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When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by

making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks.' Brian Eno Sometimes they try to put you inside a box, but I look at my filmography and I've been able to do a lot. Marlon Wayans Standing with the poor means walking away from unethical leaders, even when their companies are 'succeeding.' Jacqueline Novogratz A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims. Douglas Jerrold I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade. Tom Perrotta I don't think I get angry. Billy Graham I'm a bit of a Luddite and I hate the internet. Kirsty Gallacher Confidence is one of the sexiest things. Katherine Jenkins Medical school education and p

The negotiation of city space has been made more difficult with the idea that redevelopment

is an improvement for some vague future - but it's never like that, is it? Once you get there, for economic reasons you have to generate the next project - so you're immediately starting to dig up something else, and so it goes on. Iain Sinclair I don't regard clothing as disposable, which is probably why I have so much of it! Daphne Guinness From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history. Marco Rubio I'm not a politician. Eric Braeden A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way. Allen Klein I believe that shows should be shot where they take place. Gabriel Macht Millions of Americans find community, comfort and support in their faith. Sheila Jackson Lee The people in charge, globally, are maniacs. They are maniacs, and unless we do something about it these people are going to deprive us of a future. Thom Yorke Men don't care what's on TV. They

I once threw myself a surprise party on Twitter because I was lonely. It was

awesome. Thousands of people showed up and then Wil Wheaton and I made a bunch of monkey-ponies. It was the most successful surprise party I've ever thrown in my life. It was also the only surprise party I've ever thrown in my whole life. Jenny Lawson I read the papers, I surf the Web. At the beginning of the year, I try to see at least two episodes of every show on our network. Am I surfing? All the time. I'm aware of the landscape. I'm a competitor, so I have to know whom I'm competing with. Leslie Moonves I was supposed to have a relationship with Judy, but that never happened. Actors in series didn't have the control that they have today over their jobs. Mark Goddard I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games. Matt Kemp The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest. Dionne Bromfield Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due. Will Rogers Gird your hearts

It's just a great, legendary comic book hero and it's one that has never been

kind of been brought back to life after Lynda Carter. I mean, it's a reinvention. When Tim Burton reinvented Batman after Adam West, and when Donner reinvented Superman after George Reeves, it's time to do that with Wonder Woman. Joel Silver The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of the world's emissions. Tom Hodgkinson Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it. Bert Campaneris Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit. Martin Feldstein I care so much less, now, about going up the ladder; if I cared about the ladder I woul

Every time I do a play, it's as if I've never done one before. I'm

always confused. I always am convinced I'm going to be fired. I'm like, 'I don't remember how to act. I don't know how to do this.' And, it's just a very slow process, and then, all of a sudden, it's just there one day. I still don't understand how it happens. Cristin Milioti I had these shoes made and 2 to 3 inch lifts inside and the heel was another 2 and half inches. I walked around that way, wherever I could without falling over. Bobby Darin I try to be a hard boiled sometimes. My kids see right through it. I'm acting. It's always, 'When I say you'll be back at 11, that means 11, not 11.15. Do you hear me!?' Then, 'Yeah, Dad.' Liam Neeson Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. Thomas Jefferson My first marriage was very traditional, in the church, and then we left the church and went to the reception hall. So this ti

The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away

really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream was that all of his kids become doctors. I realized in school I didn't like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call. Life is too short to do something you don't want to do. Adepero Oduye Honesty is all you need. Cass Elliot Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove. Matt Taibbi Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players. Gordon Strachan I'm honoured to have been selected to be the Labour candidate for Manchester Central. Lucy Powell A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money. Anne Northup There is so many things to do in life rather than playing tennis, so I'm sure I will find something. I

I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think

is the wrong place. I never want to be part of something like that, where there's an agenda there that's not about telling a story, where its someone getting on a soapbox and preaching their own beliefs onto somebody. Jeremy Renner Do I think I can take 20 carries now? Well, I think finally last week and this is week was probably the first time I could probably say, yeah, I could take 20 carries and go do some damage. Shaun Alexander I don't happen to subscribe to the notion that everybody who criticizes Tom Daschle is criticizing Tim Johnson. I think that's a bit of a stretch. John Thune I must say I've rarely been described as 'diplomat.' Richard Armitage I think with every book you realize you are partway through and there is something really elementary that you should have researched. Stacy Schiff We have not forgotten the occupier. We remain a resistance. Muqtada al Sadr One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very b

The decentralized nature of online conversations often makes it easier to manipulate public opinion, both

domestically and globally. Regimes that once relied on centralized systems of media control can now deliver ideological messages more subtly, with the help of little-known intermediaries like anonymous commenters on websites. Evgeny Morozov Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and do a lot of thinking about what's happened - almost to calm themselves. Helen Garner I'm constantly watching people. Watching their strengths and weaknesses. I find myself going into theater less and less, let alone horror. I gave that up when I was seven or eight years old. Jonathan Frid It's a bit loose and the people in my group have got other groups. They don't have to have a total allegiance to me. I think that's really a bit weird and showing some weird insecurity. Graham Coxon I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect. Harold Ramis If I didn't do well at Wimbledon maybe Chinese people will forg

Will they attack us? Yes. Will they smear our backgrounds and distort our records? Undoubtedly.

