Zealand, though. That is where the really arty, whimsical side of the family resided - in Hobbitland. Alice Englert I was really a nerd, and I was really more of a jazz nerd. So when I had my chance to put on something, most of the time it was going to be jazz, or gospel, or something like that. Robert Glasper Being, belief and reason are pure relations, which cannot be dealt with absolutely, and are not things but pure scholastic concepts, signs for understanding, not for worshipping, aids to awaken our attention, not to fetter it. Johann Georg Hamann Not to decide is to decide. Harvey Cox You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense. Aeschylus I feel like a voodoo doll. It's grim. It's gross. Emma Watson The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu I fell in love with doing yoga. Ione Skye Wherever the fish are, that's where we go. Richard Wagner I know nothing, except the fact of my i...

to make a sequel. I mean, we have a story right now but we don't know where we're going to take it. John Singleton I think eventually they're going to find out that MS is like 10 different things. I have a neurological disease something like MS, and it's MS, so let's take medicine for it. Teri Garr I actually love working with accents. I don't know, something about it unlocks something in me. It makes me concentrate on getting into character a little more, helps me find a focus. Kevin McKidd You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it. Rafael Palmeiro If I'm at home on my own and the writing isn't going well, I clean my house. And there have been times in the past few years when my house has looked really clean. Peter Mullan Writers let themselves be enticed by the language. Peter Bichsel I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is. Pat Metheny One of my favorite things to cook is fondue. I...

that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem. John Olver I knew what I wanted to do even when I was a little girl. Sharon Stone I'm excited about there being more of a sisterhood these days. Back in the '90s there was a lot of hate - the women I looked up to as artists were dissing me! It's not so patriarchal these days - there's more love and a lot less hate! Alanis Morissette It takes a lot of energy to teach. Dabney Coleman I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness. Wilbur Smith I can't be on the cheeseburger diet all the time. Bobby Flay I'm not a Republican, and I'm not a Democrat. Ronnie Dunn Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe. Erwin Schrodinger I think in life we want to challenge ourselves. Charlize Theron I don't think I'd ever get typecast ...

want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself. Adam Brody I'm obsessed with 'Thelma and Louise,' and therefore obsessed with Callie Khouri who wrote that movie. Connie Britton I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say to themselves that the fabric of the magic detailed was perfectly believable. Terry Brooks Your range of available choices - right now - is limitless. Frederick Carl Frieseke I was a piano player before I was a poet. Gil Scott-Heron T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion. Karl Lagerfeld I always wanted to be a writer. Jung Chang The industry now wants to be in charge of everything. Ben E. King As time went on, I got envious and wanted to do a lot of stunts myself. Lloyd Bridges With scientific advances, Congress must now make changes to reflect new therapeutic options. Nathan Deal

in there somewhere, but on my passport I'm 'Eve Sunny Day Hewson.' Eve Hewson I like going to rifle and pistol clubs and joining them in target shooting. I also share the same respect for individual initiative and love of family. Nan Hayworth It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy. Lucy Powell You need responsibility in life. Gordon Strachan As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improved my condition. Sui He The backseat produced the sexual revolution. Jerry Rubin I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that. Elvis Presley Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant. Terry Eagleton Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention. Laura Linney I am a closet metal fan. Jon Gries

granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism. Emily Saliers There has always been a feeling with people that they love my singing but not always the choice of material. Alison Moyet You're never promised your next breath. Lenny Kravitz I promote my own self-hatred. Jonathan Ames People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions. Joan Blades That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it. Eve Hewson I've always said that acting found me. I didn't really find it. Macaulay Culkin Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic. Jorge Luis Borges The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed. Bill James I've been allowed to develop my own character, which I'm still working on. Rue McClanahan

it's more than a set of rights. Eric Liu The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard. Jack Welch I never apologize for the truth. And the truth here is that racists come in many different colors. Kinky Friedman When it's football season, I'm all football. Hayden Fry I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have. Famke Janssen It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love. LaToya Jackson I love women, but I've never had a relationship with a woman. Grace Jones Auditioning is so nerve-racking. Leslie Mann I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere. Sophie Ellis-Bextor I don't know whether crime is dictating business or business is dictating crime. Andrew Dominik

big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists. Kara DioGuardi I love Rebel Rebel in Manhattan's West Village for vinyl, but record stores are hard to come by these days. I almost don't even use iTunes. I mostly use music subscription services. But I'll go into Rebel Rebel once a month or so and buy everything I love on vinyl. Jake Shears Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle. Robert Morgan I was an elementary school teacher. Luciano Pavarotti In 2009, South Carolina was blessed to welcome a great American company that chose to stay in our country to continue to do business. That company was Boeing. Nikki Haley I'm evangelical on the subject of some chefs and writers. Anthony Bourdain My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way. Al Capone I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem. ...

