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It's thrilling to be onstage and to not know, literally, what

the next moment is going to bring. To just submit to the not-knowing-ness of it. Norbert Leo Butz The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born. Lawrence Welk I really look at children as being little people and not necessarily things or people to control. Jada Pinkett Smith You can grow apart from people very quickly. Rachael Leigh Cook I kind of dwindled into acting. Ron Silver Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins. Richard Francis Burton I wrote on a show called Johnny Bravo when I was at Hanna-Barbera. Seth MacFarlane I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met. Herb Caen Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards. Steve Ballmer I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling. E. L. James

Getting back to the point, a guy like Jerry, he deals with the business, and

he doesn't see it as being evil or ugly, it's what you have to do, and I mean I know there's some really ugly parts to it and parts which drive me nuts, but not in the same way as music business. Trevor Rabin Editors of conservative magazines aren't out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank. David Brock I play, in real life, Kim, who is actually Marshall Mathers ex-wife as of now. She lies and says she is pregnant because she really wants to keep him and he figures her out. Taryn Manning You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it. Benjamin Netanyahu I'm not going to launch a bikini business and then give up bikinis, am I? Elizabeth Hurley In my spare time I like to sleep. Jacob Lusk Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train. Rafer Johnson It's a completely useless emotion - jealousy. I don't go there. Joy Behar I have a writing addiction. Prince Fun? Ther

It was not simply out of a spirit of contradiction that I exposed a light

source to magnetic forces. The idea came to me during an investigation of the effect discovered by Kerr on light reflected by magnetic mirrors. Pieter Zeeman I'm actually very sensitive to energies, and when people are not aligned, I can feel that. Emmanuelle Chriqui Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help. Alex Haley I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times. Alison Bechdel So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country. Cy Coleman I know nothing of what it is to be a gangster. Michael K. Williams Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios. Kevin Spacey They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. Dorothy Day I'm always honest. Victoria Azarenka People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books. Paul Theroux

We want everybody to succeed. You know why? We want the country to succeed, and

for the country to succeed, its people - its individuals - must succeed. Rush Limbaugh The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood. Tom Clancy I had no allusions of radio success. I just loved being in studios. I was having fun and in that sense I now feel a lot like I did when I did that record. Matthew Sweet I'm lucky, always hopeful... I love my life. Kimora Lee Simmons Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it. Eugene Delacroix I do seem to look like a lot of people. Rob Brydon Your nature is the Buddha. Bodhidharma I sort of consider myself a Nigerian who spends a lot of time in the U.S. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The waste basket is the writer's best friend. Isaac Bashevis Singer I've been running a lot, taking care of myself. Eminem

You are never, ever gonna get a drummer to dis another one. It's part of

the drumming rules, as important as being able to keep pace or smashing up hotel rooms. Drummers do not dis! Philip Selway I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew where we had assembled for so many years; and apart from that reason I hold it dear because it is associated in my memory with my mother. Pierre Loti No, I was an unknown when I walked in that room. He didn't know who I was from a fly on the wall. Shia LaBeouf I like the good feeling movies. Robert Duvall I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher. Connie Britton We should welcome applause whenever it comes. Emanuel Ax I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses. Richard Donner When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. Herodotus There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob. Herodotus Anger is the enemy of non-

There is no definitive guidebook on how to pick the right partner, and even if

there were, I'm way too dumb to write it. Justin Halpern It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way. Bernadette Peters Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. David Hockney If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space. Gary Cole I used to love dogs until I discovered cats. Nafisa Joseph Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child. Willie Stargell We always learn more from the losing than the winning. Yani Tseng I don't like Paris so much. Bam Margera My name is more important than myself. Pierre Cardin I have always believed in God. Joel Osteen

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can

only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle. James L. Buckley Usually I like playing other people. I like finding myself through other characters. But when you do cabaret, you are yourself. I think it's the most fun, and I tell you, if somebody had told me that, I would have done it fifteen years earlier than I did. Faith Prince Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement. Barbara Corcoran When people are divided, the only solution is agreement. John Hume I am the person who is a mother against drunk driver. Tracey Gold The problems of our country are very fast to recognize. Peter Bichsel If you want to send a message, try Western Union. Frank Capra We're just a bubble in a boiling pot. Jack Johnson Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style. Samuel Taylor Coleri

There's a lot of stuff you've gotta know about Auto-Tune before you can start using

it, because it's the hot thing to do. T-Pain I'm a widower with three sons and seven grandchildren. One of my sons is my partner on the ranch. Wilford Brimley I think TV is all about not turning off the public, it's about not being too sexy, not being too much of anything really. Kelly Brook A guilty conscience is the mother of invention. Carolyn Wells I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories. Marc Newson Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around. Snoop Dogg A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts. St. Jerome A picture is a fact. Ludwig Wittgenstein I don't feel any connection to Russia. Anton Yelchin A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors. Clive Owen

When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything -

comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it. Olivia Thirlby It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet. Kristin Scott Thomas But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do. Sam Donaldson The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God. Ernest Holmes I love a good massage, and they gotta go deep. Zoe Lister-Jones There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty. Rupert Sheldrake The world today doesn't please me. Brigitte Bardot Woman are complex creatures. Talib Kweli I can always remember that experience in Hawaii pleasantly on account of Elvis. Minnie Pearl I've stayed away from sexy roles.

If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of

the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free. Vinoba Bhave I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them. Mary Ann Mobley Bob Dylan is the Jew of all time. Guy Oseary Any idea's a great idea as long as it tastes great. Homaro Cantu No one is reading my diary, that's for sure. Erin Duffy Musicians have always adopted Macs. Trent Reznor You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. Karl Kraus New York is flat - it's ideal for bicycling. Bjarke Ingels All universal moral principles are idle fancies. Marquis de Sade My preference is 3,000, maybe 5,000-seat venues. Ronnie Dunn

My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change

by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country. Francois Hollande There exists, if I am not mistaken, an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths, to which we have access only with our mind, just as a world of physical reality exists, the one like the other independent of ourselves, both of divine creation. Charles Hermite The idea of being on a show where each season stands alone, and you can come back the next year and show an entirely different aspect of your personality or your talent or your anything is an enormous gift that you rarely get in television. Sarah Paulson Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars. Les Brown I have days when I just feel I look like a dog. Michelle Pfeiffer Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic. Philip Zimbardo You gotta lose 'em some of the time.

