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Police officials routinely execute search warrants on private

homes and offices, and Congressional offices should not be treated any differently. There cannot be one set of rules for elected officials and another set of rules for everyone else. Bobby Jindal A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone. Kevin McCloud I am as hungry now as I was when I began in the sport. If anything, I am probably a bit hungrier. It is because I know there are fewer tomorrows than yesterdays. Allen Johnson As long as I have a good time, the audience usually has a good time. Reggie Watts I think you create your own hipness. Peabo Bryson Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. Anthony J. D'Angelo

I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore.

But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music. Anthony Kiedis What basically happens is your hormones get out of whack. Because of the stress in your life your body says, 'I need more hormones.' So, your hormones are trying to produce and produce and produce, and it's even more stressful and it is this wicked cycle. Marie Osmond Gandhi has more recently recognized the need for continuance of British, American and Chinese efforts in India and has suggested that these troops might remain by agreement with some new Indian Government. Stafford Cripps I like to push people till I get the truth out of them. Mark E. Smith Friday night is our date night. We really carve out time for each other. Karen Kain Contrasting styles is always the most fun to watch. Richard Krajicek Does age matter? Time doesn't matter. Sandra Bullock I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's. Joseph J. Ellis No fine work can be done w...

A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5

billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform. Jim Wallis I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology. Francesca Annis The problem with Mr. Obama is that you get more regulation and it's a disincentive for businessmen to hire people. You probably also get higher taxes, so in terms of the economy, he is very negative in my view. Marc Faber Being a parent is very important to me. Diana Ross Beef is beef, you know. Beef comes, so Beef is real. Obie Trice It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it. Robert E. Lee Like most authors, I also love to read. Aprilynne Pike Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be. Monica Seles I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me. Johnny Ramone I am hoping for a long career. Zoe Saldana

Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused

victims of an unrighteous order. George Jackson I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company. Zoe Saldana I was with somebody else at the time, who I left - one, because I didn't really want to be with that person, and two, because I felt I'd had so much tragedy I needed to go off, go crazy, and maybe live on the outside for a while. Rose McGowan I like having my cellphone. I like the Internet. I like being different. Dita Von Teese I have been drawing all my life. Dick Bruna Philanthropy is activism. Eli Broad Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible. Marcel Proust I wasn't born an actress, you know. Events made me one. Jean Harlow You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. Stephen Ambrose Women are always beautiful. Ville Valo

Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today

with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up. Marilyn Monroe I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines. Neil Patrick Harris I feel my best when I'm happy. Winona Ryder Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant. George Orwell Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that. Christopher Durang TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet. David Walliams I feel like I need to sing again. Peter Yarrow In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice. Edward Bond My mom never wanted to be a gr...

If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting.

You haven't learned anything about your humanity. Brit Marling Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time. Janet Street-Porter It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible. Hermann Maier My mother gave me my drive but my father gave me my dreams. Liza Minnelli I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring. Roger Ebert I feel ghostly unreal until I become somebody else again on the screen. Peter Sellers Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. Demosthenes Capitalism has only hurt Latin America. Evo Morales I am a print addict. I have an ebook and a computer but I remain hooked on print. Annalena McAfee I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up. Patty Duke

I've got billions of sparrows to worry about as well as everything else'. So there's

the whole idea that whatever it is that you believe, it can never be valid unless you have some consensus reality demonstration. Todd Rundgren Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America. Louis Leakey The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives. George William Norris When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile. Charles Frohman I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse. Richard Lamm I'll admit I wanted to be a pilot, originally. Kent McCord I like working with fish, so naturally I like seafood. Roy Yamaguchi I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool. Matt Smi...

My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat.

This is what happens when you're in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home. Carson Daly Organizations spend hundreds of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars installing and implementing huge servers, new Web sites and applications. They have to continue to do that, but they also have to clean up the mess of the '90s. Marc Andreessen There's a long record here of being wrong. There's a good reason for it. There are probably multiple reasons. Certainly proliferation is a hard thing to track, particularly in countries that deny easy and free access and don't have free and open societies. David Kay I didn't have a normal childhood by any means. Tre Cool The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing. David Rockefeller I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities. Carlos Mesa I really try to put myself in uncom...

I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't

remember who he is. The frustration angle is written in, but there's also this incredible passive state. Tom Berenger Zoroastrianism is about the opposition of good and evil. For the triumph of good, we have to make a choice. We can enlist on the side of good by prospering, making money and using our wealth to help others. Rohinton Mistry I grew up watching movies and television, and one day when I was really young I told my mom I wanted to become an actor, and she was really supportive and got me involved in local theater and commercials. From there I moved up to auditioning for movies and television. Cameron Monaghan The Spring I seek is in a new face only. Allen Tate I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year. Alexander Brome Souls are designed to fit inside a body. Alex Chiu Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people. Ashley Judd With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many bl...

