person completely, and then we're done. That actually happened on the set of 'Twilight,' and then it happened again on 'New Moon.' Each time my character Bella became a different person, and I got to know that person and take her to the next level. Kristen Stewart My beginnings in the Southwest are clear and palpable. My beginnings here made me pay attention to where the sun is, where the winds are, the power of the site... I take that baggage with me. Antoine Predock A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define 'nature.' Richard Louv Some studies suggest that the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free by the end of the century. Jeff Goodell I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me. Johnny Weir My life and career is my own adventure. Dario Argento I have learned to keep to myse...

them - whether their office is in a cockpit of an airplane, or in a break room - that's an actual manifestation of interest in them. You need to take the time to show the people around you who work for you that you're interested in them. Gordon Bethune A lot of people recognize me or feel that they know me. A lot of times when I speak, they recognize my voice. It's fun, it's exciting. It's always good feedback. Tina Yothers There are so many great things about this business. Almost everybody is on the same team. It is all for one-friendly competitiveness. No one is out to hurt anyone. Bobby Flay Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago. Lara Flynn Boyle The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow. Gracie Allen I've done quite a few big American films. John Malkovich Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly sign...

get older and have children. I just assume it will happen and that it's the right way to do things. It's a deeply Indian custom - that you kind of inherit your parents and your spouse's parents and you take care of them eventually. Mindy Kaling I'm always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things. Wes Borland The day I woke up and Reddit was working on its own was just the most incredible feeling. Steve Huffman Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros. Nolan Ryan I think I write in a fairly self-confident manner. Christopher Hitchens I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds. Ikue Mori I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our mouths shut and let our actions speak for words. Henry L. Stimson The best fiction stays with you and changes you. Tea Obreht For one thing, I...

that God, a tidy-up-after-us God will come and clean up our mess? Hope for a nanny God, who will with a miracle grant us amnesty from our folly - that's not aligned with either history or the text of the Bible. Sheldon Whitehouse I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old. Vin Diesel The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures. Ian Somerhalder I don't know anything else but the Lakers. This has certainly been more than a job for me as a player. It has certainly meant more to me than just an occupation. Jerry West Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them. Deborah Norville I love all kinds of music. Boz Scaggs I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily. Ronnie Corbett In a band that wor...

they're made. The films that really strike a film with the public are very often reflecting something that everyone, consciously or unconsciously feeling - atomic age, post 9-11, post Iraq war; it's hard to predict what people are going to be afraid of. Eli Roth To play a lawyer and have one year of law school under your belt, you sort of know what you're talking about! I'm able to memorize the legal courtroom stuff a lot faster than I would have been able to otherwise. Jerry O'Connell What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images. Peter Zumthor It's who you know and who can help you. Jeffrey Combs I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor. Alexander Payne I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed. Hugh Hefner Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily pro...

productions form the latter part of the Old Testament. A distinctly higher moral tone appears in the writings called by his name, and this is especially noticeable in the 'Second Isaiah,' who wrote after the Babylonish captivity. Annie Besant I usually dream of melodies. When I wake up I have them in my head. I usually come up with things in the middle of the night because that's when my mind is the quietest. I always have my tape recorder, pen and pad by my bed just in case. Leona Lewis I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself. Kirk Douglas I don't even watch Fox News usually in the prime time hours because I'm home with my kids and that's more important to me. Megyn Kelly I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well. Marc Almond A hundred things are don...

Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the only one left. And great players like Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan, it's hard to believe they're gone because we were all so close. But I believe in the future and the tradition will go on. Dave Brubeck Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance. Spencer Abraham I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number of records, because even if I do that, the satisfaction only lasts five minutes. Chantal Kreviazuk Oliver Sacks remains my hero to this day. He was one of the first medical writers I read. The other was Lewis Thomas, who is no longer alive but is just heroic to me. Atul Gawande I've had a quite a few nightmares about being chased by walkers. Laurie Holden Sadly, I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately. Chloe Sevigny By the time I was a young man, I was pretty independent. Ben Lewin My aspiration is no...

traveled from campground to campground. If we got to eat at the Cheesecake Factory, it was the highlight of our whole year! But I don't miss having to share a bathroom with seven people or having powdered milk with my cereal. It was so nasty. Alice Greczyn I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle, and an end of story. And in television, you don't. Sasha Alexander My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family. Albrecht Durer I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book. Dave Eggers My mother told me that when I was born a wave of feeling came over her. She just knew that I was destined to be an actress. Kirsten Dunst I love those documentaries where everyone is fabulous and always perfect. Katy Perry I've had a lot of su...

but he was one of the world's great readers. Every two weeks, he'd take me to our local branch library and pull books off the shelf for me, stacking them up in my arms - 'Have you read this? And this? And this?' Janet Fitch Everybody wants a solution on how to help their dogs, but we can't really see the problem until we reconnect ourselves to our instinctual self. Cesar Millan A lot of people are not meant to be together. John Cusack History is Philosophy teaching by example. Thucydides Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny. George Ayittey Comic-Con was crazy, good crazy... Five minutes after I'm done, the cast of 'Twilight' is where I was sitting. Erin Morgenstern That feeling when you're so cold you'd give anything to be warm - I've had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet. Bear Grylls There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about. Antonio T...

