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If I hadn't left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and

I wouldn't have met my husband and I wouldn't have had the children that I've had. Life is interesting like that. Sissy Spacek I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. John Lydon Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments. Meg Whitman I like criticism. It makes you strong. LeBron James Not to be a Bible-thumper, but there really is nothing new under the sun. Meshell Ndegeocello And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children. David Neeleman Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. William Eardley IV My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me. Michael Stuhlbarg The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations. Jamie Dimon There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.

I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able

to talk about in a drama. Jason Reitman What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it. Anita Hill New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly; it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else. Tom Holt The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage. Candice Swanepoel No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money. Adam Smith I just can't believe all the things I did that decade. Dick Schaap In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought. Louis Kronenberger Under each formula lies a corpse. Emile M. Cioran I was never really a comic-book fanatic. J. J. Abrams You can divide my life into two. Lord Mountbatten

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while

teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. Roald Dahl As we move toward a new Middle East, over the years and, I think, over the decades to come, we will make a lot of people very nervous. James Woolsey I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny. Lena Headey I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them. Luke Bryan But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job. Donald Sutherland I worked out early on to give up things I couldn't do well at all. Christopher Hitchens I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. Karl Lagerfeld I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth. Willie Nelson Not even Ares battles against necessity. Sophocles I believe in criticism. Paul Anka

Starting in '98 when I was researching 'Traffic,' I got to meet really serious people

in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of a great gift. And I really valued these guys; I stayed in touch with them, and I find their point-of-view quite interesting. Stephen Gaghan I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again. Donald E. Westlake The stage for our whole show is actually really interesting and a lot of fun. There's always something going on so we figure even the people who come up and don't know Big Time Rush love the show because there's always something going on, so that's what we love about it. Logan Henderson I am the oldest young designer in New York City. Michael Kors It's fun to get really intense and emotionally detailed and complicated. Laura San Giacomo Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out. Tim Rice When I think about greatness I just know Ayrton Senna. He was great. Lewis Hamilton I used to hate the sound of my voice. Carole Kin

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When

you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. Jason Mraz A cockroach likely has no less brainpower than a butterfly, but we're quicker to deny it consciousness because it's a species we dislike. Jeffrey Kluger When you're working on a creative thing, everyone has an idea, and they're pushing it. The first time you work with anybody, you have to get comfortable with the way another person pushes hard for what they want. Edward Norton We never left a set until we'd trashed it. Uma Thurman But love's a malady without a cure. John Dryden I can turn on the radio right now and be inspired. Courtney Love It's just something that's sort of funny, sort of not. Max Cannon I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that. Rick Warren There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst

I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive,

you're going to be the most optimistic person. Carlos Ghosn I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs. Billy Crudup I used to climb mountains a lot; I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. I didn't get quite to the top. Greg Mortenson I watch my YouTube videos over and over. Meek Mill Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects. Christopher Eccleston You don't buy evil characters lattes. That's not normal behavior. Rob James-Collier You can trust Charlie Crist. Charlie Crist Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States. Charlaine Harris Computers do the calculating to allow people to transform the world. Conrad Wolfram Washington is unpredictable these days. Steve Wynn

The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in

God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls. James D. Watson I loved rollerskating when I was younger. Crystal Reed Blanket objection is not very reasonable to me - any effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail. Joseph Murray I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me. M. Ward Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children. Andrew Davies There are so many emoticons these days, I'm kind of old fashioned. Ashley Tisdale I would never say never to returning to comedy. Eric Bana Faith is more basic than language or theology. Sydney Carter Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. Bruce Lee My dad's supportive of all my endeavors. Georgia Jagger

I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but

increasingly I found myself reading things that weren't really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening. Ken Thompson I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office. George Pataki For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed. Mary Lou Retton Well, my mother, I knew until I was 13. She died when I was 13. Harry Connick, Jr. It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention. Aung San Suu Kyi I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me. Taylor Schilling I really believe that we're a studio-based band, and I have always thought that. Josh Silver The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system. Alexis Denisof Getting wasted is only OK when you're young enough to not know better. Sophia Bush If I don't off

My daughter is a good, caring, compassionate person. To me that's the true meaning of

success, even though the marriages didn't work out. My success with my daughter is all that matters. Charlene Tilton I'm a terrible interviewer. I'm not a journalist - although I have a Peabody Award - and I'm not really a late-night host. What I am is honest. Craig Ferguson When we started there was this element of these experiments we were doing where we weren't really sure how the music would play out because the music was all on different players. Wayne Coyne A little mordida, here. A little mordida, there. Wolfman Jack I'm not too into fast food, but you know if I was, it would be chicken. Giancarlo Esposito Guys act strange around me. I swear I don't know why! Vanessa Hudgens Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say. Richard Whately At least I'm going into the job with clean hands. Pete Rozelle I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends. Paris Hi

