to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing? Anne Tyler You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time. Bob Seger I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I'm trying to get better at what I want to do, just like other kids are trying to get better at what they want to do. Elle Fanning I think the materialist conception of history is valid. Christopher Hitchens I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get. Walter Jon Williams I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office. Mary Fallin I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation. Bela Karolyi I look after people. Amy Winehouse The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born. Jack Kevorkian As a Republic...

the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy. Edward Everett I think I've explained earlier on in the year that I kind of underestimated how important experience was in this series, especially when you're up against such good quality drivers. Dan Wheldon I've got a big mole on my butt. It's true. Gedde Watanabe I didn't want to do something typical. Beck I would say being deeply involved in the art world would help keep a young artist on track. Doing what you love, so that your focus is your artistry. Jada Pinkett Smith I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something. Tia Carrere I was smart enough to go through any door that opened. Joan Rivers British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained. Jean-Jacques Annaud We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor. Benedict Cumberbatch I had a nickname...

the dispossessed, and so the value of literature seems to me to go into the stories that not everybody wants to tell. Colum McCann I think you can tell the food is close to my heart, too, because I'm doing what I do best. Giada De Laurentiis There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity. Robertson Davies My dad was Superman to me, and in my mind he always will be. Artie Lange That's the worst way you can hear about comedy material: from a third person's blog story that they wrote when they were upset. Anthony Jeselnik The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words. Lord Kelvin In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture. Erich von Stroheim Give me Caviar Kaspia and give me a hamburger. I love the two extremes. Michael Kors Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago. Liam Nees...

I came here, because I thought it would be a place where I would find other people like me; people who wanted to write, people who had a dream of being something else. And that proved to be true. Robert Crais As a teenager, I developed a great interest in not only horse breeding but also horse racing and used to bet based on red-hot tips. I realized that becoming a bookmaker would be very lucrative, but Dad put his foot down, saying it was an inappropriate career. Cyrus S. Poonawalla I like to watch many things, especially strange films and something recent, not just the story. Dario Argento A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic. Beatrice Wood I've been in football a long time and people have problems through debt, drugs, drink and family. Gordon Strachan What one gets, I hope, is that all you can do is the best you can do. Mike Farrell Goals determine what you're going to be. Julius Erving It's time for the party of bi...

things, and they were rarely hard jokes. As soon as you go up in front of people, it demands laughter. Michael Patrick King AIDS does not inevitably lead to death, especially if you suppress the co-factors that support the disease. It is very important to tell this to people who are infected. Luc Montagnier We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is important, and disasters are sometimes one of those opportunities. Rebecca Solnit I didn't like mundane life. Jeanne Calment Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid. Maya Lin I got more out of the farm than Harvard Business School. Greg Brenneman It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future. Zaha Hadid I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years. Roland Joffe A man's worth has its s...

There are like the cult people in the audience who are just crying before she gets on. And then there are the people who are playing it cool. I definitely was somewhere in the middle. Genevieve Gorder Who wants to live forever? Freddie Mercury Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin Powell is embracing the issue, now supported by most Americans. Still, a few people, like former First Lady Laura Bush appear to be conflicted. Kitty Kelley Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic. Val Kilmer A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. Ralph Waldo Emerson Never interrupt me when I'm eating a banana. Ryan Stiles It was a lot of auditions and tapings and stuff like that. Kieran Culkin I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it. Garry ...

It's just that the term 'feminism' conjures up other things for people. Marina and the Diamonds As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock. DJ Jazzy Jeff You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it. Taylor Momsen I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment. Neil Patrick Harris Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians. Paulo Coelho Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas. Jose Marti I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things. Mae Whitman I am convinced that if you serve great value, people will come to you. Eric Ripert I really do love football. Ricky Williams I'm far from a saint. Clay Guida

must bow, every knee must bend, every tongue must confess, thou art the greatest, the greatest of all time, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali. Don King I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half. Zakk Wylde People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them. James Dyson A book that is shut is but a block. Thomas Fuller When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners. Richard Carlson The success of the film is down to the crew. Dougray Scott I don't think I've played a lot of crazy people. Melanie Lynskey I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again. Gray Davis I don't exercise - that's something I struggle with. Debra Messing I was an actor before becoming a comedian. Shelley Berman

my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact. Samuel L. Jackson Some novels present a story form many points of view. Most movies tell only one person's side of the story. Sometime it's easy to use the strongest point of view, or find the character with the most dramatic experience. It depends on which themes the scriptwriter wants to explore. Seth Grahame-Smith The prayers of cowards fortune spurns. Ovid I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist. Martin Luther Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth. Jeremy Paxman It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. Lascelles Abercrombie I love older lady style. They dress for themselves everyday. Shenae Grimes I don't call magaz...

schools, we will have to allow those public funds to be used for any type of private school. Jonathan Kozol Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. And if you want to be a choreographer, then you have to make dances. Mark Morris On everything I do I'm always taking someone's money, whether it's a movie studio or a record label. Somebody's paying for it, and I'm always respectful of that. But I'm never going to compromise. Spike Jonze Words want to find chimes with each other, things want to connect. Paul Muldoon The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it's because they recognize me, and they say nice things. Todd Solondz Change is never easy. Sally Field I have never been a shooter. Shaquille O'Neal I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was th...

but I don't go after them. I'd rather they be placed in my lap. Valerie Bertinelli 'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. Jason Reitman My story reflexes come less from fantasy or horror than from the darker sort of psychological thriller - not as plot-driven as most, rather more mood-driven. My interest in the supernatural is a complication - though I am less interested in ghosts than in people who see ghosts. Graham Joyce War itself is the enemy of the human race. Howard Zinn I know a few chords on the guitar, but I wouldn't be able do a show or even be part of a jam session with one. Jake Shimabukuro You're gifted to do something. Karen Kingsbury But I'm not a tough guy or a street fighter for real. I...

initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials. Isabelle Adjani I always have this feeling that I'm losing everything, so I'm a real saver. Mark-Paul Gosselaar It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that. Nicole Richie The only people that should vote should be legal. Pam Bondi All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him. Jack Dempsey Art is nothing if you don't reach every segment of the people. Keith Haring Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age. Candice Bergen Acting meant so much to me. Brendan Coyle I felt pressured by continuous touring. Andy Partridge I have become my own father. Michael Lindsay-Hogg

also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from. Jeffrey Jones Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me. Moustapha Akkad I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy. Joan Collins Like most people, I can be very easily hurt. Joyce Carol Oates I would like to make it so that education was a right, and not a privilege. Daphne Koller Responsibility educates. Wendell Phillips Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism. Emma Goldman I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences. Zhang Yimou I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more. Tom Jones People have to eat and it's good to have a last-resor...

and the makeup and the clothing. Lucy Hale To go to the Oscars for 'Moneyball' - that was pretty amazing. Chris Pratt I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast... We have to change. Gianni Versace People fall in love for mysterious reasons. Jeff Bridges To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough. Alec Baldwin I really love peace and quiet. Barry Sanders It's funny because it's funny. David Spade I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest. Peter Jurasik God made me an Indian. Sitting Bull One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter. Joseph Addison

rest of your life. I don't think you ever abandon any of them. Nicole Kidman People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged. Elizabeth Warren The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero. Herman Cain I created the role of Captain Von Trapp. Theodore Bikel Poetry: the best words in the best order. Samuel Taylor Coleridge My dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery. David LaChapelle Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate. Benedict Cumberbatch It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up. Yani Tseng Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. Baltasar Gracian Times are hard and friends are few. Paul O'Grady

write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish. Kate Atkinson After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim. Ryan Lochte I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way. Sarah Jessica Parker What I really see myself doing is late-night TV. No woman has ever done it. Anna Benson I love dark chocolate. I love it. Emma Roberts Charity is willingly given from the heart. Rush Limbaugh Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. Bertrand Russell Nothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father. Alafair Burke One in four of us will have a mental illness at some point. That is a lot of people. Ala...

of not being able to play anywhere because we weren't able to play anything that anyone wanted to hear. So we learned songs that we thought that we could do without puking. Wayne Kramer Globalization is a fact of economic life. Carlos Salinas de Gortari I love it when a man cooks; it's one of those points that makes me adore a guy. I think it's so romantic and I feel cared for when a man cooks. Olga Kurylenko I just live in the truth and think that every moment counts. Debra Winger I'm kind of psychotic and I like to talk about things. I'm a Virgo, too, so I like to analyze and overprocess. Pink I do want to go out on top, as a winner. Art Modell A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. Aristotle Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics. Mohsin Hamid Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death. Elbert Hubbard If we have any problems, it's always with the...

a little bit annoying after awhile, but I basically let people dictate what jokes I'm going to do. Gabriel Iglesias I guess any simple idea that is really good will catch on quickly. John Hull You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together. Eddie Murray If my life was a movie, no one would believe it. Arnold Schwarzenegger I get interested in writers who are enigmatic. Harry Hamlin My agent hates my directing career! Kevin Connolly I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof. Darren Criss A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him. Man Ray Football can generate excitement and bring people together. Didier Drogba We are a very, very unusual species. Richard Dawkins

Mountain and gone on the rides. I love roller coasters. Anthony Hopkins I grew up in kind of the last generation of Canadians who thought things that were happening in Britain were more important, almost, than what was happening in Canada. And my mother was fervently of that opinion. Robert MacNeil I've been in enough movies to know that when you're on the set and you start shooting, you're looking at playback and you get a sense of what it's going to be like. Mark Wahlberg The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals. Stokely Carmichael I don't think the label cares about an album... People just want their number-one record. Peter Tosh I wasn't the most popular kid in school. Daniel Radcliffe I've always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think. Kenny Rogers Computing is becoming universal. Jay S. Walker Everybody knows it hurts to grow up... and we're still fighting it. Ben ...

him: I don't like him, but he makes me laugh even now. I'm also jealous that he's a better golfer than I am. Richard Dreyfuss To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you. Blair Underwood I didn't care where my works were published. Ben Shahn We are very far from always knowing our own wishes. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Without intervention today, the cost of care for adults with autism will be significantly greater and the burden will no longer lie with the parents, but on our entire society. Jenny McCarthy I'm a hard headed lawyer. Eric Holder Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation. Will Rogers The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all. Evo Morales Again, a franchise to me doesn't have to be a billion dollar title. David Fincher I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game. Tom Brady

main M.O. is musical growth, and if I become a rock star in the process, great! Kip Winger If you agree with a critic, you admire him or her. If you disagree, you despise them. We all feel a great need to be confirmed in our opinions. Ben Brantley Corporate Hollywood thinks I'm a geek to go back and do theater. They don't understand why I don't want to be a movie star, why I'm not pursuing Mel Gibson's roles. William Petersen It's not always the easiest thing to be the center of so much spilled ink. Tim Tebow The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. Henry Beston 'Cause it's really hard, it's hard to be an actor. Jenna Fischer I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter. Mary Cheney You cannot exist as a $20 billion company with speculation. Eike Batista In general, every country has the language ...

it gives to banks. These shares typically don't have voting rights, possibly to give more of a hands-off appearance to the government. Jerry A. Webman Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood. Bodhidharma I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was an exceptional magnet for me to want to explore the theater. I can only assume that 'Smash' is doing that for anyone who is halfway interested in theater already. Brian d'Arcy James Women are incredible in groups together. Terrifying. Men have nothing on them. Michael Hutchence I'd be a terrible secret agent. I can't keep a secret and I'm not sneaky. Katherine Heigl I still fit in with the hillbillies! Gretchen Wilson I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean. Sara Bareilles I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived. Meryl Streep Americans are hidden...

