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The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice

closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one important source of this Anglo-Saxon distaste for highbrows and eggheads was the French revolution, which was seen as an attempt to reconstruct society on the basis of abstract rational principles. Terry Eagleton The chemistry involved made everything Factory did quite special. Peter Hook When I grow up, I still want to be a director. Steven Spielberg You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process. Lucinda Williams The other one I did was 'I, Robot.' I take apart Isaac Asimov's Robots world. Cory Doctorow I'm the worst tweeter ever. I don't know what I'm doing. I really don't. Megyn Kelly The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action. Gustav Stresemann A thick skin is a gift from God. Konrad Adenauer I don't like to come at my character from some really technical place. Eric Bana

I have the idea that running shoes are based on a kind of cult idea

- that our feet are flawed and we need shoes to correct those flaws. The shoe companies are in the business of selling shoes. But there's no evidence from running shoe manufacturers that they're right. There's no scientific data that running shoes reduce injury. Christopher McDougall My biggest problem with organized religion is that God has been imagined as a human being with emotions. I feel if you let go of that, then it's possible to see God as a force, to connect to him or her spiritually. Christopher Durang People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind. Joel Osteen It is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do. Nathan Myhrvold If the sun comes up, I have a chance. Venus Williams My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves. Constance Baker Motley I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direc

We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's

part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001. Michael Bloomberg I wanted to be a composer before anything else. And my sister was listening to Led Zeppelin in the other room! When I heard that, it was a game-changer. Steve Vai Oh, I wish I could tell you I was a Mr. Fix-It, but I am not that kind of guy. I get frustrated so easily. Justin Chambers If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you. Steve Alford I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive. Theodore Bikel I don't get stressed out. Andrew Mason Definitely read a quality daily paper regularly, and use the Internet to check out the press around the world as often as you can. Serge Schmemann I don't share lots of the phobias that horror movies tap

When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over

the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different. Mandy Moore I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery, and I remember taking the bow and arrow and firing it up and across the street into a car parking lot. John Barrowman Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing or from being able to have any kind of normal, happy life. Daniel Tammet I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community. Tom Shadyac Genetics is all about showcasing human beauty along with high-quality performance. Bela Karolyi I'm so accustomed to being alone. Leighton Meester The thing is, ac

The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of

it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. Steve Jobs I understand it's difficult but you've got to think about yourself, you know, and not just follow the crowd. Jermain Defoe People can believe pretty much whatever they want to believe about moral and political issues, as long as some other people near them believe it, so you have to focus on indirect methods to change what people want to believe. Jonathan Haidt All's fair in love and purchasing. Emily Oster The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception. Samuel Alexander Richie and Eddie couldn't exist without each other. They're two halves of the same person. Adrian Edmondson I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw m

I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars

With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person. Drew Barrymore They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role. Anthony Michael Hall Politics ruins the character. Otto von Bismarck Now we are showing to the world that this fighting against two terrorist groups was feasible and now we have an isolated case which doesn't mean that terrorism is alive, as it was before. Alberto Fujimori You don't have to be peculiar to find God. Evelyn Underhill Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. Warren Bennis Whatever you are, you have the right to get married. Paloma Faith

I believe as musicians and artists we have an obligation to our souls. What that

is? Only each one of us knows. I can speak for myself and say my obligation is to be happy. When I'm happy, I make great music. When I'm unhappy and my heart is broken, I may make brokenhearted music, but it still sounds good. Narada Michael Walden Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator. Erykah Badu One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless. Liz Smith But I think Hillary Clinton is one of the most amazing women of this time. Hope Davis Everyone deserves to be the hero of a novel. William Nicholson I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth. John Key I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole tale

One of my reasons for living in California is its close proximity to Mexico. The

Latin influence is in every corner of the community. My love of Spanish music hasn't wavered since the '50s. I could hear the blues voicing from the Flamanco families and I always dig for inspiration in Latin music. Eric Burdon With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently. Derek Fisher Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century. Russell Baker I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart. Bill Bruford You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to. Daymond John It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it was physically arduous - especially when you were working late at night. Derek Jacobi The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty. Ted Cruz In America nobody say

I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of

other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection of working at the Carter Center, and in international affairs, and to some degree, domestic affairs, on energy conservation, on environment, and things of that kind. Jimmy Carter It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen. Gary Cherone I wanted to see how funny I could be without making the choice that every 10 minutes something big and visual had to happen. Judd Apatow At least six Bayern players, who have won almost everything, are in the national squad. Franz Beckenbauer Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. A. A. Milne I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest. Frank Sinatra I always come from truth. Tiger Woods My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed. Jennifer Tilly What I like

War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many

pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war. Smedley Butler The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries. Nancy Pelosi But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the music that saves me now. The music, my family and my friends and everybody around me. Jimmy Chamberlin I take my responsibilities very seriously. Roger Goodell Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts. Jake Gyllenhaal Music saved my life. The voice you hear, the soul, the pain, is that of a person who deeply, deeply, deeply appreciates the opportunity they've been given. CeeLo Green You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst. Jim Br

I love Charlie, Billy Burke's character. Writing for him is so spectacular, he's so funny

and wry and every scene he's in he just takes. There's a scene in 'Eclipse' where Bella tells him she's a virgin, and it's the funniest, most awkward scene I've ever seen on film. Melissa Rosenberg There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a championship or losing a championship. Bernhard Langer To me, I think people who don't think it's a big deal to toss a plastic bottle in the garbage are not only being irresponsible, but I think they're being disrespectful of all the other humans on earth. Sophia Bush I usually just have one cat. It is difficult, but I have my one cat that he'll travel with me if it's appropriate, if I'm not going overseas. Gina Gershon Even on the greatest teams, there's always one role player. Keith Olbermann Economics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific. Nassim Nicholas Taleb We have a great sense of togethe

