still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to. Lisa Gardner I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way. Damian Lewis The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world. Nelson Mandela You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it. T Bone Burnett I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop. Aisha Tyler Long afterward, many would remember those two days in the first week of October with vividness and anguish. Arthur Hailey You wen...

be today, where do I want to be tomorrow, and where do I want to be in a hundred years?' We all have clear answers to those questions. We only have so much time. It's a real shame if we don't spend our lives trying to do that. Jack Antonoff If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'. Naima Adedapo Zombies are apocalyptic. I think that's why people love them because we're living in, not apocalyptic times, but I think we're living in fear of the apocalyptic times. Max Brooks It wasn't until 'Smokey Joe's' came out that I actually got to step out from behind the curtain and meet our 'fans.' Mike Stoller I was always determined that one way or another I would force a book on the world, even if I had to resort to writing one about a tabby cat who solves mysteries. Ned Beauman My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000. Charles Van Doren Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by h...

But what appeals to me about central Montana is that the combination of landscape and lifestyle is the most compelling I've seen on this earth. Small mountain ranges and open prairie, and different weather, different light, all within a 360-degree view. Sam Abell The giant industries that are polluting our planet as well as violating human rights worldwide are the ones nearest and dearest to the hearts of American politicians. Woody Harrelson Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering. Chris Hemsworth I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me. Lawrence Block People are getting cynical about the news. It doesn't seem like there's one place to watch where you get the straight dope. You watch the channel that proves your point. Jason Sudeikis We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be th...

you've never talked to about reproductive rights. That's how you can throw your number in the bucket, and stand with a president who has stood with us. Conversation by conversation, vote by vote, we will re-elect President Barack Obama! Nancy Keenan I just could not believe that 30 years later we're still looking at people who are supposed to write little 2-minute pop that when they actually try to do something that's a little bit more they regard it as pretentious. Pete Townshend I'm not a psychiatrist. I'm not treating patients. John Malkovich Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent. Jonathan Sacks I'm definitely not a fearless individual. Serena Williams We are demonstrating for services for all the people and not just services for money. It's very important that this message goes to the European Parliament today. John Monks I'm someone who ...

enough for only a couple of days. And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening. What am I going to do? Drive out at 11 at night just to satisfy a craving? No, that's crazy. Jennifer Love Hewitt When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war. William Lyon Mackenzie King Art is the production of objects for consumption, to be used and discarded while waiting for a new world in which man will have succeeded in freeing himself of everything, even of his own consciousness. Eugenio Montale A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing. William Shatner The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my...

It was... what I call it the 'Edifice complex' - it's just, we can grow by putting up lots and lots of buildings and trying to attract people to come here, stay here, and put up offices here and sooner or later, you put up too many. James Chanos I think by being happy it actually affects the way that you look too. Kelly Preston I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness. Stephen A. Schwarzman I wouldn't say design has become strictly functional. A lot of cars these days look downright comic book to me, and the info-gadgets with which late industrial people spend the most time - phones, music players, etc. - are blobjects. Scott Westerfeld If I don't believe it, I don't care. Sid Caesar You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything. David Bailey The Marshall is supposed to be 200 watts, but mine's never worked right; it peaks out at 80. Stevie Ray Va...

moments I sometimes had playing tennis as a sixteen-year-old. You'd be out on the court and for an hour, two hours, sometimes an entire roasting hot day, and every single thing you hit would go in. Hit that ball as hard as you wanted, wherever you wanted, and it went in. Atul Gawande Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring. Mae West I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress. Shelley Berkley I'm very content. V. S. Naipaul If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis. Ice T I like working as a director most. Stephen Chow I'm an emotional sort of person in general and I have a vivid imagination, so I feel the whole spectrum of emotion strongly when I write. Erin Morgenstern I'm merely a fan of fashion from high end to streetwear, from Nike to Comme des Garcons. Tinie Tempah Strong female leads are important. Chris Hemsworth There are moments when very little truth...

What I suggest - based on the Christian tradition but not often preached - is that you can't enter into the fullness of the Pascal mystery of the redemption unless there is a radical transformation of motivation within you. Thomas Keating Fiction isn't made by scraping the bones of topicality for the last shreds and sinews, to be processed into mechanically recovered prose. Like journalism, it deals in ideas as well as facts, but also in metaphors, symbols and myths. Hilary Mantel I think the Australian men and American men are quite different. I feel like Australian men might be a little bit more laid back and a little bit cool whereas American guys are sort of 'boom, boom, boom.' Nicky Whelan I started my first novel when I was 10, and have produced thousands of pages of juvenilia since. Ned Beauman I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life. Max Beckmann I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creati...

was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn't feel it was my calling... I felt, 'Well, I'm flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.' Richard Carmona My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible. Kal Penn That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the European production system characterized, and characterizes to this day, all industrial systems including the information age. Paul Hawken A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists. Gustav Stresemann I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that. John Legend Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential. Peace Pilgrim I think a l...