Will they lie about us, harass our families, namecall to try to intimidate us? They will. There's nothing safe about it. But is it worth it? Well, let me ask you. Is freedom worth it? Is America worth it? Christine O'Donnell I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering. Andrew Bird The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved. W. P. Kinsella The national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals. Fred Upton The movie industry is very competitive, and if you're like me and you suffer from your own insecurities about whether or not you're any good, that can be troubling. Guy Pearce No poem, not even Shakespeare or Milton or Chaucer, is ever strong enough

I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but

raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account; you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy. Dee Dee Myers I'm a fun person. I like cracking jokes and being completely nerdy. Helena Christensen I admire Grover Norquist. I think he's done a lot of good. Tom Cole Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it. Lara Flynn Boyle Dean Martin always dressed very well but then he was a good looking fella with a good physique so he could wear anything. Tom Jones America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed. Jesse Jackson I have to say that I thought search-and-rescue duties over Snowdonia were physically and mentally demanding, but looking after a 3-week-old baby is up there! Prince William Blacks don't square dance. If yo

I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied

to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.' Matt Gonzalez War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm. Victor Davis Hanson A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank. Martin Lewis Perl I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions! Sophie Ellis-Bextor The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is. Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives. Teller If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page afte

I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and

it's very interesting how people really leave the theater filled with the desire to talk about the play and the issues and the characters, and how they're all navigating their personal views around race. Kerry Washington One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me. Sam Rockwell Arizona is now recognized as a premier place in which to locate, expand and grow a business. Jan Brewer I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth. Brian Eno Galleries needn't be exactly like White Columns purely because times are bad again. But the idea of this special space could - should - help shape what comes next. Jerry Saltz Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. Andrew Vachss It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies. Kitty Carlisle Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously i

One of the things I've always liked about my husband is he's very good at

lots of stuff. He was an English teacher when I met him. He wrote poetry and played the guitar. As time went on, he decided to go into economics, so he's very analytical and mathematical in addition to his artsy side. Ally Condie Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of the music - it takes your worries away and makes you feel good, and I think that's what music is about. Colbie Caillat I never got into 'Star Wars.' Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all. Neil deGrasse Tyson There were two qualities about the mutual funds of the 1920s that made them extremely speculative. One was that they were heavily leveraged. Two, mutual funds were allowed to invest in other mutual funds. Ron Chernow I've never been one to make plans, because I never wanted to disappoint myself. Rebecca Romijn For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fu

Right now I'd love to be sitting on a Greek island somewhere because of being

Greek American, eating great octopus salad and some fantastic lamb. Or sipping a little ouzo. I think the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest... Lots of nuts, vegetables, fruits, fresh fish, lean meats, yogurt. Cat Cora Things definitely got out of perspective. Katie Hoff Just when you're beginning to think pretty well of people, you run across somebody who puts sugar on sliced tomatoes. Will Cuppy Television's Mr. Filth: that's me. Dennis Potter I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness. Pierre Salinger I started singing because I come from Wales. Bryn Terfel If you go to Gettysburg and take the time, maybe take a tour, maybe just drive around, read some of the monuments, read some of the plaques, you will come away changed. Jeff Shaara This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions. Livy I grew up with too much freedom.

When I was a kid, my daily routine was playing make-believe, and I kind of

created these stories throughout the day. And when it came time to go to preschool, my English wasn't really so great because my mother wanted me to learn Ukrainian, so she signed me up for these children's theater groups. Nina Arianda Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights. Fredrik Bajer I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do. Mos Def In private some critics have come up to me afterwards and told me they honestly enjoyed the movie. Then they'd tell me that they're still going to have to write it up negatively. Joe Pantoliano When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something. Ursula Andress I don't really ever worry about what anyone else does and I certainly don't worry about what anyone else says about me. Mike Tice Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are tho

I loved couriers. You had this transfer of physical information happening throughout the city and

the world. Someone picking up the package, putting it in a bag, going somewhere, taking it out of the bag, giving it to someone else. I thought that was so cool. I wanted to map it, to see that flow on a big screen. Jack Dorsey I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do. Max von Sydow In films, the fact that you can always do a scene again takes a load off your mind, enabling you to strive for perfection, which I always wanted. Jessie Matthews I would then go on to say that Homer, as we now know, was working in what they call an oral tradition. Robert Fitzgerald Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions. Khaled Hosseini When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. Roddy Doyle That decision to commit your life to certain principles and a certain narrat

Millions of young Americans have graduated from college during the Obama presidency, ready to use

their gifts and get moving in life. Half of them can't find the work they studied for, or any work at all. So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years? Paul Ryan Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. Ben Jonson I don't want to be in a movie with 20 minutes of dialogue and then stand around while the robots start explosions. Henry Hopper George Pal had total control, and he was there on the set every day. You never met a more charming man in your entire lifetime - what a lovely gentleman. Ann Robinson Bolton are an established team in the Premiership these days and well respected by the other sides. Mark Lawrenson If your religion is better than mine and your opinion, you have a real problem. Michael Berryman Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details. William Feather To be hungry must be awful. Dick Van Patte

I've tried to bring the mentality of the outside linebacker to the inside and the

rough, tough style of an inside linebacker to the outside. The middle linebacker always has been known as kind of a big plugger. Outside guys are known to be able to run. I just try to make big plays wherever I am. Junior Seau And that's what's beautiful to me, is he did not become a victim of it, and he didn't become a statistic, he just kind of kept on marching through, no matter what people threw at him. Mary Stuart Masterson Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do. Jerry O'Connell The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure. Sydney J. Harris The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there. Eddie Vedder I always knew it was going to be difficult when I got beyong 40, but I didn't realise it would start at 35. Greta Scacchi I hope that I will be the last victim in

