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I know in Britain with 'Doctor Who' all the classic actors, and the

people who you'd really want to, work on the show. I like that the fact that 'Torchwood' has actors that want to be involved from the stage. It has raised our game, and I'm just happy for good actors who want to be in sci-fi shows who love the genre. Burn Gorman Progressive rock was happening. Tony Orlando You give them recommendations. You throw different angles at them where, hopefully, they can get something out of it. Mike Butcher When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable. Ted Kotcheff The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round. Elizabeth Bowen You don't need a pickup line. Just glance at a woman from across the room. Glance - don't stare. Jenny McCarthy Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels. James S. Coleman I have been looking after the children. My w

We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent

purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty. Jonathan Sacks I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.' Kevin Durant There are these showcase clubs where 14 guys will go on in a row and people are laughing at everything, and I'm like - 'I can't laugh that much. That's so weird to me.' Norm MacDonald I live in New York simply because I don't know any better. I moved there when the show went off the air a couple of years after that. Mary Tyler Moore From the very beginning, when you go into Scientology your world narrows down very quickly. Lawrence Wright You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that. Arthur Ashe Christ does not f

I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked

myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I was making it up. However, when my brother and I fabricated a story about an encounter with a bear, they believed that! So maybe I learned very early on that fiction was more interesting to listeners! Sharon Creech In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone. Henry Bessemer I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not. Gary Hamel The world has become rapidly more competitive. John Hickenlooper I used slam dunking as a tool for intimidation. Dominique Wilkins He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil. Emanuel Swedenborg I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of

From very early on in my childhood - four, five years old - I felt

alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected - I was very tall and skinny, and I didn't look like anybody else, I didn't even look like any member of my family. Patti Smith Nobody gets anything for nothing. Gloria Swanson I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line of a chorus, and the line that I end up singing is related to the music I'm playing, if that makes any sense. And I go from there. Bob Seger I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day. Jonathan Winters Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. Kathryn Bigelow From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect. Jean Stafford You stick to the script, the script is Bible. Jennifer Garner Caring about policy is important - peo

Well, I think having your kids see you role model behavior of dignity when it's

hard, when you're upset, when you want to confront somebody but you don't want to and you're nervous about it, when you are having moments where abuse of power is coming on to you. I think it's really important for kids to see how you handle that. Rosalind Wiseman To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending. Rafael Correa Acting attracts shy people and show-offs. Penelope Wilton When you hire me, you hire a nut who is going to work 24 hours a day for you and never, ever burn his audience. Howard Stern I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter. Dan Fogelberg I was raised really poor and so was my husband. Jewel I've tried to tell a story. For me, it is the best one. Amanda Lear My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie. Lynda Barry I'm much more of a musician than a poet.

A generation ago, or two, when there were three channels, plus PBS, and when you

needed - when you needed 15 million people to make a living, the media could focus on the broad country. And most people had no choice about getting political information. It was there at 6:30 whether you wanted it or not. David Frum Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it. Augustus Hare I've been a live performer longer than I've been a television performer. For me, live is where it's at. Criss Angel My earliest memories are the best. I always try to remember the good times when Daddy was alive. Jayne Mansfield I could never wear another uniform. I will forever be a Yankee. Jorge Posada Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that. Maggie Q If you have to drag somebody to register, they're not highly motivated. Roger Stone You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Wayne Gretzky You k

We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an 'unlucky number.' Indeed, there are

many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label '13' in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact). Douglas Hofstadter There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much. David Bowie I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.' I said, 'I am.' Demetri Martin What sounds good on the radio is really loud kick drums and loud snare drums, when everything's bombastic and in your face. It's the equivalent of a houseguest who screams all the time. Moby I'm not a comedian, I'm an actor. Chris Diamantopoulos Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to wat

I think that, at the end of the day, I'm drawn to a certain level

of ambiguous storytelling that requires hard thought and work in the same way that the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle does: Sometimes you just want to put it down or throw it out the window, but there's a real rewarding sense if you feel like you've cracked it. Damon Lindelof I didn't not perform. Melissa Manchester Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive. Douglas Coupland We focus upon pairs of words very often which are the same in some areas and different in other areas. William Labov I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked. Oscar de la Renta You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they have to want to learn it. And if they want to learn, they will. Daniel Greenberg It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children.

The Citizen's Petition reflects Vermont's spirit of pragmatism and across-the-board cooperation. I applaud the 'Campaign

to Fix the Debt' for calling attention to one of the country's most pressing problems, our ballooning national debt, and for urging policymakers to find practical solutions. Peter Welch I don't think it's a coincidence that comic books appeal so strongly to children. Not that it negates any of their power for adults, but there is something about comics that makes them a perfect storytelling system for children. Seth You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself. Peter Garrett People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views. Eli Broad If you love animals, obviously it doesn't make sense to hurt them. Morrissey The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work. John Frankenheimer I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on. Rami Malek I've kept a diary

Just a few months ago in the Republican primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents,

who he was crushing at the time, stop whining. And I think that's a good message for the Romney campaign. Instead of whining about what the Obama campaign is saying, why don't you just put the facts out there and let people decide rather than trying to hide them. Stephanie Cutter As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical. Matt Smith Children learn much more from how you act than from what you tell them. There are times this worries me - we parents are rarely the role models we want to be. True for life. True for driving. Harlan Coben People who wave digital cameras at shows are the same people who sit in front of you at hockey games and wear those giant foam-rubber fingers that say, We're number one!' Rob Sheffield The game-playing market today is pretty sizable. John Romero The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. Abdullah II of Jordan In order to make my s