done for the food world and inspiring people to work in the industry. The flip side of that is unfortunately people think that after they get their qualifications, they get their invitation to compete on 'Top Chef.' Curtis Stone And I'm not as young as I once was. At my age, I don't have time to be bored. Lev Grossman A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work. Patti LuPone I love everything about playing for Newcastle, the club, the fans and the city. Gary Speed I explored rock culture and what the guitar can do though people like Jimmy Page and John McLaughlin, and the music moves away from pop. Johnny Marr I've always felt that because I'm from Cleveland, which isn't recognised as a place for hip-hop, I needed to step it up if I wanted to make myself known. Kid Cudi You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just...

are not opposed to companies making a profit; indeed, they may even be investors in these companies - but at the core, they want more empathic, enlightened corporations that seek a balance between profit and purpose. Simon Mainwaring With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear. Olivier Theyskens But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. Pat Benatar The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective. Moshe Dayan I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny. Chris Pine Growing up, I stayed in a child's place. My father was murdered when I was 20. I was a model and never had a real job and my parents took care of me. LisaRaye McCoy-Misick Managers are obsessed with the game. It's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to live a balanced lifestyle...

in all but the most desperate districts of Gaza or Peshawar as romantics with little chance of more than symbolic victories, however bloody and brutal. That gives both the Middle East and the West a small and distant hope of security. James Buchan Keep in mind, you can use Auto-Tune and you can know how to work it perfectly, but you still have to know how to write a good song. T-Pain Years ago women of my size were considered royalty. Camryn Manheim I can do whatever I want, because my career is a certain thing. Edward N. Ney We got dragged through a system and got burned by crooked lawyers, and the list goes on and on. Jerry Only As a professional football player, I have known perfectly well from the day I started playing that every day I have to fight for my place. Luis Figo If a country forgets where it came from, how will its people know who they are? Pat Buchanan I get paid to work; I don't pay to work. Carmen Kass The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks...

connect with the earth, to connect with each other, to connect with the poor, to connect with the broken, to connect with the needy, to connect with people calling out all around us, to connect with the beauty, poetry, the wildness. Eve Ensler Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and create new jobs which are critical components of economic growth, particularly within the small business community. Howard Coble It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship. Juan Cole At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other side, are beginning to be seen as both alike unjustified. Havelock Ellis Writing software that's safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting. Wietse Venema It is usually people in the money business, ...

something with music, so in my spare time I try not to listen to anything. It's so hard for me to listen to something without trying to see a benefit in it: 'Maybe I'll make my own version of that track or maybe I'll do this or that.' Avicii A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible. Francis Parker Yockey Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today. Jonathan Kozol Writing is a creatively rewarding occupation but for me very time consuming. Holly Johnson Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how. Vince Carter I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that. Anne Rice At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail. Victor Cruz In treatment, all of the negative things I did were stripped away and I had to start processing my fee...

think about it, bunt is the only play in baseball that both sides applaud. The - if the home team bunts, you get a base. The home team applauds because they get an out, and the other team applauds because they get a base. So what does that tell you? Bill James Educators are still spending way too much time trying to control what kids learn, bending the content to their own purposes, hoping beyond hope to change - by using technology - but not change too much. Daniel Greenberg My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it. James Broughton The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters. Robert McChesney Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor. George Jean Nathan Good-looking individuals are treated better th...

perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found. Sharon Salzberg As long as I have my faith in God, I'm good. I know everything else is going to come. Derrick Rose I grew up in a modest neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. It was an industrial community of blue-collar, working people... some of the hardest-working people I've ever met. Hilda Solis I'm growing very talented at watching blood and guts on screen because I have zero emotional response. Nicholas D'Agosto You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life. Stevie Wonder All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world. Gore Verbinski Everyone has their own ...

fact that you're always born young and then you grow older, and not the other way around like Benjamin Button - it's all because of entropy. So I think that entropy is underappreciated as something that has a crucial role in how we go through life. Sean M. Carroll Sometimes when you write something on the page, it can seem very funny, but when you act it out - and this happens to me a lot, actually - the melancholy of the situation becomes more front and center. Mike White I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised. Patrick Swayze The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million. Cristina Saralegui Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven. Persius Crystals amplify the consciousness. Shirley MacLaine I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation. Minoru Yamasaki Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research. Debi Thomas In othe...

to roll the dice and launch products that didn't always hit the mark. In the mid-1990s, the company was considered washed up, Steve Jobs had departed, and a string of lackluster product launches unrelated to the company's core business. Naveen Jain There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow. Will McDonough I'm literally tone-deaf with singing. It's unreal. Tom Holland In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy. Robert Mugabe And if strangers come to supper they shall be served with more according as they have need. Robert Grosseteste Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages. Cameron Diaz As a fiction writer, my favorite tools are my imagination and the peculiar opportunities offered by different points of v...

unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow to 67,000 employees. As TSA has grown larger, more impersonal, and administratively top-heavy, I believe it is important that airports across the country consider utilizing the opt-out provision provided by law. John Mica There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure. Barbara Jordan I believe BMX has shaped me into who I am today, so if this journey never would have begun, then who knows the person I would be or what I would be doing with my life. Donny Robinson As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does. Rob Zombie I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies. Walter Isaacson When a chick has a sense of humor, there's nothing more attractive. Dylan O'Brien When I was a lot younger, my parents raised me watching classic movies. Sara Paxton Mot...

bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China. Michael Bloomberg I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. Georgia O'Keeffe I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested. Paul McCartney I don't want to bash Bill and Hillary, because they're friends of mine, but I do have a difference of opinion about how to take back the House and the Senate. Dennis Kucinich I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy. Parker Palmer I am a huge fan of Gwen Stefani. Emma Bunton I am fully aware of the critical moments we face as...

neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were precious stones. There was envy when we saw sacks with more in them than we had. Paul Engle I guess my tendency is to think essentially that the new wrinkles won't do the job if the old major idea didn't, and so you have to try something different. Then maybe they can all be combined in some coherent piece. Robert Nozick A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked. Delia Smith There is one thing that matters, to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people. Logan Pearsall Smith For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps. Camryn Manheim Citizenship consists in the service of the country. Jawaharlal Nehru ...

not. It's for the consumption of other people. But in terms of creative outlets and expressing yourself, it's just the most extreme version of that that I've ever found. It's like running, it's exertion. Kristen Stewart Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play. Gary Player I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he's going to write poetry or songs. Roger Waters Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that. Ann Romney Slavery is malignantly aristocratic. Antoinette Brown Blackwell When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with it. Trent Reznor When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sa...

nuanced as I can make them. But if you say my characters are too black and white, you've missed the point. Villains are meant to be black-hearted in popular novels. If you say I have a grey-hearted villain, then I've failed. Ken Follett I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends. Rachel Stevens In life, when stuff happens the instinct is to close off your heart. By leaving your heart open, it leaves room for someone else to come in. Jane Seymour If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it. Karen Thompson Walker All share complicity in the destruction of that much under-rated phenomenon called liberty. Barbara Amiel Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible. John Astin The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others. Marvin Harris People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude. John ...

finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings. A. J. Liebling I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel. Gay Talese What could begin to deny self, if there were not something in man different from self? William Law I've made lots of big decisions in my life that have shocked people. Sam Taylor-Wood I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court. Rebecca Lobo And I was very interested in the priesthood. Thomas Keneally The modern stuff, I can take it or leave it. I like its danceability, but the DJs talk a lot of nonsense. Linton Kwesi Johnson I just feel my best...

a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something. Madeleine Albright I want to highlight once again that when we talk about the fight against terrorism and the circles around it and when we talk about ensuring the safety and the peace of all, we are not talking about fantasies. Jose Maria Aznar I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever. F. Lee Bailey I was made to believe there was a plan in place for ending Donald's previous marriage. I pulled away because I wanted to allow him the time to deal with his wife. Marla Maples Art is good but it isn't the best. Jose Bergamin Reading is more of a left-br...

I can see why there's a slew of books about the menopause and middle age, the most recent addition being David Bainbridge's plucky, glass-half-full meditation or, as he calls it, 'natural history.' Rachel Johnson Information is expanding daily. How to get it out visually is important. John Maeda The bold adventurer succeeds the best. Ovid This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. Elmer Davis I value my privacy and my personal life - and I certainly don't exploit my personal life. Scarlett Johansson I think my parents had in mind that I would settle down at quite a young age, but I decided that being a housewife in a big country house wasn't for me. Alison Jackson I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it. Sarah McLachlan I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I didn't commit. Tup...

in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject. Sam Raimi Chemotherapy isn't good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, 'Well that is a good thing because it's supposed to be poison. If it's making the tumor feel this queasy, then I'm OK with it.' Christopher Hitchens I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school. Lily Allen When I left South Africa in 1960 I was 20 years old. I wanted to try to get an education, and music education was not available for me in South Africa. Hugh Masekela It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn...

they look at a number of factors - including tax structure, employment base, infrastructure, education system, etc. One of the most important is a strong and sound health care system in the communities where employees will work and live. Ronnie Musgrove I have no regrets. I don't believe in looking back. What I am proudest of? Working really hard... and achieving as much as I could. Elena Kagan It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point. Donna Summer When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army - writers, intellectuals, newspapers and magazines are the first targets of repression. Antonio Tabucchi Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer. Allen Klein I'm scared of the unknown future. Bethenny Frankel I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else. Mikhail Baryshnikov Ever...

try to control your career, or how people perceive you, you'll make yourself unhappy, because life doesn't work like that. So much is luck. It's much better to let yourself off, to think, 'There's nothing I can do.' Matthew Macfadyen I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing. Kate Smith I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope. Lisa Guerrero You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly. Albert Brooks One of my favorite horror films of the Nineties was 'Event Horizon.' Kirk Hammett Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever. Ron Conway The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have a responsibility to teach students. Andrew ...