Air Act, the Superfund Law - the gas industry is exempt from all these basic environmental and worker protections. They don't have to disclose the chemicals they use. They don't have to play by the same rules as anybody else. Josh Fox Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo. Billy Corgan I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world. Lisa Loeb Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds. Richard Leakey And tears are heard within the harp I touch. Petrarch I like styling girls that don't normally dress in vintage clothes and don't normally wear red lipstick; I like seeing those kind of girls restyled in a retro way. Dita Von Teese I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here. Elaine Stritch A premium support program is different than a voucher program. ...

reason why I've been reaching out to CEOs. There's a lot of folks who probably would have taken a call from me before but are even more inclined now and are interested in what we're doing because of all the attention. Scott Walker The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes. Peter De Vries As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work. Avery Brundage This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief. James Lovelock I was very slow in maths, geometry I actually enjoyed. Liam Neeson It's been an amazing year of individual performances. Steve Kerr Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate. Andrew Cuomo Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it. Ben Carson My public caricature - that of a sel...

if you can write comedy, you can pretty much write anything, because it's the hardest. It's the most technically demanding, the most precisely evaluated form of writing. People know if it works or not. There's a big button marked 'fail,' and that's when nobody laughs. Steven Moffat I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the business and enjoy the business. Alex O'Loughlin I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age. Nadia Comaneci Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love. Marsilio Ficino What we have currently available is what we have available. Paul Brown Boredom is rage spread thin. Paul Tillich If I've learned anything in this business, it's that you have to be fearless. Jody Watley I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help th...

I make them laugh because that means I'm doing what God called me to do. I love people. I love it when little old ladies come up and want to kiss me. It means so much to me that I get support and people know my heart. My fans know my heart and they get it. Sherri Shepherd I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing. Donald Norman I like getting married, but I don't like being married. Don Adams I got expelled from every school I went to in Sydney. Poppy Montgomery We promised new benefits to seniors like preventive screening and diabetes testing. We kept that promise. Mike Rogers I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched. Mahendra Singh Dhoni We'd rather see a picture that we liked then dump on one we didn't. Gene Siskel I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me. Al...

and, in that sense, also felt quite controlling in its pace. He retained something from his childhood, that London sound, as well as adopting some of the L.A. sounds... All of this helps you create the character. Toby Jones I am totally unattached to material items. Zac Posen Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium. Booth Tarkington Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands individual responsibility. Lyn Nofziger Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life. Robert Mondavi History will tell where I stand in the ranks of Bond villains, I have no control over that. Rick Yune I was a safari guide in the 1980s in Kenya. Don Winslow I get paid to make out with the hunks! Kelly R...

President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise. Dennis Ross Obamacare is a seriously flawed law that makes health care coverage less affordable, costs taxpayers more than advertised and fails to deliver on most of its other grand promises. Fred Upton You can tell a lot about a man from his hands. If they don't have any scars or calluses on them, you might as well assume they cry at romantic comedy films, too. Ellen Hollman I'm not sitting around saying, 'Man, I'd really love to direct a western.' That's just not something I'm probably going to do, mostly because I'm allergic to horses. Josh Radnor I would like to do comedy. I can be a bit of a Jim Carrey. I was always the class clown. Jacqueline MacInnes Wood I go out there and get my eyes...

a few times, and I'd like to learn more about the various cultures in Africa. But that's the basis point of where all of the music that I love is based upon, from Africa to Cuba to Puerto Rico to South America. Chick Corea Very skinny women don't look beautiful in clothes. Christian Lacroix Today a new faith is stirring: the myth of blood, the faith that along with blood we are defending the divine nature of man as a whole. Alfred Rosenberg When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I had realized, not very long before, that Philadelphia only had thirty thousand people in it - it practically lifted me out of my chair. David McCullough To not have any hope is where things start to get really bleak. Things are possible. The impossible can be possible. Sarah Paulson At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone. Mose Allison I feel like certain people think that certai...

they didn't die out in the last 10,000 years, nor during the previous interglacial, nor the one before that. So, they're just used as a deceitful heartthrob; you know, to pluck your heartstrings because the polar bears might die out. Piers Corbyn My main income is from speaking. Ken Livingstone I remember being, like, 5 years old, and my dad took me to a Yankees-Mets game. My dad had me on his shoulders and taught me one of the most important lessons about sports. He said, 'Jesse, just remember one thing, the Mets suck.' Jesse McCartney My road to publishing actually came through a colleague who connected me to my agent, and the faculty at Cornell was very supportive. Tea Obreht When you think about it, we're strapping strange planks of wood to our feet and launching off of giant snow walls. It's pretty intense. Shaun White First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes. Daniel Nathans Aim for the highe...