When I was in high school I was a really huge 'SNL' fan. I remember

the cast around the time I started watching it - Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon, Cheri O'Teri, Tracy Morgan. I did research to find out how people got on the show. Their bios always said they came from an improv team, so I started taking classes. Aubrey Plaza I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time. David Sedaris The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does. Napoleon Hill I'm Israeli and gay. Gideon Raff If it weren't for radio programs like 'The George Jarkesy Show,' no one would know about 'The Amateur'. Edward Klein And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship. John Grierson I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway. Alex Karpovsky A family on the

Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as 'smell good' and for me it's an essential.

I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents, so I have to be extra careful - as well as creative - in the smell department. The key, I've found, are essential oils, which come in all kinds of 100% natural scents. Beth Ditto I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness. Graham Norton It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another. Stephen Hopkins The sports apparel industry was dominated by the big shoe companies. But there was a void in apparel and I decided to fill it. Kevin Plank Statistics are no substitute for judgment. Henry Clay I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process. Alexa Chung I rarely read or buy a book because of a review. Jim Harrison I often find that the best parents are the ones without children. Lisa Vanderpump You have to k

When you did impressions on 'MADtv,' the producers gave you a Walkman that played huge

sections of whatever movie was being parodied, with your character's catchphrases recorded on a loop. You'd wear this thing around during rehearsals and for a week listen to the voice you had to impersonate over and over again. It drove all of us crazy. Artie Lange The cost of justice can be justly paid only by the invader. Benjamin Tucker It's been proven that fitting more activity into your day can greatly improve your health. Pierre Dukan I expect to make a career out of country music. Darius Rucker The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to. Ronda Rousey If someone had told me in 1963 that one day I would be in Congress, I would have said, 'You're crazy. You don't know what you're talking about.' John Lewis How can I impress strangers with the gem-like flame of my literary passion if it's a digital slate I'm carrying around, trying not to get it all thu

On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm

to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved. Vince Cable I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress. Amber Tamblyn I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I've been working nonstop since I was 15. I don't even know how to chill out. Beyonce Knowles Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments. Madeleine Albright I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots. Brigitte Bardot And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive. Uma Thurman I try to leave out the

I had to weave and play around with a honey bear, you know, and I

could wrestle with him a little bit, but there's no way you can even wrestle a honey bear, let alone a grizzly bear that's standing ten feet to eleven feet tall! Can you imagine? But it was fascinating to work that close to that kind of animal. Leslie Nielsen Yes, we record practically everything on Pro Tools. Caroline Corr It's too expensive, that's the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. That's not true, it is too expensive to market movies. Making movies is not. Kevin Smith Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies. Gary Ross I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately. Chris Elliott Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs. Robert Peel In school I

They say it's not the snoring itself but those anxiety-packed moments in between snorts. It's

the waiting for the nasal passages of the person lying beside you to strike again. And strike it always does. In the dark, almost against your will, you produce that special glare reserved for people who cannot control their own behaviour. Sloane Crosley The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. Sun Tzu I'm a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They're great for you limber-wise, they're great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations. Matthew McConaughey Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place. Ron Rash Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January. Hal Borland I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety. Carol Ann Duffy You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only deci

Making movies is a very different experience in a lot of ways. It's difficult when

you're used to owning the copyright and having a landlord's possessory rights - I rent my plays to the companies that do them and, if I'm upset, I can pull the play. But the only two directors I've worked with are pretty great. Tony Kushner Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children. Bill Cosby Thus we have at least a national song that unites all Germans, and is the symbol of our sixty-million nation. Friedrich Ebert Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty. A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift - the gift of life - and it's amazing that I live each day. Mattie Stepanek I really like one-on-one, rich relationships. Kate Bosworth I'm the guy who gets uncomfortable. That's why I was able to write 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up.' I believe in those guys. Judd Apatow Most governments in Latin America have failed to recogniz

All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that

the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.' Freida Pinto Celebrate your family's bleakest moments and how your relatives overcame them. In doing so, you will encounter darkness, but you'll give your children the confidence that they, too, shall overcome. Bruce Feiler I want to prevent us reifying 'the Internet' as something to be preserved like some people want to preserve the American Constitution as it was written. Evgeny Morozov I just love photographing things and putting them together to tell a story. Christopher Nolan Our job is to execute. Mark V. Hurd When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Nora Ephron There's not one person that I say I w

I had wanted to be a novelist for so long, but I didn't have a

story. That story came from the death of my father, and wrestling with how to help my mother. Writing it allowed me to work through my fears, frustrations and desires. I wanted control over the situation. And I wasn't sure I would have any in real life. Robert Crais Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company. Conrad Black The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. It's not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant. Gary Clark, Jr. You're meant to think somehow that literature, in espousing eternal values, is kind of normal and balanced and reasonable. When it fact it's anything but. Errol Morris Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey. Raymond Queneau He that ceaseth to be a friend never was a good one. Henry George Boh