when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. Jaron Lanier I've always loved kissing. We all do, don't we? Dawn French There's no such thing as a life that is not normal, or, there's no such thing as a life that is not abnormal. We all have amazing lives; we all have very dull lives. Anne Enright So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school. James Earl Jones Being confident in your own skin is very sexy. I think when you have fun and are yourself that is sexy too. Candice Swanepoel There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries. ...

five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when you've finished, nothing's changed. You've still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity. Rafael Nadal The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on. Novak Djokovic I don't have much interest in being on a senior tour. I don't think I retired so that I could be on tour. Andy Roddick Our systems are all go. At 9:30 Monday morning trading will resume on both markets, and the message will be given to criminals who foisted this on America that they lost. Richard Grasso I feel like clout is something that builds up on your teeth. Andrew Mason They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Wh...

cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat around waiting for it, but there was a terrible smell from the kitchen. She didn't realise that the giblets were in a plastic bag inside it. We just ate vegetables and she cried and cried. Carol Vorderman I was very rebellious. Katey Sagal Ambition is a very dangerous thing because either you achieve it and your life ends prematurely, or you don't, in which case your life is a constant source of disappointment. You must never have ambition. Jeremy Clarkson The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it. Margaret Heffernan I love the smell of fried chicken. Giancarlo Esposito Only through repentance and faith in Christ can anyone be saved. No religious activity will be sufficient, only true faith in Jesus Christ alone. Ravi Zacharias I can count on one hand how many people I trust. Frances Bean Cobain It's best to keep acting real. Liam Nee...

to have chicken properly processed and it was Americans that did it. If we are going to continue to utilize those goods, then what's going to have to happen is that the employers are going to have to elevate the wages in order to attract American workers to do those jobs. Mo Brooks I mean, if I was living to please people, I'd have never been in a band at all. I wouldn't have anything awesome around. I'd just be bored. Beth Ditto In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. Mary McCarthy Money has no moral opinions. Abraham Polonsky But I've consistently worked for 10 years. Balthazar Getty People come to the theatre to be excited and uplifted - I want to inspire my audience. Edward Hall I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama. Mitt Romney It was a simple question any employee...

those responding to an allegation of abuse against a minor. No training was given to priests, teachers, police officers or others who worked regularly with children about how to respond appropriately should such allegations be made. Sean Brady After I brush on my moisturizer, I'll dip the same brush into foundation and mix it with the lotion to make tinted moisturizer. Bobbi Brown Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change. Valerie Jarrett I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect. Sidney Poitier I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't. Joaquin Phoenix I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand. Jason Patric It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won...

are fun and challenging. I would love to do a live musical. I'm not interested in doing the same thing over and over or the fame and exposure that comes with it. When people keep doing that, they just end up doing the same dumb stuff again and again. Holly Madison The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky. James Surowiecki Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men. Katori Hall There's no such thing as an absolute openness. Openness is relative, I think, in all societies. Peter Eisenman We just did the best we could with quite a limited budget, to be honest, and had a lot of success. Rupert Sanders I'd rather get up early and go out and do something than stay up late and screw up my body. Mike Shinoda My philosophy in all my jobs at McDonald's is to be honest an...

them, the nightmare is a disarmed citizenry that can be preyed upon by criminals. They know that having a gun in the house would increase the risk of an accident for a member of their family, but they're willing to take that risk. Jonathan Haidt What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they're great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people. Ben Whishaw Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me. Catherine Ashton There's this creative thing in me that wants to have my work used - like the author of a book who wants it read. James Goodnight Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be. Jose Ortega y Gasset I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was. Natalie Wood My awkward stage extended well into high school. Rachelle Lefevre Life doesn't use detergent to clean itself. Janine ...

this moment instead of this moment, when you... the moment you've made a choice, you're lying about something larger. 'Lying' is an ugly word. I don't mean lying. But any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same. Richard Avedon Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention. Bill Bruford It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world. Amanda Seyfried I used to do skits for my mom... and I was always entertaining as a kid. Leah Remini What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself. David Coverdale At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Prince My father was a manual worker. Diane Abbott A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back...

susceptible to this same kind of mistake over and over again. It's really uncanny how we build these beautiful multicultural edifices and then allow this switch to be flipped and everybody goes, 'Oh, the other, get them out of here.' Geraldine Brooks I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes. Jane Birkin Dr. Jasper didn't care if they got their checkups, their medications. Norma McCorvey I just stroll in right before the recording goes on. Humphrey Lyttelton Politics is in my blood. I'd love to be involved in 2008, maybe even '06. Judy Woodruff Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician. Miranda Lambert Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome . Maria Weston Chapman You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed...

support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends. Eric Schlosser When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary efforts to get the guys back to routine. Mort Walker Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind money is the end. Right now, I think independent film is very confused, because there's excess pressure in the marketplace for entertainment to pay off. Robert Redford Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. Anton Chekhov We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written. Carl Sandburg If people knew how KFC treats its chickens, they'd never eat another drumstick. Pamela Anderson I am p...

cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits. Iain Duncan Smith I admire people who re-create themselves. And it seems to me that what gives us all the opportunity to be heroic in our own lives is that we work to heal ourselves and be better than we were yesterday. Robert Crais I wanted to bring something to 'Celebrity Apprentice' to let America know that you don't have to be back-stabbing and mean-spirited in order to a challenge. Cheryl Tiegs I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty. Maggie Smith I worked with Paul McCartney for a while and saw what it does to you to be treated like a god for twenty years. Tracey Ullman If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, ...

that was a new experience. I would walk into one of my trailers and it would be like Spanx, a spray-tan gun, and chicken cutlets. I would have hair extensions. It was hilarious. Every day felt like I was turning into an awesome drag queen. Kathryn Hahn I eat 230 grams of protein daily, 308 grams of carbohydrates, maybe 70 grams of fat. I can have one cheat meal a week but it can't be that I eat until I'm stuffed; I eat until I'm satisfied. Tyson Gay There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing. Ziggy Marley No, I can never rely on Tim to make me pretty. Helena Bonham Carter My dad still calls me and makes sure I'm taking my vitamins. Melanie Fiona I was actually looking for answers where I kept asking myself - what am I doing? Emmitt Smith I think some of the best songs are written in love and then out of love. That's the best time to put something ...

because I didn't know to ask, having colleagues consistently get credit for my ideas because of how I spoke up in meetings. When I looked for a resource that addressed the challenges I was facing, I couldn't find it. There was nothing. Kathryn Minshew I come from theatre and I always go back every couple of years. Ciaran Hinds I felt old when I was young and I feel younger now. Maybe that's a trick of my mind, but I'm springier and lighter. Jane Siberry I'm one of the guys who wants to watch the film completely done, with special effects, sound and music, because I tend to get disappointed if I watch it not fully done. Luke Ford Every time I step on the field, I'm going to give my whole heart regardless of the score. Tim Tebow The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house. Barbara Corcoran Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my...

Palace with some of the greatest - and necessarily most expensive - wines from around the world. I am pleased to say that they also hold my own warrant, for providing exceptional wines at - surprisingly - modest prices. Simon Hoggart I see myself as a witness to humanity. Lisa Kristine Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated. Alveda King The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face. Jim Bishop You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing. Roy Romer I became an adult before I had a kid, which I highly recommend. I just like to throw her around. She's a really good snuggler, and she likes to give kisses and hugs. Jason Bateman Key Largo... I could have st...

'Time Magazine', I read 'Politico', I read 'Mediaite'. This is what I do! I read every day, I have interests, I'm like everybody out there who's watching, who's out there watching, you know? Joy Behar I'm comfortable in my miseries. I have no choice. Shelby Lynne If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms. Alex Lifeson I'll stay in Memphis. Elvis Presley We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be. Jennifer Granholm My dad's passion was to teach adults to read so they could read to their kids. Jennie Garth I mean, if you asked me what I'm going to be doing when I'm 85, I'd make a quick picture in my mind and, well, I'll be singing. David Johansen Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along. Gordon Parks Compost makes houseplants very happy. Shalom Harlow

pilots, theater ... when you do it for so long, I'm telling you, you get to the point where it becomes varied because you take what's available for a number of reasons. It's just an occupational hazard. Viola Davis If you're a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me, but I'm not my parents. Frances Bean Cobain The aim and the idea of the Four Year Plan were and remain entirely correct and necessary! Hjalmar Schacht Trouble is, I don't get to play a lot at the moment because I've just signed a contract where I've got to do 200 shows a year in pubs, so the golf's fallen away a bit. Eric Bristow No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic. Carrie Fisher We need to make sure we have secure borders. Bob Corker Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results. Liam...

- 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature. Manolo Blahnik I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art. Maggie Nelson I love Chuck Lorre. I did a little guest spot on 'Roseanne' when I was fourteen. It was a whirlwind experience in a week and I think with Chuck, I had auditioned for him for a couple of other shows of his over the years. Sara Rue Every journey starts with fear. Jake Gyllenhaal The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited. Chanel Iman I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje The world's most famous and popular language is music. Psy Hors D'oeuvre: A...

year waiting for the book to come out and then you get the feedback. When you do work online, the moment you're finished making it, people start responding to it which is really fun and allows for a kind of community development you just can't have in novels. John Green A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. William Blake I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation. Leon Panetta I'm happy going home early and working out and just being a mother and being a wife. Kim Alexis I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things. Randy Houser Style is the perfection of a point of view. Richard Eberhart There's more than one person on the planet. When you're madly in love, that's not what you think. Helen Fisher I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it. Irwin Thomas I'm not a natural reader but there are books I...

