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The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing

something useful - you're feeding people, you're nurturing them, you're providing sustenance - it was never pure. Anthony Bourdain In our tabulation of psychoanalytic results, we have classed those who stopped treatment together with those not improved. This appears to be reasonable; a patient who fails to finish his treatment, and is not improved, is surely a therapeutic failure. Hans Eysenck The perfect winter's night for me would be with all the family together. As you get a little older and everybody has their jobs and then families and kids, it definitely becomes harder to get everybody together at once. Charles Kelley I don't want to bury anything in poetry. Sharon Van Etten Freedom and Justice are twin sisters. Friedrich Ebert If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night. Eamon de Valera Nobody likes a bad sport, no matter what the circumstances are. Jeff Ross I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very

My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure

that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls... that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe. Michelle Obama I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's list. Lee Trevino As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end. Robyn Hitchcock I'm not up for violence, just for fun. Chloe Grace Moretz Women love an honest man. Rita Ora I have no trouble being a good dude because that's what I am. Busta Rhymes What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment. Sherman Alexie I'm the only honest person in Washington. Richard Armitage Film, I think, is my medium. Pia Zadora Nuclear DNA encodes all the proteins and enzymes that make you you, basically. Hendrik Poinar

I was once asked if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied

that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man. Charles M. Schwab Divorce is never a pleasant experience. You look upon it as a failure. But I learned to be a different person once we broke up. Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success. Michael Crawford Day is like day as two beads in a rosary, unless changes of weather form the only variety. Henryk Sienkiewicz The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order. Lech Walesa The harmonica is a great instrument. Toots Thielemans I've always got something to say. Joan Jett Too much of our society looks for people to fail. Roger Goodell Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story. Bryan Cranston I have a sweet tooth for reading, so books migrate to my zip code en mass. Dawn Olivieri I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting. Bob Odenkirk

To make films like 'X-Men' work commercially - and also have some class - is

one of the hardest things there is to do. I want to be seen to be able to cross lots of genres and still be 'fair dinkum,' as we say in Australia, which means genuine and true and, well, unique. Hugh Jackman Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth. Albert Pike I was always the mediator. Jennifer Aniston We usually get what we anticipate. Claude M. Bristol In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision. Italo Calvino One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter. Ace Frehley Directing a film is a lot of work. Fred Durst Whatever the economy needs to maintain itself, the government will do it. Edward Bond I'm a real big country boy. Tom Felton Everybody is smarter from outside of the court. Marat Safin

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one

nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants. Barbara Jordan Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. Vince Lombardi There's no question that sources sometimes have interests aside from the truth when they talk to reporters. That's why reporters have to very aggressively report against their own theses and against their initial information. Bill Keller For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning. Eddie Murray Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health. Nicholas D. Kristof Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. Liev Schreiber I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime. Lynn Samuels Look, I am very competitive. Tony Blair Well, as I was saying... everyone's

My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to

get my act going again, it gave me material. Tommy Chong One thing I think celebrities shy away from is exposing the reality that we're all the same. Somebody's not more important because they have a Bentley or a big house or a famous boyfriend or plastic surgery - we're all the same. Aubrey O'Day I don't immerse myself in the Internet chatter because it opens you up to a whole source of danger. Zachary Quinto Each man in his way is a treasure. Robert Falcon Scott Well, right now, technically, I have no breast cancer. Lynn Redgrave The Midwest is such a tabula rasa. Richard Powers Culture is the air we breathe all around us. Josh Fox I learned my phrasing from Frank. I loved him so much. Eydie Gorme We cannot comprehend what comprehends us. Wendell Berry You can't have 'yes' people around you. Terry Bradshaw

The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and

the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience. Lech Walesa But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is. Kathy Acker Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor. Jess Weixler I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is home. Keren Ann I choose work with the people I like to work with. Mads Mikkelsen I will see this game of life out to its bitter end. Zane Grey I still have a dream. Troy Dumais I don't think golf has ever been any pressure as far as having to succeed. Tiger Woods If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world. George Papandreou You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to. Parvesh Cheena

Even as the population doubled from three to six billion, we managed to race ahead

with all kinds of technological and scientific events in agriculture - from using more fertilizers to mechanization to advanced plant breeding. Nina Fedoroff With all editing, no matter how sensitive - and I've been very lucky here - I react sulkily at first, but then I settle down and get on with it, and a year later I have my book in my hand. Michael Morpurgo A woman called me interesting once, and it kind of blew my mind. She said, 'You're one of the most interesting people I've ever met,' and I was like, 'Wow.' Zac Efron A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own. Thomas Mann I'm not big on commissions. Leon Panetta If I had a great body, I'd be naked all the time. Claire Forlani As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name. Connie Chung How success changes the opinion of men! Maria Edgeworth I feel really different from other musicians. Mary Timony There's

Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and it's a very

painful job because we publish a lot of books, and there are things I see where I can punch people out. Therefore, we have some new people now, and the kids are going to read our books. Avi Arad When I was 12, I first made the decision to go vegetarian after a co-star's line 'I don't eat anything with a face' suddenly shocked me into reality. Renee Olstead I have seen 'Thor', yeah. It's fantastic. Being that close to something, it's often pretty hard to watch yourself, but the film in so many ways is so impressive that I was swept along with it like an audience member, and that's a pretty good sign. Chris Hemsworth I can't get married. I can't fake sleep for 30 years. Elayne Boosler You don't get many do-overs in life. Eric Shinseki We moved over to Silver Spring, actually near University Park. Jim Fowler Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment. Mario Puzo I have so many different voices and stories to tell.

I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even

when I have meetings on films or discussing them with directors, I find that's my biggest challenge. Different words mean different things to people. Amy Adams But by the time you get there and you get home, it winds up being a lot of time out. So I'm getting the itch to build, I know that. I keep looking at my stacks of wood and what I can do with it. Guy Clark Best I can do for them is to give them every piece of information I can find and let them make the judgments. That's just my basic view of my function as a journalist. Jim Lehrer Cancer does not discriminate. Kellie Pickler I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time. Quentin Tarantino For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim. Philip Pullman Follow your passion. Be yourself, but check yourself before you wreck yourself. Andy Cohen Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it. Jose Padilha Amid the pressure of grea

I was thin in high school and then I gained weight. I went to a

nutritionist. I learned for the first time about what things are healthy to eat, basically. Jonah Hill History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are but, more importantly, what they must be. John Henrik Clarke I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you'd have to put that into better English for me, thank you - they would have been like a banjo orchestra. They would have been doing show tunes. Jonny Greenwood I reached the point where I actually enjoyed the umpiring more than playing. Jim Evans Of course everyone says they hate baby talk, but mine was not annoying. Mariska Hargitay I instinctively try to protect people from filth. Tony Abbott I want to get out of the major opera houses. Renee Fleming I gr