Every day I am being told to sign up for Tumblr, Yammer, Friendfeed, Plaxo, Last.fm,

ping.fm or the hot social-media tool du jour that happened to get mentioned on Mashable.com. It is like a social-media arms race. Each one of these new tools is like a cool new night club. Hot today, gone tomorrow, replaced with something else. Mark McKinnon The first story I ever sold was to 'Argosy' magazine, which no longer exists. That issue also contained work by several other more celebrated writers, like Ray Bradbury - so I felt I had at least one toe on the ladder. Wilbur Smith The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless. Marcus Tullius Cicero My mum said I told her I wanted to be a hairdresser during the week and a star on the weekend and that was when I was really young. Natalie Imbruglia You can never be satisfied as an entrepreneur, and the basis of any successful, growing business is new clients. Robert Herjavec Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doi

I write simply because I hear voices of people in my head who won't give

me peace until I convey their stories to the rest of the world. Seriously. They've always been with me. While other girls played with dolls, and my brothers with Hot Wheels, I was busy traveling through space or traipsing through graveyards with my imaginary playmates. Sherrilyn Kenyon Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time. Renee Fleming In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives. Mike DeWine The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country. Donna Brazile The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the commander of the armed forces, full stop. Mohammed Morsi Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time. Marilyn vos Savant A certain death of an artist is overconfidence. Robin Trower You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don't have that. I'm a banana. Harvey Ko

One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not

threaten punishment in the morning. That was awful. Late into the night I would lie awake tossing and wondering what he was going to do to me. Usually he did nothing. A quiet, impressive 'talking to' was all I got. Lincoln Steffens My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally, no one wanted to publish it, but I liked the character, did a few stories to keep my hand in. Phil Foglio I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days. Danny Boyle God continues to work miracles in my life. Willie Aames I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing. Isabel Allende Homemade sweaters are always itchy. Mo Rocca I don't know if I'm striving for anything that I can put into words. Fred Frith The Six Million Dollar Man was one thing, but I wanted to keep my own parts. Lee Majors The press attack people to sell more papers without thinking, but when you get famo

I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch

at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself. John Lahr Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls. Rashida Jones Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime. Gijs de Vries Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. Aristotle One must strike the right balance between speed and quality. Clare Short Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man. Charles Lyell Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws. Edith Piaf Peo

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between

racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless. Jackie Joyner-Kersee I met Bill Clinton in 1977 while I was working as a news reporter for KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Shortly after we met, we began a sexual relationship that lasted for twelve years. Gennifer Flowers A musician's attempt to summarize his or her work leads to all this prescriptive chatter, or what I call the 'Modifier's Madness.' A lot of adjectives working overtime. Sufjan Stevens It's not easy cutting welfare bills. It's not easy cutting the deficit. George Osborne I grew up a misfit. I never fit in. Joe Manganiello I don't like persuaded sitters. I never could paint a cat if the cat had any scruples, religious, superstitious, or otherwise, about sitting. William Morris Hunt If you just want i

If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti

- and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera... which can spread like wildfire in Haiti... This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti. Paul Farmer I am a conservative and proud of it. Carly Fiorina Well, in fact everybody - everybody - in the entire nation has enough stuff in their life to write about that's interesting that they could write their autobiography. And in the end that's why I find people interesting. Jane Smiley I did look for compromise. I worked in a bipartisan way. Stephanie Herseth It's easy to be a movie star. The shoes are already there. They just put you in the shoes. Jason Patric Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.' Ornette Coleman I am the Federal Government. Tom DeLay Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty. John Lothrop Motley Even after Sw

I'm entirely interested in people, and also other creatures and beings, but especially in people,

and I tend to read them by emotional field more than anything. So I have a special interest in what they're thinking and who they are and who's hiding behind those eyes and how did he get there, and what's the story, really? Alice Walker Humility is considered an un-masculine quality. David Duchovny My animals are a really important part of my life. Lisa Scottoline I don't want to talk about genies in bottles anymore. Christina Aguilera We've plotted through the years of how to get to here, where we are now, or we would have never made it. George Thorogood I work primarily for the camera-it's not something I really talk about a lot, but it's part of the way I am as a movie actor. The camera is my girl, as it were. Terence Stamp I'm going to quit writing. Sidney Poitier I have a very simple approach in career: You work with the people you love. Ken Jeong I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery

I think now that I'm in the autumn of my life, and I'm getting a

chance of having an overview and looking at the shape of how things happen, when things happen, why things happen, I think it was fitting that I spent most of my early career doing mask work, because I just don't think I was that comfortable in my own skin. Ron Perlman Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test. Ingrid Newkirk I know there are writers who feel unhappy with domesticity and who even manufacture domestic turmoil in order to have something to write about. With me, though, the happier I feel, the better I write. Paul Theroux Be assured that Christianity is something more than forms and creeds and ceremonies: there is life, and power, and reality, in our holy faith. George Muller There's definitely a thin line between being tasteful and tacky. Big Sean And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term

If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch

with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy. Thich Nhat Hanh I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it. Abby Elliott I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win. Retief Goosen It's easier to fix damage than it is to create it. Brian Lamb I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office. Andrew Cuomo The whole industry is so screwed up by economics. It's disgusting to me. Armand Assante When I got pregnant, I became very interested in natural products. You wonder what you're putting on your skin when you're carrying a child. Georgina Chapman Between lovers a little confession is

I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had

a huge impact on my life growing up. My father was very much adamant that we would learn about our culture. It's a very rich culture to be a part of since it has such a great history behind it. I definitely carry that in my job, and I am very passionate. Marina and the Diamonds I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work. David Walliams I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that. Jeffrey Donovan I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor. Becki Newton I'm the type of person who likes to enjoy everything that I do, take advantage of every opportunity in life. Sammy Sosa I just don't like my face. Amanda Seyfried The common agenda both sides seem to share is: Whateve