My idea of writing is of unflinching and continual effort, somehow trying to find the

right words until you reach a point where you can make no further progress and you either have something or you don't. James Salter It's not going to be just humans colonizing space, it's going to be life moving out from the Earth, moving it into its kingdom. And the kingdom of life, of course, is going to be the universe. Freeman Dyson I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate. Joni Mitchell The fundamental law of nature is to not know too much about yourself. Damon Lindelof Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death. Hesiod They can put me in a jungle. Still, I can create. M. F. Husain Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons. Rudy Rucker The players have to come and play. Today we did. Bill Laimbeer I was just going more for what I've always been influenced by, European music. Kip Winger The world ne

While writing 'Half of a Yellow Sun,' I enjoyed playing with minor things: inventing a

train station in a town that has none, placing towns closer to each other than they are, changing the chronology of conquered cities. Yet I did not play with the central events of that time. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners. Antoni Gaudi Social networks particularly will tend to converge and consolidate over time, especially because they're inherently governed by network effects. So the bigger ones will just get bigger, their value will multiply exponentially, and the smaller ones will become less and less relevant. Clara Shih Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible. Ben Casnocha The people really are what make New York City great. David Dinkins Even at Westchester High in West LA, I was class clown. Phil Hartman You make a deal. You figure out how much sin you can live with. Martin Scorsese I have a problem sometimes with being too hyper.

I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob

Dylan. In his early years. With the flu. Toby Jones Rejection is a universally embarrassing topic and 'Electra Heart' is my response to that. It is a frank album. Marina and the Diamonds The kids get a vote. That's very important when it comes to raising kids. And always keep the bigger picture in mind. Joe Perry Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart. Gene Tunney I have always had the sea as my playground. Alexander Dale Oen I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art. G. H. Hardy Having Wayne in town will be exciting enough. Paul Coffey The climate informs the character. Melissa Leo Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone. Eddie Van Halen More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes. Todd Akin

They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like

costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims. Ralph Lauren Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that. Kevin James Because I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal; if your injury is dirty, it won't heal. And so when you are talking in societies, we are also talking in healing processes, and for a good healing process, you need to make things right. Michelle Bachelet I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did. Stanley Clarke Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation. Vikram Chatwal My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing. Kim Weston And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation. Fiona Shaw I tend to eat pretty healthy, though, and I work out - I work out hard. Amy Schumer I am now officially ordained. Yep, that's right - Reverend Tori Spelling! Tori Spelling I don

Most languages spoken by a few thousand people are so complicated they make your head

swim; a Siberian yak herder's language is much more complicated than a Manhattan bond trader's. John McWhorter When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you. David Hasselhoff I'm not a barbarian. Jason Momoa I get a lot of letters from people. George Osborne Listen more than you talk. Clara Shih It's an honor to represent a Latin culture. Gio Gonzalez Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama's favorite actors. Dwayne Johnson It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring. Samantha Fox I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them. Garth Stein It's usually when the cameras leave that the support leaves as well. Petra Nemcova

If I'm diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and

they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent. Gus Van Sant The current health crisis, however, is a little more the work of the evil empire. We were told, we were assured, that the more meat and dairy and poultry we ate, the healthier we'd be. Mark Bittman The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be. Konrad Lorenz A fresh pair of eyes can often find problems. Mike Simpson My parents didn't play golf. Amy Alcott I don't care who's on the label, because I have a job to do. Pat Benatar There's something about doing stand-up that's cathartic. Dave Chappelle I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love. Taye Diggs I always watch the French news on the Internet while having my breakfast. Sigrid Agren Yes, I'm of the old guard, liberal Republican. Mark Hatfield

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification.

To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport. Pope Francis I have an agent now. Lena Dunham I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I might have come up with something resembling a song as early as 4 or 5 years old. Ian MacKaye There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea. Bong Joon-ho Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk. Damon Wayans I don't like talking about music. Martha Wainwright I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain. Ellen Pompeo I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do. Eric Cantona It's only in the seventies that I put the sticks down and I moved to the front. Lou Gramm So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona. Jane Campion

In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the

General Assembly and which, at the end of one hundred sessions of elevated, often impassioned discussion, was adopted in the form of thirty articles on December 10, 1948. Rene Cassin As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I don't wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere. J. M. Coetzee I actually have a young readers' series that I wanna do, kind of in the same lane as a Harry Potter or Narnia or Twilight. I want to write stuff like that. Jhene Aiko Our passion is our strength. Billie Joe Armstrong Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all. Ben Stiller The world still hasn't seen the best of Sean Paul. Sean Paul I am committed to protecting our country against the threat of terrorism. Jim Ryun I only dance when I go out. Diane Kruger I'm a right-wing pu

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing

Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea. Benjamin Netanyahu I've bought pretty much every book ever written about the Alamo, and I talk to my friends that I've made over the past 15, 20 years. It's just a constant learning and fascinating thing for me. Phil Collins At Lackland Air Force Base, they make an effort to retrain military dogs that suffer from PTSD. It's a lengthy, long process. The treatment is much the same as it would be for people, but it's a difficult road back. Robert Crais It's a sad state when more people retweet than buy records. Noel Gallagher I don't have a lot of friends. Janet Jackson I think more people need to make out. Josh Homme Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself. Larry Williams I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling. Quentin Tarantino Playing baseball was my drea

Real progress in understanding nature is rarely incremental. All important advances are sudden intuitions, new

principles, new ways of seeing. Marilyn Ferguson Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised. Michael Morpurgo I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries. I was really drawn to it. Larry Gagosian The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot. James Allen I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself. Alberto Giacometti I am a hopeless romantic. Jessica Brown Findlay I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film. Rebecca Hall There will always be an underground. Chuck Palahniuk We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection. Luc Montagnier People have managed to avert their eyes and hope for the best. David Chalmers

My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and

given the people a chance to know what real liberty means. And if I could bring that about today by giving up my life, I would do it gladly. Pancho Villa In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it. Charles Lyell It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth. Francois Rabelais I believe the Rolling Stones wanted to play in Golden Gate Park. Paul Kantner I don't seek power and do not run around. Benoit Mandelbrot Times do keep changing - thank God. Cokie Roberts You meet someone, you care for them, and you fall in love; it's what it is. Rebecca Ferguson I didn't love school. Kim Kardashian Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. Warren Buffett Wagner i

I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be

for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her. J. Cole Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans don't like: big unions, big government and big corporations. So Republicans go after big government and big unions, and only talk about small businesses. Andy Stern I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa. Mem Fox With a sequel you're always trying to get bigger and better. Breckin Meyer Very few people could make me fight out of my system. Burley was one. Archie Moore The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring. Victor Hugo I don't believe you can say 'forever'; I don't believe it exists. Vanessa Paradis I do not believe abortion should be legal. Herman Cain I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me. Rafael Palmeiro I rode into the dawning world of television in 1944 on a train. Johnny Olson