I say we have not even had the decency to maintain the assets that our

parents and grandparents built for us - our roads, our bridges, our wastewater systems, our sewer systems; by the way, those weren't Bolsheviks, those weren't socialists that built those things for us - much less build the infrastructure we need for the 21st century. Michael Bennett I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them. Scott Weiland President Obama was right to make enforcement of those trade rules a priority and his creation, today, of a Trade Enforcement Unit is a massive step in the right direction. Ron Wyden I've been in many of them and to some extent I would have to say this; if you've seen one city slum you've seen them all. Spiro T. Agnew The right to happiness is fundamental. Anna Pavlova I can't tell you how hard I worked the last year. In fact, I worked so hard that I know I can't maintain that same work level in 2001, so I've got to quit som

I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind

of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is. I got the chutzpa or whatever you want to say to believe that if I write a really good about it, it's going to make a difference. Bruce Springsteen No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has. Vladimir Nabokov There are an infinite number of ways to be moved in the theater. Martha Plimpton We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition. Erskine Bowles As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius. Simon Cowell As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren't in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she started showing some attitude. Kathryn Stockett I like to be wild, and I like to do wild, crazy things. I need excitement. At all times. Normal is not my type. Neon Hitch The weight of a fabric is inconsequential, since seasonal dres

Woody Allen has a wonderful line: 'Today I'm a star. What will I be tomorrow?

A black hole?' That's very important to know - that you have the moment, then you lose the moment. You have to see your chances, you have to take them, and you also have to see when you don't have chances to take. Marina Abramovic I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor? Mayer Hawthorne Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be. J. K. Rowling The bottom line is winning. I want to do what we need to do to win football games. Mike Singletary Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died. Junipero Serra I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it. Manuel Puig You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing. Lucy Liu I had a wonderful contact, especially with Uncle Bert who was an angel and led the whole group over to my side of a s

Air is traditionally 'thin,' but the more we learn about our atmosphere, the more substantial

it becomes. In some places it is so filled with inorganic flotsam that it is almost thick enough to plough; in others, it has become so primed with the by-products of life that it comes close to being a living tissue in its own right. Lyall Watson If you're interested in how people behave, if you're interested in the way they talk about themselves, the way the conceive of themselves, it's very hard to ignore drugs nowadays, because that is so much part of the conversation. Jonathan Franzen I don't know really. I've always been interested in the small picture instead of the big one, and I've always been interested in relationship pictures. Adrian Lyne That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain - they cannot be otherwise. Zadie Smith One thing is clear: Ron Paul defies labels. Mark McKinnon They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn

The music industry used to be able to control a single dance on the very

smallest level of when people are supposed to hear it, and when they're supposed to start liking it, and when they're supposed to start buying it. And that's trashed, you know, that big machine that takes control and works albums for a long period. Robyn I prefer a cluttered workspace. Julianna Baggott I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles. Gloria Stuart The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between the Crees and the Beavers. Ernest Thompson Seton I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005. Obie Trice I often work by avoidance. Brian Eno The interpretation of facts in a certain way stimulates other scientists' thoughts. Robert Barany I love researching, I love interviewing. Quiara Alegria Hudes For I mean to roam and think and make great irons red-hot. Knut Hamsun I

I'm not a freak. I'm not really crazy or anything. I don't think I'm really

abnormal. It's just, like anybody else, I have interests I cultivate, and one of my interests is not getting too used to things. I've sacrificed a lot of things in my life in order to keep that sense of things being unfamiliar. Jim Woodring Shaw's plays are the price we pay for Shaw's prefaces. James Agate I want a character to wake up one day and feel like, 'I can face it'. That, to me, is happy. I want the characters to rescue themselves, though you use the relationships you have, to make you strong enough to be able to do that. Cecelia Ahern I don't talk about the past. Prince As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. Michael Cunningham I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt. Janet Jackson Jackie considered his resurrection, the world's best return performance. Audrey Meadows I remember thinking that I'd never show my arms on

I get very little sleep. But I try to stay constantly busy. My fear is

that if I stop working I'll, like, die. So throughout my life I've always tried to remain busy, and I sort of know no other way. I think if my heart rate slowed it would affect my constitution, strangely. I've been trained to do that. Matthew Gray Gubler We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers. Vanessa Kerry Our embedded reporters during the war agreed to guidelines established by the military. Jim Walton In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended. Verne Troyer People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me. Jim Broadbent Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse. Rod Serling It's okay saying sorry, but when you are drunk you say what you really feel. Vidal Sassoon I wouldn't want to see any animal in pain, no matter what. Jeremy Irvine I think for me the job alwa

One of the most gratifying things I get as an artist is when people watch

me do these different demonstrations, and they in some way feel empowered by what I'm doing so they can confront their own fears. Maybe it's the fear of getting in an elevator; maybe it's the fear of going on a plane and seeing the world. Criss Angel It's one thing to sit at home and write a piece with your guitar, and quite another to have it performed by four people. For me, it's always trial and error. John Scofield Usually, if you have a new idea, you very rarely break through to anything like recognizable development or implementation of that idea the first time around - it takes two or three goes for the research community to return to the topic. Martin Fleischmann We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else. John Wooden To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom. Rowan Atkinson The race for the White House