To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to

others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation. Gustav Stresemann I go from pub to pub, or jumping on buses or stopping cars. I don't need a TV audience. Every time I go naked, all of a sudden TV cameras pop up around me. Mark Roberts The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability. Thomas Huxley I find it too terrifying to go out in L.A. George Michael I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future. Victor Ponta I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque. Minka Kelly In the soil of ignorance, fear can easily be sown. Heather Brooke Television and I grew up together. Roger Ailes I was really shy as a kid. Tim Meadows Like, people recognizing me on the street never interested me. Meg White

If I'm writing strictly for others, how does that show what I'm experiencing or thinking?

I just got to a point where I realized I could be as personal as I wanted to be and people could relate to those situations if they so choose. Chantal Kreviazuk The loyalty rate isn't that high. I could have a big hit, then put out the next single, and they say, Oh yeah, who are you? Prove it again. Lenny Kravitz If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators. Ben Stein I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation. Katy Perry Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day. Judd Apatow You can't be funny if you don't have good material. Matt LeBlanc My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian. Robert E. Lee Societies depend on agreed rules. John Maynard Smith The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person wi...

We are No. 1 worldwide by quite a margin on the client side and expanding,

according to IDC and others, every single quarter. Our expectation is that the industry will consolidate and that more of our competitors will exit. Kevin Rollins It was smashing working with Jerry Desmonde, he was a very nice chap. Norman Wisdom There's only one side with me. You get the right side. You get the correct version of the facts. Kevin O'Leary I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family. Joseph Barbera Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift. Tommy Shaw Well, they know that I'm not very anxious to get into one hour again. Charisma Carpenter Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie. Jeanette Winterson I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years. Mohsin Hamid Power wears out those who don't have it. Giulio Andreotti Any manager can do well in an expanding market. W. Edwards Deming

I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional

poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example. Arthur Wellesley It is a great compliment to go out and be recognized. Although, because I basically go home and go to work, there isn't much opportunity for that kind of thing to happen. Lara Flynn Boyle We have seen the damage already caused to the music industry and we have to continue to make the public and government bodies globally aware of the damage that will happen if DVD piracy is not brought under control. Callum McDougall Sometimes I wonder if I'm running against Mitt Romney or Sen. Hatch. Scott Howell I've had to grow up with everyone watching me, which has been hard. Joss Stone Under the Bush plan, Social Security gets weaker, not stronger. Richard Neal I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing. Anselm Kiefer I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time. Ian Somerhalder Work in the theater sharpened my verse and...

Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a

celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull. Natalie Dormer It was a boy's name first. Leslie Nielsen I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness. Marianne Williamson Remember this: your body is your slave; it works for you. Jack LaLanne America is the first country... that can actually have a bloodless revolution. Malcolm X I've always felt myself as being a serious singer. Tom Jones I don't in any sense think of myself as a celebrity, which of course I'm not. Peter Ackroyd Religion is love; in no case is it logic. Beatrice Webb Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool. Felix Baumgartner Ignorance, hatred and greed are killing nature. Masanobu Fukuoka

I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was

nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing. Sally Field I love Snoop. I worked with him on 'Old School,' and he's very accessible. He's very kind. He's always nice to everyone, to the crew. He's always got something positive to say. He's very childlike and loves to come and play. So, I had fun working with him. Vince Vaughn It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me. Geezer Butler Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker. Bill Drayton We all think we're going to get out of debt. Louie Anderson It means the world to me to represent the Hispanic community. Mark Sanchez I have a wild game camera. Jenn Suhr Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park. Donella Meadows Panic is a horrible thing. Jaclyn Smith Confine yourself to the present. Marcus Aurelius

You know, you grow up with the image of John Travolta being super cool -

'Saturday Night Fever,' Brian De Palma, handsome young god... he, in reality, is a very silly man. And I mean that in a good way. He'll walk around the set talking in little weird voices, making people laugh. Eric Stoltz The best thing ever is when some guy in his 50s taps me on the shoulder and says, 'I just want to let you know I hate my job, I hate my wife, and I come home and I watch reruns of your show and it's the only half hour of the day when I laugh and I forget how miserable life is.' Danny Masterson Now, our Sun will not collapse to a black hole. It's actually not massive enough. Janna Levin By the way, I have had zero press training. Josh Trank I haven't done the Star Wars kind of films. Roger Spottiswoode I'm fascinated by Japanese cuisine. Eric Ripert You cannot survive if you do not know the past. Oriana Fallaci Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy. James Dyson Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm be...