recognized. The best are 'You're a great actor, good work,' and move on. A very good interaction could be when they say 'You were awesome on 'The West Wing,' 'Loved 'In Her Shoes,' great movie,' 'What Women Want,' good job dude.' Mark Feuerstein I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society. Lech Walesa Ukraine is also successfully moving toward democracy and making progress expanding freedoms and rights to its people. We can help Ukraine achieve these goals and improve its economy by normalizing trade relations. Vito Fossella Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger. Greta Scacchi I don't want to lead an organization where I have no sense of what the members think of me - ...

walking around. Whereas in New York, after a while, all your stuff is kind of public, in one way or the other. I'm not saying either one of those is bad; they're both great for a very specific kind of comedian. And I'm glad that they both exist. Patton Oswalt For me, something will come in my head and I'll either end up calling my cell phone to record it, or I'll just pick my guitar up and see what comes out. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it doesn't. So there's really no set method behind it. Chris Daughtry I love living on the road; I live out of a suitcase. Dustin Lynch Well, it's so cheesy to say but you can't find a comedy director who makes movies for critics. When a movie does $580 million worldwide, I'm not saying that proves anything except people were enjoying the experience. Todd Phillips That's always - that's been another dream of mine, to do a Broadway play. An award winning Broadway play. Janet Jackson From it...

flat and easy to see so anyone can read them. So you could lay four credit cards in front of you and say, 'Oh, that's the one that has the highest rate, that's the one that has the really scary provision that could hurt me.' Elizabeth Warren When 'The Awakening' was published it was considered so scandalous it was banned in the author's home-town library, and she herself was barred from the Fine Arts Club in the same city. What the novel has to offer, among other things, is honesty. Jane Smiley I love to hit people. I love to. Mike Tyson Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen. Julia Sweeney Even in between takes, you emerge yourself. So you don't have a life for six months. Lea Seydoux I'm just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each nigh...

two years. It can be addictive, and things not taken in moderation have negative effects. But the alarmism around 'Facebook is changing our brains' strikes me as a kind of historical trick. Because we now know from brain science that everything changes our brains. Clay Shirky A motorcycle is an independent thing. Ryan Hurst It's very nice to be able to be who you are. Andrew Tobias I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life. Mike White If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Kool Whip on the side, you might be a redneck. Jeff Foxworthy We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list. Michelle Obama All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it. Liz Phair People find it a great blessing if their child left behind a child. Elizabeth Edwards Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. Josh Billings I've al...

for lots of them it doesn't really make sense. For Facebook it fits so well. It wasn't until a few years in that we started building some tools that made it easier to import friends to the site. That was a huge thing that spiked growth. Mark Zuckerberg They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique. Billie Jean King It's hard to force creativity and humor. Al Yankovic The Cistercians do not eat meat... Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon - though perhaps not quite all of it. The heads, legs, and feet they neither give away, throw away, nor sell. What becomes of them God knows. Walter Map It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time. Kamisese Mara The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality. Jo...

like, Jessica Rabbit red. It kind of allowed me to have this whole new confidence and this whole new swagger and this whole new sense of self. It kind of brought out the inner rock star in me. I had never dyed my hair like that, and no one forgot me after that. Candice Accola What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of mankind, the geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos. Anselm Kiefer Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government. Jay Weatherill You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that. Joanna Trollope When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader. Guillermo Cabrera Infante Scripture is not inerrant; believers a...

and I was a raving lunatic. The older you get, you figure out you don't need to do that. You realize at a certain point, there's a certain gravity to what you say and what you do. If that's not enough, all the yelling in the world is not going to matter. Tom Colicchio I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me. Andy Serkis Fame won't make you feel any better about yourself. Neil Strauss I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths. Lynn Johnston The only thing I can talk about is just forgiving yourself, because I do not have everything together. And so I tell people: No, you should see my house, it's a mess. Susan Sarandon Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever. Toyo Ito I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to ...

in 1974; and on the essays in Marxism and the French Left in 1978. Conversely, my first non-academic publication, a review in the 'TLS', did not come until the late 1980s, and it was not until 1993 that I published my first piece in the 'New York Review.' Tony Judt I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home. Andrea Bocelli I watched 'My Girl' as an adult pretty recently, and it's a good movie. Anna Chlumsky OK, well maybe I have to get back to Judaism. In the sense that if I look at me and my forebears forever stretching back to I don't know, whenever there's no sense of place and therefore no sense of nationality. Janet Suzman Remember to be as smart as you are. Judd Nelson The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks. Lord Acton I'm not great at talking about myself. Kathleen Kennedy Every pilot I've ever written, I've fallen ...