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to

do is support each other. Philip Seymour Hoffman By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory. Clyde Tombaugh I challenge anybody to say that I wouldn't know how to approach foreign policy because, unlike some of the other people, I at least have a foreign policy philosophy, which is an extension of the Reagan philosophy. Peace through strength, and my philosophy is peace through strength and clarity. Herman Cain I like to explore things. Chris Hemsworth Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life. Mika I've got 911 on speed dial. Douglas Coupland Work is the thing that happens around the game time. Wayne Brady In my own life I'm frequently in predominantly white atmospheres. Anna Deavere Smith I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname. Rachel Weisz I grew up in Hawaii so I was outside a lot playing in the water. Kelly Preston

The Beatles created something that never trailed off. What a gift that was to their

fans. If you're into the Beatles, you loved them from beginning to end. Jerry Seinfeld I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others... name me ten equally big, iconic Wonder Woman stories. Much harder. That ain't the character's fault, that isn't sexism, that's just not servicing the character. J. Michael Straczynski We need to be calling out the flaws and misguided decisions of the Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration. Tim Pawlenty Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it. Tommy Chong I believe that free-market principles will solve our healthcare problems. Rick Scott How delicious is pleasure after torment! Pierre Corneille If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up. Dexter Gordon As an emotional eater, I eat to soothe. Valerie Bertinelli I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life. Clea Duvall

A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man's position is to protect her, help

her up stairs, make sure she's in the car safely first. Take good care of your woman, and the sky's the limit! Taraji P. Henson Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody. Florenz Ziegfeld There are races and then there are races. And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I've always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car... this is going to be unbelievable. Guy Fieri I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left. Dick Van Patten Filmmaking is a real craft. Sean Durkin Harrison Ford... I love him. He's a man's man. Sherilyn Fenn The flu is very unpredictable when it begins and in how it takes off. Harvey V. Fineberg Of all the Jedis I saw in the film, Yoda's the only one I like. Lawrence Halprin TV, in particular cable c

The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the

very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled. Ida B. Wells Listen, we're still selling stardom. That doesn't go away because MTV decides they can't play videos or they want to program themselves more as a traditional T.V. station. Vevo and YouTube are like MTV online, and on demand. L.A. Reid Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech. Hanna Rosin The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression. Earl Warren I don't iron anything. Never have and never will. Morrissey Minds will wander even during the Last Judgment. Mason Cooley I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball. Nancy Lopez I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine. Debi Thomas The more I practice the luckier I get. Arnold Palmer I just look at the high and bright side of things. LL Cool J

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into

some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage. Learned Hand Sen. Robert Menendez's Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 would try to nullify every single state and local law that fights illegal immigration. Congressman Luis Gutierrez's CIR ASAP Act with over 100 Democratic co-sponsors does the same thing. Russell Pearce I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great. Rene Auberjonois Living is what scares me. Dying is easy. Charles Manson Infinite love is the only truth. Everything else is illusion. David Icke I don't own Hollywood. Louis Farrakhan Season 4 can be deadly for a show that's been a hit show. Ron Perlman Because, also the world of showbiz is not just black and white, good and bad. Klaus Schulze When you do portraits professionally it's not a

One of the central mysteries of biology is why the genome is largely identical from

cell to cell, even though cells do different things. Erez Lieberman Aiden The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again. Charles Kingsley There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman. Samuel Johnson Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump. Auguste Rodin When I wear jeans I want to look like a man, not a child. Martin Freeman Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half? Jean Giraudoux All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. Demosthenes The whole growing-up process seems to have eluded me. Christina Ricci I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system. Clarence Thomas A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job. Liev Schreiber

In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear

high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health, mobility, access to facilities, simple routine care and attention. Rowan Williams Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most. Dan Abrams The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure. Norman Finkelstein It isn't me that people love. It's baseball. Ernie Harwell I'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men. Christie Hefner When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba. William Levy Your own personal health is your own personal choice, all the way down the line. Melissa Etheridge I've never had writer's block. David Byrne I'm a big believer in spontaneity. Les Claypool A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to health. Ellen G. White

I am proud of my kids, but I also want to make my mom proud

of me. I'm still a momma's girl at the heart of the situation. Tori Spelling Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time. Jared Polis Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually do know. The greater the secrecy, the more likely a leak. Heather Brooke We have freedoms and boundaries; we just have a great family life. Kelly Preston You help me, I'll help you. That's politics. Terry McAuliffe I want to touch people's lives with my music and my lyrics. Romeo Santos I'm going to disappear again. Chuck Robb Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right. Carnie Wilson I wear anything of culture, from the Earth or beyond. The whole planet is my shop. Afrika Bambaataa I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy. Calvin Klein

The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all Iraqis together,

builds a happy future for the people of Iraq, and gets Iraq to stand on its own feet. Zalmay Khalilzad I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment. Radhanath Swami In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away. Meg Wolitzer For me, the future isn't coming from the USA, like it was before. Stefano Gabbana It's always frustrating when you leave people on base. Danny Bautista I learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for 'Serena.' Ron Rash I'm a very private person, and when I leave the stage, I leave the stage. Helen Reddy There are literally as many ideas as there are organisms. Janine Benyus I think I'll work all my life. When you&#

For me, it always comes back to the blogger, the author, the designer, the developer.

You build software for that core individual person, and then smart organisations adopt it and dumb organisations die. Matt Mullenweg Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can. Kenny G The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy. Justin Timberlake My purpose is to refuel, refresh and rejuvenate moms. Lisa Whelchel I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust. Monica Seles Luis Bunuel made great movies. Giancarlo Esposito There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes. Calvin Harris We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species. Andrew Vachss You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God. Edwin Louis Cole Stand up for what you know is right. Ronald Isley

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me

too much. It wasn't really a musical threat. Steve Winwood But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure, is to know what you are waiting for. Anna Neagle For example, it's only about 20 years ago the people in that community would have got telephone lines, and it would be only about in the 1950s that electricity came to that part of the world. Television wouldn't have come till 1970. John McGahern I could lie and tell you I'm a hardcore gamer - I'm not. Josie Maran I know my choices will be creative so long as I follow my heart. Huey Lewis This administration affects the everyday life of the common person. Al Jourgensen I talk to myself out loud at times, and feel embarrassed when people overhear me. Walter Dean Myers I'm very hard on my bags because I tend to carry a lot of stuff with me. Laura Linney I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though. Emmy Rossum I never wanted to take a jo