When I meet young girls, I'm always like, 'Just do me one favour. Love what

you look like right now - and remember I said it 10 years from now because it's the greatest gift I can give.' Jennifer Love Hewitt If there is an audience out there for me, I want them to be surprised when the next book comes out. Stewart O'Nan I don't believe in hitting a bad shot and then insisting it's no big deal. No, you just messed up, so react. I'm not saying you need to throw your club. I mean, take 10 seconds to get angry at yourself, but then start over. Camilo Villegas War is over if you want it. Yoko Ono It's not very fun to do spectroscopy. Garik Israelian We dream every night, all the time. Stephen LaBerge I'm enjoying dating. I'm single, though, I'm not in a relationship. Matt Czuchry I think a girl looks good when she wakes up with nothing on her face. Jackson Rathbone You know, I like to climb trees and ride bikes and play. Anthony Kiedis I learned nothing while I was in school. Lorraine Bracco

I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I'm very

proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. Norman Schwarzkopf I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy. Zayn Malik He had Parkinson's disease for about, I'd say diagnosed for about 11 of the last years of his life. And treatment was not as good as it is now, of course. We're still going along and he died in '85 and he was 77. Lynn Redgrave I think as far as self-promotion goes, I probably have a lot to learn. Chris Isaak California is always in my mind. David Hockney I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage. Irving Azoff I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred. V. S. Naipaul I think TV is the only place left where you can have a midsize something. Cynthia Nixon I'm unfortunately very verbose too often. Josh Gad I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know. Sandra Bullock

I grew up in a bus, traveled with various circuses and freak shows. I was

a trapeze artist, and that was my dream. We just traveled the whole world, me and my mom and my little brothers and sisters. It was an adventure. Neon Hitch I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me. Bill Kreutzmann My music is very versatile, very mixed. Nneka As a dancer, I love music that makes me want to move. Carmen Electra Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing. Sophocles There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content. Kevin Bacon I've always essentially been a New Yorker. Lawrence Block If I could still play, I would be trying. It's been 15 years. Joe Montana I was a boy when I first realized that the fullest life liveable was a Poet's. Wilfred Owen All of the devices work out of the box without any subscription fee. David Rose

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't

in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published. Jim Jarmusch We don't have the capability today to put a human being in space of any kind, shape or form, which is absolutely, totally unacceptable when we got the greatest flying machine in the world sitting down at Kennedy in a garage there with nothing to do. Eugene Cernan Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm making a ton of money, and not because it's going to be something special.' Viggo Mortensen It is not always them that has the most that makes the most show. Lady Gregory I'm hopeless by e-mail, by phone, by text. Rachel Maddow I was in Jungian analysis for 20 years, 1976-96. Peter Eisenman I have never experienced another human being. I have experienced my impressions of them. Robert Anton Wilson Writing's a great skill, but thinking's a better one. Meg Rosoff...

Muslims are not bloodthirsty people. Islam is a religion of peace that forbids the killing

of the innocent. Islam also accepts the Prophets, whether those prophets are Mohammed, God's peace and blessing be upon Him, or Moses or the other prophets of the Books. Abdullah of Saudi Arabia I felt that the biological clock was some myth to keep me from doing what I wanted to do. And so I rebelled against it in the '90s. I thought it was a backlasher, some sort of faulty data. But it's real. I'm glad I woke up before my body was just like 'uh-uh.' Lili Taylor It's too bad prayer comes bundled in a package of 'spiritual disciplines.' Really, we should see prayer as a spiritual privilege. We don't do it as a callisthenic exercise to gain points with God; we do it, because it is good for us in every way. Philip Yancey I've got a lot of favorite golfers. Deron Williams It doesn't make sense that there is only one way of dealing with cancer. Hayley Mills To try to correct imbalances with trade restrictions is a grave error. ...

I'd say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the

Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did. Jim Clark The genomics revolution, proteomics, metabolomics, all of these 'omics' that sound so terrific on grants and on business plans. What we're doing is we are seizing control of our evolutionary future. I mean we're essentially using technology to just jam evolution into fast-forward. Gregory Stock I'm learning with the older that I get that some feelings are just universal and that I'm not the only one who hates their hair or their life at times. Brie Larson You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at... cooking. My chef does that. Carolina Herrera There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak. Zinedine Zidane New Yorkers are real gritty and tough. Raymond Kelly Independent film is for actors that love to act. John Leguizamo I've never been a big believer in formal education. Megan Fox Art is expression, and to have high expression you ...

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing

with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind. Judy Davis I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner, everyone knows everyone, and you're there and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to be doing. John Cleese If a hundred people want autographs, sometimes you have to say no because you've got to get up for a 4 A.M. flight or something. In that sense, it really pisses me off when people think you've become a diva. It's not becoming a diva, it's because of the situation, I think. Ellie Goulding I believe in singing. Brian Eno I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket. Imogen Cunningham Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary. David Suzuki Modelling is a silly, crazy business. Helena Christensen It's nice to just be a kid and hang out ...