America is an idea. And it's the solemn responsibility of each 'temporary' president to protect

and nurture that noblest of all ideas - with integrity. This man, Mitt Romney, has shown - not through his experience, but through his actions and words - that he is unqualified to carry out that responsibility. Jennifer Granholm I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn it in. Matthew Goode I've always been a girl who loves to dress up. Gwen Stefani There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power. William Henry Harrison The world is very different today than it was in 1968. Mark Wahlberg Though we explore in a culturally-conditioned way, the reality we sketch is universal. John Charles Polanyi I just had an idea that went right over my head. Lawrence Welk I never thought of myself as a good singer. Loleatta Holloway To do nothing is als

It's just that to a lot of British people George Bush represents the worst of

all things American. He's the right-wing Christian crusader, the toxic Texan who refused Kyoto, the poll-cheat eel who undermined democracy on the back of something called 'chads,' a notion we've never entirely grasped. Graham Joyce I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen. Russell Simmons I actually wanted to be a tennis player. Constance Jablonski I grew up in a very small town in Florida, like, 7,000 people. Miles Teller I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it. Anthony Trollope There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon. Michael Nutter The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, but the bill before the House today gives us 39. Tom Lantos Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. Jurgen Habermas I'm fine with the life I have. Chris Kattan

The poem is not, as someone put it, deflective of entry. But the real question

is, 'What happens to the reader once he or she gets inside the poem?' That's the real question for me, is getting the reader into the poem and then taking the reader somewhere, because I think of poetry as a kind of form of travel writing. Billy Collins I'm going to give all my money away, eventually. I don't believe in all this hand-down stuff. Even if I had kids, I don't think I'd want to give them everything. Simon Cowell I share something in common with Norman Rockwell and, for that matter, with Walt Disney. In that I really like to make people happy. Thomas Kinkade Any new technology tends to go through a 25-year adoption cycle. Marc Andreessen No, I've never wanted kids. But I do read about parenting a lot. Fiona Apple I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage. Colbie Caillat Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day. Jennifer Aniston Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on ever

Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military

or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there's no question that the common love in America is freedom. Os Guinness Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show. Rainn Wilson I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer. Jon Krakauer I don't want to pitch forever. Mariano Rivera I've been hurt quite a few times. Mikhail Baryshnikov It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave. Viggo Mortensen People expect me to be with some stripper... That's just the kind of woman I work with.

I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like

80 pages of it when my laptop got stolen. When I told people this, they acted as if something tragic had happened, but I kind of felt relieved, grateful to the thief who saved me from another year of something that felt more like homework than fun. Etgar Keret When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones. John Goodman I've witnessed first hand the impact the Benchmark team has had on new ventures, and I believe their commitment to the entrepreneur and dedication to building companies of lasting value really set the firm apart. Mitch Lasky I love being a mum but I do love to work too. Jenny Frost I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person. Jack Nicholson Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education. Lawrence Welk If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty

The over-all point is that new technology will not necessarily replace old technology, but it

will date it. By definition. Eventually, it will replace it. But it's like people who had black-and-white TVs when color came out. They eventually decided whether or not the new technology was worth the investment. Steve Jobs I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialism, just as the resistance movement fought against Hitler. Paul Robeson My feelings, as the last ball travelled over the net, and as I realized that the final match was mine, I cannot describe. I felt that here was a prize for all the games I had ever played. Helen Wills Moody It was a challenging experience. I'm looking forward to a break. Martin Bashir I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy. Garrison Keillor I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot f

We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody

else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build. Steve Jobs I'd rather dig a ditch than go to a dinner party with people I don't know. Marian Keyes Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken. M. F. K. Fisher I think when you're in the public eye, you feel a pressure to stay younger looking. Kenny Rogers I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre. Milla Jovovich Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so. Iain Banks All my friends and peers keep asking me when I'm going to rest - I just tell them it's another dirty four-letter word! Dionne Warwick I would infinitely prefer a daughter. Maurice Sendak I am ab

I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want

to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs. Karl Pilkington It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common. Stephen Fry Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines. Paracelsus I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society. Charles B. Rangel Biography is one of the new terrors of death. John Arbuthnot I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. Imelda Marcos I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real

My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey

and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie. Douglas Conant But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form. John Jay Hooker I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste. Jerry Saltz I am a better running back every time I step on the field. I try to get better each game, each summer, each season. Shaun Alexander You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through. Bill Budge But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of

I've been trying to write a book since before I was old enough to vote, and

I've collected many rejection slips from publishers and magazines. I used to keep them all stuck to my refrigerator, with magnets, but an ex-girlfriend told me they were depressing, and defeatist, and suggested I take them down. A very wise suggestion on her part.J. R. Moehringer If you got up this morning and had fruits for breakfast, it was probably picked by the bent back of an immigrant worker. If you slept in a hotel or motel of the nation, you probably had your room done by an immigrant worker.Bob Menendez 'Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.Edward Burns In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film.Bruce Beres fordWriting can be an incredible mindfulness practice.Jon Kabat-Zinn People must realize that a crime motivated by racial or ethnic prejudice against one group is a crime against all

I think people ease into this careerist professionalism, so if you're a writer it's your

job to manufacture books as opposed to writing them and to go to festivals and spend your life emotionally invested in reviews or the awards. You have to shrink your universe in a way. To me, it's the opposite. Arundhati Roy This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think, for the kid to spend time not only around the table eating with their parents, but in the kitchen. Jacques Pepin At parties, I'll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, 'Forget it,' and then start eating things. Kristen Wiig We started Ashoka here in India with a simple idea: that you needed social entrepreneurs to deal with problems that don't fit the business paradigm. Bill Drayton I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten. Sam Elliott The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. Ezra

If you're thinking of coming to America, this is what it's like: you've got your

Comfort Inn, you've got your Best Western, and you've got your Red Lobster where you eat. Everybody's very fat, everybody's very stupid and everybody's very rude - it's not a holiday programme, it's the truth. Jeremy Clarkson How many wives have been forced by the death of well-intentioned but too protective husbands to face reality late in life, bewildered and frightened because they were strangers to it! Hortense Odlum L.A. was just an inspiring kind of place to be. It felt like going to Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. Everybody's there. Everybody's hanging around. Everybody's talking about music. Joe Perry Even of if a certain backlash is unavoidable, we must make the most of the momentous chance with which history has presented us so swiftly and so unexpectedly. Moshe Sharett Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. Mary Kay Ash I believe that God is very real. John Shelby

