner Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.' Quincy Jones There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics. Ben Carson I think the market driven economic system is the most productive system, but to have that work in the world, you've got to also have social investments to go along with that. Mike Lowry Comedy is acting out optimism. Robin Williams Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. John C. Maxwel...

I was in the military for over 40 years, and one of the principles I

kept with me was that there's an expectation globally that the U.S. will lead. Questions about that expectation have certainly risen in recent years. The fact that there's even a question about that is worrisome to me, and I think needs to be for a lot of people. Michael Mullen During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts. David Bohm I do tend to be an analyzer. I'm an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there. Cynthia Nixon I don't want to be a Major League coach. Barry Bonds Beaujolais is so underrated. Gary Vaynerchuk I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods. Kamala Harris I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies. Vin Diesel I want to be judged harshly ...

It is not rational to assume, without evidence, that rationality can disclose everything about the

world, just because it can disclose some things. Our intuition in favour of rationality, where we are inclined to use it, is just that - an intuition. Reason is founded in intuition and ends in intuition, like a pair of massive bookends. Iain McGilchrist And as the hour approached for the execution, in his own mind, Collins became both the executioner and the victim. He would pace up and down, transformed in almost a kind of exorcism when he knew he was responsible for taking someone's life. Liam Neeson If I have any appeal at all, it's to the fellow who takes out the garbage. Lee Marvin It's wrong for kids to be angry about something inanimate. Michael Laws I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother. Ben Elton The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity. Frank Abagnale Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective....

When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would

not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue. Yoshihiko Noda I would never really analyse what I do. I leave that to other people - I'm not a critic. I just want to get on with whatever I have in hand, you know? Just try to make the best job of the available material. Dylan Moran I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no. Hamish Linklater I love playing a role where I think I'm right and then you learn you're not. And it's what you do with that information. Kyle Chandler Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty. Dodie Smith I have truly known what it means for a writer to feel loved. Arundhati Roy I d...

When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said,

'My God, she's so beautiful.' I unwrapped the baby from her blankets. She was average size, with long thin fingers and a random assortment of toes. Her eyes were close set, and she had her father's hooked nose. It looked better on him. Ayelet Waldman If I had a Salvador Dali painting, I would cuddle it to sleep. Mac Miller Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it. Tamera Mowry Fan mail is one thing, but fans you meet in person are a different matter entirely. Audrey Meadows There's simply too much fuss about myself. Wislawa Szymborska You're going to have haters and you're going to have lovers. Nicole Polizzi The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work. Bryce Courtenay Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works. Bill Gates Change takes effort. And the rea...

If you only took on roles that had the same qualities, then I suppose it

might make a critic feel better, if he can see some kind of bedrock. Perhaps that's the old definition of a star, someone who's always going to come up with the same goods. But it intimates limitation to me and I don't want to think of the job like that. Miranda Richardson You can't know too much, but you can say too much. Calvin Coolidge As far as actresses go, I love Meryl Streep. Jennifer Nettles I remember, when I was an up-and-coming comic, how annoyed I would be when the famous guys would show up and just take everyone's spots. Seth Rogen Children are very addicting. Once they start growing up, you miss when they were little. Heidi Klum Some people reckoned that I looked healthier when I was bigger but I had terrible skin and no energy. Amy Winehouse I've been very fortunate to work for great people - so even when the political process gets ugly, I find inspiration in the people around me. Stephanie Cutter The biggest barriers to strateg...

According to the IRS, the wealthiest 400 Americans, who earned an average of roughly $270

million in 2008, paid an average tax rate of just 18.2 percent that year. That's about the same rate paid by a single truck driver in Rhode Island. It's not right, and we need to restore fairness to our tax code. Sheldon Whitehouse If somebody came up with a really good idea, everyone would back it. Especially when we did the show, we had a real dedication that, if you were in somebody else's scene, everyone worked their hardest to make that scene good. Dave Foley I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me. Kina Grannis Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in the Pacific region. Annette Lu If you don't have dreams, you don't have a life. Bryce Harper I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions. Judy B...