In some ways, I lament the introduction of civilisation on such a huge scale, because

it has given us a lot of room to abuse each other, which we continue to do. Roy Harper Secondly, love and relationships are complicated. No one could ever get it right in a four-line sentence. Adrian Grenier We may have to force people to get together in terms of picking a particular type of technology and starting to build to that technology, as opposed to everybody exercising their right to buy their own system, you know, at will. Michael Chertoff Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. Constantin Brancusi Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since. Paul Prudhomme The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort. Mason Cooley I believe that everybody comes from pain and a certain amount of dysfunction. Mariel Hemingway I'm an actor first and foremost; it's my first love and passion. Lou Diamond Phillips Love is all you need. Paul McCartney Fear is the passion of slaves. Patrick H

No one's ever going to make a PG-13 animated film unless David Fincher executive produces

it and puts it out on Netflix, and then if it's a success everyone will change. Henry Selick Mama is slowly getting better. So many people are so fond of her. Rocco DiSpirito I should probably confess that ice cream is my favorite food, and I eat it every night. When I go grocery shopping, I try to buy a new flavor, rather than reverting back to a favorite flavor. I'm on a mission to taste every flavor of ice cream out there! Becca Fitzpatrick I love Toronto, It's the best city. Jacqueline MacInnes Wood I have twin boys, 12, and a daughter, 17. Lee Majors Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair. Claudette Colbert You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins. Noel Gallagher The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking. Christopher Morley I seriously hate pop music and all things super-commercial. Ani DiFranco To enjoy a long, comfortable retirement, save more to

Zombies are so popular. There's a lot of chaff out there. For every one person

who is legitimately passionate about zombies, there are a hundred people who are thinking, 'Hey, I can make a buck off of this.' The problem is that some of their stuff is so lame. Max Brooks I had been, you know, held in the closet for two months and, you know, abused in all manner of ways. I was very good at doing what I was told. Patty Hearst Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning. Aldous Huxley I haven't physically attacked anyone in a couple of years. John Malkovich I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow. Caryl Chessman My sister Liza and I have never felt that we were in competition. Lorna Luft I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel. Ryne Sandberg My father was an agnostic. Jerry Falwell I think the voters can make up their own minds. Jeb Bush No egoism is so insufferable

The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we

will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple. Yitzhak Shamir I loved school, I loved putting on my uniform and doing homework every day. I was one of those good students that the teachers liked. I guess that's got to be a pretty nerdy, geeky part of me. Yvonne Strahovski Every generation has an obligation to leave its children in a better position than it inherited. Our representatives in Washington are breaking faith with that covenant. America must reduce its federal spending and accumulation of debt for the sake of generations to come. David Malpass But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country. Eduard Shevardnadze I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me. David Ogden Stiers I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music. Mike McCready I love parties. I love a good time. F. Murray Abraham Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself. Judith Jamison I think you can

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when

we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. Thomas Paine You can't trust a promise someone makes while they're drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office. Joe Moore The success of this album is very much in question. Who knows where it's going to go? My being a Spice Girl is no guarantee of anything, although I hope it'll benefit the sales. Melanie Chisholm My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. Thom Gunn I like the fact that I have good old-fashioned British teeth with a big gap. Georgia Jagger I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism. Oriana Fallaci I like sitting and writing with my buddies. Adam Sandler The feeble soul merely whines and complains. Taylor Caldwell Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over. Guy Finley At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching. James Levine

Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it

the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now. Margaret Atwood Long intros are cool because there's a little bit of anticipation, you know? Miranda Lambert You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no. Ann Patchett Language thus becomes monumental because of the mutations of advertising. Robert Smithson Our strategy should be to strengthen the hand of moderate Muslims. Gijs de Vries There's nothing as real as money. Joseph L. Mankiewicz I'm awkward around girls. Jamie Bell In 1989, SimCity introduced an entirely new brand of game play. Nolan Bushnell I just can't help but see things differently. Kylie Minogue Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there. Robert Herjavec

I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend

a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth. Bill Bryson People always tell me I'm nothing like my character. Well, hopefully not! He's a character who's very defined. He was purposefully written by Jo Rowling as very one-dimensional in the first few books, because you're supposed to hate him. Tom Felton I am someone who worries a lot. I'm always worrying 'what if?' Now I'm a mum - there will be worries for the rest of my life, but they're not about me anymore. Penelope Cruz Stretching was a major part of my preparation. Edwin Moses America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin. Maurice Gibb Everyday I meet folks who show me how to look at challenges differently. Daryn Kagan Everyone must accept that we will age and age is not always flattering. Amitabh Bachchan Working is hard and distracts from having fun. Orson Scott Card Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country. Bao

In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's

development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form. Mike Figgis For the next approximately three years, I have got Nathan to take care of. I know that once he graduates from high school, he will be off doing whatever it is he is going to be doing - probably playing ice hockey. Barbara Mandrell You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat! Jack LaLanne I don't presume to think I'm great at anything. Robert Kirkman Personally, I prefer the dark side. Daniel Radcliffe People have so much pain inside them that they're not even aware of. Marina Abramovic I only understand realism. Manuel Puig It is the ultimate

I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to

go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?' John Mayer I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive political climate, an emotional climate to explore a town that has experienced a trauma and a shock, and starts overreacting. Craig Brewer Even in past years, when I wasn't in the Super Bowl, I wished I was. Brett Favre The only way anyone's going to succeed is to build the product. Barry Diller I need to be able to explain myself in context. Adam Lambert I want everybody to travel, to travel and not be afraid. Dhani Jones I'd love to try my hand at something else. Colin Firth All writers have the idea that they are famous. Heather O'Neill I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society. Yani Tseng I&

If you're going to play high school football, you do it in Texas or Florida

or Georgia for the simple fact it's such a big deal. J. R. Martinez I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I've written mainly novels ever since. Sharon Creech Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market. Gray Davis The mob taught me how to play gin rummy. Shirley MacLaine Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening. Sia Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive. Ed Belfour God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone. Ziggy Marley The French have got taste. Vivienne Westwood Custer had dead heroes. Crazy Horse ha

People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without

real communication and emotion. Billy Childish I mean I've seen 3D films so far and I think it's a long way to go before they replace actors. It's a funny thing with 3D, I haven't quite got it yet. Yet. Daniel Radcliffe What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud. Augustus Hare I'm always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I'm a chatty guy. Darren Criss One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured. William Graham Sumner You know, you try to be diverse, and try to have fun and round things out. Brad Dourif Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire. Patti Smith I can't play a character that I am judging. Rachelle Lefevre I admit to wasting my life messing around with fast cars and motorcycles. Brock Yates I like telling stories. Hunter Parrish