it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group. Patrick Rothfuss Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so. Helmut Kohl My parents don't really watch movies at all. Teresa Palmer The French have only negative things to say about everything and everyone. Eric Cantona I hate being a blonde. Leslie Bibb I do like to look at female drummers, because I am one. Caroline Corr One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events. David Brin When you sing live, you cannot expect any artist, except for the amazing Beyonce or GaGa, to get it right every time. Cher Lloyd I'm not as cool as I'm supposed to be. Joe Mauer Out of difficulties gro...

of the top black anchors in the country. You know, that's very insulting. I'm striving to be one of the best anchors in the country. Handcuff me like that. What you're saying is, 'You're black. You should only expect to rise to the level of the best at being black.' Lester Holt It was a lot of pressure, but I loved working with Tim and I loved working with Adrian. Elizabeth Pena When you lead a normal life, you aren't aware of how you affect people. Richard Karn I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home. Josh Hutcherson I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life. Jan de Bont The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people. Pink We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves. Sarah McLachlan It's dangerous to assert oneself...

was in an RV park with my wife and kids in our motorhome, this week I'm in NY doing a charity event, and tomorrow I'll be coaching my daughters soccer practice. I guess the range of roles I play on film stem from the range of roles I play in real life. Peter Facinelli I've been really fortunate in that I guess I was hired to do 'A Cook's Tour;' I was already a known quantity, meaning I had written a really obnoxious book and nobody expected me to be anyone that I wasn't already. Anthony Bourdain I always thought I should base how good I am on how good I feel I am. Neve Campbell I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them. Uma Thurman The first few weeks of being a mom were profound, not just emotionally but also, physically. All the changes you instinctually go through...

some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important. Ben Carson I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues. Sara Paretsky Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember. Burt Bacharach But I'm not a member of the Democratic Party. If you know anything about me, anybody who's followed me, I'm the anti-Democrat. I have railed against the Democrats for a long time. Michael Moore One key element to Hitchcock is the drooping jowl. That was crucial because his silhouette is crucial. There is something about his silhouette that became his brand. Toby Jones I think that I've had a very strange life. J. K. Rowling I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend. Shelley Duvall The problem of ...

because I've got somewhere to go, I've got work to do, to try to understand why they behave like they behave, to relate entirely and understand them and to be completely emotionally connected. That is much more fun 99 percent of the time. Rebecca Hall I live in Florida and people are crazy here. And I say that lovingly. Amy Seimetz I enjoyed 'The Avengers.' I couldn't do that kind of movie though. Superheroes aren't my deal. John Carpenter In June 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since, off and on. I just live in Airbnb apartments and I check in every week in different homes in San Francisco. Brian Chesky The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings. Halle Berry NFL cheerleading is harder than most people think. They train up to six hours every day with games on Sundays. They gave me a great work ethic. Sa...

school to try and get away from doing musicals... and of course the first thing that happened when I got out is I got offered a musical. And then when I got to the Royal Shakespeare Company, which was my next job, I ended up doing a bloody musical! Stephen Moyer Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. Marcus Aurelius One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust. Gustav Heinemann As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do. Alexander McQueen I don't see any kind of mirror of power, male power, that is, as a form of liberation. I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I don't believe this is truly freedom. Sandra Cisneros You have a lot of people on the run and really don't have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal. Bo Jackson I know I want to work for my whole life because I know I can't live witho...

music. Music was always meant to be pure sound - it started out as pure sound and now it's pure sound again. But books started out as things. Words on paper began as words on paper. The paperback book is the best technology to deliver that information to you. Chip Kidd If anyone wants to know what the definition of 'dope' means, it's: 'Definition of Public Enemy.' Flavor Flav I wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts. John Malkovich The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews. Adam Levine Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for. Kate Mosse At 17, we all think we know what we're doing. Jessica Brown Findlay I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.' Harlan Coben I thin...

Nature did something for a million years. It actually goes back a lot further than that, but the ice core records show a million years. So, nature has this normal oscillation within this zone, and all of a sudden, we're forty percent outside that zone. James Balog I don't remember one thing I learned in school. Bobby Fischer I went to law school. I found it interesting for the first three weeks. Demetri Martin I always did think I would be married and settled down by now but maybe I ain't ready. Holland Taylor Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals. Harold Washington Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals. John Leguizamo I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life. Philip Johnson I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple. Bill Watterson I have been raising money for the past 14 years for ...

fiance Ashanti, whom I've been dating for eight months and two wonderful children beside me, I'm just so happy that I have been able to maintain my integrity and get to where I am today with the right energy around me. Angie Stone I believe I am an honorable man. Joseph J. Ellis People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy. Gary Vaynerchuk My object is to stop the guy with the ball before he gains another inch. Dick Lane A generation of children has been betrayed. William Hague I think quite spiritually of myself. I feel like I'm here to support the human evolution. Alanis Morissette I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way. Lionel Messi I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to ...