When I play games, I'll make up little stories for just anything. It's almost the

game of making up background stories for people you see on the street. You know what I mean? I wasn't exactly the popular kid in school growing up, so I found myself really observing people, and watching how they interact, and how they react to things. Kim Swift Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all. Harry Seidler The Islamists will try to spoil everything for everyone. Christopher Hitchens When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people who makes ballon animals, I think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be. Jimmy Fallon Juan Tripp was a friend. Good name for an airline man, huh? Juan Tripp after another? Fay Wray I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. Richard Scarry I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and

When I play it I look out and see people hold on to each other

and dance or just couples leaning into each other and kiss. And I'll go: 'You know, I could have worked hard at school and been a dentist. But I'm so glad I didn't.' Because when I look out and see that I feel like the Pied Piper of love. Chris Isaak If you've been massive and it's all slid away, you tend to get written off. It's quite difficult to overcome that, which is why I've got this problem with nostalgia. Gary Numan I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there. Ralph Fiennes False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons. Joseph Franklin Rutherford You push the button, we do the rest. George Eastman Hawaiian music is beautiful and simple. Bruno Mars One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspira

A few years ago you couldn't go from TV to film. It was like a

'no no' but I believe when you find a plan and purpose that God has for your life, there's not anything man can do to you. Especially when your faith is not really standing in the wisdom of man, you're really standing in the wisdom of God. Derek Luke I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and I just had a feeling that wasn't going to happen. You know, I just kind of read the writing on the wall. Bruce Greenwood I'm a comic, and I'm supposed to outrage and make people laugh, Part of makin' people laugh is to shake up their thinkin'. That's what I came here to do. Roseanne Barr The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other. It helped me in the future where I got to play in 2 cities that were rich in tradition. Roger Clemens I still don't know what Episcopalian means. Fiona Apple I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccur

I've always loved doing research. I remember doing a research project on the Babylonian numeral

system in the eighth grade and thinking, 'This is pretty awesome - is this really a job you can have?' This led me toward a career as an academic, although it took me until college to realise that economics was the right field. Emily Oster We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat. Tracy Austin There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it always a combination of passion, dedication, hard work, and being in the right place at the right time. Lauren Conrad Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that. Erykah Badu When it comes to the stage, I can't help but be inspired by people like George Clinton, Elton John and Alice Cooper. CeeLo Green I like fantasy. I've al

Feudal societies don't create great cinema; we have great theatre. The egalitarian societies create great

cinema. The Americans, the French. Because equality is sort of what the cinema deals with. It deals with stories which don't fall into 'Everybody in their place and who's who,' and all that. But the theatre's full of that. Brian Cox It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia. Juan Manuel Santos This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary. Patricia Heaton As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me. Jim Hodges A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things. Jonathan Demme I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That's a horrible existence for people. Phil McGraw The percentage of Americans in the prison system,

I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've

actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.' J. Michael Straczynski The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15. Robert Caro Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. Samuel Butler When a young man massacres innocents, we have been trained to believe that the act was due to improper levels of chemical enzymes and misfiring synapses. As we learn more about our cells, we forget more about our souls. Gary Bauer I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth. George McGovern I'm a big foodie, I do a lot of yoga - I love yoga - I love running... I just enjoy being really active, and traveling. Jane Chen To m

My parents had five children in six years and one week, meaning that my mom

was pregnant for most of the '60s and driving carpools for most of the '70s. When we were young, she dressed us alike so she could pick us out in crowds: identical skirts for the four girls with the color-coordinated pants for my brother. Christine Pelosi There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You. Ian Hislop I am the original... Those are my disciples. Michael Irvin The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another. Adam Hamilton I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff. Kate Adie Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves. Jawaharlal Nehru I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based

I have a very beautiful room that in my house that we bought in Princeton.

It's glass on three sides, and you'd think that's the perfect place to write. Somehow in that nice room I feel too exposed, and I can notice I'm too distracted by things going on, so I end up writing in a not-very-nice office bedroom. Jeffrey Eugenides I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America. Peter Jennings I try personally not to be nostalgic. Daniel Clowes When I was filming 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' in America, for a couple of weeks beforehand we would always fit in a family holiday in California. Anthony Head I don't think the objective of an abortion clinic is to try to talk women out of having the procedure. That obviously would not be positive for their bottom line. Bob McDonnell Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt. Mickey Spillane I can play any instrument if yo

I'm always trying to make something that is impossible to film. Why would somebody just

read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to think of the things fiction can do that film can't and play to the strengths of the novel. With a novel, you can get right inside somebody's head. Kazuo Ishiguro Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions. Lewis Thomas I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul Jones of my generation. Steven Adler You put something you like on really loud, and you feel godlike. Siobhan Fahey We were the rebels of the music industry so we wanted to write a rebellious song. Brian Harvey I don't think that I could fit into the costume anymore. Lee Meriwether It is frustrating to be a Black woman in the entertainment industry. Dionne Warwick We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would

To this day, my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty

years, she's worked at the Library of Congress. Everyone knows Sameha simply as 'Sami.' Along with 500 miles of shelved books, her closest friendships are cataloged in that library. They are as much the value of work to my mom as is the work itself. Hoda Kotb As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them. Natasha Richardson I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us. John Hewson You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another. Daniel Day-Lewis I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books. Dick Cavett I've always loved acting

I find myself wanting to make music at the dining room table or in the

bedroom - I'm kind of a mobile writer, so I sort of move around the house. But the attic is definitely where I can make the most noise. While everyone on the lower floors screams 'Earthquake!' But no! It's just my bass! Meshell Ndegeocello The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace. Marcel Proust The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems. Naguib Mahfouz In a certain sense the Good is comfortless. Franz Kafka Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control. Howard Rheingold England are numerically outnumbered in the midfield. Mark Lawrenson When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15. Johnny Winter Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist. Rita Mae Brown I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work.