The Richest Generation is being asked to shop. Margaret Carlson I consider my girls the greatest gift from God in life. And I also love the career that I have built, lost and rebuilt. But the highs and lows of my career would not have been as exciting or manageable to me if I didn't have children and a partner for life with whom to share it all. Mika Brzezinski I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in. Edward St Aubyn If you are having fun on the set, you are not getting things done. Eli Roth When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad. Moon Bloodgood I can fake anything. Michael Reagan I knew people were going to see me see deteriorate before their eyes. Arlen Specter What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did. Christy Turlington For me, though, the fun is over when I get the job. Helmut Jahn No matter what your heartach...

fees and raise loan guarantees to 90 percent of the total. I knew that we had the opportunity to use S.B.A. products to fill that gap in a rapid manner, as we ended up doing in the Recovery Act. Karen Mills I was tired of an outlaw's life. Frank James Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition! That's what change looks like. Kathleen Sebelius I'm a warrior for the middle class. Barack Obama The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good. Dalai Lama The green-light decision process today consists of maybe of 30 or 40 people. Peter Bart Yeah, you know I don't ever see myself doing a super-gritty, hard-core drama. Jenna Fischer Not all problems have a technological answer, but when they do, that is the more lasting solution. Andy Grove The universe is wider than our views of it. Henry David Thoreau Hold fast to dreams For when dream...

co-opts serious modes of discourse - news, politics, science, education, commerce, religion. Neil Postman And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, 'cause I'd do that in school, but I wouldn't do it out there in front of all them people. Mel Tillis Thanks to a lot of people, not just myself, 'Whale Rider' had an amazing impact emotionally, and people remember it. I count myself very lucky that all those doors were unlocked, I just had to open them. Keisha Castle-Hughes Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. William Wordsworth It was mind-blowing. It was a small place with 2,000 standing-up tickets. It's great to have your band back and working and playing again, people have been so generous. Andy Taylor India absorbs things; India's not a divisive place. Rahul Gandhi A lot of people into Tool, for some reaso...

own I kind of fell out of the habit of it, and it's a shame really because I know it's good for me. It's something quite therapeutic. Michael Fassbender In France we have a saying, 'Joie de vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something that is to be taken with great pleasure and enjoy it. Mireille Guiliano We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want to be able to take everything back and get another one. We want a 401-k plan and Social Security. James Hillman Love is not a volunteer thing. Samuel Richardson As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic. Jenna Bush A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities. Herman Melville I'm old, but I'm still cute and strong. And very butch. Geraldo Rivera I'm not 100% nice all...

of songs with no keyboard on them and the backing is all guitar oriented. This is first time I've ever done this actually. Lee Ritenour Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit. Herbert Spencer The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth. Moshe Sharett If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck. Jack Welch You know, I'm trying to sometimes sit down and write some stories about my childhood and maybe one when I'm an old lady put them out like a book. Shelby Lynne A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job. Zig Ziglar I've been preparing to run a big company all my life. Denise Morrison I never ever paid attention to...

is causing a crash in coral reef health around the world. And there's no question that it is a factor, but it's preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation. Sylvia Earle I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players. Gabrielle Union The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech. Francois de La Rochefoucauld I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it. Rafael Palmeiro The rise in equities helped strengthen the economy. Jerry A. Webman I fell from the sky. I'm a parachutist, and I missed my mark. Ursula Andress I'm one of the few people I know who believes in God. Martin Freeman That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil. Lyn Nofziger Daley may be sinking. The hot water has gone from his chest to his neck. Don Rose 'Jihad' can mean holy war...

of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking. Ace Frehley There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution. Keith O'Brien I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed into a happy person, but it doesn't work that way. Nick Cave Nothing fails like failure. Margaret Drabble But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th. Obie Trice You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing. Tracy Morgan I basically raised myself. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. My perfect guy wears converse, is totally laid back, and doesn't worry about being cool. Selena Gomez The older you get, the farther from the camera you need to be. Heather Locklear I like to say what I think...