Yeah, like, when I look back on my life, I just remember back what happened

in '74, or something. It seems like only the real good stuff comes to mind. I don't think of all the tragedies and all the funerals. That just doesn't come to mind at all. I guess I'm really blessed that way. Gregg Allman When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story. Gary Cherone At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Let's get a shot of you looking out of the window and seeing no one lying there. Donald Pleasence Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence. Nick Cave I just shot John Lennon. Mark David Chapman For my prom I really wanted to wear a bright color - something that was going to pop and stand out. Shay Mitchell I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences. Roger Zelazny Anything that is impractical can be play. It's doing something other than w

Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we

don't want to admit; the loss of the empire of the United States; and American exceptionalism. In fact, American exceptionalism is that we are exceptionally backward in about fifteen different categories, from education to infrastructure. James Hillman I enjoy my life very much. Joe Nichols He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. Thomas a Kempis I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world. Bjorn Borg When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music. Paul Oakenfold Female empowerment really is important to me. I'm a big nerd of the books from the 15th Century and 16th Century, when the men had all the power and the women had none of it. Ariel Winter I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind,

It's just that... working on 'Green Lantern,' I saw how difficult it is to make

that concept palatable, and how confused it all can be when you don't really know exactly where you're going with it or you don't really know how to access that world properly - that world comic book fans have been accessing for decades and falling in love with. Ryan Reynolds In the course of my life, I've made some happy songs but it's the more sort of like pathos-laden, emotional, melancholic music that either I make or that other people make that really resonates with me. Moby Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so. James S. Coleman I was Versace's muse, I was Valentino's muse, I was Alaia's muse, Lancetti's muse, Calvin Klein's, Halston's. I could go on and on. Janice Dickinson If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

I saw this thing years ago, where somebody filled a gymnasium with ping-pong balls and

mousetraps. And then somebody threw just one more ping-pong ball in there, and literally, in five seconds, the room was popping. And then it was dead. And that's how it was with 'Dallas.' Just... 'boom!' Patrick Duffy All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life. Tom Hodgkinson Rather than improving the wealth of their own nation, the Mexican government encourages its poor to come to the U.S. and send money home. Timothy Murphy There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together. Keith Richards Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines with which to measure and, fourth, money. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi I've never been able to predict the future of anything. Bob Edwards I like to keep my money at the end of the day. Pitbull You can change the circumstances but you can never change man's inner nature. Ron Perlman What writing does is to reveal. Rita Dove

I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I

came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later. Derek Luke I figure it's almost like a balance. We're eating these wonderful collard greens and turnip greens which are so medicinally good for you and, OK, so what if it has a little ham hock in it? Paula Deen In the Cleveland area, I have been instrumental in helping to save or create thousands of jobs. People know me there as a person who gets involved. Dennis Kucinich My 20s were a completely and utterly different time in my life. Minnie Driver When trust improves, the mood improves. Fernando Flores You are going to make choices and decisions that sometimes aren't going to always work in your favor and they are going to upset some other people. Jeff Gordon One of the misconceptions about

We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because

democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect. Gael Garcia Bernal Science of mind teaches you how to realize how much control you have over your own life. It teaches you that we have the ability to change our lives at any point we choose. Marla Gibbs Adventure travel existed before I started, I just didn't know it. Tim Cahill When my 'Scientific American' arrives every month, I read it cover to cover. Micky Dolenz International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights. Karl Liebknecht What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye. Christopher Eccleston We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral. Epictetus I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break ou

When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house that had been divided

in two at one point, which meant that one room in our house opened up onto a brick wall. And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the right way and it wouldn't be a brick wall. So I'd sidle over to the door and I'd pull it open. Neil Gaiman It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches. Bear Bryant Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south. Thomas Keneally Right when I finish a workout, I feel pretty sexy. Even though I'm sweaty and I don't smell like a rose, I feel strong. It does a lot for me mentally and physically. Sarah Shahi The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life. Helen Hayes The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone

Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth.

We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that. Allen West My husband's family is military. Preparation is just, from that family perspective, it's just a part of what makes sense to do. You buy insurance for your house; you have a go bag. Sarah Wayne Callies Formula one is very one-dimensional in terms of what we do in the cockpit. Mark Webber I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it. Gabriela Sabatini Now what do you get in the Army? Bad helmets and Basra. Your guns don't work and everyone hates you when you come back. Rupert Everett I'll tell you what, I've been in some seriously bad places playing golf and it's just part of the game. Tiger Woods One th

I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She

was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it. Kamala Harris Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M. Nixon If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you. Siobhan Fahey I get depressed at airports. Adam Carolla Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe. Jose Manuel Barroso I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's a nice change of pace each time. John Boyne The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls. Carrie Fisher If we did not look to ma

I didn't realize - you think you are doing a movie but then you realize

it's a Columbia Pictures movie so it's probably going to have some publicity. Then you see a billboard and it's like, 'God! I'm on a billboard!' It doesn't hit all at once, it kind of unravels itself and it's still unraveling. Chris Evans An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel We all make mistakes but one has to move on. Jeffrey Archer Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. George Eliot What you collect says so much about who you are. Ben Silbermann I work really long days and I work seven day weeks. Francine Prose Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind. Elizabeth I As a musician, basically the masses never thought I was a musician. Kip Winger Halas didn't

Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply

uncomfortable in it but felt he had to do it because of his father. He's much more comfortable in a private sector role and has, in fact, been much more successful in a private sector role, and I admire him for that. Andrew Sullivan Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you. Drew Carey I lost my moral compass and I have done terrible things that I very much regret. Andrew Fastow I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce. Corbin Bernsen Puberty is an extremely traumatic process even if you don't realize it. It kind of lives with you for like 10 years. Andrea Riseborough I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment. Tatyana Tolstaya I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football. Zakk Wylde The more broadband we can get globally, the better. It's better for the world; it'

Some say that sudden knowledge of mystical matters is accomplished only in complete quietude, or

that Creator, in one of God's many forms, appears only in orderly ways that are beauteous and picturesque, or that the mystical appears only in completely silent ways. All are true. Except for the 'only' part. Clarissa Pinkola Estes If there wasn't mystery, people wouldn't have anything to ponder. If you already knew everything, you wouldn't have anything to think about and life would just be really boring. Emma Roberts I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference. Lady Gaga The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities. David Ricardo What I'm good at is making art. Jock Sturges Authenticity is really important, and sometimes that's really hard to get. Tom Freston Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable. Marguerite Duras Wel

I am oblique; I think that has to do with my own nature. I like

trying to do things which work on many levels, because I think it is terribly important to give an audience a lot of things they might not get as well as those they will, so that finally the film does take on a texture and is not just simplistic communication. Alan J. Pakula I don't know to what extent someone can BECOME an artist - you either are or you aren't - and if you are you'll HAVE to make your way to some kind of sickly light, no matter how terrible the soil you were seeded in your nature will out somehow. David Knopfler With comedy, you have no place to go but more comedy, so you're never off the hook. Steve Martin Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer. Maynard James Keenan You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter. Judith Martin The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself. Stokely Carmichael I like to write at home a lot. Rodney Atkins I cook more

Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being

in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter. Guy Finley I had a lot of guilt and shame when I was running from God, but nothing like when I was running for God. I was always looking for God's approval, and that's where the guilt and shame came out in a big way. Jud Wilhite I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27. Olivier Theyskens I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously, and that was my pacifier all through high school - that and painting. Cyndi Lauper Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake. Sylvester Stallone A cult following is a nice way of saying very few people like you. Martin Mull Newlyweds, they have this ideal, this picture of what marri

If I say I've got two versions of Word - that old one from 1982

that's perfect, with zero defects; or the new one that's got all this cool new stuff, but there might be a few bugs in it - people always want the new one. But I wouldn't want them to operate a plane I was on with software that happened to be the latest greatest release! Nathan Myhrvold Style offers concrete rules you can follow. You can use it as a resource rather than a barrier to feeling good about yourself. Stacy London Our stories are different; our pain is the same. Betty Buckley Most Americans believe that with freedom comes responsibility - and that one measure of responsible gun ownership is a background check. There must be an app for that. Christine Pelosi I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell. Marjane Satrapi I can't write at night. For me, I'm programmed to believe that nighttime is for relaxation. Diablo Cody I half-punched a paparazzo once. I've hit a few people. Sien

I do have a close circle of friends and I am very fortunate to have

them as friends. I feel very close to them I think friends are everything in life after your family. You come across lots of people all the time but you only make very few friends and you have to be true to them otherwise what's the point in life? Shah Rukh Khan What seems to be clear to me is that after the primary infection most of the cells die indirectly, but at the later stage, when the viral load is very high, the virus kills a lot of cells directly. Luc Montagnier Character is always my driving force. And to tell a good story and to provide an entertaining read. Monica Ali I have been in the series for over 3 years - 3 series. There will be a fourth series next year which of course I won't be in because I'm now dead. So in total I appeared in 25 episodes. Richard Briers When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. Robert Bly I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic ch

Spending $1 for a brand new house would feel very, very good. Spending $1,000 for

a ham sandwich would feel very, very bad. Spending $19,000 for a small family car would feel, well, more or less right. But as with physical pain, fiscal pain can depend on the individual, and everyone has a different threshold. Jeffrey Kluger I am more of a surprise kind of guy. I love to find out as I go. Amaury Nolasco I'm not sure how aware of the rest of the world I am. I live a rather sheltered existence. Julian Clary Most of my friends in New York are single women or gay men. Sarah Jessica Parker Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values. Kathy Mattea You have to stay faithful to what you're working on. Stephen King Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it. John Masefield We must have Christian ethics for our children, good and strong, but we must make them attractive, too, and it can be done. Enid Blyton

I think of Google as a set of overlapping things. It's a consumer platform, consumer

phenomenon of which search is its fundamental activity, but there are many other things you can do than search... I think of Google as an advertising company who services the broader advertising industry in the ways that you know. Eric Schmidt To be able to go the distance with a brother or sister, to have them turn into your ally, is about the greatest thing that can ever happen to you. Marie Brenner You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities. Graham Taylor In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid. Alice Walker I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise. Paul McCartney The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thi

I've been drawing since I was a little kid, but it's not something I love

to do every day. If there's one thing I love to do every day, it'd probably be acting. I can act every day. I'd happily do it, you don't have to pay me. But that's one thing I'd love to do and get paid for. Vinny Guadagnino I love building companies; I love making products. Jennifer Flavin I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past. Michael Phelps If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have. Pat Oliphant Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation. Boris Spassky I think the media is a real demon. George Michael If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger. Georg C. Lichtenberg Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that w