issue just to be on TV, I'm not your guy. I'm not going to be 'the black Republican'. I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about that are specific to the agenda that I want to accomplish. Tim Scott Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream. Malcolm Muggeridge I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand. Tom Peters Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every corner, none of that matters if when families step into a restaurant, they can't make a healthy choice. Michelle Obama I think one of the unique aspects of Catholic school education is the opportunity to care for the material and intellectual needs of the child in a community atmosphere. Mark Foley I was a professional baseball player ...

and family, but they're also building an image and identity for themselves, which in a sense is their brand. They're connecting with the audience that they want to connect to. It's almost a disadvantage if you're not on it now. Mark Zuckerberg Only married people understand you can be miserable and happy at the same time. Chris Rock When I look back, I'm definitely proud of what I did. It kind of allows me to move forward and reset my goals. Katie Hoff Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art. Alfred Stieglitz I probably get more satisfaction from making a show than being on a show. Simon Cowell I love acting, and it was really important to me to give it a real shot. Sarah Chalke You have it or you don't... I think I have it. Chris Moneymaker There is no greater evil than anarchy. ...

able to represent my country and wear the red, white, and blue out there, and I think it is one of the highest honors to be able to go out there and compete for your country, and it was something so very special, and it was everything I dreamt of and more. Jennie Finch I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up. Karl Kraus I don't know what an audience wants to see but I know what I like to see. Paul Guilfoyle I'm a private person; I stick to my neighbourhood and eat in my little restaurants. Juno Temple I'm trying to make all the characters change and grow, or regress. R. A. Salvatore I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals. Georg Brandes I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels. Maj Sjowall I can't have white roses. They symbolize death. Nina...

unknown. Instead of solving high-profile problems, try to solve something that's deeply personal to you. Ideally, if you're an ordinary person and you've just solved your problem, you might have solved the problem for millions of people. Brian Chesky In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Steve Jobs A lot of kids get disappointed. They expect me to be, like, 'Bwaah.' 'If I spend a minute with them, they end up saying, 'Wow, you're a nice, normal guy.' They hate it when they catch me out of my makeup. Gerard Way I think I've always had a decent perspective on wins and losses on the tennis court. Andy Roddick When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin. Cyril Connolly...

of toys and his Google campus stocked with volleyball courts and unlocked bikes and wheat-grass shots and cereal dispensers and Haribo Gummi Bears and heated toilet seats and herb gardens and parking lots with cords hanging to plug in electric cars. Maureen Dowd People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who's right here too. Jim Valvano All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done. P. J. O'Rourke You can't plan for the future, because some guy's going to land in a spaceship with three heads and a big beak and take over everything. Paul Kantner There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it's not going to happen. Art Shell My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse. Shelby Lynne Songwriting is like a therapy, it's a connection that you have with another person, and I'm not scared of it at all for some reason...

more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different. Tom Sizemore Silver, gold - I don't discriminate! I like sparkly things. Charlaine Harris Will cannot be quenched against its will. Dante Alighieri There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better. David Knopfler I didn't cry much after I was 35, but staggered stony-faced into middle age, a handkerchief still in my bag just in case. Hilary Mantel The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor. Damien Hirst My whole act is confession. Shelley Berman The good thing about being pregnant is that I don't have to worry about sucking it in or dieting! Busy Philipps Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record....

But I'm 53 now and won't be able to tour forever, so a logical step is to get into writing film scores. Trouble is, you need to be somewhere which has a big film industry - another reason why I'm thinking about living in California. Gary Numan The truth was you can't continue to spend the kind of money our spending on all these entitlement programs. I think we need more people in public life who are willing to say, no, we can't afford certain things. No, we can't do certain things. Chris Christie I'll see you in my dreams. Gus Kahn Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that. Haile Gebrselassie My friends and family always thought I was pretty funny, but I don't know if they thought I was get-my-own-show funny. Nick Kroll One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments. Rudy Rucker I love doing a film with a new bunch of people. Naomie Harris First of all, anybody who has la...

or unconsciously, to avoid living, to avoid doing the messy part of having relationships with other people, of dealing with a person next to us. That's why we can all be in a room on our cell phones and not have to deal with one another. Andrew Stanton I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up. Nas My first novel, 'Housekeeping,' was accepted by the first agent who read it, and bought by the first editor who read it. In general, my experience with publication has been gentle and gratifying. Marilynne Robinson Who was the real Hitchcock? I interviewed him once and haven't a clue. Roger Ebert You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles. Kevin Whately Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom. Abraham Verghese I think marriage is ghastly. Rupert Everett I can't stand to see myself on tel...

be my day. And it is that philosophy towards sports, something that I really truly live by. I am emotional. I want to win. I am hungry. I am a competitor. I have that fire. But deep down, I truly enjoy the art of competing so much more than the result. Apolo Ohno Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing. Julie Andrews When I was a kid, I'd spray paint my hair, cut clothes up. Rita Ora With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like. Cara Buono With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a permanent and necessary condition of life. Frederick Soddy You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no. Richard Eyre I always sa...