Even if I accepted that Jesus - like almost every other prophet on record -

was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected. Christopher Hitchens I'm the old-fashioned type who prefers to meet a woman in a more normal setting. I don't like to feel that I'm being hunted down. I've always liked to do my own hunting when it comes to meeting women. George Clooney I spend a lot of time talking to young and emerging producers on Twitter, feeding back thoughts and encouraging them. Tiesto I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else. Freddy Adu Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean. Mason Cooley I am not a morning person. I like to sleep in. Martha Plimpton We live in the least ugly time in history. Joshua Bell I didn't really want to be a comedian. Allan Carr The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry. Cameron Si...

Artschwager's art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, wants to

make you forget the name of the thing you're looking at so that it might mushroom in your mind into something that triggers unexpected infinities. Jerry Saltz I'm a drama guy. Shemar Moore Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or in a social situation. Neil Patrick Harris Just because something is on trend, it might not work for you. Victoria Justice I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat. Sean Durkin The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there. James Denton If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics. Betty Buckley Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister. Brian Mulroney There are so many people out there with less shame talking about their problems. Dan Savage Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete. Joyce Meyer

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words

of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. Audrey Hepburn I also meet with city officials, representatives from governors' offices, really anyone in that sort of position who has shown an interest in youth fitness, to let them know why this sort of program is so important. I give the same message when I speak at conferences. Rafer Johnson When you first see MacGruber working on the bomb, in the initial opening credits, that bomb was a replica of the 'Die Hard' bomb. The love runs deep for '80s action movies. Jorma Taccone I came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it. Kathleen Wynne A visual image is a simple thing, a picture that enters the eyes. Roy H. Williams I enjoy singing; being in touch with something that is inside of me. Roger Daltrey A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing I'm completely done with reality TV. Kristi...

Theatre people, who are an adaptive species, know that to remain sane in the process

of production where everyone and his uncle has an opinion about how to fix a show, you must pick the people whose knowledge and taste you trust and stick only to these few. The Tweetocracy is no place to look. John Lahr Well, people fall in love with the wrong guy all the time, it doesn't make them bad people. Laurie Holden The way I look at it, movies are a different medium for storytelling than books. Josh Hutcherson My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage. Vidal Sassoon I tell people, 'I have a Ph.D. from Google University.' Kris Carr The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone. Chuck Palahniuk I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them. Vera Farmiga I love both my parents dearly. Kevin Eubanks There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them. Robert Sternberg I am all right when I work. I am not superficial and I am not ungrateful. Brigitte Bardot

If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done

it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more. Linda Fiorentino I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient. Steven Soderbergh I love music, and I loved dance music immediately. So I bought some equipment and started making my own. When I started this, I didn't say, 'okay I'm going to do this step and then this step' to become popular. I just created music that I loved. Armin van Buuren People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. Thomas Sowell It's great to play a rock star. Maybe not so great to be one. Alessandro Nivola I keep everything very simple. I like telling stories. Michael Fassbender You have to understand the nature of light. Conrad Hall Robots have a rich and storied history in movies. John Podhor...

Physiology is concerned with all those phenomena of life that present them selves to us

in sense perception as bodily processes, and accordingly form part of that total environment which we name the external world. Wilhelm Wundt Like, if you are a celebrity, then anyone will let you be in a film or on a TV show, and if you're an actor, chances are if you are successful, you are becoming a celebrity. Penn Badgley I'm a child of the sixties, I'm a man of the sixties. During that period of time this country was coming apart at the seams. We were in Southeast Asia. Good men were dying for America and for the Constitution. Curt Flood Because I practice often with my children at home. Andrea Bocelli Yeah, I probably got in too much trouble as a youth to be a politician. Michael Joseph Kelly I love Johnny Cash but I don't love country music that much. Ville Valo Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both. Jeannette Rankin To me, the glass is always half full, never half empty. Eddie Money It'...

Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. The only thing of value I have

in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out. Kevin Smith There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not and cannot do. Theodore Sturgeon You know, Stephen says, in the movies no one ever goes to the bathroom. They shave, they brush their teeth. He goes right at this sort of funny taboo we have about the bathroom, and he turned it into this nightmare, you know, your worst fear of what's in there. Lawrence Kasdan As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica. Lars Ulrich I am an obsessive flyer, myself. Jason Reitman I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent. Jessica Simpson Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer. Chuck Palahniuk And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever. Jim Otto Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail. Mary Astell Investing in health will produ...

I was one of the first people to join Facebook in February of 2004, and

launched one of the inaugural applications on the platform in May 2007. Joe Green When I was coming up, I kept a ton of comic books, almost 300 comic books. Back in the day, they didn't used to cost that much, so I used to keep 'em, collect 'em, trade 'em. Michael Clarke Duncan For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure. Armistead Maupin The songs become the show, which is how it should be. Kristin Hersh I've always been the porky boy in my head. George Michael My dad bought me a guitar when I was very young, and I never looked back. Arthur Darvill Some people, they just don't get a joke. Glenn Frey In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man. Joe Biden For me it all started with two turntables and a mixer. Paul Oakenfold I don't apologize. Todd Akin

Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to

progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome. Sellapan Ramanathan To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner. Holly Near I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good. Denzel Washington I think I prefer 3D to 2D now. Ang Lee If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else. Ben Harper You can't direct without a good crew. Louis C. K. As a reader, I happen to like turning pages and wanting to know what happens next. Tracy Chevalier Maybe Obama was not even the person he was waiting for. Maureen Dowd I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell. Joel Osteen Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field. Juliana Hatfield

I can't write my life story without Emmitt and Troy. They can't write their life

stories without me. We're tied together forever. This is a day to remember for the rest of our lives. Michael Irvin I don't necessarily find superheroes in general, for me, that appealing. I'd much prefer to play, if I was to be cast in a superhero film, I'd prefer to play the villain because there's a reason, there's a motive behind their madness. Ryan Kwanten The office is a romantic enabler because you're always around the person you have a crush on. There's no escape from, and maybe no desire to escape from, those pressure-cooker conditions. And there's an automatic series of things you have to talk about all the time. Joshua Ferris I don't know anything about the history of music. Sia Big money is ruining the political system. Arlen Specter As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel. John Goodman It is going to take a very brave man to love me. Amanda Holden I got to experience a world cha...

There is a revolution happening, and within two years I think that Wi-Fi and Netflix

will be built into all the televisions. Reed Hastings I love reading. I'm fortunate enough to have signed books by Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Pynchon. John Larroquette I think what Osama bin Laden does is to take the fact that some peoples lack hope and lack opportunity, and twist it to his own ends. Richard Armitage It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham. Garth Brooks I loved campaigning for Obama. Kate Walsh I just have an enthusiasm for life. Lou Holtz Music is organized sound. Edgard Varese My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics. Matthew Goode The best scene is the last great scene I did. Rene Auberjonois The moment is supreme. Franz Schubert

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is

to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence. Arsene Wenger I don't mind doing the Who tours when they come along but I want to get out there and play. John Entwistle I have a little baby. She knows who I am. My friends know. My family knows. Marla Maples Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again. Joseph Campbell The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. John Ashbery I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. Taylor Hanson I have sworn to die painting. Paul Cezanne Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way again. Douglas Coupland I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too. Greg Maddux Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness. James MacArthur

I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a

week and know that it's going to be the same thing. Bryan Clay I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas. James Earl Jones I advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute. Dita Von Teese I was fed up with not being able to play a movie the way I wanted to play it. Jon Johansen Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them. Alison Bechdel We are still in the very beginnings of the Internet. Jimmy Wales I didn't feel I belonged in so perfect a family. Michael Reagan The White House is a huge organization, first and foremost. Mike McCurry No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough. Roger Ebert I hope that people like us next year like they liked us last year. Ethan Suplee

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not

only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win. Mike Krzyzewski I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides. Tony Blair I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone. Rand Paul I'm a good friend. Jack Nicholson This is our bottom line, and the will of 1.25 billion Chinese people. Zhu Rongji The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else. Vikram Seth In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia. William Westmoreland Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat! Zora Neale Hurston It's hard to compare actors from differen...

Obama sees everything backward. Where Americans see individual achievement, he sees government's work. Where we

see failing companies, he sees innovation worth subsidizing. Where we see the need for economic growth, he sees a need for higher taxes. Reince Priebus It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree with its politics. Roger Ebert A dark and terrible side of this sense of community of interests is the fear of a horrible common destiny which in these days of atomic weapons darkens men's minds all around the globe. Emily Greene Balch I don't think nothing. I just do my work. Lil Wayne Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years. Johnny Weissmuller What you've got to say, you say. Shel Silverstein I always ask myself why old heavyweights come back, but I plan to stay out of the ring. Lennox Lewis Regulation needs to catch up with innovation. Henry Paulson On top of the horror of separating from your wife, you h...

I have to be honest, I don't pay as much attention to women's fashion, but

being a sneaker head, I do like it when a girl can rock a nice pair of sneakers. Not every girl can do it. Every girl looks good in heels - that's a given - but not every girl can look good in fresh kicks. Bryan Greenberg Most guys who don't like me are either Democrats or Yankee fans. Curt Schilling There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity. Vladimir Nabokov Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back. Aaron McGruder Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult. Bryan Ferry Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time. Jodi Picoult Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step. Adrian Lyne Pop songs are like a D.J. set crammed into three minutes. Benny Blanco People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective. Diane Sawyer I love playing other people...

Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those

who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on propaganda; so a corps of propagandists, if I may use the term, is thus trained. Fredrik Bajer You know growing up in Sweden meant we had a lot of rain when we played tennis. We were taught on clay courts but because of the weather, we had to go indoors a lot. Bjorn Borg I think A Midsummer Night's Dream would be terrific because of the transformations that occur. Or The Tempest, things like that. Extraordinary larger than life or supernatural element. Kenneth Branagh Listen, we're going to have to fight for every vote. David Plouffe I like to swim. It's good for the body and it helps clear my head. Carly Rae Jepsen I won the lottery. I don't care what it costs. Jack Whittaker 'Lost' was a phenomenon, like Elvis. John Cho A rotten apple in the Guardian Angels stigmatizes us all over the world. Curtis Sliwa The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks. Edward Bond When you are ric...