New video gaming systems are coming out that track every joint of your body. It's

basically going to become a normal thing for us to allow Microsoft to put a three-dimensional camera on top of your television set looking at you, which sounds like a Big Brother scenario if ever I heard one, but, still, it's what we're going to allow. Jesse Schell I'm aware that I'm very fringe, and it's nice that way. Ben Folds Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties. David K. Shipler The delights of self-discovery are always available. Gail Sheehy I rescued a dog. It was a beautiful. Melissa Joan Hart You have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it's been a good ride so far, but it's not over yet. Maria Sharapova Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting. Napoleon Hill My influences were Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce. David Steinberg I think laughter is a sacred act. Tom Shadyac

These days, my main guitar amps have been Magnatone. They're beautiful. Magnatones have actual tremolo,

which I recently learned about guitar amps. Often what guitar amps call vibrato is really just a volume Up and Down. But Magnatone has a true vibrato, which is pitch bending. And so, it's just a lush sound. Ani DiFranco I can't remember anybody saying, Let's get this show on the road. Marie Windsor I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination. Josephine Baker On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening. Silvio Berlusconi We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp. Calvin Klein We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA. Roger Ebert I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going. Oona Chaplin A toothache, or a violent passion,

As far as I know, Vera Miles had a terrible time with Hitchcock, and she

wanted to get out of the contract. He didn't let her. She did 'Psycho,' and I believe, if you look at 'Psycho,' there isn't one close up of Vera, not one. After that, she would never even speak about him to anyone. Tippi Hedren I can't always live my life for everybody else. Aubrey O'Day It's lovely to get one successful show - the chances of finding a second one are not so hot. Graham Norton Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all. Martin Kippenberger I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. Sia I don't spend a lot of time working if I can help it. Billy Childish I'm a big supporter of President Obama. Russell Simmons I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book. Sara Paretsky I won the youth vote in Massachusetts and in California. I did very well with it in Ohio. Hillar

If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be

this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life. Wayne Swan Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people. Jose Padilha I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? David Byrne This crisis is not simply a more severe version of the usual business cycle recession, the typical downturn in which economies ultimately adjust and stabilize. Timothy Geithner I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create. Barry Manilow I would like to do some musicals. Andy Lau And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights. Adolf Galland I don't know why I di

I keep trying to bring a more professional approach to New Zealand cricket. It's an

uphill battle. I stay in the game because I find it intriguing and interesting. I'm not interested in coaching international sides. I don't mind short-term coaching. I don't want to get involved in the politics of teams. Glenn Turner I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play. Ian McDiarmid Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire. Ludwig von Mises Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it. Louisa May Alcott We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars. Robert Burton I do have a fantasy life in which I can grout bathrooms - but not for a living. Will Self People have used my songs and guitar style to teach guitar for a long time. James Taylor It's good to go with your gut instinct

I was naive in that I thought I could just sing and perform and do

what I had always wanted to do all my life. But I wasn't ready for all the added dramas that came along. There were times I fell out of love with music and thought about walking away. I thought I was happier when I was that girl at home in my bedroom singing into my hairbrush. Rebecca Ferguson I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there. Idris Elba Question every assumption and go towards the problem, like the way they flew to the moon. We should have more moon shots and flights to the moon in areas of societal importance. Sebastian Thrun When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression. Bill Bryson Believing in evolution is believing in the unproved, while believing in Christ is believing in the proven. Edwin Louis Cole Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable. Simon Baker For me, you've got to play fo

I could have probably raised them in L.A. and they would have been great and

had so many things at their fingertips and been exposed to so many things. But we travel a lot, so I don't think that moving out of town is sheltering the girls at all. Maybe protecting them a little bit more, trying to prolong their youth. Jennie Garth Consumers are freeing up an enormous amount of time that they were spending with stereotypical old media, and clearly, that time is going primarily two places: videogames and online. Marc Andreessen I love being physical, but I don't have any desire to prove myself. Anna Torv I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me. Karl Lagerfeld I actually feel most relaxed when I'm working. Gloria Allred I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien. Mickey Spillane My passion for music is one of my greatest loves. Naya Rivera I had a lot of downs too, it is no secret. Michael Moorer I feel it's important to talk about the complex

The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's

set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich. Fran Tarkenton The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after. Salman Khan Being an adult comes with a whole new set of issues. Melissa de la Cruz I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am. Nick Carter I was always a junk food person, still am. Dolly Parton Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts. Anna Quindlen I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double. Catherine Deneuve You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressu

Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what

they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level. If you didn't do the hard work, you wouldn't be standing there. On the other hand, people do a lot of hard work and don't get Oscars, so it's a mixture of glory and injustice at the same time. Walter Murch When you start out, you have to make compromises, which include doing films of lower quality. Phoebe Cates Being on Ozzfest has been a great way for us to break out and show metal fans that we have a heavy side. Adam Rich If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work. Ogden Nash When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class. Beau Mirchoff As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography. Norman Spinrad A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Post