If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national

defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live. Ron Paul No film critic's going to say it, but 'Madagascar 3' is better than 'The Artist.' Chris Rock Facebook is massive in scale and scope. Twitter is a public communication forum, but if I'm following you, you're not necessarily following me. LinkedIn is, simply, a professional network. Jeff Weiner I took the part in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' because no one had ever asked me to play 'a life' before. I get to age through 30 years. The idea really challenged me. Richard Dreyfuss Queuing tips for fans: wrap up and bring food! Niall Horan Alan Ginsberg was fabulous. The man is so filled with energy. He's 65 years old and he's just loaded with energy and charm and wit and his mind is constantly racing

I do love science fiction, but it's not really a genre unto itself; it always

seems to merge with another genre. With the few movies I've done, I've ended up playing with genre in some way or another, so any genre that's made to mix with others is like candy to me. It allows you to use big, mythic situations to talk about ordinary things. Rian Johnson Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence cannot be underestimated. Jeremy Gilley We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk I may have made a mistake in renouncing my Canadian citizenship, which I have never ceased to promise to try to regain. Conrad Black I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually. Kate Adie To have a sense of education and ethics is important. Soleil Moon Frye I sort of make believe. That's why I like acting. You can cre

I do have faith. I don't have faith that a God exists, nor do I

have faith that one does not; I have absolute faith that I do not know, cannot know, am only human, am an infinitesimal creature packed onto a cramped planet crowded with seven billion bodies, and as many yearning hearts, and as many questioning minds. Marya Hornbacher 'Grey's' is just a machine. I wasn't really prepared for the epic nature of how popular the show is. Kevin McKidd No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't matter how many games you've won. Jim Valvano Evangelism is selling a dream. Guy Kawasaki If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic. Kat Graham In the days of Gary Cooper, James Stewart etc, film stars personified the better aspects of human nature. Alexander Walker Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented. Adam Kinzinger You gotta learn that i

I live in L.A. so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I

suppose I don't want them to become American kids. We try to get back three or four times a year. When they go to school they speak with a British-American accent but when they come home to us they go back to their British accent. Kevin McKidd I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well. Billie Jean King I didn't start acting until I was in college, which was in the 70's. Ray Liotta Ontario wood prices are among the highest in the world. John Harrison I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump. Mac Miller I came to Moscow when I was 5 years old from Baku. To walk all night in Moscow will bring back my youth to me. Mstislav Rostropovich The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness. Susan Cain I believe in sex on a first date. Otherwise, how do you know if a second date is worth the effor

You know, I think of the global economy as an inverted triangle, resting on the

shoulders of the American consumer. And if the American consumer cannot have enough disposable income in order to maintain a standard of living that creates more opportunities generation after generation, that's bad for everybody. Hillary Clinton I can't say Boston is 'home-home.' It's definitely a place I'm growing accustomed to. It's such a great sports town. Wes Welker The Diet was dissolved by a Reich Government decree. Fritz Sauckel We don't go to war on narrow, partisan votes. Phil Bredesen I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story. Gus Van Sant I won't be able to live without my guitar, my phone or my boots on tour. Skylar Laine Ever since I've been a little kid I've always wanted superpowers, which is the coolest thing in the world. Alexander Ludwig I have this mistress: show business. Ray Romano When people recognise me they just kind of

You can laugh at somebody because they are innocent, and because they are naive or

they are about to walk into a wall, but if somebody's giving you stuff, if somebody's talking, giving you their take on things, what makes you laugh, generally speaking, is going to be somebody who is telling it in an angry way. Dylan Moran The worlds in which man is evolving as he treads the circle of births and deaths are three: the physical world, the astral or intermediate world, the mental or heavenly world. Annie Besant Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint. Robert Delaunay Because some people have sex with people of the same sex, an entire culture has been created, broadly speaking, out of oppression. Which in a rational world would not be an issue. Neil Tennant Girls know when they're attractive. Moon Bloodgood I go to the movies at least five times a week, and after a while everything becomes a blur to me. David Sedaris God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch. Samuel Butler I don't think about what I can&

All cultures are different. Some commit genocide. Some are uniquely peaceful. Some frequent bathhouses in

groups. Some don't show each other the soles of their shoes or like pictures taken of them. Some have enormous hunting festivals or annual stretches when nobody speaks. Some don't use electricity. Casey Affleck It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.' Roger Ebert I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional. Tom Ford I'm a pretty average guy and want to keep a low profile. I don't want the world necessarily to know about me. Edward Whitacre, Jr. In terms of personal choices, let's all think more carefully about where we get our protein from. Sylvia Earle Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences. Lindsay Lohan Sweet things happen. They still do. Dianne Wiest Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a

I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal

who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy. Kelly Clarkson The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups. Azim Premji We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States. Zbigniew Brzezinski Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done. Wole Soyinka It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. Thomas Paine You know the bark is worse than the bite in D.C. John Ensign Poetry is adolescence

I think this industry can be tough on everyone. You have to surround yourself with

supportive people and know when to put your foot down and do what's best for you and your family. The first few years in the music industry can be a steep learning curve, and I've definitely developed a thicker skin! Rebecca Ferguson If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name? Billy Connolly Even bad results teach you something, and you can learn your lessons and get better. Jeff Raikes When I was very little, I probably wanted to be more normal. I probably wanted the Laura Ashley bedroom, and instead I got thrift-store everything. Miranda July I think my English is bad. Stephen Chow As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure. Jason Giambi I believe in creative work. Demian Bichir I'm not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I'm not going to back down. Drake All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me. Tupac Shakur

I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a

man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention. Jennifer Weiner The only book by a modern president that bears serious comparison with Obama's 'Dreams From My Father' is Jimmy Carter's short campaign autobiography, 'Why Not the Best?,' published in 1975. Jonathan Raban It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous. Vidal Sassoon I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?' Natalie Portman I don't think there'd be a Tina Fey now if I hadn't tried to look good in the beginning. Joan Rivers As you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark. Dery