But do you know, I shall not be sorry to die. I shall be glad,

Monsieur. And why glad, you ask? Because I love France and hate the Germans who have put this war on us. Philip Gibbs I'm an armchair kind of guy, especially when it's raining, which it always is and always will be. Arthur Smith And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together. Robert Fulghum 'Unforgiven,' I think, is the best Western ever. Michael Biehn I myself do not believe in explaining anything. Shel Silverstein Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos. Will Durant The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight. Wayne Rooney I'm an impulse buyer. I don't really go out with a list. Sophie Kinsella I'm not one for wardrobe. Shirley MacLaine You learn to accept your own reality. Shania Twain

I'd always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things

about being of Saga age is that I can actually look back and think, When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing. Bob Geldof One only has to look at the performance of the economy to understand how it shapes the perspective of America's youth about military service. John M. McHugh There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation. Jose Ortega y Gasset I'm a fantastic dancer! Roger Milla All my good movies, nobody sees. Chris Evans I'm not gone remix a record I don't got no love for. Meek Mill The dog lives here, Pete. You're just visiting. Marge Schott I had to have shoulder reconstruction. Daniel Craig The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do. Chester Bennington I try to be as normal as I can. Timbaland

I think one's character on the athletic field does not have to have anything to

do with the way they are in real life. Peter M. Brant I have always been too round to do fashion shows. Heidi Klum I remember I did think, 'Wouldn't it be nice if Mr. Right moved in next door?' Helena Bonham Carter I'm a huge fan of Cheetos. Jessica Szohr Things always happen in series. Arthur Adamov My life is okay, my life is pretty good. Shia LaBeouf Divisional exercise is a great game of make-believe. Patrick MacGill What isn't said is as important as what is said. Colson Whitehead When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect. Jackie Chan I could hang with horses all day. Leona Lewis

We're rapidly entering a world where everything can be monitored and measured. But the big

problem is going to be the ability of humans to use, analyze and make sense of the data. Erik Brynjolfsson Stress is a byproduct of subconscious beliefs you have about the world. You can't choose not to believe something. You believe it because you think it's true. To eliminate stress, you must learn to challenge these beliefs so that you see them differently. Andrew J. Bernstein Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them, but if you are serious about it you also get to put something into the world that wasn't quite there before. Andrew O'Hagan With the coming of spring, I am calm again. Gustav Mahler Everything is temporary. Everything is bound to end. Keren Ann Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue. Mark White TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing. Dan Harmon Sovereignty is as necessary as ever. Pauline Marois My friends, there

I started out as a poet. I've always been a poet since I was 7

or 8. And so I feel myself to be fundamentally a poet who got into writing novels. Alice Walker I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11. Sara Paretsky It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come. Alexis Arguello I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people. Danai Gurira I kind of fell into acting. I was very lucky. Mark Goddard Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name. Michael Phelps I went to eight different schools my first nine years of school. Vanessa Minnillo When I first got a guitar, it was a Spanish, classical thing. Roger Waters I would never put my job before my family. Savannah Guthrie And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start. Gordon Parks

When we were doing 'The Sopranos', I used to love that about it. There were

rules, Mafia codes you had to go by, but the code is ridiculous. It's a code among sociopaths. David Chase When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important. Daniel Kahneman Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. John Wesley I like sneakers. I guess I could call myself a collector. Mike Shinoda People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth. P. J. O'Rourke My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it. Alice Walker Reach for the stars. Christa McAuliffe We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen. Freddie Mercury I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful. Neil Armstrong We have to be careful about creating more rules. Paul Parker

Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being

photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no photo editor can crop you from the picture. Ken Auletta I always try to keep a little bit of space in the year to work with other people. Because I love doing musicals, films and plays - projects where I'm not in charge, where I've got somebody else telling me what to do and I have to work with their vision. Wayne McGregor With stores like Topshop and H&M you can find really great stuff, but I do like designer things as well, and I'm lucky because they approach me to wear their stuff. I really love Miu Miu. Saoirse Ronan I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically. Andrew Cuomo It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. Jean de La Fontaine Feathers predate birds. Robert T. Bakker And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way. Matthew Vaughn There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them. Carl Sandburg That's the mark of a great s

We've got a daunting enough task to provide a definitive account of what happened in

9/11, without fear or favor, something that will last and will survive criticism over time. And we think we can do that with integrity in a bipartisan report. Richard Ben-Veniste The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment. Frederick W. Smith The second we define someone as a Democrat or Republican, it creates a whole set of limitations. Tom Shadyac My opinion can be completely different after a show. Karl Lagerfeld I have learned to have more faith in the scientist than he does in himself. David Sarnoff I'm very monogamous. Billie Joe Armstrong I'm always drawn to melancholy personalities. Rene Russo We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that. Bernard Malamud Respect for the rights of others means peace. Benito Juarez Characterization is integral to the theatrical experience. Robert Ludlum

It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling

to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender! Chely Wright I'm not particularly prolific. Martin Gore The Republicans want to turn Medicare into a voucher plan that will end guaranteed coverage of medical bills for the elderly. Juan Williams I think love and beauty are what life is all about. John Derek I was a really pretentious teenager. Rebecca Hall Kate Moss has great style. Yigal Azrouel A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou. Omar Khayyam You never really know about a quarterback until he plays in a real game. Mike Singletary Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule. Arne Duncan Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence. James Madison

From my time at Nokia, I've seen the 99% positive and occasionally negative impact that

communication tools can have on people. Jan Chipchase I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once. Liz Phair Why would they have gone to the trouble to hire the best comedy writers in the business to write funny material for us to play straight, if the children in our audience were the only audience. Burt Ward Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out. Mason Cooley I love Germany so dearly that I hope there will always be two of them. Francois Mauriac Alright, so I'm a manic depressive. What do you want from me? Claire Forlani Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby. Robin Thicke I think I've really learned how important it is to empower women. Geri Halliwell My future is righteousness. Bob Marley Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort. Naomi Campbell

Now, if they're there to talk about something specifically, and I determine through my own

editorial judgment, that another area isn't germane, or isn't an important part of it, that's something else. But we never agree to anything in advance, absolutely not. Katie Couric I suppose if I had my time again I would refuse it and stay at Fulham because I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, and secondly I would have taken it on my own terms. Kevin Keegan It had run as a column - I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. Robert Scheer I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do! Laura Wilkinson I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how. Fiona Apple All evil comes from the old. They grow fat on ideas and young men die of them. Jean Anouilh Lack of time and money create really bad green practices. Ian Somerhalder One album has absolutely nothing to do with the other. Josh Silver Th

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by

powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. Ron Paul I have played in rain before. I have played in wind before. I have played in cold before, but not all put together. They were the hardest conditions I ever played in. Michelle Wie I look at Justin Bieber and my heart breaks for him, because I know what he's going to go through. He knows it. Everybody knows it. Donny Osmond Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration. James McAvoy For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation. Madeleine Albright No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it. Bruno Mars I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect. Temple Grandin Like it or not, the world evolves, priorities change and so do you. Marilu Henner Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well. Warren Zevon We are all strong enough to bear other men&