While nobody has identified any gene for religion, there are certainly some candidate genes that

may influence human personality and confer a tendency to religious feelings. Some of the genes likely to be involved are those which control levels of different chemicals called neurotransmitters in the brain. Robert Winston You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy. Garth Brooks It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone. Joaquin Phoenix I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living. Robert Fulghum The real advantage for me is that I have the opportunity to lead worship every Sunday. John Tesh Most of the real bad guys in the world are people like you and me; they're not stupid, and you can't smell their horns. Rutger Hauer Railroads are the primary economic beneficiaries. It's a difficult project for the public sector. John Gates And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation. David Dinkins I slept like a baby the night before, becau

I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the

economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector. Mitt Romney But to the slave mother New Year's day comes laden with peculiar sorrows. She sits on her cold cabin floor, watching the children who may all be torn from her the next morning; and often does she wish that she and they might die before the day dawns. Harriet Ann Jacobs What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch. Patti Page I hope and trust the infinite, the eternal, and merciful and loving God. I worship Him and feel no guilt in my heart before him for what I am going to do. Alex Campbell I was writing novels in high school and apprenticed myself in a way both to Faulkner and to Hemingway. Joyce Carol Oates As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class

clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.' Adam Clayton I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always kept apart in people's minds. Gustav Stresemann As long as there are Japanese tourists, there will be a market for the Old South. John Shelton Reed I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes. Michelle Bachelet My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through. Rebecca Ferguson Smoking is one of the leading causes of all statistics. Liza Minnelli My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my

For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That

was when I broke out of my shell at school, because I really didn't have any friends or anything like that and I just kind of was going along, and then finally I did this zany thing, and all of a sudden I had tons of friends. Jim Carrey When you don't have accountability, there's no limit to the things that people will say. One of the restraints on the vitriol and the filth that so often is part of the American political debate is that candidates have to stand by their ads. Sheldon Whitehouse It's always interesting just to see how the human mind is relating to the natural universe, and what we try to make of it just so we can believe we understand what's going on. Neil deGrasse Tyson I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything. Julia Child Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't. K

'Rosemary's Baby' is still one of my favorite movies of all time. The idea of

her being impregnated with the devil is just so frightening. I'm actually going to work on a movie in February, called 'Mercy,' from Jason Blum, who produced the 'Paranormal Activity' movies, and there is a similar theme to 'Rosemary's Baby' in the movie. Dylan McDermott I'll take a redrum with a rellik please. Brian Celio My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint. Ellie Kemper I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends. Orlando Bloom And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important. Minoru Yamasaki I want to investigate what scares me and worries me. Jennifer Lynch And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something

My father was an aspiring country singer and songwriter. He just didn't get that off

that ground. I was afraid, very tentative to do anything with music for years. I didn't tell him I was playing in bands when I was away from home, because it had been such an unpleasant experience and a letdown for him. Ronnie Dunn I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest. Lajos Kossuth I am often lost in my own world, with a frown on my face. Hayley Atwell Our resolution urges all Latin American and Caribbean countries to designate al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organizations. Tom Lantos The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers. Ruth Benedict Yeah, I think if I were to go again, I'd try to go more on gut feelings and stick with it. I was on to Frederique. I found clues for everything, I found tons

Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was

not at all beholden to the pope, George W. Bush was smarter than portrayed and Barack Obama has not led a charge from the left - least of all on behalf of the civil liberties that have eroded since September 11, 2001. David K. Shipler I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood. Steven Seagal But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work. Henry Rollins The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge. Toshihiko Fukui Sure, I'd take the responsibility of queen any day. Charisma Carpenter I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants. Catherine Deneuve You've never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient. James D. Watson I've dreamt of being in a movie musical for a long time. For some reason I never even thought 'Les Mis' would be possible. Hugh

I think the inflation prospects for the U.S. over the next five or six, seven

years, are quite serious. You cannot have a bumper crop in apples without the value or the price of each apple falling. The Fed has had the largest increase in the monetary base in the history of the U.S., from colonial times to the present, times ten. Arthur Laffer What I learned most was how to tell a story in 15 seconds or 30 seconds or 60 seconds - to have some kind of goal of what to try to do and make it happen in that time. Renny Harlin If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story. Kate Smith I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach. William Cobbett My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded. Ted Lindsay That's how I taught myself how to draw - tracing the ads and petting new clothes on the models. Stephen Sprouse I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewh

Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud

and brick, the first empires. And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time. Howard Rheingold The way of life is not as easy as some people think... like me. Mattie Stepanek An unlimited future. Isn't that what America is all about? Sher Valenzuela I think the '70s are always inspiring to me. I was born then, so I have a lot of memories about how my parents were and what kinds of movies I was watching. Frida Giannini I imagine the life of an atheistic praying mantis to be rather torturous. Brian Celio I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career. Busy Philipps I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans. Fred Upton Gun-related violence and murders are concentrated among

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world

connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and we believe this is the most important problem we can focus on. Mark Zuckerberg My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path. Tony Hale As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for. Paul Krugman I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart. Ben Stein I have moved on. I have moved forward. Amber Frey Anytime you make big plans, you have people questioning what you're doing. Tim Armstrong For me, the desire exists less to get myself a degree than to just go and have the whole college experience, and throw myself into the brain pool and se