Obama. Working-class voters - always more enamored of Clinton - have grown even more wary and distrustful of the Chicagoan. Both voting blocs pose the danger of serious defection in 2012. Without their support, Obama cannot win. Douglas Wilder Anjelica Huston and Kelly MacDonald are both really special. Anjelica has such a fresh point of view about acting and doesn't seem jaded at all. She seems more like a student and yet she is veteran actor who really brings it. Sam Rockwell No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it. Tom Araya When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman. Billie Jean King I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded. Genevieve Gorder There are probably a few library fines I haven't paid yet, but I'm a pretty clean-cut guy overall. Al Yankovic I'm a good mimic. Wes...

be seen. I don't like how appearance oriented TV is (especially now that I'm middle aged!). But I am developing a show revolving around animal rescue which will hopefully entertain and maybe do a bit of good for the cause as well. Susan Olsen There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven. Tom Robbins I wasn't even prepared to be an actress. I was 17 when I came out of high school, and suddenly became Miss World and then I became an actress. Priyanka Chopra I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell. Jason Ritter I love 'Top Chef.' I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV. Andy Cohen When you're out grocery shopping for your family, maybe you can put a can of cat or dog food in your cart and bring it to an animal relief center. Rachael Ray Everybody's a dreamer. John Lithgow ...

is the new 30, why shouldn't 70 be the new 65? The last time Washington politicians tinkered ever so gingerly with the government-sanctioned retirement age, Ronald Reagan was in office and Generation X-ers were all in diapers. Michelle Malkin I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea. Michael Eisner This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has found the way once, always returns to this world with an internal maturity that enables him to continue his work. Gustave Meyrink A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience. Curt Siodmak I take things too seriously. Helen Slater If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years. Vladim...

that I had played fat clowns and I thought, 'If I want to have the career I would like, I am going to have to lose weight.' I was just starting drama school, and found I was moving around a lot. I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off. Harry Melling As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom. Dorothy L. Sayers I looked at my daughter's face and thought, it's lovely to be beautiful but better to be healthy. Koo Stark Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever. Nassim Nicholas Taleb I have faced up to what I am. Robin Ince And then when all around grows dark, when we feel utterly alone, when all men right and left pass us by and know us not, a forgotten feeling rises in the breast. Max Muller I've been an entrepreneur all my life, and my recent focus is on finding entrepreneurial solutions to ad...

faith has been the center point of my life, really, since I was a child, but at 16 years of age, I fully surrendered my life over to Christ. At that point, as a teenager, I began to grasp the concept of Christ's true love and forgiveness. Michele Bachmann Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action. Augustus Hare In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state. Virgil Goode When someone came to ask us for help, it was sacred. We did not even think twice. We helped them, even if we had only meagre means; we offered them arms, a little bit of money, and in occasion, men. Ahmed Ben Bella I will burn, but this is a mere event. We shall continue our discussion in eternity. Michael Servetus I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You migh...

long, then they have to come home and be 'Stupid Sally.' Men need respect, and they need to know that they can lead in the relationship, so even if they don't make the most money they need to be able to call the shots. Patti Stanger Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don't really mean anything. George Cukor I didn't start grieving for my mother properly until I was maybe 16. Peaches Geldof As far as the live shows go, we're not leapfrogging all the smaller venues. We would have bypassed these kind of shows and gone straight to the Arena shows, but we didn't want to. Dan Hawkins In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing. Wale I like what I see in the mirror. I liked what I saw in the mirror before. It just didn't work in a bikini. And now it does. So I'm excited! Jordin Sparks Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, th...

free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt. Douglas Wilder I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script. Jane Campion When I come to London now it's like being in L.A., because they know me like I'm at home. Raphael Saadiq I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious. Khaled Hosseini The earth has a life of its own. David Bailey I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face. Emeli Sande When Europeans came upon real ruined cities they refused to b...

shops I don't like to go to the counter unless I've got at least two things to buy. If I'm walking around with just one thing in my hand I'll put it back and wait a few weeks because that doesn't seem like a proper purchase. Sophie Ellis-Bextor In television there are only about 12 people who do what I do. Jim Lehrer College athletics are so entrenched and enjoyed by so many people that they will never be discontinued or substantially changed. I know that. I just pity the people caught in that tender trap. And most of all, I pity those kids. Susan Orlean I've been on the tour for 23 years and anybody who knows me knows that I am a jokester. Fuzzy Zoeller I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can't see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise? James Blunt Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist. David Ben-Gurion Freedom is a unique concept that everyone interprets differe...

this season, but I've been there since the very beginning, so when I found out this is the last year - I am a good Asian kid who was an A student - I wish I could be there to the end to see things through. Mindy Kaling It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one event then you have to call it fiction or you get all the credits of non-fiction without paying the price. Nicholson Baker Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication. Dick Gephardt I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. The Yankees are strictly a business. Baseball is your life and everything else is secondary. Gary Sheffield We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future. Jim M...