First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I'm endlessly fascinated with people, with

what they do and why... and how they feel about it. Which means I'm interested in romance fiction. I was drawn to it, as both a reader and a writer, at the very beginning of my career. It's my kind of storytelling. Debbie Macomber You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. Joseph Joubert Nabokov, who I loved more than any other writer when I was young, had such contempt for dialogue. When I was younger, I never wrote a word of dialogue because of him. I thought it was a childish part of a novel. Zadie Smith I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop. Stephen Fry In terms of economic growth, PIMCO originated the famous phrase the 'new normal.' Bill Gross Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That's the only way you can get elected. Clint Eastwood Just because someone can sit behind a computer screen and have a different name and hide th

For us as writers, it's really important to have songs we believe in - even

before sometimes we shoot a scene. If we have a song that's so perfectly designed for a scene on 'Rescue Me,' we'll play it on loud speakers during the shooting. It helps the cameraman and it helps the director, and it helps the actors know what the feel is. Denis Leary As long as sixty years ago, when I first started to read newspapers, I read of floods on the Yellow River and the Yangtze. Who rushed in with men and money to help? The Americans did. Gordon Sinclair The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better. Elizabeth Bowen Some people manage to make that transition from child actor to adult actor seamlessly. But I felt that if I spent my whole life on a film set without taking a few years to do something else, all I would ever know about was film sets. Anna Popplewell I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to soun

I don't want to ever say to somebody, 'You don't have to see it. It's

not good.' I'm done with that. I'd love to just do things that I respect. That being said, I do have two children to put through school, so we'll see if I can put my money where my mouth is, but I would love to just work with people I respect. Kathryn Hahn The other thing was that when I was at the University of Miami, we ran a pro-style offense and defense. I started each year by going to a pro training camp, I visited with various pro coaches, and I did this for five years. Jimmy Johnson Neurologists say that our brains are programmed much more for stories than for abstract ideas. Tales with a little drama are remembered far longer than any slide crammed with analytics. John P. Kotter If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior. A. J. Liebling Imagination comes of not having things. LeRoy Neiman Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation. Margaret D

I really tried out for the part of Harry Potter, but they ended up picking

me for the part of the enemy of Harry. Actually it is really fun playing the bad kid because it just has so many interesting qualities to it. And Daniel Radcliffe and I get along really well off set so it's really fun filming. Tom Felton The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense. Sigmar Gabriel I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn. Mel Brooks Most people don't need to work as hard as I do. Eva Gabor I wake up every morning feeling lucky - which is driven by fear, no doubt, since I know it could all go away. Natasha Richardson I think it takes time to find your natural style and learn not to be swayed by trends that might not flatter you. Martine McCutcheon The animated bug has bitten pop culture. It makes me feel happy and free. When you don't act seriously, you can make up your own rules. Nicki Minaj Life is not a dress rehearsal. Rose Tremain Human life is ful

My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his

life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that. Marco Rubio Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive. Aung San Suu Kyi I didn't go to high school, but when I did go to school, I was actually in the group made up of cheerleaders; I just wasn't one of them. But I hung out with a bunch of different kids. Ashley Benson I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid. Olivia Wilde Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing. N

I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I

fought at the battle of Normandy, I slogged through the Ardennes, and I celebrated the liberation of Paris on the streets with beautiful French girls throwing flowers at me. I said good-bye to my first true love and discovered what I really wanted to do with my life. LeRoy Neiman Putin is like Al Capone. Garry Kasparov Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House. He had to get the Republican budget through. He had to get the Contract With America through. He has done that. Pete du Pont Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. Franklin D. Roosevelt I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened. Wesley Snipes I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere. Neil Young Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness

I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was

kind of stalking him and he was aware of it. And you know what they do when they become aware of someone stalking them when they build a nest, which is a very vulnerable place to be? They build a decoy nest. It's just for you. Tom Waits It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students. Freeman A. Hrabowski III Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker. Ron Chernow I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief. Bob Graham I did stand-up for my grandparents every day when I was, like, eight. Ariana Grande In your mid-twenties, the paint is still wet on who you ar

We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I

don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food. Tom Colicchio Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair. Alberto Giacometti The idea of 'Voice of Witness' is to let survivors and witnesses of human-rights abuses tell their story at length. It started with a course that I co-taught at U.C. Berkeley journalism school back in 2003. Dave Eggers I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings. Martha Wainwright When you have God-given talent, I think that that kind of hinders your practice habits and that's what I think it did to me. Tracy McGrady Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes, but in I

Some ISPs are blocking all BitTorrent traffic, because BitTorrent can be used to share files

in a piratical way. Hollywood lobbying groups are trying to pass laws which would force ISPs to block or degrade BitTorrent traffic, too. Personally, I think this is like closing down freeways because a bank robber could use them to get away. Wil Wheaton People think, 'Wow, you're an actress, so people must be really nice to you and kiss your ass.' NOBODY kisses my ass. Alicia Silverstone When a piece gets difficult, make faces. Artur Schnabel This year I hope to introduce legislation that would require Power Administrations to list direct and indirect costs associated with ESA compliance as a line item on customer's power bills. Cathy McMorris Rodgers I'm not a dark person at all, so those roles are the most challenging. I don't think I'm necessarily drawn to dark things. It just seems to work out that way. Camilla Belle There is no reason not to support energy exploration in ANWR. Kenny Marchant Cognition is not fighting, but once someone

I sit at this really weird crossroads. My job requires me to take in calories.