You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills

they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life. Barack Obama It's absurd: half the movie audience are women, but Hollywood bosses are still aiming for men who are 20. Todd Haynes With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am. Tamora Pierce Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader. Judy Biggert I've been right more than I've been wrong. Benjamin Netanyahu It's so French to be a cat person. Melanie Laurent When the show's in production, we work for three weeks at a time and then take a week off. Drew Carey Imagine how wicked society would be if the fear of God and the fear of civil la

Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under

the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq. Norman Schwarzkopf I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.' Adam Carolla My idea, as the whole world knows, is that the capitalist system now doesn't work either for the United States or the world, driving it from crisis to crisis, which are each time more serious. Fidel Castro Every time I've gotten myself into trouble, it's because I'm choosing a project based on a long-term career goal as opposed to something that speaks to me at the moment. Ryan Reynolds I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying. Markus Zusak I acknowledge that Hulu's easy accessibility probably keeps some people from pira

When you're dealing with a problem as complex as autism, you have to look at

it from many different points of view and assemble evidence from many different vantage points. Biological evidence in humans and in animals, toxicologic evidence, how does the body deal with toxins, and evidence looking at the actual experience in populations. Harvey V. Fineberg I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations. Martin Short People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. Eleanor Roosevelt I grew up in a farm in South Africa and I was scouted there and they sent me to Europe. It's kind of been blessed, since then it happened all so fast. Candice Swanepoel I mean, in rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur. Belinda Carlisle I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with the uptempo hits as well. Pia Toscano People say that the most expensive piece of medical

I'm first and foremost a company man, surprising as that is. I love Warner Brothers.

That's where I have a deal. That's where I've been for years. So I don't really interact too much with other studios and do things with other studios and I don't necessarily read scripts from other studios. Todd Phillips And one of the reasons that I wrote the cook books was so that I could be at home more than being on the road. Trisha Yearwood People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or explain how a suspension bridge really works. David McCullough Your body begins to change when it burns and shakes... so when an exercise is challenging, I always think 'feel your body changing.' Stacy Keibler I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff. Bill Sienkiewicz Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do. Jennifer Weiner I am frequentl

I find myself drawn to that period where children are about to leave childhood behind.

When you're 12 years old, you still have one foot in childhood; the other is poised to enter a completely new stage of life. Your innocent understanding of the world moves towards something messier and more complicated, and once it does you can never go back. Khaled Hosseini I barely speak English. Eric Ripert I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems. David Puttnam It is an agreeable and yet a painful sense of novelty to stand for the first time in the midst of a people whose language and manners are different from one's own. Bayard Taylor My private life is private. But at the same time, I have nothing to hide. So what I will say is that I am very happy. Cynthia Nixon I think it's never too late to learn - or it's a lesson that's good to continue learning - that you need to treat everyone on a set with respect. Alison Brie I believe when hard-working citizens h

I think you've got good people and bad people in everything you do. If you

start making a big deal of it, then it's a problem. It's like in life. We've got bad doctors and lawyers. We've got bad priests! We don't target every priest and say he's bad. You have to go to church and you have to go see some doctors. Some people have to be good. Master P Hell, madam, is to love no longer. Georges Bernanos People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are the wealthiest. Arsene Wenger The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun. Dennis Farina I would normally never set out to write a trilogy. David Brin The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality. Rainer Werner Fassbinder Intuition is reason in a hurry. Holbrook Jackson Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing. Kate Mara We live in a culture that doesn't acknowledge or v

For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver,

who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The Fighter,' and who also wrote '8 Mile,' which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and I'm learning a lot. Michael Koryta I guess I am a bit of a traditionalist. Yvonne Strahovski I knew what type of player I was: a free agent, a small kid who came from a small school. Victor Cruz Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week. Victoria Woodhull That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul. Billy Crystal The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought. Thomas Mann Yet I was Marilyn Manson - times 10. Alice Cooper I don't talk about my politics. I am registered as an independent. Charlie Rose Primary care m

'The Dark Knight,' for me, has the same problem that every other 'Batman' movie has.

It's not about Batman. I think Heath Ledger is just phenomenal and the character of the Joker is beautifully written. He has a particular philosophy that he carries throughout the movie. He has one of the best bad guy schemes. Joss Whedon Instead of mindlessly tossing billions at or taking billions from the Net as such, investors should be spending their time making sure that it's the future Fords and General Motors of cyberspace that are getting the capital they need. James Surowiecki I got about 6037 songs I wrote myself and I'm trying to get them on the market and I just wish people could hear them and stuff but they'll do pretty good. Hasil Adkins There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that kind of thing. Jeff Daniels Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme. Mark Edwards Sometimes I say things that I think are obviously sarcastic and people take them quite literally.