When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do

it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds. Neil Innes There are so many times and places in history in our world that I just don't know anything about, and when I learn about them they're always fascinating. Andrew Stanton How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week? Valentino Rossi Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE. Richard Simmons Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court. Michael Jackson God gave me the gift to be able to play instruments and I have to play. Lenny Kravitz I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work. Eric Bogosian We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works. Gerry Adams Today I began the novel that I determined to be great. Zane Grey When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. Hesiod

Most Christians are still living with an Old Testament view of their heart. Jeremiah 17:9

says, 'My heart is deceitfully wicked.' No, it's not. Not after the work of Christ, because the promise of the new covenant is a new heart. John Eldredge Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business. Garet Garrett He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the edge than our own particular age. Derek Jacobi I'm the least sexy person in real life. Dree Hemingway I love drums and still play frequently. Adrian Belew It takes a lot to scare me. AnnaLynne McCord Don't classify me, read me. Carlos Fuentes Sometimes what's right isn't as important as what's profitable. Trey Parker We all retire one day. If we want to, if we don't want to. Donatella Versace I was rather a fat little boy. Cyril Cusack

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6

years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything. Tommy Davidson My first full year of touring, I did 300 days on the road. That was not including the travel time or publicity or anything else - that was just dates. I was home probably less than 50 days that year. Josh Turner I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books. Jennifer Weiner I'd like to write a history, maybe of the Reformation. Jane Haddam You can't be in debt and win. It doesn't work. Dave Ramsey This exploded in me almost more music than I could consume. Hoagy Carmichael I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head. Joe Eszterhas Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm. Harriet Beecher Stowe Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done. Michael Phelps It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody All...

Of the five House Calendars, the Private Calendar is the one to which all Private

Bills are referred. Private Bills deal with specific individuals, corporations, institutions, and so forth, as distinguished from public bills which deal with classes only. Howard Coble One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out. Chaka Khan I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege. Andrea Bocelli There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler. Art Carney Homicide is the best material I've had the chance to do. Daniel Baldwin Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix. John Oates We live in a niche world. Leigh Steinberg Misery loves company. There's a lot to that. Harvey Pekar I'm still a 'Star Trek' fan. You never stop being one. Mila ...

It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two

great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted up into the light of the highest Christian civilization, are, first, a pure, spiritual Christianity, and second, civil liberty. Josiah Strong I don't want a girl who's high-maintenance and wants to go shopping... I like a girl who doesn't wear make-up and is naturally beautiful. Sean Faris We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed. Glenn Beck I really didn't consider myself happy or unhappy. Bob Dylan The Deep Flight Challenger technology is a game-changer for ocean exploration. Graham Hawkes People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am. Laura Linney The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology. Imre Lakatos California is a tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land. Christopher Isherwood It's been tough for me being a...

After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole

city destroyed. No money. No studio. No film. No camera. No equipment. We would shoot in the street. We had no actors. Nothing. But we wanted to do movies. And we did the best movies in the world. Dino De Laurentiis When I was four or five, I would organise my cars and my action figures. I needed some kind of structure, I think. Alexander Skarsgard I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre. Julian Casablancas Success to me is being a good person, treating people well. David LaChapelle I'm an iPod person. Karl Lagerfeld When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form. Kevin Smith This experience has been once in a lifetime. Kristi Yamaguchi No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it. Helen Keller I wear glasses, have a big scar, I sing loud, and I am blond. I'm sorry! Anastacia I like making movies. Antoine Fuqua

My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience,

but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors. Mike Leigh Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available. Jonathan Kozol The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. Alexander Graham Bell If you move between battalions, you are still within the same tribe. Mike Jackson If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. William McFee I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny. Jack Nicholson I love Poseidon. His trident - his weapon - is really cool. Kellan Lutz The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. George Herman I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer. Leon Uris The iPad needs to catch up with Flash before I put a hand on it. Hedi Slimane

I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice

have their characters be assailed without any basis. Eric Holder Just the fact that I'm in the game is great. I'm just blessed to be working. I got a plan, but I'm humble and I try to be humble. Mike Epps What's happened - in our country, anyhow - is that the young people have shied away from the formality of the concert hall, that tie - and - tails philharmonic image. Chuck Mangione I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously. Rachel Weisz Chicago is incredibly gracious. People here have so much pride. Giuliana Rancic But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud. Little Richard I'm tired of justifying what I've said. Jose Canseco In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness. Samuel Beckett Childlessness doesn't make people selfish; selfishness makes people selfish. Elizabeth Gilbert I trained myself to be organized. Robert Caro

But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history.