are its own powers over the people, is an absolute government of course. It has all the powers that it chooses to exercise. There is no other or at least no more accurate definition of a despotism than this. Lysander Spooner I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios. Adam Sandler As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it. Carl Hiaasen I never liked blues and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry. Johnny Ramone Sunday evenings often feel like the weekend is over before it's even begun. Catherine McCormack One of my most exciting Saturday nights was just me and a bottle of wine and a crochet book. Jessica Pare The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards. Hanna Rosin The scar on my forehead is from ...

and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great. Eric Stoltz I was a sidelines child: never class president, never team captain, never the one with the most valentines in my box. Lois Lowry I'm my happiest when I'm really busy. I love feeling like I need one more hour of sleep, or when I'm running around frazzled! Lauren Conrad It is going to be an experiment of how it works, and I see I have all reasons to believe that it will work fine. But it's a short time. And we also have pushed the envelope here a little beyond what has been done in the past. Claude Nicollier I grow dizzy when I recall that the number of manufactured tanks seems to have been more important to me than the vanished victims of racism. Albert Speer I loved horses and horse books as a ch...

and these were my best holidays. In mid-May, we'd start in St Tropez. I'd collect my bikinis from my home there and then we'd go up to Cannes for the Film Festival, on to Monte Carlo for the Grand Prix and then to Italy. Ivana Trump I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person. James Hillman Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground. Ralph Marston We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty. Ricardo Lagos Ten-year plan? No, three-year plan! I'm in a hurry. Josh Schwartz I laughed all the way through Love Story. Paul Lynde People always seem to be interested in my private life because I'm married to a pop star. Jamie Redknapp What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ...

ever being a filmmaker was when I was sixteen years old and I wanted to make a Viking movie. And I wanted to make it in old Norse, which I was studying at the time. It's odd because at that age that's a stupidly ridiculous idea 'cause how will I ever be a filmmaker. Mel Gibson You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are. Viggo Mortensen I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out. David Chase The writer studies literature, not the world. Annie Dillard I don't really know where my ideas come from. I start with a time and a place. That's what I need to get started, and an intellectual question. Jennifer Egan I lived in town until I was eight and then I moved nearer the farmland, so I had a mixture. Stephen Sprouse Architects design houses. I live in a home. Peter Eisenman Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay ...

as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are shrinking - investigation teams are being terminated or shrunk on newspapers all around the country. The one aspect that's expanded is coverage of celebrity culture. Carl Hiaasen I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth. Shane Carruth I'm the wrong person to not be professional around. When someone calls 'action' and we're in the frame together, I'm gonna run you over. You're gonna get eaten alive. John C. McGinley But you know the thing that I thing oftentimes gets ignored and neglected is there was 10 or 12 years of life before I met Amy and before she met me, where you know, whatever happened was probably going to happen some day. Vince Gill Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. John Barth I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play. Wynt...

and so I tend to respect it as a separate craft that I would need to study first. So, right now I'm still trying to do certain things as an actor and until I get bored of that or I feel completely fed by that then I'll move into directing. Michael Ealy I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy. Tab Hunter Performance capture is a tool that young actors will need in the next 10, 20 years. It's on the increase, as you say. It's not going away. Andy Serkis But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man! Charles Eastman There was one year that I was on the road. Eydie Gorme I think the media's a little frightened of women. Nikki Haley I love macaroni and cheese. I could eat it every meal of the day. Cobie Smulders So, as one sees, I by no means deprive my world of stubborn reality, if I merely call it a world of ideas. Josiah Royce I do not enjoy ...

legitimate problems and holes in the theory of evolution. And what we need to do is to present those fairly from a scientific point of view. And we should lay out areas in which the evidence supports evolution and the areas in the evidence that does not. Rick Santorum So I told Robert from the start that if we couldn't get Charles and Max to take part, but especially Charles, that I didn't want to make the film. So would he call his mother and talk to Charles and see if Charles would at all be interested. Terry Zwigoff Everybody changes, not just me. Eldridge Cleaver It has become my mission to stop the insanity of wild cats as pets. Tippi Hedren I did a film called 'Fort McCoy,' based on a true story of one of the few internment camps during WWII that was actually in the United States. Eric Stoltz Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us...

just private time with the hubby. We all have our moments where we run out of steam because we've given everything we've got to everyone else. Whoever decided that was a good thing? It's not. Everyone needs to refuel. Jada Pinkett Smith I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women. Bob Hoskins If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice. Robin S. Sharma The oil market is especially sensitive even to a hint of expansion or contraction in supply. James Surowiecki When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says, 'No.' Julian Castro What's really fun is to write under different names. Tom Verlaine Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself...