Mind you, Roman Holiday - which is kind of a romantic comedy - is one

of my favorite films, and I think Audrey Hepburn is absolutely phenomenal in that movie. Ellen Page I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective. Norman Jewison I'd always avoided stuff like 'Where are they now?' or 'Whatever happened to?' Just 'No thanks, thanks for calling.' You tell me, have you ever seen a 'Whatever happened to' where they seemed anything but pathetic? Jackie Earle Haley Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died. Peter Ustinov I'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood. Heath Ledger Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name. Harriet Ann Jacobs One man cannot practice many arts with success. Plato A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,

everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind. Ayn Rand Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together. Laurence Sterne I've been married over 50 years of my life. T. Boone Pickens I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway. Anne McCaffrey I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training. Kim Clijsters I do believe quite strongly in evil. Anthony Horowitz When I enjoy doing something, I don't mind if it hurts. Gina Carano He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation. James A. Garfield I have a dark sense of humor. Olivia Munn I can't live without my iPhone. Sara Paxton

My children have absolutely no interest in my fame. They're very sophisticated, and they have

a spiritual perspective on material things because we go to church. Val Kilmer As far as I'm concerned, the people who aren't paying taxes don't get to run around claiming that they built everything, that the built the roads and that they built the bridges and so forth. Rush Limbaugh I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected. Louise Brown I'm too much of a big kid. Iain Glen I am always locked in my design studio. Valentino Garavani You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive. Diana Vreeland My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight. Kate Smith The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy. Steve Coogan My writing is remarkably non-confessional; you actually learn very little about me. Michael Pollan I

Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world,

how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising. Raymond Carver From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting. Susie Orbach For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes. Michael W. Smith Visiting a museum is a matter of going from void to void. Robert Smithson I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount. Vidal Sassoon Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish. Ma Jian I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded. Rainn Wilson I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people. Christa McAuliffe My goal is to spread ideas. Trends always start at the top. Homaro Cantu It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide. Kim Kardashian

Believing we know what makes prosperity work, ignoring the nature of the actual prosperity all

around, we change the rules within which the Internet revolution lives. These changes will end the revolution. Lawrence Lessig I wish more people knew that the only one of the three main parties where not a single MP flipped from one property to the next, and not a single MP avoided capital-gains tax, where every single London MP did not claim a penny of second-home allowance, was the Liberal Democrats. Nick Clegg I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own. Jeff Bridges You know, nothing is ever happily-ever-after. Ever. Charisma Carpenter I look forward to change, but there is a part of me that absolutely dreads it. Erica Durance In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine. Chris LeDoux My family is the most important thing to me. Kimora Lee Simmons Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride. Gary Allan New York and Los Angeles are really one city, and the rest of the country is America. Marshall Brickman I don&

I have a recurring role on 'Person of Interest,' which is my husband's show. I

play the love of his life. It was really fun to do that. Carrie Preston No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. Christopher Morley For centuries, the arts and philanthropists have worked well together: look at the Tate family and the Courtaulds. If you've been fortunate enough to have some success in business, I think it's important to put something back. Lloyd Dorfman And, of course, supernatural elements just make a story more interesting. John Foster We rule out raising taxes this year. Luis de Guindos All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner. Red Skelton PAYE means pay as you earn but it could also mean Pretty Accurate Yet Estimated. John Whiting If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out. Michael Schenker Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. Jack London As parents we're not nearly as computer literate

There really isn't a dream role, but there's a dream situation where I could work

with a director that I idolize. So, the idea of working with David Fincher or Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson or Scorsese or Spielberg or any of the guys I really idolize is a dream for me. Logan Lerman If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots. Vijay Singh I was just doing my job in the ring and doing my best to make people happy. Manny Pacquiao I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail. Oliver Reed The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process. William Devane You can't control everything that comes to you. Edward Norton There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and executing data. Ken Thompson I don't look as handsome in Men in Black 2 as I did in the first one. Tony Shalhoub I didn't really get London until I read Dickens. Then I was charmed to death by it. Feist I can&

Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full

potential, is something that everyone can benefit from. Mandy Moore I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though. Kevin Bacon But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating. Linda McCartney We've lost 400,000 jobs in Michigan because of downsizing. Debbie Stabenow It's kind of fun to be sexy. Tea Leoni I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people. William P. Young We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built. Larry Niven The team with the best players wins. Jack Welch There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground. Richard Pryor I don't see myself as a violent guy. Gene Hackman

At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have

been too easy to recover the formal sediment which linked us with an age of poetic decorum, of a preoccupation with poetic sounds. Salvatore Quasimodo I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted. Janis Ian He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes. Albert Finney I expect we will become more demanding as citizens. Robert Anderson True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches. Ellen G. White 'Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show. Rebecca Hall Well, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I was eleven. Keren Ann Obviously, the ultimate dream is to be married for life. Peter Andre The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society. Henrik Ibsen My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. Jane

I always date younger men. For some reason that's just the way it's gone, because

younger guys have always asked me out and I accept. Jennifer Coolidge But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better. Sarah Chalke I'm going to do a lot of weird stuff that's not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it's time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff. Andy Milonakis I started writing when I was about thirteen. Al Purdy I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit. Ben Bradlee I love meeting famous people. I'm even happy just looking at them. Joey McIntyre Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything. Shaun White The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian. B. H. Liddell Hart I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts. Jennifer Lawre