I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by

Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.' LeRoy Neiman I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist. Rupert Friend It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy. Mike Figgis I feel like I've lost 10 years of my life to cancer. Sam Taylor-Wood Bridesmaids are never going to upstage the bride. Georgina Chapman I have a horror of being in confined spaces. Hayley Mills I started my own magazine with drawings, commentary, news, film reviews and drawings. Carlos Fuentes When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes. Graham Kennedy Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes. Desi Arnaz My brothers were gone on tour a lot

In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of

the mother? Who has a better right to them than she? How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up? Ernestine Rose Listen to what others tell you about your voice. If you're only singing to please yourself, you might as well just sing under the shower. But if you're singing for others, you are reliant on them to ask you to sing. Andrea Bocelli Al Gore may think Medicare is at a crossroads, but his plan puts it on a highway to bankruptcy. Dan Bartlett I am biased to my show as a whole but it is still very entertaining. Rob Mariano I love documentaries. It's actually my favorite medium of film. Jamie Bell I'm at a stage in my life when I want a wife and a family. Michael Flatley I hope we will use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures. Tim Berners-Lee I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity. Jil Sander I was emotionally and spiritually dried up, so I was just searching for God. Scott Stapp I think these are terr

The build-up of personal and collective debt in America and Europe should have sent warning

signals to anyone familiar with the biblical institutions of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, created specifically because of the danger of people being trapped by debt. Jonathan Sacks The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal. James Thurber I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn't have access to other types of music could never do. It means I'm more flexible within classical music, to be a servant to the composer. Nigel Kennedy I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right. Ajay Naidu I've been knocked down a lot of times. James Brown I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively. Donna Leon Big business has no party and never shall have. Haley Barbour I fell in love with New York. Mikhail Baryshnikov I bleed like nobody else. Ric Flair I know my fan base is a smart group of people. Aziz Ansari

I got a tooth bust by somebody who decided they didn't like me and I

thought the moustache hid a scar on my lip. It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache. Bob Ainsworth You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek. Bela Lugosi If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries. Bill Hicks A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. John C. Maxwell I'm a defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Joe Manchin Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam. Feisal Abdul Rauf I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking. Darren Aronofsky I have always drawn strength from being close to home. Arthur Ashe If it's good art, it's good. Kenneth Branagh Love is what sometimes holds us and binds us when we're not s

When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of

an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when you play it between the attacked and attacking Piece. Howard Staunton The only work I did for the next five years after splitting from Vincent was work I'd already lined up. Greta Scacchi I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly. James Denton I'd like to do a really masculine film. Park Chan-wook There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine. Frank Leahy Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling. Nicole Kidman Beauty is being in harmony with what you are. Peter Nivio Zarlenga We should have more invention. Nathan Myhrvold A student of life considers the world a classroom. Harvey Mackay And then I did one called High Rollers and that was a lot of fun. Wink Martindale

Working for Disney for the last eight and a half years, people come and go

- production staff and actors. I stepped onto the sound stage and it was a literal time warp. Jacob Young Standup really is a young man's game, a single young man's game. Even when I was younger, when I wasn't single, it was hard to be on the road because you go through relationships because your girlfriend kinda got tired of you being gone. Kevin Nealon Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself. Bobby Hull Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie. George Herbert The devil is compromise. Henrik Ibsen The past has to inform the present. John Turturro I'm a conservative, but I'm not a nut about it. George H. W. Bush I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism. Liam Neeson So you got the cool New Yorkers, and then there are the less-than-cool New Yorke

As a result of the World War, this old Germany collapsed. It collapsed in its

constitution, in its social order, in its economic structure. Its thinking and feeling changed. Gustav Stresemann I've had influences from many people including the coaches and players I've worked with. Roy Keane From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning. Eyvind Johnson Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world. Meghan O'Rourke Art should be created for life, not for the museum. Jean Nouvel The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation. Gerard Way I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect. Brit Marling He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune. Marie de France The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me. Khaled Hosseini There's only one growth strategy: work hard. William Hague

It's tricky when you're doing a recording, because the only weapon you have is your

voice and the delivery of that voice. You don't have a gesture or a facial expression, there are no costumes or set pieces. Everything needs to be present in the voice. Joyce DiDonato If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad. James Cameron Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12. Lucille Roybal-Allard Nearly all Italian officers speak French. Hugh Dalton The body's like a huge ear. It's as simple as that. Evelyn Glennie I say let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families. William P. Leahy Opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow. Julian Castro It just blows me away that I am on, I don't know what generation o

That's not to say that some day I won't go outside again, but I'm having

a great time working on this process. Kim Weston At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations. Amar Bose When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked. Whoopi Goldberg I love John Stamos. John's a really friendly, cool dude. Chord Overstreet My musical tastes change every week. Kirk Hammett The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. Betty Grable I love portraying the totally indifferent person. Bob Newhart In violence, we forget who we are. Mary McCarthy While I was always successful... I never thought I'd be one in the world. Lindsay Davenport I traveled the world

We all have our problems and we are working to find a solution to ours

and also to help the eurozone. We expect that other countries should do the same, that they be prudent in their statements. Mariano Rajoy I was terrified of the Vietnam War when I was 13. I thought I was going. The draft was such an ominous thing, I felt as if it was going to trickle down to me. Dylan McDermott And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture. Arne Jacobsen I don't want the All-Star Game to be a one-time thing. Reggie Lewis I've had a couple of pinch-me moments. Emily VanCamp You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect. Barbara Bush People want to see this America, this real America. Michael Taylor We're actors. We're the opposite of people. Tom Stoppard A real love story has to finish bad. That is what I think. Marjane Satrapi It's not b

I left 'Saturday Night Live' without a film to go to, and I'd filmed 'Old

School' while I was in my last season of the show, and that hadn't come out yet. I was a free agent, in a way, but I knew it was time to leave the show and test the water. Will Ferrell For over 15 years, through the clean coal programs of the Department of Energy, the Federal Government has been a solid partner, working jointly with private companies and the states to develop and demonstrate a new generation of environmentally clean technology using coal. Tim Holden I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that. Madonna Ciccone If I had a comfort blanket, I wouldn't have been as passionate and driven. Rob James-Collier Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy. Derek Bok You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job. Nora Roberts I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war m

I went to school with butterflies of fear every day for years - from primary

school onwards - not just worried about being bullied by classmates, but by teachers. Robert Winston Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction. Joshua A. Tucker Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas. Steven Rattner Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from. David Brin No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. Portia Simpson-Miller It's cool to play a sinister bad guy who also has a human side. Lukas Haas People have a good time with all the catch phrases. Verne Troyer I wanted to be a journalist for a long time. Jamie Bell I am for people. I can't help it. Charlie Chaplin I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things. Ursula Andress

You can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home

to where you are and try to lure them into your universe. That's the art of storytelling. Jo Nesbo I think specifically because of the character that I played, people are very connected to her. I used to get letters from young gay and lesbian and trans-gendered kids saying, 'I didn't kill myself because of Buffy'. Amber Benson I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing. Jodi Picoult I hate flying, flat out hate its guts. William Shatner It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say. Ian Somerhalder I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being. Cameron Diaz I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts. Lucy Liu We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight.