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really

committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom. Robin Morgan There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from. Neil Diamond It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs. Reed Hastings I'm not meek at all. Paula Radcliffe I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?' Pat Summitt Living in your genome is the history of our species. Barry Schuler A brief visit to Nepal started my insatiable love for Asian art. Richard Ernst If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times. Tom Cruise By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. George Carlin If you want to cry, you're not going to like my books. Janet Evanovich

I am a super-confident writer, and as a joke writer and as an actress, I'm

like, 'I want to go head-to-head with every person.' I am an Indian woman and I'm a kind of double minority in this world. Mindy Kaling To me, getting to do music and videos, you work on a character. Being onstage is acting; you get to be larger than life and larger than yourself. Carrie Underwood Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation. Bjorn Lomborg I'm still learning my craft. Yann Martel The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial. Alan Rickman I worked hard and smarter than most people in the businesses I have been in. Mark Cuban Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation. Thomas Huxley A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself. Gertrude Stein Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience. Mike R

I have always loved the Bay Area. I spent a lot of time in the

Bay Area. I started my career there. That's a huge part of the excitement for me. Chili Davis My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised. Jennifer Carpenter It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric - without a practical or visual reality. Giorgio Armani In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763. Albert Bushnell Hart I pace myself by taking a week-long vacation every four months. Marissa Mayer I've never worried about age. Jeanne Moreau In my third novel there is an actual black hole that swallows everything you love. Jonathan Lethem I am not gay, I just like pearls. Julian Eltinge The public want to see people play an exciting brand of cricket. Shane Warne When it's your time, it is your time. Bru

When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So

be prepared for it. This is a tough business for actors who are sensitive. If you try to hold on to things, you'll go crazy. Jessica Chastain Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm. Charles Caleb Colton I don't belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to the purpose and point of feminism. More in the work of older feminists, really, like Germaine Greer. Jane Campion Hopefully I'll continue to have the success I've had. Tiger Woods I get up in the morning looking for an adventure. George Foreman I think I had an advantage in the sense that I wasn't raised religiously. Amber Tamblyn A good artist has less time than ideas. Martin Kippenberger In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died. William Lilly It isn't right to judg

And the relationships that happen become so intense, deep, involved and complex and really hard

to say goodbye to. The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you. Genevieve Gorder A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an invaluable education. In my experience, theatre artists don't know what they've made until they've made it. John Lahr Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement. Carlos Ghosn It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. Thomas Jefferson The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new work. Tom Stoppard I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous. Helen Mirren The cynicism that you have is not your real soul. Yoko Ono I didn't get into racing to make friends. Jimmie Johnson People need to learn to live with more risk. Alain Robert Words derive their power from the original word. M

The people of the United States don't recognize it, but the oil industry has given

the greatest gift to the people of the nation, and that gift is the low cost of energy. Bottom line is this enables the country to be very competitive manufacturing-wise and in the world economy. Ray Lee Hunt And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince. Joan Collins Be Skeptical, but learn to listen. Don Miguel Ruiz Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted. Barbara Steele I'm not really a pick-up-line guy. I don't know what I do. Harry Styles I think people who lack humility are really annoying. Emily VanCamp I spend as much time as possible at my stable in the Hollywood Hills. It keeps me sane. Winter Ave Zoli When you are mad at yourself, you are mad at everybody. Nicole Sullivan By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States? Victoria Woodhull I just do what I do. I like to make music. Neil Young

We try very quickly to show that we are not at war with the Iraqi

people. We're trying to deal with the people who are indeed themselves at war with the Iraqi people. Paul Bremer I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at the end of the day and I'm an actor who wants to explore those characters in fantastically written scripts. The only caveat is a good story is a good character. Andy Serkis I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal. Eddie Van Halen I can be maternal with my friends. Audrey Tautou My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me. William Christopher Handy Before every performance I feel nervous. Diego Boneta If you want a CEO role, you have to prepare for it with a vengeance. Denise Morrison The best movies are simple. Shia LaBeouf My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships. Jada Pinket

In some ways any film that you do has an artificiality about it. Even when

you're doing the most kitchen-sinky, gritty, realistic scene you've still got 50 people standing around watching you with cameras and lights and things. Michael Sheen I'm passionate and I travel the world not just as a tourist but to understand cultures... I've lived with Masai tribe... I travel the world and bring it back in the form of a research book that would become the starting point for the collection. John Galliano The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child. Hans Rosling There's a lot of skeletons in my closet! John Hawkes The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open. Gunter Grass Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium. Robert Trout After Bound, we were offered a lot of lesbian thrillers. Lilly Wachowski It's hard to be scared when there are 80 people around you. Clea Duvall Everything about morality and obligations

When I started writing comics, 'comics writer' was the most obscure job in the world!

If I wanted to be a celebrity, I would have become a moody English screen actor. Alan Moore In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material. Mike Figgis The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing a book about an appalling situation and he does it in a hilarious way. Stephen Rea In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world. John Forbes Nash, Jr. All that we are not stares back at what we are. W. H. Auden I don't debate with liars. Evo Morales One single raga can be performed for two hours, three hours. Ravi Shankar My mother is still battling alcoholism. Patrick J. Kennedy I have done a lot of theater. Jerry Hall No praying, it spoils business. Thomas Otway

If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may

hinder your ability to live in the present. Les Brown By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression. Manning Marable The bank told us we ought to sell this house to pay off our overdraft. Riders saved the day. I was so pleased when it got to number one, I went all around the fields crying and crying. Jilly Cooper It is said that no star is a heroine to her makeup artist. Richard Corliss It's nice when little teams win. Adam Sandler Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings. Willie Stargell At 18 to 20, I was probably one of the quickest things around, at the peak of my powers. Michael Owen For over ten years or so game music has developed into a very large market. Nobuo Uematsu Politics is a contact sport. Steve Chabot As

Growing up in the Bay Area, I played early on with these quartet groups who

set guidelines for me. I remember the guys would all have the same clothes and shoes, like these uniforms. I was in awe. Raphael Saadiq Twenty years ago, you'd see guys busting rackets in locker rooms. Today they do it in their hotel rooms. Brad Gilbert I never understood the idea that you're supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn't something I relate to at all. The goal is to continue in good and bad, all of it. Diane Keaton Me, I look in the mirror and all I see is this Jewish kid from Queens. David Krumholtz Ideas and thoughts and creativity is more of who I am than football. Dhani Jones I don't like piano solos. Warren Zevon I don't use e-mail or u-mail or whatever it's called. Joe Arpaio I'm actually one who will encourage directors to cut my lines. Stanley Tucci A line is a dot that went for a walk. Paul Klee I hate TiVo, I hate DVRs. I do not get them. David Boreanaz