your metabolism down and breaks the thermostat. Diets don't work. They don't help you understand why you're eating more than your body wanted in the first place. Susie Orbach The Pentagon today will not allow any of these people who work for the Pentagon, to talk to the media. They have gagged them from talking to members of Congress. Curt Weldon I have been involved in music since 1972 when I started managing two artists from The Jimi Hendrix Band. My family has been involved in music for years, so it's kind of in my blood. I just wish I could sing! Earl Monroe We're not inherently anything but human. Robin Morgan I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it. Ann Patchett Every man has a wild beast within him. Frederick the Great Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects. Robert Burns Each life makes its own immitation of immortality. Stephen King Even ...

your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in. Natalie Merchant I've been mainly a happy boy in my life. I married the right girl and we did what we wanted to do. Richard Ford Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy. Jack Kingston I don't look too far ahead. Xander Berkeley The people of Florida in 2002 voted and approved class size limits in Florida to make sure that the State pays for smaller class sizes and not local districts. Kendrick Meek The ruling class is and will continue to be the class of decision makers. Jean-Francois Lyotard I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations. Edith Evans I always have dashi in my refrigerator - it's the almighty Japanese ingredient. Masaharu Morimoto I do a lot of races for...

by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents. Will McDonough I couldn't throw a knuckleball if my life depended on it. Gio Gonzalez Obama's position on marriage is brazenly cynical. David Limbaugh As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark. Jeff Dunham The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's. Warren Cuccurullo Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society. Zaha Hadid There's also a certain rhythm to the way Jews talk that might be funny. Larry David I make a dog-friendly version of almost everything that we make for dinner. Rachael Ray I like jewelry. Big rings, big necklaces. Shoes, belts, luggage. Janel Parrish A skilled worker, regardless of the job description, remains a treasure. Madeleine M. Kunin

dream to be accepted by a community and school, became possible and a reality with a movie about my life, The Ryan White Story. Ryan White I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet. Jenny Eclair Many people who voted for Mr. Obama in the last election did so based on skin color. Alveda King The door can never be closed for good to any player. Zinedine Zidane I was obsessed with Chubby Checker and old dances, like the twist. Laurieann Gibson A fool is wise in his eyes. King Solomon It's interesting to see these lives from places I may never go unfold on screen. Paz Vega Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real. Andre Malraux Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it. Robert McKee DJs are the new rock stars. Tiesto

because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet. Steven Tyler In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to find God are his business. I think he went to a study group at the Vineyard, and it created a lot of excitement. T Bone Burnett My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game. Joshua Ferris My main concern is getting out an album that I feel really proud of. Carly Rae Jepsen I was always a very good student. Renee Fleming My voice is an instrument. David Coverdale Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time. Remy de Gourmont My stage show is raw and unpredictable. P...

else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.' Bernie Mac The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. Ernest Holmes Islam believes in many prophets, and Al Quran is nothing but a confirmation of the old Scriptures. Annie Besant His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations. Elias Canetti Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk. John Leguizamo I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone. Tyra Banks When I was in college I did a lot of comedy. Dean Norris The whole family is tight. We all really love each other. Kieran Culkin The unknown is always interesting. Michael Ovitz Rosie knows ...

be club after club after club of people who were around when the music started. I mean these are legendary, maybe not so well known, but legendary musicians. Harry Connick, Jr. So to get back to being intimidated, yes, you get intimidated when you're on the runway with Naomi Campbell, who is the best runway model in the world. Heidi Klum I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more. Dee Dee Myers Well, I've claimed to have seen two ghosts in a hotel room. Rachel Dratch So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored. Paul Begala To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality. Nelly Sachs Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion. John Henry Newman This life that I've led has been really well suited for me. Christina Ricci The public always picks quality. Ra...

most beautiful descriptions in music ever written on film or in literature. And we could hear the music accompanying the words... What more can you ask for? F. Murray Abraham Certainly a decade and a half out in the real world, bashing my head against things, probably made me into a more textured writer. It gives you something to write about. Richard K. Morgan Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography. Lance Loud You can't always say what you'd like to say. Sebastian Vettel If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. Dolly Parton When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion. Mason Cooley I'm personally a nonbeliever, so I'm struggling with if we really need religion. Frans de Waal There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves. Lyndon B. Johnson A shady business never yiel...

music. I haven't really done that yet because my younger brother is a musician and really talented and I want him to come out with his music first. Stephen Dorff Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going. John Podhoretz I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to say, 'I like you, I want to go out with you, you can ask me.' And still I would question it. Did she mean it? Kevin James I'm known for impressions and family stories. Jay Pharoah Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is. Amiri Baraka You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit. Harrison Ford I live to laugh, and I laugh to live. Milton Berle I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other. Sophia Bush...

which was called 'Pariah.' The football team was the Bears, and the literary magazine was 'Pariah.' It was great. It was definitely a real sub-culture. But I wrote stories for them. Tom Perrotta If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Charles Caleb Colton I think it is one of the capacities of human beings, to create style. Susie Orbach I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state. Dick Van Dyke I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world. Norman Finkelstein You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Gary Oldman I'm not particularly attention-seeking. Annie Lennox I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality. Max Beckmann My life has been an open book, for better or for worse...