You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive. Leah LaBelle I'm kind of feeling like I don't mind being open with the random details of my life, like I'm at a coffee shop or my toe hurts or something, but obviously other more personal areas of life where I will just never really go there. Kina Grannis I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them. Ice Cube Can I, just one time, play the good guy? Clancy Brown As long as your heart beats, one is never too old. Compay Segundo All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted. Janet Erskine Stuart I don't wear lipstick when I'm not at work. Lily Donaldson And I laugh at myself when I screw things up, which happens all the time. Henry Rollins The number of conte

When I was little, my mom tells me, I used to say things like, 'Mom

do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section?' And she would look at me and say, 'No honey, I don't know what you're talking about.' Tori Amos I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff. Liz Phair I don't think people will ever forget I was an 'Angel', anymore than they'll forget Sally Field was 'The Flying Nun.' Cheryl Ladd I still have more to fight for in the coming years. Hermann Maier The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. John Lasseter Sharon is capable of making peace. Hosni Mubarak I do not believe in hypocrisy. Vijay Mallya I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record. Ace Frehley We all think we are right, or we

I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its

author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film. Michael Haneke I don't care about losses anymore. Marat Safin Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting. Annette Funicello Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. Saint Augustine Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way. Katey Sagal And I like pygmy goats, because they're just lovely, and ducks. Richard Hammond I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. Elizabeth Barrett Browning The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. Dorothea Brande Comrades - We are living in momentous times. James Larkin But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid. Arian

If I found a cure for a huge disease, while I was hobbling up onstage

to accept the Nobel Prize they'd be playing the theme song from 'Three's Company'. John Ritter From a dramatic viewpoint, there are few professions that grant their members entry into other lives, high among them cops, doctors, clergymen, journalists and prostitutes. Perhaps that explains why they figure in so much television and cinema. Their lives are lived in the midst of human drama. Roger Ebert If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit. Usain Bolt Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. Kevyn Aucoin At school, I basically wear one pair of jeans and sneakers for months on end. Jordana Brewster When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world. Simon Cowell I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people. Antonia Fraser I think twenty-somethings are very cause-oriented. Mark Batterson The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones tha

The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to

do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me. Thomas Huxley The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives. John Bright So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially. Antoine Fuqua To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh. Josh Peck You cannot watch yourself dispassionately. Charlotte Rampling Basically, I love films where everything is great and life is good. Rachel Stevens Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace. Karl Barth New York is a special place; it's a city that I love. Rafael Nadal Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed. Douglas Coupland I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA. Laurie Ande

The first time I played a PGA Tour event at Tucson was 1975. I came

off the course on Sunday feeling very good about myself. I'd finished at even par, and I knew I could play even better if I worked at it. Gary McCord This nation was founded by rebels and revolutionaries, and its flags were carried across the battlefields by people who were very, very against the status quo and who questioned and criticized. Lupe Fiasco The principles of comedy are the principles of comedy. I can hear funny. Stephan Pastis To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts. Jean Rostand If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers. Lenny Kravitz I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am. Darrell Issa Moses is our true founding father. Bruce Feiler If you don't live a normal life, how do you relate to people? Scott Speedman I think being eclectic is bad when you're just starting out. Jerry Harrison My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation. Sean Astin

To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone

else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary 'surfing' and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention by appealing to our base instincts. Andrew Weil The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going to go on the flight. John Pistole You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS. Bono A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places. Isabelle Eberhardt I'm not a big clothes person. Courteney Cox Live and die in Aristotle's works. Christopher Marlowe I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena. Edgard Varese Talk of the devil, and his horns appear. Samuel Taylor Coleridge This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess. Terence Wit is an explosion of the

There are some things that, if you say them out loud, will hurt the other

person's feelings. I tend to say them anyway. It's better to be honest. Katherine Heigl As an actor, you can play different age ranges and different ethnicities. Justin Chon Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry. George Ayittey Two wrongs may not make a right, but a thousand wrongs make a writer. Dennis Miller I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy. Renee Fleming A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold. Willie Stargell Inflation is taxation without legislation. Milton Friedman If Kuwait grew carrots we wouldn't give a damn. Lawrence Korb I don't watch television. Ray Walston I think it's just a lack of ability, we're incapable of writing hits. Kenny Hickey

I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything

you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body. Jean Reno This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy. Franz Grillparzer But the manager's bought wisely - the players who've come in have taken us on to a different level and the players who won promotion have also performed at the top level, so long may it continue. Teddy Sheringham I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition. Tom Stoppard In 1957, I decided: write or perish. James Salter I write the way I write. Robert Kirkman Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn Nowadays, social media is the easiest place to go to find something. David Nail I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel. Daniel Craig Content makes poor men

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who

has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course. Larry Bird I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find. Dave Matthews I love all of my children equally, all of my printed books, and each one bears a special piece of me. But the one I'm most proud of is the one no one will ever see - the very first manuscript I ever wrote, back in 1990. It took me a year to do it. Steve Berry I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired. Harold Pinter In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained. George Stigler I don't know if I ever really get mad in real life. Jennifer Aniston I was just the youngest in the family, and most in desperate need of attention. Caroline Rhea I like things that are civilized. Martha Plimpton

It's always been easy with Mark, he's a rock fan and we speak the same

language. He's a big Beatles fan too. We worked a lot via CLI calls, though only meeting up once every couple of months. Phil Collins I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get. Donny Osmond I adore watching movies; movie marathons are my favorite pastime. I can watch up to five movies back to back. I also love music and like reading whenever I get the time. Priyanka Chopra When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable. Edmund Hillary My friends, who sleep for all eternity; we do not forget you. Karl Amadeus Hartmann Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh. Mike Newell Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different. Bebe Neuwirth Art is not only about angst. John Corigliano Booty is just a ghetto expre

The Minnesota Republican hierarchy didn't want me to run against their incumbent in 2000; they

didn't know who I was. And once many party bigwigs did get to know me, they weren't sure that I could win the seat. Michele Bachmann Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. Roger Ascham I'm not someone who gets to play The O2 and places like that, but that's the kind of rock and roll venue. The popularity of stand-up means that some people are getting to play rock star venues. Tim Vine There are life lessons that can be derived from reality television. Mike White Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan. Norman Lear I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing. Scott Adams Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted. Andrew Jackson Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings. George MacDonald I think it's important