What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent

a book of rules of what you can do and what you can't do. And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches. Adrian Lyne It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to... ride and don't let go and you will be fine. Tori Amos Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans. Robert Wagner I am the man who put the hair in hair metal. Sebastian Bach All women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. Megan Fox I like to sing love songs. Doris Day I have no advice for anyone on how to live. Abbas Kiarostami Real religion is no religion at all. Lauryn Hill Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages. Bob Packwood I guess I think about doing stuff that nobody else has done. Lena Dunham

Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages

for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving. Christina Romer The way I understand the rules on trading on inside information, it's very vague. Steven A. Cohen My fitness is good. I hope to improve it even further during training. Andriy Shevchenko The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it. William Gurnall In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation. Eduard Shevardnadze May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! Henry David Thoreau Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff. Clint Eastwood I've been labeled all my life. Corey Feldman Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love. Andrea Arnold I guess I've got a smart wife. Yogi Berra

It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine

yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with. William Wiley Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go. Lech Walesa Painters were also attorneys, happy storytellers of anecdote, psychologists, botanists, zoologists, archaeologists, engineers, but there were no creative painters. Kazimir Malevich Having regrets and things, it just takes your time away. Leif Garrett I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time. David LaChapelle An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion. Garrett Hardin It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human. Felix Bloch Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit. David Mamet I lean towards traditionally what people wo

I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all

of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it. Clyde Tombaugh Not surprisingly, some of the super-rich declined to join the Patriotic Millionaires when the Agenda Project reached out to them. At least two airily dismissed the Bush tax cuts for millionaires and above - which will cost well over $700 billion over the coming decade - as small potatoes. Joe Conason They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere they declare that slavery shall not go into the Territories. Robert Toombs I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything. David R. Ellis I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore. Ben Shahn People who think too much before they act don't act too much. Jimmy Buffett Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films. Christopher McQu

Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it

can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear weapons the Soviets have aimed at it simply through the shipping routes and raw materials they control. Barbara Amiel I always wanted to work on films, and when I was starting in television in this country, in Great Britain, there really wasn't any film to be made. Mike Newell One thing is certain: wherever the enemy lands, if once we can get to grips with him on the Continent, where we are not dependent on supplies from overseas, that ought to be, and will be, all right with us. Heinrich Himmler Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971. Grace Slick People keep speculating about my personal life because I am evasive about it. Priyanka Chopra All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation. Walter Benjamin Hold on to your passion - you'll need it! Sherry Turkle Mexico is a safe, as well as a beautiful and warmly gracious, place to visit. Margaret Chan

Because animals are property, we consider as 'humane treatment' that we would regard as torture

if it were inflicted on humans. Gary L. Francione Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever. Catherine Deneuve I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I'm up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press. Eric Clapton A concave chest means that your diaphragm is sagging. Gene Tunney When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption. Phil Donahue Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage. Adam Lambert One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity. George W. Bush When I was little, we used to have Atari. Rachel Dratch I'm not very wise to many things. Charles Manson I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us. Imogen Cunningham

We are strangely biased, as individuals and media institutions, to focus on big sudden changes,

whether good or bad - amazing breakthroughs, such as a new gadget that gets released, or catastrophic failures, like a plane crash. Steven Johnson I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. Bob Colacello Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary. Michael Sheen I've always been shy. Miuccia Prada I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write. Leonard Cohen As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way. Ralph Waldo Emerson The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work. Mark Shields Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices. Dave Pelzer McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. Thomas Friedma

Obama has offered no solutions; his Democratic majority in the Senate has failed to produce

a budget in 1,200 days; and they have both obstructed the Republicans' proposed remedies. David Limbaugh We need different perspectives here in Washington - someone who has private-sector experience, somebody who's actually created jobs, manufactures products, understands the incentives and disincentives, the intended and unintended consequences of legislation. Ron Johnson I wish I didn't have ever to sign my long name on the cover of a book, and I wish I could write a story that would seem absolutely true to the child who hears it and to myself. Margaret Wise Brown Music is essentially useless, as is life. George Santayana There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is. Jose Saramago Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds. Mike Fitzpatrick I have been singing for as long as I could talk. Delta Goodrem Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it. Bette Davis Heroes may not

I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to

think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at the same issue. Charlie Kaufman I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements. Piers Anthony I've been way too blessed. Had too much fun, too many rewards. Ato Boldon Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret. Joel McHale If I leave this sport, I think life will stop. Dana Hussein I just always had a love for television and movies. Bruce Boxleitner Cut back your spending now. Suze Orman I come from a musical kind of family. Chris O'Dowd I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American. Janet McTeer Children are like crazy, drunken small people in your house. Julie Bowen

It's become another dimension to who I am. I don't think Sports Illustrated is going

to be wanting me. But who cares? I'm at a different place in my life. Cindy Crawford I did find a wonderful girl last year, but the photographs that we did were more about motorcars. Helmut Newton In recent years personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers have attacked the food industry with numerous lawsuits alleging that these businesses should pay monetary damages to those who, of their own accord, consume too much of a legal, safe product. Bob Ney Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part. Evan Hunter Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for. Gavyn Davies I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other. Nathan Lane There are no explanations, there are no answers. Jessica Lange Every person's every action has an effect. Rosanne Cash People just deserve to be treated with kindness. Sophia Bush It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough. Sue Wicks

God's been good to me, He really has. I don't know why he picked me

out... Just think about it: I virtually coached in my hometown. From the middle of the Meadowlands field, it can't be but a couple of miles. I was lucky to do that. Bill Parcells We would be in a nasty position indeed if empirical science were the only kind of science possible. Edmund Husserl I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances. Norman Schwarzkopf He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his child. Anthony Burgess He who gives love, receives love. Omar Torrijos Herrera A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy. Daisaku Ikeda Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself. Kary Mullis I'll name names, you know I won't hold back. Steven Cojocaru Theology is the logic of the Devil. Jose Bergamin I know exercise is important, but I hate it! Gayle King

When I fell into modeling, because I wanted to work in fashion. I wanted to

do styling or make-up. I ended getting picked up to be a model instead during my work experience. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley I learned how to get in shape without getting certain muscles too big that make you look like a meathead. Jason Dohring Of course I want to take the last shot, let's be quite frank: I've been doing for nine years already, and I've made a ton of them. Carmelo Anthony I've always loved fashion. Rachel Bilson I didn't get this physique by not eating tacos. Jon Tester There are people who are very dismissive of games and gamers. Jane McGonigal Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Samuel Butler Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. Douglas MacArthur I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction. David Petraeus I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof. Kristen Stewart

Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not

listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering. Margaret J. Wheatley I play DEA, CIA, FBI, LAPD; I got 'em all. Dean Norris There's so much mudslinging going on, and people get so turned off by that. It seems like neither party is aware of that. They're too concerned with blasting each other. Steve Chabot We're trying to create people that are going to change the world. Thomas Monaghan An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. Walter Winchell India is my motherland. M. F. Husain It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people. Marissa Mayer After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore. Yakov Smirnoff You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one. John Malkovich I'm not really an actress type. I'm an entertainer. Susan Olsen

For me, running for office is never about trying to destroy an opponent, be it

Democratic or Republican. It really ought to be about how can we solve some problems that we're facing. Mike Huckabee I'm not a photographer, so I didn't get into F-stops or ND filters or background, foreground, cross-light, all that stuff. But I was interested in the camera and the lenses. That's the world that I'm moving in, in terms of acting and giving a performance. Keanu Reeves He's Soderbergh, we're working for him. It doesn't matter what he's doing; we'll see it at the premiere. Terence Stamp I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings. Matt Sharp I've got that nice raspy sound. Wolfman Jack Good music is good music. Gretchen Wilson It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting. Steve Buscemi 'Taxi Driver' was one of the happiest moments of my career. Cybill Shepherd It was an accident of circumstance that I never married. Quentin Blake I have done all of the g

Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its

own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing. Mark Knopfler Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what audiences want to see, and what they don't want to see. Ted Kotcheff I ate a bug once. It was flying around me. I was trying to get it away. It went right in my mouth. It was so gross! Hilary Duff To me, we're marketing hope. Joel Osteen I'm an all-or-nothing person. Taylor Kitsch The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's. Brian Setzer I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater. Harold Prince I like doing stuff with my friends. Jeremy Irvine I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American. Lawrence Ferlinghetti Always stay true to yourselves. Naima Adedapo

America is one of the biggest businesses in the world, and the people who run

it can't balance their budget. We need business people in there and lobbyists out of there. John Paul DeJoria So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write. Paul Thomas Anderson Never the less, at the age of fifteen, having never seen a writer, a poet, a publisher or a magazine editor, and having only the vaguest ideas of procedure, I began working on the profession I had chosen. Robert E. Howard Giving up is something a Lauda doesn't do. Niki Lauda But, yeah, I'd love to do something else in someone else's movie. Jason Mewes Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths. Karl Popper I do a lot of stuff. I mean, you know, charity work. Sylvia Browne First of all, I never make a movie for awards consideration. Harvey Weinstein Inconsistency is the only thing in which men are consistent. Horace Smith I've never had a stylist, and I

In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for

business, $1 million as a down payment on our wetland restoration - our natural storm protection - and $5 million to ensure that drilling permits are reviewed thoroughly and efficiently. Cedric Richmond Being a celebrity can be dangerous. Nobody says 'no.' Demi Lovato The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism. Mohsin Hamid I've always been a huge reggae fan. Ville Valo I tend to explain my songs. Nneka I have to make rock records occasionally. Evan Dando That show, 'The Amazing Race' - is that about white people? Zach Galifianakis I love hip hop music, I make hip hop music. Charlie Hunnam Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead. Stephen Sondheim Hollywood is wonderful, but it does eat its young. Val Kilmer

There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal,

you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic. Chris Robinson I have the emergency kit in my purse that has double-sided tape and Tylenol, and a small energy bar. I'm the one that has an extra lip gloss just in case. Busy Philipps Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get, so I very much recommend a meditation program. The whole picture of how to recover from this has to do with body, mind, and spirit. That's applicable to any kind of depression. Judy Collins We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny. Adrian Edmondson I mean, families are weird. Gordon Ramsay I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro. William Christopher Handy Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in. Kathie Lee Gifford We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans. P. J. O'Rou

On Earth, we still have a beautiful atmosphere that precisely maintains a thermally driven climatic

system that shelters, shields and sustains our natural treasures. Jay Inslee I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary! Gail Simmons I have major respect for Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. They are wonderful. They're superstars in the music business. Darius Rucker My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think. Ben Whishaw A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy. George Soros Wikipedia is so dangerous. Lois McMaster Bujold In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons. Roland Joffe For men, being too put-together implies femininity. Helen Fisher People have been convinced that growth for growth's sake is a good thing. Tom Scholz I've never been to a race car race before. Christina Ricci

I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what,

and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything. Lupe Fiasco On Fantastic Mr. Fox, I got used to working with animated storyboards as a way of planning for the shoot. We did a lot of sequences that way with this movie. Partly as a result of that, I decided to build more sets in order to do certain shots. Wes Anderson I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba. Carlos Santana Barack Obama has raised tons of money. That is what he means by being green. Evan Sayet When you wish upon a star, you just might become one. Paula Abdul Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by. Maria Schell I enjoyed being a police officer; I enjoyed the investigations. Julia Pierson I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge

My mum brought me to my first job when I was 12. I started electrical

work at her plant. She was an engineer, a technical expert, at one of the plants in the south, and in the summer she brought me in and I learnt how industrial things work: casting, electricity, maintenance, everything. Oleg Deripaska I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots. George McGovern Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life. Or the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life. Aziz Ansari I'm quite a chauvinistic person. Gordon Ramsay I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing. Garret Dillahunt The gallery is generating work for the masses. Kim Weston Hatred observes with more care than love does. Mason Cooley In terms of segments

In today's time, writing stuff that actually happened is touch-and-go, because you don't want to

be too personal. If you are, then it probably won't relate to a mass audience. A lot of times you have to make it sound like it's about everybody else, but you really went through it. Josh Turner If you find yourself always playing the villain, or if you find yourself being typecast into a corner where you're not happy then that's probably rather miserable, but if I have been typecast I am quite happy about it. James Purefoy I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time. Emma Watson Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence. Harry Essex You have to know the classics if you want to cook modern food. Tom Colicchio I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel. Kristin Scott Thomas The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later

To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often.

You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms. William Hague It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores. Lucius Annaeus Seneca From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. Algernon Charles Swinburne Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face. Tama Janowitz I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive. Patty Duke It doesn't take me long to write songs. Ben E. King It's fun seeing my label on someone's behind - I like that. Calvin Klein I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer. Pippa Middleton No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but ra

You've seen how they make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there.