Afghanistan where we're going to push toward a future. It is the future that the Afghans desire with the United States. It is a future that the Afghans desire with the international community and we desire that as well. John R. Allen 130 of Automattic's 150 employees work outside of our San Francisco headquarters. Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working? Matt Mullenweg I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed. Susan Rice I felt that I did have the crowd behind me. That obviously helps a lot. Stefan Edberg The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year. Elvis Presley My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities. Sargent Shriver Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. William McKinley On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you'...

every kind of industrial trouble; we had severe energy problems; we were under constant terrorist attack from Irish terrorist groups who started a bombing campaign in English cities; politics were fantastically polarized between left and right. Ian Mcewan When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, 'This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records.' Scott Weiland You have no right to criticise Russia over Chechnya. Boris Yeltsin Here in the Netherlands there are towns that take part in the throwing of toilet bowls for a laugh. Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship. Jacky Ickx Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question. Russell Simmons Angelina Jolie is my style inspiration. Adrianne Palicki I don't envision a very long life for myself. I think my life will run out before ...

their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are. Stedman Graham And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity. Nolan Ryan I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend. Olivia Wilde I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work. Sally Field Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree. Ambrose Bierce Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure. Irving Wallace Comedy is unique in ...

a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. 'Sesame Street' is just a crazy great place to be. Feist Once colon cancer becomes symptomatic, nine times out of ten it is too late. Kevin Richardson Every nation feels itself to be superior, but in America it's a jaunty feeling, and in some cases a rather ominous one among the super-patriots. James Salter News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television. Val Kilmer Twitter fascinates me because it's real. It feels kind of unreal, but it makes very real things happen. Amanda Palmer I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live. Paul Prudhomme You can never tell what ships are worth. Stavros Niarchos I don't feel guilty about expressin...

employees, but what you produce is a flop, there will be no value to GDP. But government spending all gets counted as contributing to economic growth. That's why in the early days of creating these measurements, some people didn't want to count government spending. Robert Higgs People would love to be rich, but they're looking for the easy way. Who wouldn't want to win the lottery? Just to score. Bryan Cranston I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got. Rupert Murdoch Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. Jill Scott A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy. Thomas Carlyle I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. ...

on healthcare for example, I don't think that trying to ram healthcare through was a smart idea politically, because he wasted a lot of capital and now he doesn't have any of that same capital with even his own party that he used to have. Jonathan Krohn We get these lives for free. I didn't do anything to get this life, and no matter what the hardships are, it is free and, in a way, it's an extraordinary bargain. Junot Diaz My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious. Bill Nighy For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great. Jose Ortega y Gasset I try not to worry about the future - so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time. Tom Wilson You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you. Jason Mraz It would be pretty funny to see a Beverly Hills white girl with mad rap skills. Tori Spelling ...

reach out to so many people. I'm really excited about our new season. We are making great new episodes that I can't wait for our fans to see and I'm looking forward to the 'Hannah Montana' movie that will be out in the spring. Miley Cyrus 'Vanity Fair' caught me at a very exciting time in my life filled with night clubs, international fashion shows, celebrities and lots of cash to go around. Sometimes things just fall into place. 'Vanity Fair' was one of those things. Jeremy Jackson You know what they say: 'Why sit at a table that doesn't have key lime pie on it if you don't have to?' Sloane Crosley I've had some real hair disasters. Sienna Miller I never wanted to be famous. Dave Attell Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me. Victoria Moran An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh. Desi Arnaz I gi...

to or how much we want him to - he's not going to come take out our garbage, so to speak. He can't be the garbage man and the president. He can't be the mayor and the alderman. He can't fill all those roles. So I always push for local, local activity on the political scene. Lupe Fiasco I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it. Peter Carey There are particular images that I like. Allegro is composed of a series of still life photographs that has been put to speed. There is so much care that has gone into the composition of the cinematography. Helena Christensen I don't know one lens from another. That's not my job. It's the cinematographer's job. But I can talk to people. Penny Marshall I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love. William Blake All children have rights and those rights must be protected. Novak Djokovic The question is: Where would it get you if som...

a politician and who was often away. But when I'm asked that question I often reflect on my inability really to be able to answer it in any relative sense because I never grew up with a father doing anything else. So I just have no idea what it would be like otherwise. Alexander Downer Though President Obama promised during the 2008 campaign to pass the DREAM Act, he never made it a priority and failed to bring Republicans and Democrats together to do it in his first term. Juan Williams The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud. Anderson Cooper I should have been out there having a wild time like all the other girls my age, but I wasn't. I was going home every night to what was, initially, a very happy marriage. Amanda Holden One seeks to equip the child with deeper, more gripping, and subtler ways of knowing the world and himself. Jerome Bruner Let the one among you who is...

difficult and consuming that responsibility is, you're being treated with respect, so it changes your whole outlook to the production. You're being asked about costumes, set design, music, every aspect of the show. Michael Hirst I'm very blessed that I have such a supportive wife who is secure with letting me embarrass myself. Ken Jeong I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been. Alice Walker I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine. Pete Townshend The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots. Sean Connery The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day and rejoining the human universe. Orson Scott Card Because nobody goes through life without a scar. Carol Burnett I have to choose songs that represe...