even in my free time, kick it against the wall, juggle it in the front yard and so it was kind of a perpetual state of playing soccer for me. Brandi Chastain I was looking for a name with an old English sound, very easy to pronounce in every language and easy to remember. At the beginning I used J. P. Tod's, but then in 1999 it was shortened since too many people were asking who was Mr. J. P. Tod's. Diego Della Valle The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life. Brian Tracy I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat. Lasse Hallstrom I only tour in short bursts, I'm only ever away from my family and three daughters for a month or two. Harry Connick, Jr. I've done the country, done the pop-rock, done the super-hard electro. Kesha It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt. ...

- and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary. Victoria Moran Generally for red carpet, I love to relax first. I love to work out. I love to eat well, drink tons of water beforehand, so on the night of the red carpet I feel good and ready to go. I also love to get a good body scrub. Emmanuelle Chriqui HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism. Zhang Yimou So, if anatomy is destiny then testosterone is doom. Al Goldstein How many people have had starter marriages? For some reason, mine really offends people. Jessica Seinfeld When I was 8, my favorite toy was a stapler. My brother was afraid of me. Emily Procter Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Charles R. Swindoll I have contact with no one involved in the trial. Kato Kaelin So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly. ...

in animation you didn't necessarily have to be working in kids' television. Seth MacFarlane Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open. Gustav Klimt I never talk to tabloids. Robert Wagner I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press. Michael Hutchence Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word. Lynda Barry I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels. Mark Skousen To look and feel my best, I watch my calories and exercise. Kim Kardashian The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record. Gavin DeGraw Some men are all right in their place if they only knew the right places. Raoul Walsh The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous. Pierre Schaeffer

thing - I wanted to be a speech therapist for little kids. I knew I wanted to do something with kids. Haylie Duff When we were on 'The X Factor,' we didn't realize how overnight the fame thing was. We didn't really understand it until we went on a shopping trip. It was like Week 7 or 8 of the show. We went with a few other contestants and there were loads of people, packed. Zayn Malik I think a good entrepreneur has a very clear grasp of what the goal is, an unwavering sense of the goal, an utterly agile approach of getting there. John Katzman If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy. Cate Blanchett I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting. Dave Matthews The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become. Mark Twain Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work. Clive Barker I started out doi...

that I'm used to having cameras on me in adrenaline-type situations. Gina Carano Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision. Harri Holkeri My father always has been attractive because of his energy, warmth, charm, and talent for finding some connection with people from all cultures and walks of life. He rarely observed social formalities and niceties - something he has passed on to his boys. Ezekiel Emanuel I like breaking the rules. Lexa Doig No voters will be left behind. Donna Brazile Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form. Irwin Shaw Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen. Joel Salatin Sometimes you just know what you're placed on this earth to do. Christina Aguilera I'm quite good at multitasking, but I have to do things immediately. Heidi Klum If it gets laughs, it's funny. Rachel Dratch

my beautifully sonorous, accurate and painfully affecting mental content, and the leaden, halting sentences on the page always seems a dreadful falling short. Will Self I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers. Jessica Chastain I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now. That stuff was heavy. Fred Armisen Natural selection is anything but random. Richard Dawkins Yoga has allowed me to bring my complete spirit together, which allows me to do less, which is more. Giancarlo Esposito So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time. Dario Argento I think, on the whole, men are much more shallow than women. Sharon Gless The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. Kiran Desai Darwin himself recorded the fact that he accepted the Malthusian idea. Trofim Lysenko It's not hard to find a date if you are Jewish in New York and Miami, but...

who threatened to sue if we used their songs. Colin Mochrie Of course, we also have to play in concert halls. This is our dream when you are a musician - to play in a good, comfortable hall with a wonderful acoustic. Gustavo Dudamel Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital. Keith Richards I've never been any good with authority. Rupert Everett Sometimes I don't like the books that I'm reading. Charlie Kaufman I do voicework all the time. Ron Perlman Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not. James Lipton Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that. Daniel Day-Lewis I'm an actor, coming from New York theater. Skeet Ulrich There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.' Iain Duncan Smith

mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself! Paul McCartney When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR. Mikhail Baryshnikov If you're going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won't be interesting to the reader. Beth Gutcheon I'm not going sell out on the people of state of Florida. Kendrick Meek Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities. Pope Francis I'm so uncoordinated. Brett Eldredge I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it. George Strait The American dream is under assault. James A. Forbes I want people to feel good about themselves. Rob ...