I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster

movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch. Rosie Perez I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on. Julie Andrews If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed. Mark Haddon For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing. Romany Malco There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze. Rachel Cusk I am looking forward to getting to do things I have never done before. Tony Danza For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family. Jimmy Connors Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides. Andre Malraux The Chinese market is very, very unique. Niklas Zennstrom Hollywood is a place where people f

I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is

an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team. Sarah West When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making. Lindsey Buckingham If I see an orchid that's fantastically expensive, I'll buy it. It's worth it, for no other reason than it gives me pleasure. Lee Radziwill I don't want to be an old dad. Shemar Moore I was a redhead when I first came to America. Poppy Montgomery I was called to start a mission, not a church. There is a difference. Robert H. Schuller I've been on shows that go for shock value. Daphne Zuniga I'm very self-critical. Manolo Blahnik With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. Margaret Mitchell Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed. Clifford Geertz

When my body is strong, I feel stronger inside. I feel more capable of handling

emotional situations. Usually I'm more of a inside-out person, but this was a great case of me from the outside in. Mariska Hargitay I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with. Sherilyn Fenn A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best. Raymond Carver I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star. Lauren Ambrose Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg. Peter Fonda I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style. Nellie McKay I think your self emerges more clearly over time. Meryl Streep The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya. Fareed Zakaria Science always uses metaphor. James Lovelock Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.

It is commonly asserted and accepted that Paradise Lost is among the two or three

greatest English poems; it may justly be taken as the type of supreme poetic achievement in our literature. John Drinkwater There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place. Washington Irving Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not. Sammy Davis, Jr. In reality art is always for everyone and for no one. Eugenio Montale In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport. Alberto Juantorena There is a certain sense of loss when a series ends. Jodie Sweetin When it stops being fun, stop. Tommy Shaw I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me. Jamie Redknapp I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty. Alex Kapranos Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians. Aubrey Plaza

It's really cool when a guy tips 20 per cent quickly and effortlessly so that

when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done. Danica McKellar I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all the way through his motion, and tried to follow it all the way out of his hand, all the way to home plate. Harmon Killebrew Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you. Anne Heche I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose. Tim Berners-Lee I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form. Rand Paul I only get unusual ailments. Jimmy Kimmel Honestly, I'm not a big fan of baseball. Novak Djokovic If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing. W. Edwards Deming There is a drunkenness to grief, which is good. Mike Mills I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got. Victoria Beckham

I've been really lucky to play sort of a diverse array of characters over my

relatively short career, although it feels really long. Allison Scagliotti At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends. Victoria Justice I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me. R. Lee Ermey The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness. Arlen Specter I have the biggest hair in the world - and that's official! Cat Deeley Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent. Eli Wallach The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times. Jim Leach We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain. Jesse Jackson Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness. David Bohm I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal. Suze Orman

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his

handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself. Karl Rove I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain. Melanie Chisholm I think because I did a lot of modelling and appeared in lads mags a lot of women didn't necessarily warm to me. But now I have been through childbirth, post-natal depression and struggled with my weight, women seem to relate to me a lot more. Jennifer Ellison I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18. Placido Domingo I've spent more on my Dodger tickets that I did on my car. Shia LaBeouf I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino. Javier Bardem My set can get really screamo and aggressive, or it can be ambient and Enya-esque. Grimes The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face. Juvenal One must always try to see the truth of a sit

It's probably the worst feeling in the world, when you're deeply and madly in love

with a woman and you know she's not feeling you the same way, and you don't know why. Bruno Mars I always wanted to be a serious journalist. Jeannette Walls Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation. Willie Mays In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments. Artur Rodzinski I want to learn more about the world. It makes me want to get up and go. Henry Rollins If you see a bandwagon, it's too late. James Goldsmith He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence. William Dean Howells Strangers still leave me self-conscious. Alan Ladd From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted. Sadie Frost The rule of surfing is never tell anyone where you go. John Slattery

Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism.

They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism. Florynce Kennedy I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary. Billy Joel I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott. Carol Moseley Braun States are not moral agents. Noam Chomsky I had the opportunity to do what I enjoy. Haywood Nelson Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly. Eli Roth I really love my stylists, they really get what I like. Josh Hutcherson For stage I try to dress down, because I want people to take me seriously. Marnie Stern We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones. Stephen King Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view. Helen Fisher

I didn't have any Indigenous friends until I was in my 30s, and I'll always

remember and be inspired by the remarkable friendship I had with Connie Bush, an outstanding Indigenous leader from Groot Eylandt on who was on the National Women's Advisory Council with me. Quentin Bryce In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived. Samuel Alexander I had the most reversed education possible. Every parent wants their son to be a businessman, respectable - me, it was the opposite. When I had an artist career my mum was like, 'Oh finally, I'm proud of you!' David Guetta I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. Morgan Freeman Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can be cleansed of her disease. Sarojini Naidu I love imagining being someone else in another time. Georgina Chapman It's a rare combination to have someone who can write songs and sing well. will.i.am I'll say life is simpler. Jayson Williams

If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually

an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong. Jeff Hawkins No one tells every white person in this country how to be. No one tells every Hispanic, or Asian or Jewish person in this country how to be. There is no single definition of whiteness or single definition of blackness. Montel Williams I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific. Zadie Smith The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen. Placido Domingo Shoot a lower score than everybody else. Ben Hogan We Robertses have too many teeth for our mouths. Emma Roberts When I'm working, I'm obsessively working. Penny Marshall Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women. Gro Harlem Brundtland It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless. James Baldwin It's really im

People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system

more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing. Ben Carson My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I'm finding out it's not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It's more about staying healthy and flexible. Josh Duhamel If you were just intent on killing people you could do better with a bomb made of agricultural fertiliser. Ian Hacking Time is infinite, but we are not infinite in it. Daphne Guinness The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home. Sheryl Sandberg Live with all of your senses. Sue Townsend I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right. Rachel Johnson I think I get certain pleasure from writing what I'm performing. Ellie Kemper I like to set up obstacles and defeat th

If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as

rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy. Eric Bogosian The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies. Ibrahim Babangida I don't speak up if I'm working. As a model, no one pays me for my opinion. I want to wear whatever will make a great photo, whether I like it or not. But if the shoes are too small, I will complain! Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann Everybody got away from what Pearl Jam are supposed to be. Jeff Ament The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on. Terry Southern Gentlemen don't read each other's mail. Henry L. Stimson I'm just a stage actor from Chicago. Jeremy Piven Writing was my first occupation

I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I

like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all. Vince Vaughn I have got other interests than just making music. I would like to follow those interests through. George Michael Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age. Anna Held Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. J. G. Ballard The world stage is very difficult. It's not easy to be on the world stage. Mohammed Morsi Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world. Cyril Cusack Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all. Arthur Adamov I'm not into girls. Adrianne Palicki The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally. Billy Graham I have my own production company called Urban Dreams. Chaske Spencer