They're in front of a green screen just pretending to be jumping around. Rider Strong My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover. Tom Glazer There are people who cannot forget, as neither do I, the lesson of the years of the Indochina War. Which was, first, that the state is capable of being a murderer. A mass murderer, and a conspirator and a liar. Christopher Hitchens I'm concerned about the ocean and the environment. And I love whales. Mayim Bialik Without any doubt, I am striving for power. Alexei Navalny The United States never lost a war or won a conference. Will Rogers It is over with; I am in the history books. Michael Moorer I feel Motown really exploited me. Brenda Holloway I burn with no causes. Tom Stoppard It's all positive energy from me, man. Swizz Beatz

You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that

there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart. Johannes Tauler The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy. Carson Daly No one is better placed or more philosophically suited than Obama to construct the new counter narrative as we go forward in our new New Deal. But many masters of the old universe, including quite possibly his chief economic adviser, can't recognize that the world has changed or should change. Frank Rich My greatest fear: repetition. Max Frisch The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes. Brian Moore Memories are doing funny things to us. Milos Forman Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment. William Howard Taft Decorating has always been my hobby. Lee Radziwill I don't write about adolescence. I wri

Equipped with cell phones, beepers, and handheld computers, the 'conspicuously industrious' blur the line between

home and office by working anytime, anywhere. Jo Ann Davis There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him. Blaise Pascal I've never seen service as separate from my spiritual practice or my spiritual teaching. Marianne Williamson I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers. Nancy Cartwright Take my wife... Please! Henny Youngman I still have the mentality of a 19-year-old mind. Doyle Brunson I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. William Makepeace Thackeray When it comes to luggage, I am an underpacker. Pharrell Williams I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer. Jerry Spinelli I ran straight through the boundaries a married couple should live by. Tiger Woods

I've produced more pilots than United Airlines, and they've all been disasters. Every audition I

ever took in my life I lost. Willard Scott I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound. Lee Konitz Prison Break is so far-fetched, I had to make viewers believe that Michael is capable of making the impossible possible. Wentworth Miller Love is pure and true; love knows no gender. Tori Spelling I am not a fan of politics. Chris Kyle A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man. Isaac Stern The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder. Ben Parr Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it! Freddie Mercury I am a very committed European. Jose Manuel Barroso I used to be a video game freak, but I've kind of like eased back. Ludacris

Call it nature or nurture, there are differences in how men and women approach professional

conduct, and facing these issues head-on will make us all more equipped to succeed. Kathryn Minshew I have realized that I hate going to the premieres of the movies that I'm in. Because I feel this tension after the movie is over that everyone feels obligated to say something nice to you. It's so unnatural and uncomfortable. Amanda Seyfried Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up. Mariah Carey I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old. Victor Cruz You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago. Robert Fulghum Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue. Edward Dahlberg Your job as an actor is to stay employed. Benjamin Bratt I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death. Stevie Ray Vaughan You learn just as much from your failures. Sometimes you love your failures even more. Tina Weymouth I like to escape to hotels. David Boreanaz

People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it's a real thing

- the more love we spread around the world the more it's going to change lives. Ben Vereen I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect. Shia LaBeouf I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf. Ben Whishaw My kids were targeted on Facebook by protesters. Scott Walker Jealousy is the grave of affection. Mary Baker Eddy I lived in Los Angeles in the '80s, which was not the best place to be. Corey Haim Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding. Gloria Estefan I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact. Gary Numan I do like talk shows. I'm interested in talking to people. Joy Behar My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz. Rachel Stevens

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and

who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed tempers for you. Joseph Butler I record stuff all the time, like little vocal things. I write random things down... Sometimes I just get things stuck in my head and I record them, and that actually becomes a song quite a lot of the time. Ellie Goulding The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?' Kanye West The whole industry evolves around a great song. Michael Bolton Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception. Barry Sanders Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots. David Byrne I'm awful at hockey. Seann William Scott I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment. Beth Ditto No matter how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral pa

I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle

name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to say Em-a-yat-zee. Emayatzy Corinealdi If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far. Joshua Lederberg The original judgment of the FBI, the Secret Service, and the CIA was that there were three shots. I don't think that convinced us except as a statement by people, many of them who were familiar with ballistics. This question troubled me greatly. John Sherman Cooper Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram. Karl Kraus If you put the right things out there the right things will happen. Jimmy Chamberlin I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form. Roseanne Barr The return is one of the hardest shots to make when you come back from injury. Lindsay Davenport I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army. Rick James Human memory is short and terribly fickle. Janin

The benefits and consequences of globalization have a great deal to do with whether we're

intelligent and thoughtful about how we approach globalization, or whether we're blindly accepting... or blindly resistant. Ethan Zuckerman Poetry has always been made to seem kind of cultish. But the truth is, everybody really loves it! It's much more mainstream than anyone thought. Maria Shriver But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public. John Hutton Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end. Walter Pater Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin I just want to be myself. Jim Carrey I do practice what I preach when it comes to nutrition. Mehmet Oz I'd definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good. Roy Ayers If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of w

Now that I near 80, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I

was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years ahead of my time. Benoit Mandelbrot We've got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of the time because that's easier. It's much more difficult to make a film about happiness with lots of jokes in it. Emma Thompson Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too. Guy Fieri I hate golf. I do not understand how anyone can enjoy it, much less love it. Jay Mohr My characters are not plastic. Karen Kingsbury I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway. Don Knotts If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. Epictetus Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys. Liev Schreiber The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety. Norman Mailer

Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough,

but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread. Francois Mauriac I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films. Jonathan Demme The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers. Guy Kawasaki Education is the cheap defense of nations. Edmund Burke It is better to kill one hundred innocents than to let one guilty person go. Dolores Ibarruri I'm not a stunning woman. Kathy Bates We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others. Stephen Hopkins I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret. Eartha Kitt When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. Charles de Secondat My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other. Stephen Sondheim

I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested

in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created. Michael Gove With the way everything's going now and the way that technology is going, you can do a lot of things with a lot of different new materials. Carmelo Anthony I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down. Carlos Fuentes Everything's connected, and everything has meaning if you look for it. Michelle Williams The Coyote is limited, as Bugs is limited, by his anatomy. Chuck Jones I'm not counting any chickens. Jeff Bridges Party action should follow, not precede the creation of a dominant popular sentiment. Judith Ellen Foster War is not civilized. Talib Kweli The first Apple was just a culmination of my whole life. Steve Wozniak I'm into mellow dates with really good food. Lauren Conrad