'Bullets Over Broadway' is the only film of his I've enjoyed in the last 10 years. Douglas Wood I think I'm a really tough player. Caroline Wozniacki I was an accidental banker. To please my parents, I went for an interview with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1983. They promised to send me into their offices in more than 40 countries and essentially audit the practices. It was an extraordinary job. Jacqueline Novogratz Yes, I'm a real southern boy. Billy Carter I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next. Jake Johnson I'm not in the business of warning people. John Bercow But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour. Bryan Ferry Without obsession, life is nothing. John Waters Yes, we get death threats every week... from the Muslims. Jack Chick When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of. Leighton Meester

in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword. Neil Diamond We sat here during Irene in '99 with the back door open. We drank and watched all the stuff fly by. John Harrison I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself. Jennifer Lopez When I was growing up, the top movies dealt with grown-up, complex emotions. John Slattery I was a close observer of the developments in molecular biology. John Pople You don't want a whole bunch of yes people around you. Toni Braxton I never really am in awe of people because we are just equal at the end of the day. Nick Carter Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those. Mayer Hawthorne I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society. Mike Tyson I think tattoos are horrible. It's li...

when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year. Wallace Shawn Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead. Sarah Vowell The field of quantum valence fluctuations was another older interest which became much more active during this period, partly as a consequence of my own efforts. Philip Warren Anderson My running style was kind of just head-on, because I couldn't dance. Earl Campbell You always need younger guys if you're going to be successful in the long term. Saku Koivu With an apple I will astonish Paris. Paul Cezanne I don't know how people live without coffee, I really don't. Martha Quinn I always liked strange characters. Tim Burton I try to be as efficient as possible. Richard Jefferson I can dine at the White House, but I can still hang at the 'hood. Wendy Raquel Robinson

to see them again, I love that. Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected. Orlando Bloom A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping. Kenneth Tynan I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time. Mako You need to be an adrenalin junkie when you travel with kids. Graeme Le Saux Now the Bible tells us that we are all by nature, sinners, that we are slaves to sin and Satan, and that unless we are converted, or born again, we must be miserable forever. Jupiter Hammon I'd much rather wear out than rust out. Dan Rather I just hate talking about myself. Miuccia Prada My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. Billy Ray Cyrus I had a very happy childhood. Juan Antonio Bayona When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until ...

and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind. Chief Joseph I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and the Medicine Wheel. These places are important to me, because they've been made sacred by sacrifice, by the investment of blood and experience and story. N. Scott Momaday Some people say they have a thirst for life. They're excited about every day and they're prepared to look the bad and the good straight in the face and greet it all with a smile. I like to think I'm one of those people. Amy Jo Martin I don't think anyone wants to be gay. Graham Norton I've never been big on cars. When I first got to Hollywood, I bought a used car from Avis. I drove that until I almost had to pay someone to tow it away. Vince Vaughn 'Yeezus,' I really love it. I think the sound of it is cool. Trent Reznor Often the masses are pl...

they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears. Jimi Hendrix Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to buy. William S. Burroughs I don't deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and that's one thing I am constantly working on - pain management. James Belushi I like me Italian girls; half Halle Berry, half Penelope Cruz sort of thing! Tom Felton I think the first movie I ever saw was a 'Star Wars' triple bill, when 'Return of the Jedi' was released. Richard Coyle I got nominated for an Academy Award(R) for writing 'Borat.' Todd Phillips You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody. John Ortberg I was the night foreman of a galvanizing factory, which is h...

in comedies are the manchild, the adolescent, characters that refuse to grow up. And yet, if you look back in the history of comedy all the way back to the Marx brothers, that's a big part of comedy. Will Ferrell You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power. John Podhoretz I don't want to slam the cute and fun movies out there, but it gets old. John Corbett Association with human beings lures one into self-observation. Franz Kafka I always thought that I was okay with arithmetic. Erskine Bowles Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. Horace I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning. Maurice Sendak Can you imagine the most trusted man in America? Cronkite deserved it too. Mike Wallace On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans an...

who has ever competed in the sport, and there's that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I'm competitive in all aspects. Ashton Eaton I wanted to be a fashion journalist and went to the London College of Fashion to do a journalism and promotion course. Kirsty Gallacher I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me. Jupiter Hammon To me glamour isn't about being sparkly. Tori Amos Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.' Katherine Paterson On 18 you've got to drive it up a gnat's ass. Greg Norman I was a mother's boy. Don Rickles I'm terrible in high heels. I'm so bad. Lara Stone I like the big questions. Christy Turlington Aborti...

day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end. John Ortberg All SEALS in my mind are equally elite. It doesn't matter if you're SEAL Team Two, One, Six, 10, it doesn't matter. All SEALS are equally elite. Howard E. Wasdin And I feel that filmmakers ought to be careful with the use of 3D. Because if you look back over the decades, you see that 3D has come and gone for I don't know how many years now. Warwick Davis I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman. Matthew Gray Gubler I've often been the guy who doesn't get the girl. Hugh Bonneville We all have our painful pasts we have to get through. Valerie Bertinelli We tried to create advantages. We were never complacent. Bobby Rahal I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway. Jimmy Chamberlin I got exposed to so many different cultures ...

able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order. Jurgen Habermas I sing and play guitar and harmonica. I've been doing it for a long time. Harry Dean Stanton I love doing the voice of Batman because of the quality of the animation. The music is particularly incredible. Another bonus is getting the opportunity to work with some very respected actors who do not usually do voice work. Kevin Conroy I like music when it makes you feel. Sean Paul In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering. Peter Singer I don't believe in overdoing myself. Jennifer Hudson I'm a huge art buff. Jason Momoa For me, hair is an accoutrement. Hair is jewelry. It's an accessory. Jill Scott Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. Colin Powell You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musician...