I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to

the people who knew me well. It was as though I had been brainwashed, taken over by a cult religion. And yet this cult, motherhood, was not a place where I could actually live. Like any cult, it demanded a complete surrender of identity to belong to it. Rachel Cusk I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up. Jenny Eclair I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you don't know what I'm going to come at you with. Jack Black Well, let me tell you, any conservative that's unhappy with George Bush warms my heart, in any way that they can wake up and smell the coffee would be really great. Ann Richards There are plenty of models who have children. Arizona Muse There are so many people around the world in need of high-quality education and really starving for education. Daphne Koller Love is like the measles. ...

God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose

the counsels of our hearts to one another and that, since we possess our human nature in common, each of us might share his thoughts with his neighbor, bringing them forth from the secret recesses of the heart as from a treasury. Saint Basil The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations. J. Paul Getty If the attainment of peace is the ultimate objective of all statesmen, it is, at the same time, something very ordinary, closely tied to the daily life of each individual. Eisaku Sato There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism. Bruce Springsteen If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic. Thomas Szasz Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference. Georgie Fame The battle against terrorism is not on...

I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't!

I thought I could do what they did. And what I didn't do well, I thought people were going to give me the opportunity to do well, because maybe they saw my talent, so they would give me a chance. I had no idea that they would see me completely different. Viola Davis In my mind, numbers and words are far more than squiggles of ink on a page. They have form, color, texture and so on. They come alive to me, which is why as a young child I thought of them as my 'friends.' Daniel Tammet I certainly like working in Germany. Heidi Klum I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic. Dayo Okeniyi My own time is passing fast enough without some national game to help it along. Andy Rooney I love seeing live music. Jessica Szohr This nation's elected leaders owe all Americans the duty of formulating an Iraqi policy based on sound analysis of the actual facts. Charlie Gonzalez The only peace is being out of earshot. ...

Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the

conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper. Ai Weiwei Entire families work for Xerox. Anne M. Mulcahy Always changing genres, making very different films is a good idea. It's a way of making yourself feel vulnerable again, getting back to that innocence. As is working within a circumspect budget. Danny Boyle The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George. Anna Kendrick It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument. Eve Arnold I'm not going to have a baby until I'm around 30-something. Rita Ora I love all genres. The only thing I get stymied by is the Family Drama. I don't necessarily know how to approach that. Joss Whedon If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden...

You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most

magicians do, but that's not what I'm about. With 'Mindfreak' on television and 'Believe' live, I want to bring things that people have never seen before. That process is very difficult. It's very challenging, and you never know how long it's going to take - months or years. Criss Angel My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again! Mathias Rust I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home. Arthur Godfrey I'm not afraid of aging. Shelley Duvall I wouldn't want to donate my body for scientific study. Patricia Cornwell One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself. Orson Scott Card I balance family and career by doing what makes me the happiest! ...

I'm elected. I don't report to any politician. I report to the people. If I

had to report to any politician, I'd quit tomorrow. I'm not tall, dark and handsome. They don't vote for me because I look like a movie star. I can't get that vote. People keep voting for me because they like what I do. Joe Arpaio A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense. Vince Flynn Al Gore adopted three utterly different personas in three national presidential debates. Rich Lowry Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law. Cass Sunstein I've had lots of good advice. Ann Richards You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes. Sally Field The loss of liberty which must attend being a wife was of all things the most horrible to my imagination. Sarah Fielding Education has always been very important ...

I guess I didn't even know the word 'genre' until I did 'True Blood.' That's

how naive I was, and I didn't realize that there was a point of view about certain types of TV. And so I guess I found it disappointing that there is a segment of the critical community that looks at genre as something that is separate, less than. Denis O'Hare My fans are like no other. Completely original people. Yelawolf AARP knows the future is bright for a generation that's going to remain healthy and vital for 10, 20, 30, 40 more years. AARP has the information and resources people need throughout their process of reinvention. Jane Pauley MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects. Ridley Scott Last Wednesday, I stupidly dropped my iPhone in the bath, and my life has sort of spiraled almost out of control. Patrick Stewart In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity. Billy Corgan You don't direct ostriches, you herd them. Shelley Duvall ...

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