I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time. Tom Hanks I don't feel I'm playing villains all the time. Ralph Fiennes With 'The Tudors,' I had a huge amount of material, I mean so many books and so much stuff about what they really said. So, in a way it was kind of trying to strip it out and find the stories inside all this material. Michael Hirst Americans count on the guaranteed benefits they paid for under Medicare. John B. Larson If you want to investigate, we will be willing to assist. Zhu Rongji Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone. John Buchanan Robinson I'm really domestic. Sienna Miller I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing. Roscoe Mitchell I'm partly obsessed by aging gracefully. Dave Matthews Set your heights more than what ...

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions -

formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity. Lech Walesa I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly. Genevieve Gorder I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected. Terry Bradshaw I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive. Robert Schumann I always do whatever is best for the character. Avan Jogia Music in this film is a very important part. Maximilian Schell I do think there is room at the very top for marginal tax changes. Richard Hanna Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering. Aeschylus I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away. Sarah Dessen I...

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another

set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Maurice Sendak For me, peace should provide security to the Jewish people. Ariel Sharon I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. Jonathan Swift We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law. John O. Brennan I may quit the music business someday, but never the music. Dan Fogelberg I love documentary because it's alive. Josh Fox In my experience, it's usually up to the actor how a character is portrayed. Richard Dreyfuss Most of the hits I take come on top of the shoulder pads. Eric Dickerson If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress. Olga Kurylenko But what is past my help is past my care. Francis Beaumont

The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid,

you don't see those behind the walls. That is the reality of Haiti. Jean-Bertrand Aristide You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're going to be a critical success. But not everyone who works hard gets it right, or has the success they deserve: there's an element of luck. Ian Rankin How many colours are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'green'? How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye? Stan Brakhage Governments don't control people like they used to. Noam Chomsky I just want to be in my sweats, walk my dog, watch TV and eat pizza. America Ferrera Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice. Desmond Tutu Flirt!'s mascara is insane - I don't need false lashes when I wear it. Heather Morris Today I trust my instinct, I trust myself. Finally. Isabelle Adjani I usually like whatever I've recently finished...

I think a lot of people in their average day actually imagine two sides of

a conversation at one point or another. I think that the mental trick of holding two sides of a conversation in your head is actually something that we all do. Edward Norton I don't like anything about Drake. DMX Innovation is hard. It really is. Because most people don't get it. Remember, the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, these were all considered toys at their introduction because they had no constituency. They were too new. Nolan Bushnell A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. Madame de Stael I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas. Louise Brown Not everybody's confident their whole life. Sofia Vergara Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming. Marc Andreessen I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model. Candice Swanepoel You have to do real acting, not just do a voice. Harry Shearer I still believe a majority of Republicans are for i...

There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I

decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible. Tyler Perry The question is how to bring a work of imagination out of one language that was just as taken-for-granted by the persons who used it as our language is by ourselves. Nothing strange about it. Robert Fitzgerald I want to experience Dallas. It's a new city where I see new business opportunities. Rob Kardashian The forehands or backhands don't mean much after three hours. Maria Sharapova I do what I think is right. Miuccia Prada There's nothing I won't attempt. Tracey Ullman I take sounds and change them into words. Brian Eno Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel. William Gurnall I just like Raisin Bran - it keeps me regular. Gretchen Wilson It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny. Mary Stewart

Physically my brain is in great shape. My motor functions are fine, but I think

going through the whole ordeal... coming pretty close to death, may have affected my priorities. Bill Berry I meet a lot of young people in the Midwest, and I saw what a difference a show like In the Life can make to their lives in some of these small towns where, you know, there are probably two gay people in the whole damn town. Lesley Gore Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope. Mahalia Jackson I'm a victim of maybe circumstances, but look at how it worked out. Jessica Hahn I don't look at fashion the way other people do. Helena Christensen Everybody has fights with their sister. Joe Williams It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun. Evan Dando I had previously been in the band the Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman. Jerry Harrison Human morality is unthinkable without empathy. Frans de Waal I am an architect, first. Hugh Hardy

If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much

material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing. Carl Hiaasen I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to know or explore enough of the possibilities and a way of making a painting, say, in just one painting or two paintings. Robert Rauschenberg I've been trying to watch my weight a bit, but when I come to Las Vegas, all bets are off. I get enough healthy food in L.A. where the food is the size of a quarter and costs $40 - when I'm in Vegas, I want a steak! Billy Gardell I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything. William Carey If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist. Tom McClintock There's no wrong way to experience a film. Vera Farmiga A lot of the carols were not as you hear them now. Tori Amos Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it. Marc Almond I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson bla...