where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface. Arianna Huffington I still prefer horses to human beings. Morrissey Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself. Nicole Scherzinger I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly. Neil Diamond Land degradation did not start with chemical agriculture. But chemical agriculture offered new tools for annihilation. Joel Salatin I would love to have a robot at home. Hugh Jackman You need the willingness to fail all the time. John Backus No one wants to see a tattoo on a stomach. Lena Dunham I hate having my hair cut so I try not to. Leona Lewis I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children. Diane Abbott

accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not. Matthew Sweet Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face. Thomas Sowell There is this power that comes with being famous. Rod Stewart Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality. Ram Dass The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them. Samuel Butler The fool knows after he's suffered. Hesiod As a musician, you just want to be able to do what you love. Andy Grammer Wonders will never cease. David Garrick There is one universal sex law: Sex shall not be unregulated. Robert Anton Wilson To be free and to live a free life - that is the most beautiful thing there is. Miguel Indurain

to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find. Jimmy Smith Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. Ezekiel Emanuel At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet. Ama Ata Aidoo Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether. Greil Marcus We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction. Andrew Niccol I like Vegas for its spontaneity. Tony Curtis I owe everything to the army. Norman Wisdom I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does. ...

to endure as a country, Israel must shun both these tendencies. Elizabeth Wurtzel It's not winning or losing. It's the friends and the people that you meet along the way. Summer Altice I always read a lot as a kid and I'd spend long periods of time in my room reading... I wasn't reading anything great until I got older, but I used to read Agatha Christie mysteries and all of Ian Fleming's 'James Bond' novels. Michael Riedel I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit. Tim Robbins I think everything is pretty well preordained - even your mistakes. Mel Gibson Man proposes, but God disposes. Thomas a Kempis I'm committed to universal health coverage and education. Carol Moseley Braun I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else. Kathryn Bigelow I'm really starting to think everything happens for a reason. Samantha Mumba You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up ...

to just embrace what you were born with because it's beautiful and you were made like that for a reason. It's tough being a girl. I think we need all of the support we can get. Shay Mitchell Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign. Robyn Hitchcock But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it. Audre Lorde Most of the places I've been, I've been a main piece of the puzzle. Eric Davis If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it's essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were. Conor Oberst Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes. Peter Orszag Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind. Jay Mohr There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. John Milling...

another thing that became kind of standard practice, we didn't hurry the destroyers around the beach any more, when it got dark, we'd take 'em out thirty or forty miles out in the middle of the Tonkin Gulf. James Stockdale I've got a long-term plan. Colin Hay I used to pride myself on being the first in the office in the morning and one of the last to leave at night. Now, that's so dated: It's not about effort, it's about outcomes. Maynard Webb I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there. Martha Beck While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. Eugene V. Debs Don't buy the bootlegs, save your stuff, everything's coming back out. Jerry Only I have no use for people who hunt for what they call sport. Mercedes McCambridge I would try doing a dish 30 different ways. Heston Blumenthal I've always liked Dennis...

is that they represent a unique way of thinking about the world. A vision that over tens of thousands of years has risen out of the land, the power, the very being of our continent, Australia. Kevin Rudd See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners. Paul Begala I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me. Joseph Barbera I gave my life to the Lord at 12. I was baptized at 12. Chuck Norris I feel that man-hating is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them. Robin Morgan I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico. Mika I'm a big advocate of drones. Robert M. Gates I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world. Felix Baumgartner If I have to speak in public, I am terr...

by the differences between the sexes. To put it another way: All marriages are mixed marriages. Anne Tyler I love acting with kids, cause they're great acting partners. They're totally present. Even when they're acting, they're still available and you can crack them up or something weird will happen and they'll go with it. Mark Ruffalo Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith and Mick. The rest of the band is sort of an embellishment to that. Charlie Watts True solidarity is only possible among the solitary. Jose Bergamin Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. Louis D. Brandeis I've finally found my home - as Lt. Frank Drebin. Leslie Nielsen I probably wouldn't be acting if I didn't grow up in Hollywood. Rashida Jones Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school. J. C. Watts Marriage is a financial contract; I ...

You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you. Gary Oldman I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind. George W. Bush In South Texas, we understand how vital port security is and we fear the day a weapon of mass destruction could be brought into a U.S. port in a container and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties. Solomon Ortiz Gut health is the key to overall health. Kris Carr I feel like soundtrack music is almost like seeing the movie again, but with my ears. Dave Attell Dreams seem to have a will of their own. Henry Reed I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent. Dolph Lundgren When my children were yo...

can count all your true friends on one hand, you're a lucky man.' Josh Charles I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant in their rise to global dominance. Amy Chua If you splurge, do it on an item that's fun, because you'll feel good whenever you put it on. Lela Rose Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work. Chief Joseph I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue. Katori Hall I was for years in the yellow period, you know. Josef Albers I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan. Gary Johnson The sixth sense is at the core of our experiences. It is what makes experiences out of events. Henry Reed He serves his party best who serves his country best. Rutherford B. Hayes What Washington needs is adult supervision...

was part of my daughter's life, and she deserved two parents, which is part of the rationale behind us staying married for 30 years. Samuel L. Jackson When oil and gas prices went up dramatically and filled up the state treasury, I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged - directly to the people of Alaska. Sarah Palin I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn. Polykarp Kusch I'm married, you know. I love my husband and I have a child. Tina Fey Why can't people credit that he and all of us had a sense of humour? Ingrid Thulin Gaming is the backbone of Nevada's economy. Kenny Guinn Buffy loves Angel. He loves her. And I love Ho Hos. Joss Whedon So to me, fat just seems to be right to the point and the most descriptive way to say it. Camryn Manheim Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasur...

the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong. Lara St. John I love seeing people having fun. Everyone over in L.A. is too cool for it. That's the problem. Lukas Haas I'm amazed by just constantly - there's not a week that goes past where there's not someone in Ulan Bator or Rio De Janeiro suddenly says, 'Ooh, 'Downton' started this week.' You completely forget it's staggered across the world. Dan Stevens I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning. Gary Larson Mr. Cain would structurally change the voting demographic. There would be more black economic conservatives, and the Democrats would lose their stranglehold on the black vote. Alveda King Who controls the issuance of money controls the government! Nathan Meyer Rothschild The only time I have problems is when I sleep. Tupac Shakur Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now. Kurtis Blow There's a lot of revisionist history th...