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or

any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled. Dale Murphy I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it. Arthur Godfrey If I were not a public figure, I wouldn't fly with Thai. Thaksin Shinawatra I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality. Ben Elton Concept is what makes actors raise their game. Joe Dempsie I always look for contradiction in a character. Rebecca Hall I'm a big root beer guy. Dylan O'Brien Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false. F. H. Bradley I write small and weird. Romcoms are not in my skill set. Diablo Cody The White House should always be a friend to American freedom. Nancy Pearcey

It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had

mind enough they could end the war, if they were committed to the task, even if it meant going to jail. Jeannette Rankin My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area. George J. Mitchell When I do get the chance I just love to hang around at home with friends and family. Delta Goodrem All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism. Geoff Mulgan I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful. Warren Moon I Got Rhythm really put me on the map. Ethel Merman I know I want to help people and inspire people. That's my purpose in life. Ethan Zohn Silence is sometimes the severest criticism. Charles Buxton I'm Billy the Kid, the fastest draw. It's not arrogance. It's the truth. David Gef

You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the

number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number three, ever. Michael Nesmith I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men. Rafael Nadal It's like, now you're actually complaining because you're making $9 million and guys are making more? If it makes you that upset, quit. Leave the game. Go home then and try finding another job that's going to pay you that. Eric Davis As a screenwriter and a half-Jew, I tend to look at the glass half-empty. John Francis Daley I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour. Bill Bryson Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job. Heather Locklear I want to work on some more complicated baking... and it would be interactive! Lisa Loeb One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing. Luke F

When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term

'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does not apply to seventeenth-century Puritanism. Leland Ryken When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label. William Glasser I'm very focused on 'Dexter' right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can. Michael C. Hall The moment rules over everything. David Hockney A piece of fabric can get me going. Anna Sui The president deserves someone who can block for his policies. Judd Gregg The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it. Wallace Stevens I know what the structure of the language is. Kurt Loder I plan on making a lot more records, and hopefully one of them will be Grammy worthy. Kesha I think it's great to dress up and play on all the girly features. Katy Perry

To be honest, I never went to school for acting, and I never learned to

break down a script. I took acting classes my whole life, but they never taught me anything about acting. They just taught me about myself. Shailene Woodley A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a love for life, a love for one's family, a love for where one's really from. Jason Mraz Where my comedy really solidified was when Bush was elected. I couldn't understand how craven and crass he was, and how dumb other people were for electing him. David Cross Art usually only makes the news in America when the subject is money. Jerry Saltz The first rule to living in America is 'Stop tap dancing, you fool!'. Ryan Stiles Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge. Alan Cumming A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution. Ari Fleischer People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have. An

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive

that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. Paul Hawken We have it, we're lucky enough that we've created a show where it's not about... a family, or a kid, it's about a town. Trey Parker I do not favor the gag order. Nancy Grace Women's health is one of WHO's highest priorities. Gro Harlem Brundtland I thank God for not making me a computer scientist. Daniel J. Bernstein Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together. John Ratzenberger Boxing is what pays my bills. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker. Peter Greenaway For me, everything definitely comes from music. Mike Myers I'm a green-tea guy. Billy Corgan

Father Fernando did every thing in his power to assist the sick; and although he

arrived much reduced in flesh, he did not become ill, and is now well. Junipero Serra Even my parents are so cute, and they deal with every movie of mine excellently. They check with me ever so casually by asking 'Now how much of nudity are we going to see in this one?' Natasha Henstridge Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease. Pat Summitt Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level. Patrick Marber When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter. Alan Rickman The First Amendment is not without limits. Jerry Falwell I owe everything to the musicians I work with. Robert Plant I had a lot of fun with Val Kilmer. He's like a big kid. Derek Luke People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I. Ricky Williams I can't believe George

I think it's important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a

romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase. Jennifer Aniston While they're in WWE, we absolutely have a health and wellness policy. I'll probably always say 'we,' even though I've resigned as the CEO. It's kind of hard to break a 30-year habit. Linda McMahon Being a geek is a great thing. I think we're all geeks. Being a geek means you're passionate about something and that defines your uniqueness. I would rather be passionate about something than be apathetic about everything. Masi Oka The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence. Muqtada al Sadr Don't get too close, it hurts. Graham Kennedy You don't have to wear expensive clothes to look good. Zooey Deschanel I come from a family with big hearts, so I love to put smiles on people's faces. El

The law of the survival of the fittest led inevitably to the survival and predominance

of the men who were effective in war and who loved it because they were effective. Elihu Root We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up. Jayne Mansfield To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily. Warren Beatty He who allows me to rule is in fact my master. Pierre Corneille I will not get very far with this attitude. Nancy Cartwright I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody. Adam Arkin All I can say is that I had an extraordinary childhood. Barbara Broccoli I'm dangerously generous. Mika Nothing you see on TV is real. Kristin Cavallari Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child. Plato

I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of

remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75. Zachary Quinto There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football. Jermain Defoe The best way to demonstrate the values of a western democracy is you put Osama bin Laden on trial; you challenge what he says. Ken Livingstone Life is lived in common, but not in community. Michael Harrington Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things. Barbara Bush I used to work as a proofreader at Merrill Lynch. Sam Trammell I drive an electric car. David Duchovny I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Obviously, it's great to know that your music is being listened to. Victoria Legrand I believe in the impossible because no one else does. Florence Griffith Joyner

We are afraid to face the hard questions. We are willing to tackle drugs, crime,

and public education only if it doesn't cost us any new taxes. J. Irwin Miller I've had, you know, my leg chopped off. Heather Mills What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy. Victor Pinchuk I wear black all the time. Ivana Trump I think feminism is about the spirit. Jane Fonda My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago. Terry Brooks When I don't have to be at work, I want to be the real me - the comfortable me! Leighton Meester I don't do nothing I don't want to do. John Lee Hooker No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family. J. Edgar Hoover I think everybody wants to be a rock star. Anna Camp

I think it's important for fans to know that but if I'm doing something that

inspires me musically then I think it will inspire someone else too. Chris Cornell Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight. Afrika Bambaataa If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days. Adam Driver I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears. Lauren Oliver In some ways, evil is backhanded proof of Gods existence. Philip Yancey Competition among schools is always a great motivator. John Rowland The only critic is a full house. Rudolf Nureyev I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain. Duke Kahanamoku I'm a little bit of a control freak. Harlan Coben When one person is enslaved, we're all enslaved. Demi Moore

The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd

heard enough... to get the machine going. Elia Kazan Where we're living we have a certain amount of our profit every year it's like a percentage 5 or 7% or something like that that we set aside specifically for charity things. Jon Fishman Natural erosion had reduced the critical barrier islands in the Gulf, the result of the destruction of some 300,000 acres of wetlands. This amounted to 30 miles of marshlands. Mortimer Zuckerman It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music. Kelly Jones Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. Milton Friedman Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society? Robert Shea Colour is not the issue in America; class is. Gil Scott-Heron I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister. Emma Bonino The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative. Stephen Malkmus When Lee and Jack win

All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and

I've been pounding the pavement ever since. Jeremy Piven After doing Johnny I wanted to just do something, I wouldn't say innocent, but to not have any care in the world. Lots of setups and horrible happenings but its funny. Jhonen Vasquez When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first. Jackie Joyner-Kersee I like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too. George Strait I'm a terrible dancer. The worst. Sheena Easton I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges. Holly Madison God made a way out of no way. Angela Bassett Everybody's got the mindset that everything should be measurable. Erik Qualman My touchstone for every question is the Constitution. Ted Cruz I had kind of sworn off network TV a while ago.