The novel is a highly corrupt medium, after all - in the end the vast

majority of them simply aren't that great, and are destined to be forgotten. Lev Grossman I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing. Allen West I read the 'Deadpool' series back in the '90s. I'm not, like, a huge comic book reader, per say, though. I'll check out 'Archie' when I'm in the grocery line, but that's about it. Ryan Reynolds My last boyfriend used to always tell me, 'Grow up.' But I say, Why? Nicole Miller I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut. Christine Baranski One person really can make a difference. Leonard Lauder I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes. Al Yankovic I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly 'Bond.' Marc Forster If you are having fun on screen, it shows. Teresa Palme...

Brushes are crucial for applying glazes, sauces, and oils. The pastry brushes that you find

in homestores can be pricey so pay a visit to your local hardware store and pick up a few paint brushes which are less expensive and work equally as well. Bobby Flay I knew if I stayed in London my whole life would be dancing. I'd won almost every major title you can. I thought 'This really isn't my passion. I really want to sing,' and I knew I wouldn't be able to if I stayed there. Julianne Hough We all thought of chicken as lean, protein-rich food that's good for weight watching, but the truth is chicken might actually be making us fatter! Kathy Freston I hope that I serve by being a teacher. Jenna Bush I'd love it if everyone knew one Foo Fighters song. Dave Grohl If I'm hunting down gifts, I like to buy locally. Arabella Weir I'm gay, and I was born this way. Cat Cora I've had dreams about tricks. Shaun White People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life. Mary-Louise Parker I wis...

I think the word 'blog' is an ugly word. I just don't know why people

can't use the word 'journal.' Moby I'm always nervous when I perform anyway. Jarvis Cocker We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely. Barack Obama I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it. David E. Kelley Canada and space are a natural fit. Marc Garneau The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. Ray Kroc I did little theater things growing up. Jody Hill The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years. Walter Jon Williams As an individual I was known as the DJ or the mixer. Grandmaster Flash My kids get everything they want and are raised well. Suge Knight

When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches

tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled. Alicia Sacramone You don't quite know how drunk you are until all of a sudden you're on the floor. Gina Gershon It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get. Elbert Hubbard You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own. Antonio Porchia A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself. Tionne Watkins I'm not interested in just putting out one hit. Lee DeWyze The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy. Christine Baranski I've never worried about how long the song is. Adam Jones Storytelling is my passion, and it rises from a love of reading. Kelley Armstrong I really don't care that I'm ranked. Terry Bradshaw

My dad was a master butcher and I trained to be a butcher when I

left school. I didn't enjoy it at the time but I love cooking now, so perhaps I would have been a chef. Brendan Coyle I just like doing standup, that's all I'm interested in or good at. Norm MacDonald Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable. Martha Beck I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better. Paul Theroux I do what I do because I love it. Ray Romano I have no guitar technique. Warren Zevon However, we might oppose it, abortion is a sad feature of modern life. Robert Casey I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out. Norman MacCaig I am really bad at actually interviewing people. Graham Norton My life was a mystery even as I lived it. Melissa Gilbert

Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on

average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And they are more likely to live in poverty. Tom Vilsack Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes people to chuckle, that catches people. Austin Peck For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party. Rahul Gandhi I have big, big stage fright. Andrea Bocelli Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. Jerry B. Jenkins It's always an honour doing anything for your country. Gary Kemp A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners. Nancy Reagan I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor. Loretta Lynn I would never do another sitcom. It was so boring I wanted to pull my fingernails off. Daniel Baldwin I don't think I'm successful. Jenny Eclair

I love pretending to be other people. The more unlike me they are the better

- I find other people endlessly fascinating and myself incredibly boring. Jacki Weaver I always wanted to go into the military or something like that - my whole family, all my friends are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines. RJ Mitte My work means everything to me. Robin Gibb When I run - you can see my record - I run to win. Carl Lewis I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV. Michael Landon I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry. Felix Dennis I tip like crazy. They'll remember me. Celebrity can be expensive. Phil Donahue I listen to kids play a lot. Itzhak Perlman I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness. Marlee Matlin I always want to be an actress. Chloe Grace Moretz

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and

a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes. William Blake I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it. Michel Houellebecq Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age - its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly complementary to a mobile experience. People still need longer stuff, but they see the headline on Twitter or Facebook. Matt Mullenweg The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days. Viggo Mortensen The film is a romance with songs and dances, aimed at a family audience. Sanjay Dutt I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion. Alicia Keys I'd like to write the way Matisse paints. A. S. Byatt It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics. Shirley MacLaine Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. George Bancroft If you really want to ki...

There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing

home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image. Atom Egoyan You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after your daughter, it's the most beautiful thing in the world. Ben Stiller It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast foods, to buy it expensive educations. Those things don't mean anything unless this generation has a future. And we're not sure that it does. George Wald A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. Bruce Cockburn I never knew that I'd still be doing this so many years later. David Ruffin I like things that are simple, such as an alarm clock. Martin Freeman Art-school girls are very nice. Anthony Mackie Suddenly, I found I was married to a millionaire. Anna Benson I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball. Monica Seles When I graduated from college I ...

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