There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence -

not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all? Jeffrey Kluger Karl Malone's too high-class for a bum like me. Dennis Rodman People are always very nice. Alison Krauss I really want to go to college. Saoirse Ronan We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory. Walid Jumblatt We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name. Greg Ginn Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things. Edward Felten The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined. Arthur Murphy I th

But again, you know, the views that we've expressed are transferring power back from the

federal government to the states, giving Alaska an incredible opportunity to expand its economy, especially at a time when our federal government is coming close to bankruptcy. So that is a broad-based appeal. It's not an extreme view. Joe Miller Go where your customers take you! For example, did you know that Sony's first product was a rice cooker? Since abandoning the rice cooker, it has merely managed to become the world's biggest consumer electronics company. Naveen Jain I'm not going to say whether I'm a Republican or a Democrat. Hugh Shelton I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler. Sheryl Crow I don't have much patience with sick people. Maura Tierney The West coast money and the East coast money, in an ever-increasing manner, is finding its way to Chicago. Eric Lefkofsky I'm a bad pessimist. I don't think about how successful any record I've ever done is going to do before it came out. Phil

We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other

day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates. Victoria Beckham I loved the feeling I got when I sang. I loved the feeling that it gave to people when I sang. Jazmine Sullivan I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old episodes of 'Law and Order,' the Benjamin Bratt/Jerry Orbach era. Amy Poehler My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master. Malcolm X Television is the triumph of machine over people. Fred Allen I've been more single than not in my short life. Michael Kiwanuka Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissi

We have to nurture our young women and understand the beauty and the strength of

being a woman. It's kind of a catch-22: Strength in women isn't appreciated, and vulnerability in women isn't appreciated. It's like, 'What the hell do you do?' What you do is you don't allow anyone to dictate who you are. Jada Pinkett Smith I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves. Joe Mantello I don't know any form of art or entertainment that can affect people the way movies can. I know it sounds ridiculous, but they can change your world. They can change your views. Chris Evans I did plays in high school and I really loved it, but I think singing was always what I loved most of all. Cristin Milioti The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined. Mitch McConnell I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and

I think I read films having grown up around the pre-production and post-production aspect of

the filmmaking medium, a lot more than most young people who are in acting would have experienced. I do think about scripts in a different way. I can't just read a script as an actor. I don't know how to do that. Alice Englert There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things. Dwight L. Moody I don't know, I'd love to try some theater. That's my other thing. I'd love to do some Shakespeare. Emma Watson I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of Texas. If they should never be framed out of Texas, they never could be admitted. William H. Seward I grew six inches in a year. Karlie Kloss I'm proud of what I look like. I'm proud that I look like my mom. Lisa Guerrero When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was a bandleader for my brother's band. Tro

I had two major activities as a child. I was trying to put on shows

with kids in my street, or I was drawing. Actually, what I'm doing now is exactly what I was doing then. Either I'm drawing, or I'm gathering people for a common project. The only difference is that now they are paying me for that. Marjane Satrapi You want your fans to like what you do, because it's coming from your heart and soul. You write it, you produce this thing. It's like your baby. Gloria Estefan Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal. Larry Dixon It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian. James Baldwin I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow. Kid Rock When we go to a restaurant, they don't ask, 'Do you want the asbestos section or the non-asbestos section?' They do ask, 'Do you want smoking or nonsmoking?' John Ro

If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming

an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they'd tear me apart. Dree Hemingway I don't think I'm a star or a celebrity or any thing like that. Dave Attell A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise, it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks. Joe Perry I punch a lot of guys on set. It's much easier than in real life as your hands don't hurt afterwards. The key is that you miss. Timothy Olyphant I'm not lost, they just moved my street. Piper Perabo As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy. Frank Ocean There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen. Ethel Waters I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England. Randy Ha

I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember

there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest. Jared Harris Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished. Sophie Swetchine Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it was foolish, really. Dermot Mulroney I've been in situations where, in the midst of really hardcore events in my life, I made some ridiculous off-color joke that was in horrible taste, but made people laugh. Samuel Witwer I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger. Bill Cosby I made a living being a background singer for years. Katey Sagal I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth. Sanaa Lathan I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we

I was never the ingenue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still

work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where they're at even though some of them are huge stars and I feel like, 'Oh, my God, you're at the top.' Something interesting will come. It always does. I have faith. Hope Davis I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia's passion to get lost in a faraway place. Baz Luhrmann I think Twitter is great. Chris Hughes You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear. Jose Manuel Barroso Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight. Gene Tunney Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer.

You can't escape this feeling of disintegration. The world is fragile. But you also can't

let it ruin your life. I'm actually a pretty composed person. I guess people imagine I spend my life thinking about crazy, sinister things but I don't, really. It's not like I'm trying to exorcise any demons. Michael Shannon I'm influenced by all types of music. Flo Rida How people interpret my degrees of sexiness is out of my hands. Seth Green Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that. Johnny Weir There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means. T-Pain To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe. Louis-Ferdinand Celine I think you make mistakes, especially in your twenties, where you date guys you wouldn't even be friends with - ever. Rashida Jones Many people say I smile more in Africa than in Sweden. Hen

I remember one night, my parents were out at a function of some kind and

I had just gotten cable in my room. That was a big deal, and I saw 'Blue Velvet' on HBO. It blew my mind in a way that I don't think children's minds are supposed to be blown, but they probably shouldn't be watching 'Blue Velvet.' James Roday Lives are changed by a moment's listening to conscience, by a single and quiet inclination of the mind. George A. Smith I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything. Mary Timony I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place; it's unavoidable. Jose Padilha We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students. Debbie Stabenow People often ask why comedy is harder for women, and the reason is because a tampon will sometimes fall out when you're on stage. Blokes don't have that worry. Jenny Eclair I really love music but

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