with everybody. I was not a partier. I was too Type A and crazy about my grades, but I was still there at everything. Kristin Chenoweth The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations. Lakhdar Brahimi The Beatles were in a different stratosphere, a different planet to the rest of us. All I know is when I heard 'Love Me Do' on the radio, I remember walking down the street and knowing my life was going to be completely different now the Beatles were in it. Justin Hayward The planet is always half light and half dark, and so are we. Jennifer Lynch The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally. Gustav Stresemann I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life. Julius Erving Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and acc...

was that figure I see, like Michael Johnson. I really wanted to look up to the fast guys - so those two guys were some of the guys I looked up to. Tyson Gay But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented. Taylor Hackford On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension. Otto Schily I have really crooked teeth - they give me character! Emma Roberts I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type. Tadashi Shoji I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me. Phil Collins I was fully immersed in the now as an athlete. Kyle Shewfelt Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother. Christine Baranski Newt Gingrich is a very intelligent man, if he says so himself. John Podhoretz Being an All-Star is everything. Allen Iverson

result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.' Jane McGonigal Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth. Cyril Connolly I think in this movie, every time I see his work, I'm blown away by it because he, to me, he really embodied the character so powerfully and so real, so truthfully to me. Kyra Sedgwick Art is man's nature; nature is God's art. Philip James Bailey Elections are rarely perfect. Richard Holbrooke I could never gain much weight. I've always had a fast metabolism. Marc Wallice The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily. Buffalo Bill I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule. Denzel Washington I can't palm a basketball. Carmelo Ant...

I have many major issues with the church. Jon Bon Jovi The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I'd be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby. Vin Diesel I personally love to run outdoor fitness trails. I love the meditative value I get when out alone, challenging myself to run faster and higher. Laurieann Gibson Remarks are not literature. Gertrude Stein The experience of using a Rolleiflex camera is very different than using a SLR. Matthew Modine I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20. John Lithgow I never did anything I'm really ashamed of. Lauryn Hill I like change. I don't like being in the same room for too long. Michael Mann I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows. Christina Aguilera There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education. Peter Orszag

but just disagree on how to get there, which is why it should be okay to not panic if the other party wins. Matt Taibbi Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. Les Brown All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least. Richard Gere For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything. Felix Dennis I have a long track record of really horrible relationships and a divorce behind me; so I'm not the guy to ask. I just got really fortunate with this one. James Denton I wasn't aware of it at the time, but I was a big favorite with the Mafia. Brenda Lee I'm a lot more grounded now, a lot more settled in my skin. Clea Duvall The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film. Michelle Williams A love of nature is a consolation against failure. Berthe Morisot An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact. Maria Edgeworth

have two generations behind me so that helps puts things into perspective. I am a grandmother now, but at least my nine-year-old grandson Jude calls me Glamma and not Granny. Stephanie Beacham Why should I try to make you believe the things I believe in? Dennis Rodman We've been working with the very best in the business. The studio really just let us alone to make the films. David Heyman I drive every day. I like to gamble. David Edwards Societies can easily talk themselves into conflict and misery. But they can also talk, and act, their way out. Geoff Mulgan If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote. Jesse Jackson I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner. Haile Gebrselassie I like doing family films. Matthew Lillard I don't have regrets because they are negative. Bruce Oldfield Transformations don't scare me: it thrills me to become the polar opposite. Alexandra Roach

outside of the box, be creative and innovators, sort of the forward-thinkers of our future. I think a way to inspire that is through art and music. Angela Kinsey When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity; it was just 'the wine,' from the cellar cask. The rules were general: white with the first course, red with the main course. Jacques Pepin No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry - to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. Knut Hamsun I don't plan massively in advance. Stella McCartney I enjoy all aspects of it, I don't have a preference for any medium. I think each of them has its attractions and I would hope they each inform the other in some way. Cillian Murphy I live in a landscape, which every single day of my li...

my Wet N Wild 666 lip liner. It's 99 cents and always has been. I started using it when I was in high school, and it's great. Fergie I mean, I - it's so funny, I am, you know, I am, you know, a working woman out in the world, but I still live with my parents half the time. I've been sort of taking this very long, stuttering period of moving out. Lena Dunham Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody else had relaxers and pressed hair. I wore my hair in an Afro puff. Nappy. The way I dressed. It was all about name brands at the time in L.A. I had no idea. All those things, I failed miserably at. Issa Rae I am very grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded. Dalia Mogahed A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws. William Jackson I can sleep anywhere. I'm like an infant. Lauren Conrad I love them very ...

to the enemy or wait until they hit you again. In my estimation, America chose the first. Kay Granger A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud. George Santayana During my Austin years, I was drawing a regular strip for the University Of Texas newspaper, going to school, delivering blood, and trying to change my approach and 'style' as much as I could, since I knew that I'd calcify as I got older. Chris Ware I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome. Donald Glover What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on. Harold Prince I'm a Capricorn, actually. Bill Keller French are what they are without excusing themselves to be. Simon Baker I like a quiet life. Wendy Cope Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader. Manuel Pui...