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done

some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali. Dick Schaap Now undoubtedly, we face some very British challenges when it comes to infrastructure. We rightly cherish our back yards and green spaces, and we'll defend them passionately when projects are announced. We live in a democracy, and we like to debate these things, often for many years. Evan Davis It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein. Raymond Queneau We are in desperate need of a well-done romantic lesbian comedy. Jill Bennett I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done. Lillie Langtry We must explain the truth: There is no free lunch. Grace Napolitano How many people out there really set a budget? Nelly My mother had a fear of doctors - other than her daughter marrying one. Shelley Berkley Economics is not brain surgery. Ben Carson Yeah, I don'

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The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a

film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well. Danny Boyle I have a taste for a kind of melancholy and for being an absolute victim of love. Arielle Dombasle I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast. Tommy Hilfiger As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all. Gene Tierney I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper. Sam Wyly You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way. Terry McMillan No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever. Thomas Malthus Theater is there to search for questions. It doesn't give you instructions. Vaclav Havel The best thing about be

I wanted to be a doctor at one point and I also wanted to be

a pilot. I think if you grow up in a dodgy area, reality often beats down those ambitions as you get older. But with me that never really happened. James McAvoy I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and, yes, I know how it can help from time- to-time. Mitt Romney I do, however, feel reasonably strongly the sense that the job of a piece of argumentative scholarly non-fiction is not the same as the job of a piece of fiction. China Mieville I was raised to think cursing makes you look unintelligent. Chloe Grace Moretz Listen to many, speak to a few. William Shakespeare I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks. Katee Sackhoff I am bundle of nerves riddled with irrational fears. Tori Spelling I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not. Tommy Shaw As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thi

I'd like to be the commissioner of tennis, but do I want to get into

politics? Sometimes I have delusions of grandeur that that would be an interesting, good thing. I'm talking about actual politics, like being a congressman, but then I see how unbelievably nasty it really is, and maybe I'm not quite knowledgeable enough to actually do it. John McEnroe That room was not available, and the only other room had been booked for a Jewish bar mitzvah. I called the father and told him I needed the room and I would pay him to move the bar mitzvah to an adjoining room which was smaller. Lew Wasserman I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well. Hale Irwin Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves. Ezra Taft Benson As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want. Dennis Rodman It's a market economy. Apparently the demand for great coach

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not

mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' Colin Powell 'I don't want to grow up', Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living. Jason Newsted To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. Confucius There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China. Iris Chang It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship. Norman Vincent Peale You will find my last words in the blue folder. M

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I

really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make. Christian Slater It's new and different every night. The charge you get from a good audience is like nothing else. Lance Burton We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen. Barack Obama Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music. Nobuo Uematsu It is only those who believe in their ability who shine when it matters. Maurice Greene I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk. Josh Homme It's insane to try to balance the budget. William Vickrey I didn't want to do something that was easy for me. Christina Aguilera I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. George Stephenson The president may be a nice guy, but he&#

The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When

it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours. James Mooney I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline. Lydia Lunch It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want. Margaret Haddix The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants. Theodore Roosevelt Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential. Smokey Robinson We always have a good time playing, and I'm glad it shows. Kathy Valentine The question is no

If anyone ever asked me what I had to complain about it would not have

taken long to tell them. Maybe I was just easily pleased. Len G. Murray We meet before the movie and she gives you charts with sounds on them and makes a tape of examples. While they are setting up the scene, I go with her to the trailer and we go through the scene and correct the speech. Albert Finney My job description is... being enthusiastic. Dhani Harrison Black culture has been a huge influence in my life. Eddie Huang It's an honor for me to have the opportunity to work with Emilio Estefan. Jencarlos Canela Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make. Tim Berners-Lee Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment. John Bercow I pack every minute I can with something to do. Bryan Adams I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. Jeanette Winterson I keep looking for things I haven't done yet. John Lithgow

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will

of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. Thomas Jefferson I drink no more than a sponge. Francois Rabelais China is a civilization pretending to be a nation. Michael Ledeen They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters. Louis Farrakhan So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long. Yahoo Serious The only cure for grief is action. George Henry Lewes I'm against ignorance. Herman Kahn

Investing in industries and technology for the 21st century generates high-skilled, high-wage jobs for industries

of the future. Jay Inslee It's no wonder that new ventures such as The Daily look first to Gawker Media when staffing up. We should not wait for a poaching expedition to pay someone what they deserve. I apologize if that has been the case and will do better in 2012. Nick Denton Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home. Sophie Ellis-Bextor In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else. Fiona Apple You ought to serve on the platform you run on. Chuck Grassley It is funny what a year can do. Victor Cruz I have been in my fair share of both onscreen and off screen fights. Amber Heard I hate being too pretty. Rachel Bilson A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online. Joanne Harris Young people are the key to this election. Kinky Friedman