You have to understand, now, I'm a momma's boy. I'm from the south. My way

of being raised is totally different than the big city life. I truly was a country boy. Terry Bradshaw My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run. Carol Burnett The popularity of the Internet and using it as an available resource has really changed the way chefs kind of gather information and look for inspiration. To me, a food trend is potentially a lot of people following an idea. Grant Achatz I actually stopped working out because I don't want to lose my jelly. Jennifer Hudson I was never very happy at school. Dan Stevens Love, peace and soul. Don Cornelius The fashion world feels more normal to me when I'm with them. Kate Bosworth A kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen. Masaharu Morimoto There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard. Martin Scorsese Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders. Martina Hingis

I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think

drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs. Jerry Garcia We came around the corner, I kissed her and after I kissed her she relaxed. And then I grabbed her and kissed her again and she was shocked! And that was what we wanted. Rod Steiger I just think it's fun to remind people that good television has exited and it can exist again and just to give them pleasure and enjoy it and make them laugh. Jenna Elfman Where do you even draw the line between genres? Guy Pearce I don't remember the first stunt I ever did. Johnny Knoxville Well, I'm clearly not ugly. Megan Fox I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night. Halle Berry I think with every writer there are two people there. Hugh Leonard CO2 is not a pollutant in any normal definition of the term. Joe Barton By the time I was 7 or 8, I wanted to be a comedy writer. Chris Rock

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what

climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act. David Suzuki If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country. Adnan Pachachi I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal. Youssou N'Dour I'm always weeping at something or other. Gail Porter You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry. Isaac Mizrahi The simpler things are, the happier they are. Gwyneth Paltrow My whole family is really tight-knit. We're a really good team. Logan Henderson Entertainment is such a non-reality. Katharine McPhee Even when I

When you're 11 or 12 years old, you can get so swept up in a

book that you start to believe that the fantasy is reality. I think when you have a giant crush when you're in fifth grade, it becomes your whole world. It's like being underwater; everything is different. Wes Anderson I think you're put here on earth to enjoy yourself. And I'm doing that. Jim McMahon You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can get with just a kind word. Willie Sutton I actually got really good at unicycling. Josh Hutcherson Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action. David Seabury Marmite is my little English touch, and I'm crazy for chutneys. Stephen Moyer Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender. Alice Walker I meditate. Meditation helps me. Rick Springfield It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else. Nichelle Nichols Never fit a dress to the body but train the body to fit the dress. Elsa Schiaparelli

My brothers are both 6 ft. 5 in., and if you have younger brothers who

are bigger than you then you have to learn the ancient martial art of sarcasm. Nick Moran I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy. Will Oldham I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities. Banksy If you feel good, you're going to look good. Julia Jones I know I have a hit show on my hands. Flavor Flav I think people like watching edgy things. Ray Liotta The cars we drive say a lot about us. Alexandra Paul Our leaders are acting like lemmings. Jack Herer Alcohol is the cause of all my problems. Jayson Williams Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers. William Wordsworth

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only

once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid. Rafael Nadal I am a very superstitious person. Luciano Pavarotti The entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain. And they're dying in vain right this very second. And you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain. That's what's worse. Mike Gravel My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb. Mordechai Vanunu This book that I just wrote is going to be coming out very soon to Australia. Ronald Biggs I wasted years worrying about what other people thought. Amy Waldman Gay actors have been playing straight since Euripides. Bryan Batt I want to get off with the screenwriting. Obie Trice I think I'm highly loveable. Alastair Campbell I would never be fearful of any character. Idris Elba

I was really lost for a while in my teens. I was angry. But when

I found music - Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell - it was a new discovery. It was a door to this other world where I wanted to be. Ray LaMontagne My grandmother was, back when they called them 'stewardesses,' a flight attendant. I actually had a ball wearing that little uniform and making sure everything was under control. Erika Christensen Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre called for violent conflicts and justified terror. Michel Onfray I'm not angry at anyone. Peabo Bryson Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age. Richard Armitage I am not political as a person. Diane Wakoski Looking back at my high school years, I'm struck by how slowly history can move. Frank Rich I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion. Nick Cave I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from diffe

What more chilling indictment of the modern world is there than this: that the condition

of the smartphone user is that of a dumb animal. Moooo! Will Self Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake. Julia Child In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny. Michael Novak They want to know I'm doing good, the fans do. Davy Jones A negative is never finished. Sigmar Polke My days all follow much the same pattern. They are structured and typical. Shigeru Miyamoto Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink. W. H. Davies Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.' George Saunders In real life, events seem much less dramatic. Jessica Savitch To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour. Lily Collins

I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book

or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment. Tina Brown The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society. John Paul Stevens I asked, 'What is this guy?' They said, he's part-fish, part-bird, maybe a bit of lizard, and you don't have to go through five hours of makeup to play him. That was good enough for me. Geoffrey Rush I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you. Mae West Discrimination is a disease. Roger Staubach The Beatles were basically a vocal band. Keith Richards You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing. Ang Lee I used to devour biographies of people like Natalie Wood and Marilyn. Emma Forrest I like photographs which leave something to the imagination. Fay Godwin The reader really has to step up to the plate and read

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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

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

I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine

this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security. Mary Landrieu I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant. H. L. Mencken A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and able to distribute them over the Internet. Eric S. Raymond The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do. Howard Dean Substance must emanate from spirit and is nothing else than the record of the spirit's conception of itself finding expression in space and time. Paul Twitchell I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. Frit

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

What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We

are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family. Bob Taft We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South. Roald Amundsen Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach. Roger von Oech Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country. Ian Rush Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. Plato I haven't collected memorabilia. I am not a person who lives in the past. Yvonne Craig No, I do it all, but I do love to play solo. Bruce Hornsby

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

I'd say I'm a bit antimadridista although I do not know where my future will

be, but it's a team that I never liked. I get the impression that it is an arrogant club, about how the players are. Without humility, you cannot get anywhere. Isco I'm very big on doing my own thing. Rob Kardashian When I was younger, I definitely did face anti-ginger prejudice. As a child, all teasing hurts, whether it's because you're fat or a different race or have red hair. I had enough comments from a couple of people to make it a sore point. Lily Cole I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes. James Garner I spent my childhood watching every scary movie that Hollywood ever made. And I think that gave me the best education for storytelling. It also made me want to reproduce the scary moments that I felt, sitting in a theater at the age of 5. Tess Gerritsen Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it. Octavia E. Butler Women are liked better when they lose. Gloria Steinem Our TV and