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right

to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself. Ken Kesey Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over. Elvis Presley When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own. Jackson Pollock Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. Philip James Bailey Gather the flowers, but spare the buds. Andrew Marvell It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade. Erno Rubik Sometimes you develop a passion for something because of some personal experience. Francis Collins The sum of all sums is eternity. Lucretius I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows. Julian Casablancas All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last. Marc

Gemeoss

Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform,

or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value. Anita Roddick The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of life. Without it there would not have been the chemical materials to allow life to evolve here on earth. John Polkinghorne I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game. Rafael Palmeiro I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous. Susan Collins When I was 12 years old, I was hanging out with 23-year-olds. I was into cartoons and Pokemon, and they're all talking about girls. It was a strange way to grow up. Shaun White I read everything. I've always got a b

If I can avoid looking at myself, I will. I don't care to examine myself

or see much of what I do. I never care how I look. Scott Bakula I was 17 when I released my first record. I didn't really figure out what I wanted to say, how to get a message and put it together. Sydney Wayser I've always liked simple. Growing up, I wore corduroys and Lacoste shirts, Maraolo flats, and maybe one gold bracelet. Aerin Lauder I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I enjoyed it. I've always really enjoyed music. Jesse Spencer Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale! Tom Selleck Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments. Elie Wiesel Sweet, delicious Dungeness crab is always a treat. Tom Douglas I'm feeling around for what happens in a post-'Peep Show' world. Robert Webb I'd refer to myself as a feminist. I don't

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet

a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character. Emma Goldman We had every kind of audience you could name. Young, old, not-so-old, some older than old, some younger than young: they were there, they were there! There was everything. John Hunter Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it. Aaron Carter God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with. Luis Palau Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem. Rick Moody We are the recorders and reporters of facts - not the judges of the behaviors we describe. Alfred Kinsey Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. Benjamin Disraeli

One of the worst things about being an actor, besides people being nice to you

and getting free stuff all the time - but really, one of the worst things is not knowing what's coming next. You could shoot a pilot, and they could have you on hold for six months waiting to find out what is going to happen with the show, and you're locked into it. Nick Kroll What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long? Anna Neagle Of course there have been times I regretted being the kid in 'E.T.' My world went completely crazy. I was that stupid kind of famous, where you can't go anywhere. Henry Thomas A lot of the stuff I have done had been not only the likable guy, but like the nice likable guy. Ron Livingston It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin. Harry Melling They always want me to play myself and th

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the

thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. William Morris So, fall asleep love, loved by me... for I know love, I am loved by thee. Robert Browning As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. Ben Hogan And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again. Thomas Moore The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. Voltaire Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants. William Osler There are no insuperable constitutional difficulties. Lionel Murphy

I've become wary of interviews in which you're forced to go back over the reasons

why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you've done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive. Peter Weir With this first novel, I am just above the foothills, but I see the path to the top, and it is my desire to write compelling stories about everything that I find of interest. Guy Johnson Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain. Paul Daniels Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration. Barbara Smith I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it. Michael Phelps Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there

When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC;

you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job. Carine Roitfeld When I was 10, I was hit by a car, which turned my right tibia into a jigsaw puzzle. John Scalzi Black people have, like, this thing, and I have it, we all have it, we have this kind of embarrassment. Where we don't like white people to find out our little insecurities and out little quirks. We don't really like that that much. It's kind of, we're like, 'Don't let them know - that ours; that's for us.' Michael Che Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous. Ravi Zacharias My beloved dog defied treatment from the best and most expensive veterinarians, holistic practitioners, trainers, and animal communicators. He was simply beyond my ability to repair or control. Jon Katz When I got sober, that was 1990. Rob Lowe I basically apply with my teams the lean startup principles I used in the private sector - go into Sili

I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the

first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training. Vijay Sethupathi I remember auditioning for 'Moulin Rouge!,' the part that Ewan McGregor played. I was so young: I was literally just out of college. Tobias Menzies When you have an opportunity to do a series, you want to stick it out. You don't know when you're going to get another one like that again. Cleavant Derricks I am a really great daughter. Millie Bobby Brown Let us fight until the end. Let me try at least that - fight. Pep Guardiola You can have an idea that everyone else thinks is dumb, and it's still a good idea. Ryan North When there is a ring on my finger, which is actually given to me, then I'll tell the world. Till then, no one can claim me. Priyanka Chopra You need not fear my extinction. Fear my proliferation! I've already reproduced! Lydia Millet We are at a point in our nation's history w

My uncle inspired me, and it was because of him that I become a wrestler,

but besides him, the one Superstar that really caught my attention growing up as a kid was 'Macho Man' Randy Savage.Rey Mysterio It's clear that Planned Parenthood went out of its way to paint me as some sort of a zealot - a Trojan-horse zealot who came into Komen and within 10 to 11 months had completely turned the place upside down. That's clearly not who I am, and it's not what happened.Karen Handel Once you become president, you don't even have to stop for red lights. And if it looks like traffic's too bad, you just take a helicopter.H. W. Brands From Julia Child to 'The Galloping Gourmet' and the Food Channel and Cooking Channel, our fascination with the spectacle of cooking has been a mainstay of TV entertainment.Chuck Norris I want to love. I want to enjoy life.David Cassidy The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact.William M. Daley I was set to confront the might of the

I think you have to take each movie for its own value. There will be

those you'll roll your eyes over and others you can't wait to see. It all has to do with the intention. If someone's intention is just to make money and exploit something for profit, then it's not good. If it's thoughtfully done, the proof's in the pudding.Carrie-Anne Moss I basically applied to law school as a way of telling my parents that I wasn't going to medical school.John Delaney At a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order. It's a cliche, but it's underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting activities, and the benefits of it are incalculable.Leonard Cohen I simply love coming to Chennai. My wife always complains, saying, 'You literally run at the mention of Chennai - I wonder what it is about that place!' I love how everyone is active here 24/7.