If I had enough money, I'd collect them like other people collect teapots. I don't know why I love them so much. I'm just very interested in the idea of a house as a metaphor for the way one lives. Frances Mayes I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time. Kenneth H. Cooper 'What can your kids teach you?' Well, I believe something different about kids. We don't own them, they have their own knowledge. From the start you have to make the choice to listen. Faye Wattleton No woman or girl is going to want to spend time looking at pretty dresses on the Internet. Vogue is going to be around for a long time to come. Felix Dennis Openness has been vital to Asia's fast growth in the past and it will continue to be crucial for the area's further development. Li Keqiang I'm just like any person who is coaching in this league, I'm just looking for an opportunity, that's all. Patric...

You're talking to a guy who is making a living at doing what he loves doing - acting, singing and dancing. So any career ups and downs were not that significant to me; the only things that really powerfully impinged on me were my losses, and there were many in my life. John Travolta Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day. Barbara Boxer How can any company know if its processes, products, people are safe? Only if everyone is watching and telling the truth. The first part can be assumed; the second cannot. Margaret Heffernan A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. Chanakya I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those th...

more regionally self-reliant. And I don't mean people being survivalists, I mean regionally self-reliant. So that you have these individual cells. The idea of having different solutions in different areas, so that we have a very robust, durable civilization. Daniel Suarez I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different. Radha Mitchell Not only was it nearly impossible to hear because of these huge rubber ears we had to wear, but we also had these huge furry hands which were absolutely useless, especially if you had to scratch yourself. Helena Bonham Carter While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called song in modern poetry or for what's usually called music, I really don't think of speech as so far from song. David Antin I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of...

the woods, I want to be where it's wild, I want to wake up and hear birds, I want to walk outside and see a gaggle of turkeys bouncing across my lawn - I want to be someplace like that - or I want to be right in the middle of an urban environment. Karen Allen Be yourself. Unapologetically. Kesha Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows. Charles Buxton Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forward and the president has done the same. Antonio Villaraigosa My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very open, fairly liberal, loud people. Mira Nair I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust. Siegfried Sassoon My mother always taught me, ev...

be an iconic person. In 20 years, the people who are here and talking to journalists will be like, 'Oh Lady Gaga changed my life, Nicki Minaj changed my life.' They'll be saying who influenced them and it will be Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, artists like that. Beth Ditto You know, girls in general are scarier than Voldemort. Matthew Lewis Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems. Peter Bichsel I did always dream of being a professional player. I think every kid does dream of being a pro, but to last the journey you have to love tennis as a sport and if you are lucky enough to make it in the pros, it is really a bonus. Samantha Stosur I really am not a gold fan. Dave Ramsey Perhaps the single most dramatic example of this phenomenon of software eating a traditional business is the suicide of Borders and corresponding rise of Amazon. Marc Andreessen Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minut...

the path. They put up with criticism; they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue. Sadhu Vaswani A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty. Diane Kruger Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed. Poppy Z. Brite I want to reconnect to my animal life. Kesha The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background. Rick Bragg As an American, I want our forces to prevail. George McGovern As an actor, you never try to be someone else. You can't. Liam McIntyre I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously. Alan Rickman A voice can also repel, infuriate or actually make a listener ill. Johnny Olson What I have said to people is that I'...

so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists. Jack Antonoff I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that. Cissy Houston Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Khalil Gibran Physiology seeks to derive the processes in our own nervous system from general physical forces, without considering whether these processes are or are not accompanied by processes of consciousness. Wilhelm Wundt I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't. Anthony Shadid I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit. Carly Ra...

heart of the issue is increasing demand over a period of many years around the world. World crude oil consumption now is close to 90 million barrels a day. Most of the growth in demand is coming from China and the developing world. John S. Watson I am very excited and delighted to be an important part of the development of corporate America. Irene Rosenfeld When I'd finished, everybody said they wanted me for this movie. At first I thought they meant a nudie flick since an awful lot of nudies are made in Houston. Shelley Duvall I don't like sitting around sets - I don't like the unpredictability of it. Andrea Martin I just get the feeling that if Jesse Helms was in charge of art in America, you'd go into a museum and see nothing but prints of dogs playing cards. Elayne Boosler I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text. Maggie Gy...

around you, or associated with you, are affected by your infirmities. We have to suffer on account of the course you pursue, which is wrong. If it has an influence to lessen your powers of mind or body, we are affected by it. Ellen G. White France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war. Charles de Gaulle I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their responsibility to humanity. Joseph Rotblat I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me. Kaki King Don't be afraid to express yourself through fashion! Chanel Iman There's always more money to be made. Mika Brzezinski I actually think that one of the most dangerous phenomena is the bowing to expertise, whether it's in international relations or how to use technologies. Wes Boyd I have a treadmill, and I work out with my trainer, Julie Diamond, as often as possible. She's so positive. Emily Deschanel I love working wit...