not gonna act all ashamed of it. Naomi Watts What's great about bacteria is you have a surprise every day waiting for you because they're so fast, they grow overnight. Bonnie Bassler It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing. Nat King Cole Conquer, but don't triumph. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate. John Keats You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win. Vidal Sassoon It's every girl's dream to be a cover girl! Rihanna I get maybe four hours of sleep a night. I'm a little bit crazy. Mayim Bialik I've had so many injuries. Patrick Swayze I don't like to deal with studios. Ang Lee

evolves for so long that it begins to ask where it came from. Jill Tarter I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor is it prompted by any fear of the punishment which might be inflicted on me. Bram Fischer I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them. Paula Radcliffe I'm creative; I'm not re-creative. Donald Byrd I'm a cowboy. I wear a hat. I drive a 4x4 Silverado diesel truck. I've got a farm. Jason McCoy You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also. Rose Schneiderman Purchased experiences don't count. Douglas Coupland To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment. Jose Bergamin Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory. Marjorie Holmes I've spent my life following my passion. Roger Goodell

of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here! June Jordan Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons. Helen Prejean Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order. Cary Grant Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good. Vida Blue I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual. Karl Rove I always knew I was going to make it, without doubt. Chazz Palminteri To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence. Edwidge Danticat Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want? Mason Cooley I am available to all women - all women who can afford me, that is. Vincent Gallo I had to live in the desert before I ...

Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, 'Hurray, cartoons!' and she would say, 'Smurfs! That's what you're watching.' Jayma Mays For me, family is life. The decision to start one wasn't complex at all. My career has been wonderful, but it's not my life. I don't feel pressure to get back to work. Miranda Kerr I have to say that when I was young, when any politician was talking I wasn't even interested. Maybe they were saying some nice stuff, but then if you put Michael Jordan on TV, I was interested! Thierry Henry I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult. Daniel Clowes Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise. John Webster I guess I fell into cooking. Bobby Flay You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens. Trisha Yearwood The life purpose of the true social entrepren...

what is really involved in the ongoing controversy over campaign financing. James L. Buckley There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring. Norah Jones Mobile communications and pervasive computing technologies, together with social contracts that were never possible before, are already beginning to change the way people meet, mate, work, war, buy, sell, govern and create. Howard Rheingold I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford. Lionel Blue I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little. Jackie Jackson Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored. John Maynard Smith An overflow of good converts to bad. William Shakespeare I love 'Sex and the City;' I think I've seen every episode. Julian Fellowes I am a Westerner of Westerners! Taylor Caldwell Music should be your escape. Missy Elli...

would happened. One bird will start to do a little jazz thing, and another bird will start to answer. John Hench Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person. Leigh Steinberg Every week when my batch of weekly cartoons would go to FedEx, it felt like a small miracle. Then in a few days, it's 'Here we go again.' Gary Larson I've never lost my capacity to be shocked. Kathy Reichs AC/DC is a prime example of taking that blues rock thing and just living in that world. They only really move the furniture around a little on each album, but it still works. Joe Perry The hardest part about acting is realizing it doesn't matter. Jonathan Rhys Meyers Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain. Jessica Savitch I want my government to do something about my privacy - I don't want to just do it on my own. Evgeny Morozov I have one female fan. But she lives with me. I'm not aware of any others. ...

years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in. Sharon Olds Patenting tends to get people's juices flowing when you put the word 'gene' and the word 'patent' in the same sentence. And understandably so. This is stuff we're carrying around - all of us - inside all of our cells. Should somebody be able to lay claim to it? Francis Collins I never worked in a coffee shop and I don't drink coffee, so I never thought I would become a coffee pusher on TV. Scott Patterson I have a great office. R. L. Stine Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist. Rosabeth Moss Kanter You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion. Gustav Mahler I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general. Angela Davis Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipu...

about the part. Just get on stage and see what the other actors are doing, and respond to them as honestly as I can. John Mahoney I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way. Jodelle Ferland In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself. Eric Cantona Philosophy is nothing but discretion. John Selden Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole. Aristophanes I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn. Christie Hefner The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq. Hans Blix After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster. Nicholas Hoult We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere. Kate Clinton And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself. Brandi Chastain