One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was

a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed. Herman Cain Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though I'm still very much a normal girl. I ride the subway, I ride the bus, and all of that. Gabourey Sidibe If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln. Sam Waterston I don't like to get beat in anything! Jeff Gordon I am an all-surface wallpaper man that retired to become a printer. JR As a memoirist, I strive for veracity. Mary Karr When I'm on the court, I try to play with all my emotion and heart. Jeremy Lin Muscles are in a most intimate and peculiar sense the organs of the will. G. Stanley Hall A mother is beyond any

Former vice president Al Gore has devoted his post-administration years to a mission to tell

the world about global warming. It's funny, but in his civilian life Gore has discovered the voice that voters had trouble hearing when he ran for president in 2000. The voice he has found is clear, impassioned, and moving. Graydon Carter It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body. Allen Klein Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren't always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice. Christopher Hitchens But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful. Alan Watts What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big

I seem to spend a minimum of eight hours a day in transit of some

sort or another... that's eight hours of your life gone. People always ask if I suffer from jet lag, but it's kinda become really normal for me... Although the jet lag does become a factor and you're pretty much always tired. Skrillex Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable. Parker Posey Great moments are born from great oppurtunities. Herb Brooks To say a poem is absolute is saying nothing, because an ink blot can be absolute. Yet you put into it what you like. So it becomes totally relative. Nicholas Mosley I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m. Jeannette Walls That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing. Catherine Deneuve There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top al

First and foremost I am a chef, whether behind the stove at one of my

Northern California restaurants or for the past 15 years in front of the camera on my Food Network cooking shows. Creating new dishes and flavor combinations that bring cooks and our restaurant guests pleasure is my job and I love it. Tyler Florence There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters. Madeleine M. Kunin I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor. Chris Hughes Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. Edmund Burke We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia. Ingvar Kamprad My own fashion sense has been influenced by 'We'll Take Manhattan.' It's gotten a little better. Karen Gillan When you're young, you're fearless and more creative, more of an outsider. Helmut Lang I'm probably a li

Dave and I had been song writers in Nashville, trying to get around, out hustling,

trying to meet people. We randomly met Hillary out in town one night. She said she was a singer. I asked her if she would like to write some songs with Dave and me, and a week later she came over. Instantaneously we had this chemistry. Charles Kelley Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you. Zadie Smith I want to protect and preserve social security and Medicare. Dean Heller So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it. Baruch Spinoza The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. Daniel Defoe There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee. Benedict Cumberbatch The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet con

There was a great strain in our family because my father didn't want anything to

do with me. He was happy to see my brother and sister, but not me. I don't know why. Maybe it was shame. I don't know. But he never wanted anything to do with me. That rejection was terribly hurtful and it went on for years. Carol Vorderman Having worked at four separate Wall Street firms, having seen a variety of talent at those places, and having competed against Goldman as a banker, one thing you have to be struck by is the power of their recruiting. William D. Cohan I believe I can lead this party from the front as a campaigning organization. Nigel Farage I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement. Maira Kalman You know how bad my voice sounds - well it feels just as bad. George Herman I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out. Minnie Driver If a woman is dishonest, that kills it

The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still

faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. David Petraeus I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them. Antonio Porchia I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me to get a scholarship. Ryan Murphy When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on. Doris Roberts I appreciate my time in the gym. Melanie Roach I hate my stomach. It's impossible to get it flat, and the area around my belly button drives me crazy. Carmen Electra I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with. John Ratzenberger America's a melting pot, all races, cu

I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was

at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at the National, and Adrian Lester having done Cheek by Jowl's famous 'As You Like It and Company' at the Donmar. Not necessarily performances I saw, but just the fact they happened was massively encouraging. David Oyelowo I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast. Eli Broad I'd always fantasized about writing a new play. Even when I had all this success in television, what I was daydreaming about in my dressing room is that one day I would do it. Zach Braff Oprah didn't want to put me on the show for a really long time because she thought I was more for the men than for the women. Patti Stanger I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box. Barry McGuigan I also never went there when I was little because I was too busy working and

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism because it is a genre where

it is perfectly acceptable for all the characters to be motivated by the desire for money. In some ways, the crime film is the most honest American film because it portrays Americans as I experience a lot of them, in Hollywood, as being very concerned with money. Andrew Dominik In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government. Helen Clark It's hard for the same people who put you in the ditch to pull you out of it. Greg Brenneman When I was a kid I feel lonely, I have not many friends. If you make a movie, then you can work with different kinds of people and make different kinds of friend. That's very important to me. John Woo Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality. Mohsin Hamid When you've paid your debt to society, you need to be reconnected and re-engaged in society. Tom Vilsack I think it&

I am interested in a lot of things - not just show business and my

passion for animals. I try to keep current in what's going on in the world. I do mental exercises. I don't have any trouble memorizing lines because of the crossword puzzles I do every day to keep my mind a little limber. I don't sit and vegetate. Betty White There is no reason against woman's elevation, but prejudices. Ernestine Rose As a foreigner in London, I like that there are so many other foreigners. David Sedaris Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority. Chaka Fattah I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting. Yoko Ono The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values. A. Bartlett Giamatti I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. Emily Giffin Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists. Jul

'Are 'Friends' Electric?' was two songs: the verse part and the talking part. Two different

songs I couldn't finish. One day I was playing the main verse part of 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and after a few minutes I got frustrated, as normal, then started to play the other song, and realized they went together. Gary Numan I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk. John Lydon I like women who can throw a ball and laugh loud and have some spine, and I like men who don't mind cooking dinner. Paula Cole Jazz of the sort we play is a happy, extroverted music. You don't have to think about it too much. Chris Barber The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt. Derek Fisher I believe it's extremely important to include some other type of fitness activity in your training, so cross training will help you to avoid injury when you are dancing. Laurieann Gibson Adrenaline is the reason I do what I do. Julianne Hough I really think we need more women to lean into their care

I like what I see now in China, but I think the Japanese are a

step ahead into craziness and weirdness. I go to galleries there that are the size of a New York elevator, and every time I'm surprised by the amazing things I find. I really hope I'll be able to promote some of these artists, to show their work in the West. Jean Pigozzi It's always great when you discover someone. Brian De Palma I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women. Jane Fonda I look back on my work and I think, 'Oh, why didn't I do that differently?' Frank Oz Sleep my friend, and you will see that dream is my reality. James Hetfield I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers. Jackie Chan I take everything with a grain of salt. Hope Solo You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars. Jamie F

I used to cold call labels and pretend I was one of their artist's attorneys.