I take care of myself. I eat healthy. I exercise a lot. But then I have to go to events in cocktail dresses and look fancy, and people want to interview me about what I'm wearing, and then I'm compared to people who are wearing size 2 all the time. Gail Simmons There was a real conflation of hero and victim in the wake of 9/11, in our perverse desire to create a triumphant myth out of pure tragedy. Jess Walter Running away will never make you free. Kenny Loggins The eye altering, alters all. William Blake Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines. Jack Horner I wish over the years I had kept my private life private and my professional life a little more professional. Andy Dick If people connect me with the Romantics in general, they probably connect me most with Keats. But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others. Andrew Motion Back when I was jamming with Axl and the g

I realized I had a novel on my hands, but didn't know where it was

going to go. So I thought, 'I'm going to do everything that you're not supposed to do when you plan a novel; I'm going to step back and let this thing take itself wherever it wants to go, and I'm not going to worry about how things connect until later on.' Hari Kunzru Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable. Elizabeth Edwards Hiroshima had a profound effect upon me. Wilfred Burchett Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence. Martin Short Producing should be a creative responsibility. Harold Prince Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff. Len Wein Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me. Venus Williams I didn't go in there and tell them I think you should move me, but

I'm a huge supporter of animal rights - and I've been an outspoken critic of

the cruelties routinely inflicted on livestock at factory farms. But it really bothers me that the mistreatment of pigs and chickens and cows seems to attract a lot more attention and spark a lot more outrage than the abuse of immigrant workers. Eric Schlosser I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made. Lauren Bacall Becoming a CoverGirl is truly an honor and a gift. It opens up a new platform for me to inspire women to feel stronger, braver and more beautiful inside and out. Janelle Monae I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords. Andrew Bird I'm as conservative as they come. Matthew Vaughn I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry. Sam Rockwell There are always generic terms like 'Americana', but there are no boundaries as to where it can g

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing

in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed. Steve Jobs As we all know, there is inner beauty and outer beauty. If we examine inner beauty, to me there is nothing more beautiful than inner peace, in a man or a woman. Alice Greczyn We need to break our dependency on foreign sources of oil, which leaves us at the mercy of foreign powers. To do that, we should increase domestic energy production. Bobby Jindal Novel-writing is the only place where someone who would have liked to do anything can still do that vicariously. Richard Powers What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it. Dexter Gordon My role is to try to remove the impediments to entrepreneurs' chance to succeed. It's about improving th

Often, I dream about work. For instance, the night before the Oscars, I dreamt about

the Oscars and I dreamt about who I wanted to interview. Interestingly, one of the people I really wanted to interview was Keanu Reeves, and then we got him. We had never interviewed him before, so that was lucky. Or maybe it was fate - I don't know. Carrie Ann Inaba Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts. A. N. Wilson Something that's fun for me is a challenge. When you have a challenge and you take on that challenge and succeed, that's the best feeling. Amy Lee My heroines, more often than not, are the ones who are troubled and resistant. Sylvia Day In every decade rock and roll starts to get very serious and navel gazing and kind of self serious and every once and a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants. Rainn Wilson I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom. Rick Riordan The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work th

I think 'G.I. Joe' is a perfect example of how I'm the world's worst businessman.

If I were smart, I'd be writing 'World War Z Part 12', but I have to go where the muse leads, and I've always been a huge 'G.I. Joe' fan. I always wanted to know more about these characters, these little plastic figures I played with as a kid. Max Brooks To be able to always have a super sense of who I was and my own real identity and be petty and seem informed and always thinking in thoughts would be great. Jeff Goldblum Very few pilots even know how to read Morse code anymore. But if a pilot could read Morse code, he could tell which beacon he was approaching by the code that was flashing from it. Mike Ferguson Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike. Pat Brown I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. Debi Thomas I'm much more into old-world, intimate conversations on the phone. I like to write lett

Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our

fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people. Jeffrey Eugenides If you are not on the web, you will have problems accessing services. Tim Berners-Lee There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational. Jon Postel Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government. Nancy Pearcey It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn. Plato Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed. Roy Bean Our goal

We've got jihadists. That doesn't mean that all Muslims are problems with respect to terrorism,

but there is something going on here. We've got a problem dealing with one aspect of one portion of modern Islam - just as hundreds of years ago the world had a problem with Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition. James Woolsey If you meet a girl, you meet a girl. It's normal, so if you exchange numbers, whatevs, it's cool. Zayn Malik I want to find something really wonderful to do next and take my time to search through the dearth of great material, especially for women. Emily Blunt We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical. Radhanath Swami One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. Nathalie Sarraute Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket. Lee Trevino For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself. Charles Kennedy The English like eccentri