something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising. Giorgio Armani I was born in Toronto and studied with the National Ballet of Canada. I went to school to study dance, slept on the floor, ate nothing, waitressed - and then there was a Mary J. Blige audition. Laurieann Gibson Healthy bodies make healthy babies so you have nothing to lose! Heidi Murkoff I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre. Christopher Durang I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld. Billy Joel I think all music is a gift from God. Pharrell Williams We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland. Jim Otto I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. Jack Ma When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance. Victor Borge I'm happier and a better person when I work out, especially if I work out outdoors. Amy Jo Martin

relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful. John R. Allen The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives. Craig Benson Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture. Tadao Ando I own a Ferrari race team, and we race all over North America. Robert Herjavec I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work. Helen Reddy We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second. Horace Walpole I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam. Idi Amin AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease. Yusuf Hamied An idea is a putting truth in check-mate. Jose Ortega y Gasset So instead of w...

am not operating, I am often anxious, uncertain, restless, sometimes irritable. When I am in the position of working with Steadicam or remote cameras, I fly with a broken wing. Robert Richardson Knowing how to age and not being afraid of aging is very healthy. Evelyn Lauder And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent. Bruce Springsteen It is easier to be critical than correct. Benjamin Disraeli I'm just getting older and better. Neal Schon I really enjoy working on small films. Eric Bana People want to feel hopeful. Michelle Obama If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn. Andy Lau When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way. Ravi Shankar I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated. Erin Morgenstern

be working. If I stay at home, I'll only buy another car or spend their money. Danny Trejo Well, when I was a kid, I grew up in San Diego next to the ocean. The ocean was my friend - my best friend. Robert Ballard I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do. Carlos Santana I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. Chief Joseph I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits. Kristin Kreuk People use so much more health care when they live longer. Michael Bloomberg But I think role models also start in the home with your parents. Dominique Wilkins Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer. Jim Bakker My husband does so many romantic things for me, it's absurd. Jennifer Beals I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years. David Guters...

at it. I parked cars, a valet. I answered phones. I somehow avoided being a waiter. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep the order straight. I'm not much of a multi-tasker. Will Ferrell It's not going to be easy to change things. Daniel Berrigan My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message. Christian Bale We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do. Joe Manchin I hate being forced to do things. I hate people telling me what to do, so I'll do the complete opposite. It's a bit self-destructive sometimes. Sky Ferreira Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using. David Crystal My perspective is a lil different 'cus im from Manhattan . Kool Moe Dee My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swip...

think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin. Kirsten Dunst Terrorism tramples upon any rights and freedoms and generates fear and hatred; it is an obstacle to efforts at improving our world. Dmitry Medvedev In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices. Jon Pertwee My aim was to safeguard justice, without doing harm to our war effort. Hans Frank It has been shown that, in contrast to everything which classical national economy has hitherto taught, not the producer but the consumer is the ruling factor in economic life. Hjalmar Schacht I don't like acting things; I like feeling things. Dougray Scott A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net. Cynthia Heimel No nation has friends only interests. Charles de Gaulle When the armistice was declared American forces had fought their way to Sedan. Kelly Miller As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the trut...

that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt. Ahmed Ben Bella I love being physical and acting at the same time. Jennifer Garner Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith. Samantha Morton I love the water; I love to swim. Keri Hilson Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs. Ralph Bakshi Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws. Leon Trotsky But was there ever dog that praised his fleas? William Butler Yeats I loved Michael Jackson and Madonna. I styled my hair like Whitney Houston. Concha Buika My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs. Adam Jones There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album. Stephen Malkmus

kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house. Abraham Verghese I mean, Iceland is Iceland. It can't do damage to anybody unless you're Icelandic. But the United States can drag down the entire western economy. And I think what we are seeing is simply a reflection of reality. This is not, I'm sorry, but this is not a AAA nation. Mark Steyn I really want to work with Emma Stone; she is adorable. Isabelle Fuhrman Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. Kristi Yamaguchi The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education. James S. Coleman Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state. Cesare Pavese Wikis and social networking are just tools. Jimmy Wales At times, it feels like I'm being cyber bullied. Rebecca Black I would like to be a polyglot. Rachel Maddow I have a little name. That's why...

this House today that approved a bill that will allow for a pay raise for our military. We are grateful for that and for the actions of this body. Marsha Blackburn Excess exercise tends to be counterbalanced by excess hunger, exemplified by the phrase 'working up an appetite.' A few people with extraordinary willpower can resist such hunger day after day, but for the vast majority, weight loss through exercise is a flawed option. Andrew Weil It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work. Jimmy Wales Life is tragic but it's equally comic. John Banville In the West, people tend to look at life as spectators, but in the East, people are the thing. Duane Michals I'd like to do more stuff with less sarcasm. Sara Gilbert I don't want to say the same lines every night. Harry Connick, Jr. Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. I almost never have a plan for myself... I...

helps people to identify and work to their strengths. Marcus Buckingham The guy in the airplane goes with you. So he has self-interest to do the good things, too, and I don't know of any pilots that don't have a self-interest in staying alive. Gordon Bethune A lot has transpired in my life. Tiger Woods I'm not such a public person. Phillip Lim The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power. Whittaker Chambers As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot. Graydon Carter I think I suffer from some mild depression. Zach Braff The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content. Fernand Leger 'Election' made zero money at the box office, but it started my career. Chris Klein I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done. Mike Lee

pressure medication, for example. And women are merely asking that their health be taken just as seriously. Sandra Fluke The one thing I'm absolutely obsessed with lately are gadgets! New cell phones; I walk around with three phones because I have all the new ones, and I can't choose which I prefer. Bar Refaeli If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else. Kenneth Branagh Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile. Adam Oates If you're trying to do multiple agendas, you'll confuse yourself as a storyteller. If you have one purpose, everything else will fall into place. Andrew Stanton I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher. Gabrielle Union I love making cakes, and I'm good at it. Buddy Valastro Tod's customers - whatever their nationality - want the very best things in life. Diego Della Valle Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for ...