film? Nothing! Because everyone in the world wants to be a part of it. Therefore you pay nothing. And that continues until you become something they need... I'm not that kind of actor. I'm blue collar and very replaceable. Matthew Lillard The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its development and it is terrible now, after the victory. But at the actual time of revolution it was easy, and this was due to the peasants. Herman Gorter I think everybody at IBM knows the early 1990s disaster, and it's in our fabric that you cannot miss the ship. Samuel J. Palmisano 'Back In The Saddle' - I never realised what a good riff that was, or at least how much it satisfied me. And when we play it live, it comes across much better than I ever expected it to. Joe Perry It can be tough as a jobbing actor. Johnny Vegas All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure. Jean-Paul Sartre It's fun to ...

medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior. Karl Marlantes The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life. Vikas Swarup I'm not particularly fond of the Hamptons. Leven Rambin I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket. Nancy Grace Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. Vincente Minnelli We are wired to find love. Helen Fisher I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office. Huey Lewis The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes. Zac Posen It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmma...

hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and perpetual minor crises. Even the bigger ones rarely get much time to stand back and look at the bigger picture. Many are on a treadmill chasing after contracts and new funding. Geoff Mulgan All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one. Irwin Shaw I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. Rainer Maria Rilke It probably says something really clinically terrible about my character that I need to get up on a stage and go 'Ra ra ra' in front of people. Dylan Moran The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart. Annie Dillard I'm a free spirit; more people should become free spirits. Mark Roberts It's a dream come true to have someone else portray me. Because I've been living this life for a long time, and I'm over myself. Chelsea Handler I don't want a record c...

these guys, every kind of anger-management, psychologist, psychiatrist. 'Get rid of my temper, get rid of my temper.' And there was only one guy who just said, 'I don't think this is related to, uh, issues. I think there has got to be something wrong.' Harvey Weinstein On the other hand, ethnic psychology must always come to the assistance of individual psychology, when the developmental forms of the complex mental processes are in question. Wilhelm Wundt The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed. LeVar Burton I leave the hip thrusts to Michael Jackson. Justin Bieber The only one who is alive today and still being talked about is Pierre Cardin. Pierre Cardin Like most dancers, I love lip stains! We hate gloss because hair gets stuck in it. Heather Morris Mixed use is what cities are all about. If you don't have mixed use, you don't have cities. Joseph Ryk...

that I was a baby, so I was not the product of a family, but a product of observation - of watching what went on around me, of watching who I liked, what I didn't like, what I thought was good behavior and what I thought was bad behavior and tailoring myself accordingly. Mark Strong How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt? Babe Ruth In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one. Wayne Swan I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama. Gene Simmons I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me. Dita Von Teese When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the rest of this record. I...

what happened at the Big Bang. And not only is that intrinsically interesting and just kind of cool to think about, but it's also a mystery that is not given much attention by working scientists; it's a little bit underappreciated. Sean M. Carroll If you have been divorced once - male or female, but especially for females - and you're over 40 you're actually a commodity. It means you were able to commit once, and you'll do it again. Patti Stanger With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure. Garth Ennis Somehow, someway, for some people there's an automatic assumption that a mayor who is African-American or some other elected official has to support another African-American. Michael Nutter The history of mankind is the history of ideas. Luigi Pirandello Apparently, the line you take on Israel trumps everything else in life. Tony Judt There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of...

I don't think it's true of people who've grown up in cities so much; you may love a building, but I don't think that you can love it in the way that you love a tree or a river or the colour of the earth; it's a different kind of love. Arundhati Roy Being a Chicano in Hollywood, my experience is that you're not given credit for any sophistication... You're just kind of some guy that just crossed the border, you know, on the back of a truck and that's it. Cheech Marin People have this impression that I'm this crazy Christian, but I'm really balanced. Cheryl James Anybody who goes searching can find enough artistic things I've done that nobody can ever say I sold out. David Allan Coe I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons. Elaine Stritch The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December. Paul Cellucci I will try to...

and you're having a conversation with someone who does, it's just one of those polite things where you don't question their belief in ghosts. You just go, 'Oh, yeah, okay.' It's amazing to be able to have conversations like that. Alice Englert I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center. Anna Camp In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think. Neil Innes Men are not supposed to be mysterious. That's what you say about women. But I think men can have a little of it, too. Hedi Slimane If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan. Eddie Izzard I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income. Allen West I always bounce my legs when I'm sitting. David Eagleman Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me ab...

prescribe or procedures to undertake. More and more, decisions about personal healthcare are no longer made by the treating physicians in consultation with their patients, and based on the doctors' expertise. Bob Barr I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world. Taylor Caldwell I suppose it hacks me off sometimes when people go on about all the other stuff, because I have really worked hard at my game, and I've been incredibly dedicated in getting myself fit, and getting my game right. Jamie Redknapp A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky. Jill Scott I believe in nonfat. I gain two pounds when I eat a lamb chop. Evelyn Lauder I was a big fan of Super Troopers, so working with the Broken Lizard guys was so much fun. Olivia Munn Toughest job in baseball is the general manager. Second toughest is the hitting coach. Ken Harrelson I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I...