Those powers that control the tent are not threatened at all by any activity that

you engage in, in the shadows, that's not moving toward the tent. And I am rather convinced that we have a generation that is so preoccupied with life in the shadows, they never even focus on getting to the sunlight where you open up the big tent. Jesse Jackson I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act. Liz Phair Life is supposed to get tough. Kelsey Grammer Yes, I was actually an acting teacher for a while. Alanna Ubach Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Sonia Sotomayor I am a big barbecue-sauce guy. Rick Majerus It's important for me to have my family close. Curtis Joseph Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against. Noam Chomsky I'm every woman. It takes a village to make me

Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole

appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it. Imelda Staunton Tiredness sets a natural limit to what a human being is prepared to walk daily, and this limit has taught man all through history the size of rural or urban communities. Leon Krier I've always worked. Alan Dershowitz Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality. Warren Bennis My favourite sport is cheerleading! Miley Cyrus Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property. Richard Pryor Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presu

If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future,

you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme movements increasing across the European Union. And, frankly, questions about the British debate on EU membership will just be a small sideshow compared to the rise of political populism. Nick Clegg I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling. Larry Kramer We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us. Haile Selassie I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are. Ray Dalio I like playing off strong actors, whether it's Benedict Cumberbatch or Domi

I know it sounds Pollyannish and 'Kumbaya'-like, but I find that the more that you

expose Americans to the diversity of what's going on in China and vice versa, the more people find that there is this broad middle path. And so I'm a strong advocate of intense visits and dialogue back and forth. Dennis C. Blair You have to learn to ask questions in a way that will elicit more nuanced answers, rather than the answers you would like to get. Jacqueline Novogratz I was always a sensitive, sweet kid, but I got brutalized and I became brutal. And frankly, I don't think it was my natural makeup. I don't think its anyone's natural makeup to be a violent brawler. Andre Dubus III Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows. Napoleon Bonaparte After getting glasses and contacts it was kind of a wow moment that I could definitely see better and on the soccer field it really helped me. Heather O'Reilly I feel like I'm extremely normal. I do have a bizarre face that's a bit out of proportion. I guess t

I tell you, 'Firefly'? Best job I ever had. Heartbroken when it was canceled, but

had it not been canceled, I never would have gotten 'Serenity'. I think 'Serenity' is the most incredible thing I've ever been able to actually get my hands on and do. I can't even tell you how much love I have for that project. Nathan Fillion England has always been disinclined to accept human nature. E. M. Forster I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. Sung Hi Lee Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted. Kevin Kline I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy. Marilyn Monroe I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film. Conrad Hall My home is in Moscow and I have no plans to change this. Alisher Usmanov Being dead is being weak and walled off. Richard McKenna My music and my fan base is really built off of my lifestyle. Wiz Khalifa I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final. Jonny Wilkinson

I ended up in college by accident. Everything in my life, I ended up in

by accident. I was down south in this high school doing whatever. It could just not contain me. I quit school and took off and traveled around. Nobody knew where I was I just couldn't handle it anymore. It was a big scandal, I was gone. I left. Pauley Perrette I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it. Karen Gillan So many artists say they're not aware of audience. For me is unbelievable. Marina Abramovic There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream. Ralph Waldo Emerson Ebonics - or black English, as I prefer to call it - is one of a great many dialects of English. And so English comes in a great many varieties, and black English is one of them. John McWhorter It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that

Natural gas will displace coal in power generation. Getting natural gas into the transportation fleet

is harder. It works best for vehicles that work from centralized fueling facilities like trucking fleets or buses and cabs. That is happening. Before it can make big inroads beyond that, infrastructure is going to need to be developed. John S. Watson Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together. John Breaux Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. William Safire Most of my stories have some basis in fact. Ken Follett Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's. Mariel Hemingway I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in. Sarah Vowell Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No. John Mellencamp Tobacco exports should be expanded ag

I was born in Darien, Connecticut, but in 1959, when I was four, my parents

moved to the suburbs of Toronto. Then, in the late 1960s, they bought a cottage in a resort/trailer park in the Kawarthas region of Ontario, and we moved up there. I wrote a book about it in 2000 called 'Last Resort: Coming of Age in Cottage Country.' Linwood Barclay Through all aspects of society be it art, design, the financial markets, government, technology or communications we are witnessing unprecedented global transformation - the result of which is impossible to predict. Malcolm Mclaren It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is to say there is one. Jeanne Moreau There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process. Richard Masur I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now. Kristin Scott Thomas I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what

The very moment you understand that being a Muslim and being American or European are

not mutually exclusive, you enrich your society. Promote the universal principles of justice and freedom, and leave the societies elsewhere to find their model of democracy based on their collective psychology and cultural heritage. Tariq Ramadan There is a fundamental difference between men and women - women need romance, men need intrigue. Sherry Argov I want to give my respect, glory and time to the Bible - to the word of God - just as I want to give my respect and time to my work. Mariano Rivera Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play. Carmelo Anthony I believed totally in the possibilities implied in the series. I never thought of it as fantasy. Far from it. Patrick Troughton Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity. Margaret Halsey I've been making the best movies at Elegant Angel since Tom Byron left. Marc Wallice I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children an