I'd say, 'This is Jay-Z's attorney, we need to speak with Craig Kallman,' you know, owner of Atlantic, and they'd say, 'Right away,' and then I'd be like, 'Please just listen to my demo tape!' Benny Blanco Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once. Padma Lakshmi I had a prostatectomy in the fall and fortunately it was encapsulated and I didn't have to go through chemotherapy. Steve Garvey People think that I'm very serious. Kate Mosse I am a fan of Botox. Patricia Cornwell I like a guy who makes me laugh, doesn't care about the fame, the show, he just likes me for me, he likes Nicole. Nicole Polizzi I'm trying to open a Chopper shop this year. Noah Hathaway I'm gonna live till I die. Frank Sinatra Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives th

In certain parts of the world - where I'm at right now in New York,

you're going to pay a whole lot more. In Los Angeles, your average starter home is a million dollars. So I need more money in Los Angeles to live like a normal person. If I live in another city, Iowa maybe, I wouldn't need as much. Karrine Steffans I was born and bred to be a great flirt. Cybill Shepherd I think stop-motion has always been semi-obsolete. And stop-motion animators - people like myself - love it so much that we're always going to be looking for new ways to make our films. Henry Selick Details create the big picture. Sanford I. Weill It's your life, live it your way. Bob Hoskins For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character? Jennifer Lynch I don't like begging money from producers. David Byrne Baseball regards us as sheep. Curt Flood I think violence has always been popular, way before movies started being made. Norman Reedus

Owners, the way they blackballed me from baseball, the way they used me, in a

sense, and then the way they wanted to send a signal to the other players, saying, you know, we're going to get Jose Canseco out of the game. This is a cue or a message for you other guys to stop using steroids because the owners lost total control of the steroid use. Jose Canseco I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily. Maurice Gibb The other guys just caught lightning in a bottle with a great game. Rick Pitino It was quite nice meeting up because we went through a lot together and we haven't really seen each much other to communicate one to one for quite a long time. Graham Coxon I had a very hard father. I had two sisters. He was soft on them and hard on me. Albert Gubay I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is. Kate Winslet A lot of hard work has to go into your career, and preparation, and being your best at all times. Leven Rambin I want to do films that challenge me. I want to do what the actors I look up to are doin

People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize

you without even knowing you, and hate you when they don't even know you. All of a sudden, you're, like, the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through. R. Kelly Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely. Charlton Heston I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant. Ring Lardner I hope there are some audiophiles still out there. Norah Jones As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are. Bryan Cranston You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest. John Keats The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom. Betty White I lived crazy really young. So now I don't need to go out and get nuts. Channing Tatum There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragra

Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A strength is

an activity that before you're doing it you look forward to doing it; while you're doing it, time goes by quickly and you can concentrate; after you've done it, it seems to fulfill a need of yours. Marcus Buckingham I remember my rookie hazing. It wasn't fun. Gio Gonzalez I lived in Hollywood long enough to learn to play tennis and become a star, but I never felt it was my home. I was never looking for a home, as a matter of fact. Paulette Goddard When I was a preteen, I got into singing, and became really obsessed with it. But then, of course, that didn't work out. Amanda Seyfried Directing is a tremendous art. Steve Guttenberg I would say that my parents were supportive of me. Sanford I. Weill The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it. P. J. O'Rourke Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry. Susan B. Anthony I'll be truthful. The week

Anorexia is a response to cultural images of the female body - waiflike, angular -

that both capitulates to the ideal and also mocks it, strips away all the ancillary signs of sexuality, strips away breasts and hips and butt and leaves in their place a garish caricature, a cruel cartoon of flesh and bone. Caroline Knapp We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building. Orville Wright It is something we have always excelled at and prided ourselves at - the excellences of our stage performance. James Young When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody. Lorna Luft I think it's natural for youth to be drawn to newness: The world is still new for them. David Mitchell All things do help the unhappy man to fall. John Webster I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles. Ralph Steadman I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's. Wale One must be co

I'm always looking to rock out. But it isn't really about rocking out versus being

mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good. When you look at something that's really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good. Frank Black I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something. Walter Isaacson I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny. James L. Brooks The more you hesitate in a game, the more your chance of getting hit. Your focus isn't there. When you hesitate, usually you're in trouble. Sidney Crosby Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice. Dalia Mogahed Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious. Tommy Lee Jones Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion. Vincent Van Gogh The bottom line: health care reform is about the

We go through the whole season working on next season's car and developing the car

and making sure we fit in the car and all that sort of stuff. And we obviously give ideas of what we would hope next year's car would have even if it's small things like buttons on the steering wheel and different positions and whatever. Jenson Button I have a hard time watching the shows now. It is like opening up a yearbook when you were in junior high. I think everybody looks back at their photos and cringe, and I get to experience it with everybody else in the world looking at mine. Mark-Paul Gosselaar To make pictures big is to make them more powerful. Robert Mapplethorpe I do know the Spelling family. I worked for Aaron Spelling when I was a brunette. I've known them since Tori was a little girl. Loni Anderson I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar. Eugene Ormandy So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end. Irene Dunne You want people using your product because it's a part of your life, then they