when it turns out in the end that he isn't. Friedrich Nietzsche The most important thing about Jazz at Lincoln Center is the fact that it's the first time that perhaps the most important art form in American culture has a place to really exhibit itself and dedicated to its own particular conditions of performance. Rafael Vinoly When I'm up on stage, I'm thinking more about my fans and about myself as a singer and an artist. When I'm at home being a daddy, the last thing I'm thinking about is being an artist. It is two things that I never really put together. Josh Turner This is one hell of a business I picked to be in. Taylor Dayne I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end. Michael Reagan The great equalizer is health. If you don't have it, you're screwed. Jami Gertz I'm focused on staying as healthy as I c...

the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons. William Hague I don't want to say never, but I hope I don't become that 'take me seriously now' guy. Trey Parker I'd just recorded it in Mariah Carey's studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, because she's so shy, so it was nice to have that connection with Nina in the song. It was special. Delta Goodrem Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders. Morrissey About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this? Arthur Smith Dinner was made for eating, not for talking. William Makepeace Thackeray My fan mail is what keeps me going. Lil' Kim A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin. Charlotte Rampling...

to school, and too many schools continue to invite fast-food vendors into their cafeterias. Lois Capps A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals. Michael Pollan I am going to fight - I, a socialist and Syndicalist - so that we shall make an end to war, so that the little ones of France will sleep in peace, and the women go without fear. Philip Gibbs I never vote for anyone. I always vote against. W. C. Fields I like many types of music and probably too many to mention here. Louise Brown More students have a better knowledge of pop culture than of the Constitution. Charles Bowen An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court. Finley Peter Dunne Food is really and truly the most effective medicine. Joel Fuhrman Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy. Bob Ne...

said, 'Why two movies?' But you need two movies to show how criminality evolves, and to tell the story: You can't show a man in love with so many women in one big biopic. Thomas Langmann As I've said many times and publicly, a war between China and Taiwan that involves the United States is a lose-lose-lose. Dennis C. Blair When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea. Roddy Doyle We have the deepest and most liquid capital markets in the world. John W. Snow So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there. Deborah Norville I love my work - it's what I know how to do best. Amanda Donohoe I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive. Ricky Martin I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle. Aaliyah You cannot add more minutes to the day, but you can utilize each one to the fullest. Menachem Mendel S...

hearing people out. I like getting along. I even like being liked, although activists of any stripe should get rid of that handicap at the outset. Victoria Moran I think anytime you're writing to the middle grades, you're writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between their friends and their parents. Rick Riordan Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career. Emerson Fittipaldi Time abides long enough for those who make use of it. Leonardo da Vinci Well, I have a very simple method of painting. Edward Hopper I loved working with Mandy Patinkin, I have to say. David Harewood The people's desires have changed, but we're still stuck in our old issue set. Patrick McHenry I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team. Paul Pierce What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion! Sydney Smith We're very pleased to be on a...

and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world. Conrad Black Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits. Jared Polis When you're building a character, or at least when I'm building a character, you start saying, 'How am I going to make people like him?' John Sandford While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake. Henny Youngman When I say I do, the justice of the peace replies, 'I know, I know...' Mickey Rooney You are born modern, you do not become so. Jean Baudrillard Women have this obsession with shoes. Alexandra Paul I love my lawyer. I have to say that of course! Catherine Zeta-Jones I just had to block someone on Facebook who was impersonating my wife. Jordan Knight The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. Andre Maurois

a model. I'd go touring in a bus with my band. In my next life, that's the plan. Kate Moss My Soul to Keep is the ultimate love story with a black man and a black woman. I call it the ultimate love story. It's about an immortal. We're shooting for this Fall and that's been a six year development right there. Blair Underwood History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured. Bob Barr I could definitely take someone out with my bare hands. Kellan Lutz There's nothing worse than the sequel that's a letdown from the first movie. Paul Feig Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain. Gene Tierney I've had death threats, if you can imagine. Pat Boone You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment. Sylvester Stallone Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace. Serj Tankian ...

all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film. Gabrielle Union I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.' Bryan Batt I still feel like a nerd. Judd Apatow There is no such thing as a free lunch. Barry Commoner To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea. Chad Harbach Anything that I write comes from the soul. Martin Gore It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings. Ann Beattie I am a whole lot of trouble. Leona Lewis I've always been proud that my name stands for peace. Paloma Picasso Childhood reading is so important. Kristi Yamaguchi

Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it. Nathan Myhrvold For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play. Sam Shepard Ricky Gervais is a genius. Oscar Nunez Intellectuals are too sentimental for me. Margaret Anderson There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world. Mandy Patinkin Some of the stuff that Wilmer wears is bad. And Debra Jo. Laura Prepon I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings. Clarence Thomas I'd love to do a superhero movie, like a remake of Wonder Woman. Alessandra Torresani I cannot live anywhere else except India. Irrfan Khan From b...

women, regardless of what health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense. Gwen Moore I started getting into Internet technologies and computers. I wasn't especially interested in being a musician, but I wound up finding my way back to being interested in music through computers. Eric Avery One of the problems of our youth is that the family unit is broken up. When we'd sit down to dinner together as a family, we'd learn about each other. We had something people don't get today. Paul Prudhomme I think a few pictures at a time. Vin Diesel The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough? Joe Wurzelbacher The real good teams and the real great teams find a way to win. Allan Ray I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. Ryan White Beauty and the de...

it's time to pull over, you pull over and hope you can find a place to crash. Jello Biafra You're allowed to make things for women on television and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' Callie Khouri Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. Hannah Arendt I never, ever in my heart want to hurt anyone. LeAnn Rimes You don't raise taxes in times of such uncertainty. Jason Chaffetz There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time. Helen Mirren No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance. Joshua Bell Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window. Delia Smith Obviously we want to keep the jobs we've got. Jennifer Granholm ...