My political ideas and things like that, even my religion, I try to keep close

to me because it's a personal thing, and I don't shove it down people's throats. I don't condemn any artist that wants to do that, like the Baldwins. That's their choice. But in my world, I'm just an entertainer. Donny Osmond Occasionally it's been a long and bumpy road - one I'm still travelling - but I've always felt like my home town has been solidly behind me and I'm both grateful and proud. Simon Armitage There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever. Karl Lagerfeld Flying is awful, there's nothing to do when you're up in the air. I bloat up, my skin gets dry, and when we hit turbulence, I'm terrified. Daniela Pestova Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained. Patricia Cornwell People don't know and they shouldn't know that you work incredibly hard as an actor. James Gandolfini I was thrust into a really lofty, enviable, but isolated position with &#

I used to let a lot of unimportant things bother me. I don't anymore. Right

now, things are going great in my life. It used to be when that happened, I would be waiting for something to go wrong. Now I don't expect that - if something negative does happen, I'll deal with it, learn from it and realize it is the way it is supposed to be. Doug Davidson I always imagine that if I met Dr. Seuss, he would be very similar to Crispin Glover. Jim Gaffigan I was born the same week NASA was founded, so we're the same age and feel some of the same pains, joys, and frustrations. Neil deGrasse Tyson I try to live my life, do what I want, and just let everything else follow along. Vanessa Hudgens Are vampires kinky? I didn't know. Roger Ebert Nothing could be recorded in those days except by aiming a movie camera at the television screen. It was at least another 10 years before they had any kind of recording medium. Nigel Kneale When I wrote the Anita Hill book I believed everything I wrote was accurate. David Brock When I vacate this sac

Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble

father led his child to the slaughter; how Isaac meekly submitted; how the farce went on till the lad was bound and laid on the altar, and how God then stopped the murder, and blessed the intending murderer for his willingness to commit the crime. Annie Besant You don't want your marriage to be sustainable. You want to be evolving, nurturing, learning. Mitchell Joachim I have recorded nine tracks for a new album which I financed myself and am looking for a home for. Suzi Quatro I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album. Ruben Studdard I like to stand out and make a statement. Cindy Gallop I want to make as much of a contribution as I can, to Harvard, to higher education and hopefully, to education around the world. Jim Breyer I do a lot of running. Bit of squash, bit of tennis. I don't like feeling out of shape. Richard Coyle Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually

My goal when I started out was to get to the point where I could

tour a lot and make a living, which means getting paid enough to hire my own band, travel and end up with a bit of money, but I'm still nowhere near that point. Because I didn't have a band and fan base when I started, I did everything backward. Teddy Thompson People might start with LiveJournal or Blogger, but if they get serious, they'll graduate to WordPress. We try to cater to the more powerful users. Matt Mullenweg Nowadays, with much more racial and ethnic mixing, we are seeing serial killers murdering a variety of victims; whoever comes along will most likely do. Pat Brown Those places I don't understand, just doing bad food. It takes some doing. Making good pasta is so much easier than making bad stuff. It actually takes quite an effort to make poor linguine pomodora. Anthony Bourdain It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. Mitch McConnell That boundless freedom of childhood is so wonder

In the past, missionaries have traveled to far countries with the message of the gospel

- with great hardship and often with the loss of life. In contrast, we can reach millions instantly from the comfort of our homes by merely hitting the 'send' button on our computers, or with iPads, or phones. Ray Comfort I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas. Hillary Clinton And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permission. Robert Rauschenberg I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad. Grace Slick I just try and surround myself, for the biggest proportion of time that I can, with people who make me feel normal, because constantly feeling abnormal is quite difficult. Emma Watson Certainly the O.J. Simpson case was a turning point in my career. Dan Abrams I never left Fr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not

mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' Colin Powell 'I don't want to grow up', Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living. Jason Newsted To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. Confucius There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China. Iris Chang It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship. Norman Vincent Peale You will find my last words in the blue folder. M

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I

really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make. Christian Slater It's new and different every night. The charge you get from a good audience is like nothing else. Lance Burton We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen. Barack Obama Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music. Nobuo Uematsu It is only those who believe in their ability who shine when it matters. Maurice Greene I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk. Josh Homme It's insane to try to balance the budget. William Vickrey I didn't want to do something that was easy for me. Christina Aguilera I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. George Stephenson The president may be a nice guy, but he&#

The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When

it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours. James Mooney I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline. Lydia Lunch It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want. Margaret Haddix The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants. Theodore Roosevelt Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential. Smokey Robinson We always have a good time playing, and I'm glad it shows. Kathy Valentine The question is no

If anyone ever asked me what I had to complain about it would not have

taken long to tell them. Maybe I was just easily pleased. Len G. Murray We meet before the movie and she gives you charts with sounds on them and makes a tape of examples. While they are setting up the scene, I go with her to the trailer and we go through the scene and correct the speech. Albert Finney My job description is... being enthusiastic. Dhani Harrison Black culture has been a huge influence in my life. Eddie Huang It's an honor for me to have the opportunity to work with Emilio Estefan. Jencarlos Canela Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make. Tim Berners-Lee Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment. John Bercow I pack every minute I can with something to do. Bryan Adams I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. Jeanette Winterson I keep looking for things I haven't done yet. John Lithgow

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will

of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. Thomas Jefferson I drink no more than a sponge. Francois Rabelais China is a civilization pretending to be a nation. Michael Ledeen They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters. Louis Farrakhan So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long. Yahoo Serious The only cure for grief is action. George Henry Lewes I'm against ignorance. Herman Kahn