My family moved from California to New Jersey in the beginning of my sophomore year

of high school. I will never forget the first day in a new school, walking into the cafeteria during lunch and not knowing a single soul. I didn't feel confident enough to share a seat at just anyone's table. Camille Guaty I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why. Robert Caro We need to put strong Democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people. Cornel West I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody. Jim Lehrer I just want to keep writing music. Lady Gaga But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. You know some people say that you make watches or perfume bottles, it's all different things. Marc Newson The thing about abs is if you hit them daily, you feel more put-together. Patrick Wilson I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper att

Far too many people, especially within evangelicalism, think that the individual is all that matters,

and that the corporate dimension is a distraction or diversion. Of course Christianity is deeply personal for every single Christian; nobody gets lost in the kingdom of God. But you can't play that off against the corporate dimension. N. T. Wright I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did. Marie Windsor No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so. Francois de La Rochefoucauld I woke up and realized life is great and people are awesome and life is worth living. Hulk Hogan What I can say is that there are some collections that come easily, and others that require more work. Stefano Gabbana Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living. Richard Powers We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. John Naisbitt I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never t

This year I've just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball,

and being aggressive and attacking to the basket is going to draw more attention, and that way I can find my teammates. Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful. James Harden I've been obsessed with seeing life through music. My records, my relationship with records, my relationship with rock stars, everything that surrounds it, has been really one of the only ways that I ever started to understand the world. Jeff Tweedy Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions. Bruno Mars Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are. Lee Westwood People make judgments about Scientology, but often they don't know what they're talking about. John Travolta I've seen too many comics who got their own shows and were undone

The one thing I've always done, because I like the sound of my guitar from

where I sit - meaning not in front of it - so what I do is, I put microphones around my ears. I have them around my head, too. I don't know if it's a superstitious thing, but it's actually how I recorded my first album. Kaki King Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may be said of the smallest obstacle if one has no desire to surmount it. Theodor Herzl John Waters has certainly gotten to a place in his life where he doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do. He's always been that way, but at this point, he's greatly respected for it. Alicia Witt I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood. Larry David I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream. Sean Lennon Many a friendship, long, loyal, and self-sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word. Frederick William Fab

Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me,

I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love. Neil Patrick Harris I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused. Richard Donner I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities. Angela Davis The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy. Mary Tyler Moore So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a guy who's drunk come up and tell you you're great. Rick Derringer I like to give and get basically anything (I love to read) but especially fiction and poetry. Suzan-Lori Parks I'm

My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was

one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead. Barack Obama I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying. Tiger Woods The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. Rene Descartes At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down. Jilly Cooper Remember that what you have is unique because it's your own special way of looking at the world. Louise Brown I have always worked from that place, that if you are going to inhabit someone and get under their eyes, you need to have empathy. Dominic Cooper I would say raising capital is one of the weakest things for most entrepreneurs. Robert Kiyosaki What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes. Elizab

In the late-'80s, there was a big push to make American football big in Scotland.

The Super Bowl was on TV, but it didn't really catch on. When I was a kid, though, I became a big Miami Dolphins fan. I don't really know why - I just liked the logo, I guess. I didn't really know what was going on. Kevin McKidd I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers. Kurt Loder We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. Arthur Hays Sulzberger Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference. Charlie Chaplin I've grown this mustache which saves me from having to glue on one every day in the heat. Keith Carradine Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House. Richard Armitage I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be. Gene Tierney When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental

Causes was founded with the mission of empowering anyone to change the world. Our model

is based upon the belief that everyone has the power to have an outsized impact on the world by banding together with other like-minded individuals, taking direct action, and inspiring their friends and their friends' friends to join in. Joe Green You know, I always wondered what it would have been like to just go to school, play football with the guys and go to the prom. Just like a 'regular person.' Donny Osmond I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly. Deborah Norville The will to work of everyone in the country is the best guarantee of national survival. Bhumibol Adulyadej Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. Chuck Jones I'm not really massively into going out. I'm much more of a hibernator. It's nice to have people come to your house or go to someone's house, I think. Felicity Jones We're called New Jersey but we&#

It will be interesting to see if Seoul's urban vocabulary of numerous, ever-present interactive screens

will translate to other cities such as Beijing, London, and New York. It will also be intriguing to see if smaller cities and towns adopt aspects of Seoul's screen culture throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. Jan Chipchase It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it. George McGovern Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. Robert Anton Wilson I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it. Brian Eno I am comfortable performing now. I love it! Liz Phair For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night. Sophocles Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. Margaret Fuller A story is told as much by silence as by speech. Susan Griffin I never ever slept again after my first pregnancy. Uma Thurman

Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company

called Staples - where I'm pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping; The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised. Mitt Romney After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year. Robert Benchley The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television. Anson Mount There is one solution to all of our problems: Teaching our kids clarity of thought and political representation in democracy. That's it. Richard Dreyfuss An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys. Iain Sinclair Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day. Maya Rudolph I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook. Erica Jong Faith which does

My sister and I know our lives could have been different - radically, unthinkably, irretrievably

different - if we had not been adopted. We might have found ourselves in homes without love, stability or kindness. We might have found ourselves in care for much longer, without the secure attachment that being cradled in a mother's arms brings. Michael Gove I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect. Freddie Prinze, Jr. The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mental illnesses, and the mentally ill person has only one. Robert Musil To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform. John Negroponte If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time. Willie Nelson I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster. Bob Iger I feel li

To talk about balance, it's easier to talk about what's out of balance. And I

think anytime that you have any disease, and disease meaning lack of ease, lack of flow... dis-ease. So any time there's disease, you're out of balance, whether it's jealousy, anger, greed, anxiety, fear. Ricky Williams Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits. John Avlon When you're playing the same character for a decade it's natural that there are moments when you want to try something new. David Schwimmer I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people. R. Lee Ermey At the very beginning of my career I felt very strongly about what type of artist I wanted to be. Miranda Lambert A lot of prophets have gone to jail. Tommy Chong I'd rather send out a mass email then hang posters all over the place. Todd Barry Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have. Saul Alinsky I always wanted to be an actor, but my top three favorite actors of all time