are always, 'Oooh, is this gonna work?' And when I launch an album: 'Ooh, is this gonna work?' Or a new video. 'Really?' It's always like that - but I've always acted on the impulse that I have nothing to lose. Mika Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth. William Banting I don't know if I was a star. I was certainly working a lot and that was strange because there were good things about it and things that were difficult. Jennifer Connelly I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score. Rocco DiSpirito The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing. Kin Hubbard If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on t...

get to go make movies with them. It's wonderful. What I've always dreamt of, in my career, is to have a brotherhood of collaborators, and go in and out of working with them. I'm just starting to get that, and it's really lovely. Charlie Hunnam Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do. Kel Mitchell I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too. Jamie Redknapp I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do. Philip Seymour Hoffman Age can be wonderful for red wine, but not for spacecraft. Nathan Myhrvold Life's too short for regrets. Nicholas Hoult I was a comfort factor. I'm not a hustler. Mary Matalin I don't like to look typical. Adam Lambert Yes, I know and then in the same time period within those nine years I lost 150 pounds. Star Jones

for intense emotion. If you're very angry about something, you shouldn't present it as strongly when you're acting. But if you're really angry and writing about it, that's the best way to get it out and across. Jesse Eisenberg My very first recollection of life on earth was waking up in bed with my mother, and she was showing me a picture of my father, Charles Jackson, with a group of soldiers. Jesse Jackson It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover. Alex Kapranos That DMC Act is a disgrace. And the problem with independent art in this country is that independent artists have been economically blacklisted. Lloyd Kaufman I cut my own hair most of the time. You just do it all by feel. Simon Baker Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way throug...

or have great accomplishments in another field, as many writers do. But writing feels natural to me; the act of it seems to free up my unconscious, so that sometimes I feel that I have access to more ideas and information than my conscious mind could think up. Jennifer Egan Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that regularly exceed my expectations. Gary Hamel When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people. Colbie Caillat I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work. Glenn Close I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life. Dodie Smith I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language. Rashida Jones In 1792, my Sister told me, I was growing out of my senses. Joanna Southcott I'm a girl who loves fashion. I'm such a C...

my family. I pretty much got devastated financially and the fans know that I've had some hard times - and that's the nature of loyal fans. They want to see the people that they love and believe in get back on their feet. Hulk Hogan Build your reputation by helping other people build theirs. Anthony J. D'Angelo I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem. Gil Scott-Heron To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation. George Herbert Mead I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth. Patti Smith I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age. Larry Wall I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile. Wilson Mizner Be very nervous of the shaky hands. Ja Rule And government...

you want to be able to get the whole spectrum of tones out of it. Since I normally play so hard, when I start picking a bit softer my tone changes completely, and that's really useful sometimes for creating a more laid-back feel. Angus Young I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal to a program on MTV, then they are really going to have to get in touch with what real heavy metal is. Phil Anselmo I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance. Ricky Williams This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late. Jack Vance As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually. Julie Andrews I've been 6'4" since I was 12. Goofy is somewhere in the lexicon. Jason Segel I go by instinct -...

time. So you will have one story told by one character and you'll go, 'Oh my God, horrible', and then maybe the season after you have the same story told but from the person you thought was just the most horrible, vile creature. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau But with two boys and a new puppy, we don't get out much. We're usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching 'Modern Family.' Daniel Dae Kim Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York. William Shatner Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That's my life motto. Demi Lovato A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment. Ernest Bramah For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom ar...

and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced. Ryan Tedder The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life. Richard Steele It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all. Ralph Waldo Emerson I've slowly gone back, later on in life, to fish and then chicken and then, last year, red meat. Sarah Chalke However people feel about Kanye is their opinion, but I think he's a genius. Pooch Hall I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light. Patrick Swayze You know, every family and every business in California knows what i...

shooting video, but I've never understood why. It's cheaper to work on film, it's far better looking, it's the technology that's been known and understood for a hundred years, and it's extremely reliable. Christopher Nolan Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images. Tatyana Ali I think the officials and NFL owners are playing to the type of game that people want to see. Jim Otto Yeah, but in the end his followers take what they want from his philosophy. Maybe it doesn't matter what's going on in David Icke's mind. It's how other people take him. Jon Ronson Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province. Lord Mountbatten My point is, no one can stop the Internet. No one can stop that march. It doesn't mean that it's going to be smooth, though. Michio Kaku Friends don't necessarily made good b...

the world. Well, to bear my father's name was hard enough, but to work in pictures to boot was pretty foolhardy. In fact, my father was totally against it. He thought I should be off getting a good education and go into some safe profession. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. In my case, the business chose me. Ronald Meyer I'd love to do drama if it was interesting. Sarah Silverman I personally love a cliffhanger - I think it just extends the pleasure of viewing. Mireille Enos In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time. Tahar Ben Jelloun The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders. Roger Wicker I was near sighted. I was born myopic, and I got glasses, right after that. Kitty Carlisle I never came into life with any favours or privileges. Ken Livingstone I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the...