All images generated by imaging technology are viewed in a walled-off location not visible to

the public. The officer assisting the passenger never sees the image, and the officer viewing the image never interacts with the passenger. The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images. Janet Napolitano I don't doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong's spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American. Mitt Romney Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests. David Deutsch I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come. Estelle Parsons Now, twenty years old, I come out and I go back to Greenwich Village. Now, of course, I'm a wealthy man. Gregory Corso When I was little I was always getting hit. Kids would take my hat and throw it around, and it upset me. So I got to be very revengeful. Fredd

Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look,

I wasn't brought up in a home where we listened to classical music. It was a singing teacher that thought it would be best for my voice. Then I moved into crossover. And if that makes the music accessible to more people, then great. Katherine Jenkins When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice. Gary Zukav In the '90s, guitar solos were dead. Chris Daughtry We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week. Willie Nelson I always wanted to interview Michael Jackson, because I just wanted to humanize him. Neil Strauss God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually. John Newton Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. A. J. P. Taylor I've always tried to be nice to people, so

The body moves through space every day, and in architecture in cities that can be

orchestrated. Not in a dictatorial fashion, but in a way of creating options, open-ended sort of personal itineraries within a building. And I see that as akin to cinematography or choreography, where episodic movement, episodic moments, occur in dance and film. Antoine Predock When I was living in Los Angeles, I always booked a moisturizing milk-and-honey massage the day before flying to Spain. It was heaven - I never got dry plane skin or felt stiff from sitting in one position. Carolina Herrera At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I? Stephen Rea Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form. Allen Tate If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs. Tom Araya I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a shame. Thom Yorke I can tell you 100 pe

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The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a

film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well. Danny Boyle I have a taste for a kind of melancholy and for being an absolute victim of love. Arielle Dombasle I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast. Tommy Hilfiger As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all. Gene Tierney I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper. Sam Wyly You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way. Terry McMillan No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever. Thomas Malthus Theater is there to search for questions. It doesn't give you instructions. Vaclav Havel The best thing about be

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and

hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it. Herman Melville There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?' Dave Obey The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. Alan Gregg This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I do do standup comedy because a lot of people don't know that's where I started. Nick Cannon I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine. Robert Smith How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done! William Shakespeare Fear is natur

Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect

for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day. Tom Hanks The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities. Jose Eduardo dos Santos I love artists like Jon B, but I don't wanna be compared to anybody. I'm just doing my interpretation of rnb and how someone like me should be doing it. Brian Harvey In recent years, we have been sending a clear, consistent signal about the harms of drugs, particularly marijuana, which for most young people is the first illegal drug that they are exposed to. John Walters It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably. Immanuel Kant When I go to a concert, I can't believe that people pay lots of money to see a band that t

I wanted to be a doctor at one point and I also wanted to be

a pilot. I think if you grow up in a dodgy area, reality often beats down those ambitions as you get older. But with me that never really happened. James McAvoy I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and, yes, I know how it can help from time- to-time. Mitt Romney I do, however, feel reasonably strongly the sense that the job of a piece of argumentative scholarly non-fiction is not the same as the job of a piece of fiction. China Mieville I was raised to think cursing makes you look unintelligent. Chloe Grace Moretz Listen to many, speak to a few. William Shakespeare I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks. Katee Sackhoff I am bundle of nerves riddled with irrational fears. Tori Spelling I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not. Tommy Shaw As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thi

Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a

constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. Will Rogers Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. John W. Gardner Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X and of course, two very special women, my mother and my wife. Louis Farrakhan The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work. Robert Taft Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. Frederick Jackson Turner While a lab Director can ge

If you are talented, you can really do anything. And if your heart is at

the right place and you have the passion for it, you can go for it and do it. Heidi Klum As an actor there are times when you're sitting around and wishing you were working, so you've got to just take it when it comes. Rosario Dawson The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights. Joe Andrew I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do. Eddie Van Halen Being alone is very difficult. Yoko Ono Natural gas is great for America in so many ways. Ed Rendell Science does not permit exceptions. Claude Bernard You can't know about marriage until you try it. Greg Evigan History is the key to everything: politics, religion, even fashion. Eva Herzigova There's something about a humid, dusky evening that's kind of sexy. Sam Trammell

Regardless of how it's done, transaction costs will continue to plummet as computers get more

powerful. Low transaction costs are a wonderful thing if you're in the transaction business. They're wonderful for consumers too, making it cheaper and easier to buy things and creating new things to buy. Nathan Myhrvold If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album. Lil Wayne If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done. Tony Gilroy There are lots of moments that are great for an actress. Ruth Wilson I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well. Lindsey Graham Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty. Robert Mondavi You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you. Gordon Lightfoot Actors rarely stay in touch with directors after they've filmed togeth

I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend,

who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work. Claire Danes I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell. Pat Buckley Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since. Samuel Butler I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes. David Oyelowo The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman. LeBron James I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths. Aeschylus I don't wish my career on anyone. John Entwistle I didn't get depressed, I don't get depressed. Gordon Ramsay I don't like to stop. I believe you stop when you die. Lil Wayne Most of my friends are women - I quite fancied being a woman in a way. Alexei Sayle

France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world

of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. Adam Michnik Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver. Mary Douglas The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess. Carter G. Woodson Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it. David Eddings Believe me, when an actress is told that her v

I'd like to be the commissioner of tennis, but do I want to get into

politics? Sometimes I have delusions of grandeur that that would be an interesting, good thing. I'm talking about actual politics, like being a congressman, but then I see how unbelievably nasty it really is, and maybe I'm not quite knowledgeable enough to actually do it. John McEnroe That room was not available, and the only other room had been booked for a Jewish bar mitzvah. I called the father and told him I needed the room and I would pay him to move the bar mitzvah to an adjoining room which was smaller. Lew Wasserman I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well. Hale Irwin Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves. Ezra Taft Benson As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want. Dennis Rodman It's a market economy. Apparently the demand for great coach