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You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities

but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional - and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities. Rachael Leigh Cook My dad's a very shrewd, clever guy. C. Thomas Howell I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure. Sam Donaldson I am a terrible sleeper. Matt Smith We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix. Rachael Taylor I would never walk off any show. Randy Quaid The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know. Bob Woodward I'm not doing Bond. Hugh Jackman I think most of the best new work is intended to have much more impact at once. Donald Judd Crimes spring from fixed ideas. Max Stirner

So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove

them to the hospital. There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also. Agnes Smedley Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency. Thomas Sowell I spent two years living in London - I'd have stayed for ever if I could have got a work visa. It was there I started collecting vinyl and fell in love with the sounds of the 1970s. Lady Starlight The best protection any woman can have... is courage. Elizabeth Cady Stanton I'm virile, vigorous, and potent! G. Gordon Liddy I am treated no different than the other girls. Eva Longoria It's a pretty frantic world that we live in. Mary Chapin Carpenter I still had a normal childhood with my friends from school. Demi Lovato I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down. Judi Dench At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important. Billie Jea

Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and

in much of western literature of the last 300 or 400 years, these are portrayed as awful figures. Michael Novak Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate. Gina Barreca Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful. Savitri Devi People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier. Viggo Mortensen Sometimes I forget about taking care of myself. Tracey Gold I was a Marvel guy. I started reading comics when I was a kid. Marc Webb At boarding school there wasn't much time for much of anything except education. Henry Cavill Once, I had so many scripts coming to me that I could hardly read them all. Greta Scacchi We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun. Aung San Suu Kyi I think I feel automatically at home in Italy. Boyd Rice

The real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this

time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded. Mark Zuckerberg Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back. Thomas Frank I think the overwhelming majority of the American people know that we have got to stand together, that we're going to grow together, that we're going to survive together, and that if we start splintering, we're not going to succeed in a highly competitive international economy. Bernie Sanders I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life. Robert Mapplethorpe I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year. Michael Gambon A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off. Adam Rich Yo

When I am out and about I feel watched. It's become second nature. The only

time I get to be private is in my work. That is when I liberate the ego. The blessed-out sensation of liberating the ego. Thandie Newton I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six? Lou Reed I am excited to be doing 'SVU' - I think there's a lot of inherent drama and a lot of inherent conflict in procedural shows. I have a lot of respect for police officers and the work that they do. There's a lot of nobility to depicting what these officers do on a day to day basis. Danny Pino I'm a nut, but not just a nut. Bill Murray I don't really like comedy. Bruce McCulloch I'm a man without a corporation. Paddy Chayefsky I like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck stands up. Kevin Costner I was born in August, no July, 1908. Satchel Paige Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugna

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we

chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark. Boris Becker Onassis was a man who loved to walk, to walk and talk, and he was the kind of man who doesn't go to sleep at night-he talks and talks. Pierre Salinger I take my hat off to people like the Stones, but it's not for me. I couldn't do that. Jagger is brilliant and long may he rock. I couldn't make my career out of old songs; it would do my head in. Paul Weller Literature helps us transcend ourselves. Mohsin Hamid Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops. Eli Roth I don't think there's a hobby that I haven't tried on. Jennie Garth Tammy Faye, I pray for every day. I really liked her. I wanted to be in their family. Jessica Hahn I am a very pragmatic person. Gloria Swanson I was just so sick. I thought that orange juice was going to make me fat. Demi Lovato I've been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years. Jim Courier

Now, all writing - all the arts - are a form of 'Pay attention to

me,' but there's also the flip side. Like, I want to give something. Let me entertain you, let me amuse you, let me try to please you with this thing I've made. And then pay attention to me. Jonathan Ames I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease. Tom Sizemore It's fun to see a lot of the crowd become embarrassed. You're kind of watching them almost wanting to not watch the screen, but they have to because it's so compelling! Will Friedle I have more friends in New York than Paris. Karl Lagerfeld Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony. Lou Reed Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. Terry Pratchett If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it. Larry King I've always been fascinated by the picaresque. David Mamet Moral certainty can deafe

Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features

an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game, as it is in most of Nature. David Brin I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. We're very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food. Hugh Jackman I do work very hard. I have been very colored by that education. I spent six days a week, seven hours a day training. That will always be the foundation of my work. Alicia Vikander I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction. Steven Spielberg Like most artists, I live out of a suitcase. CeeLo Green I'm Howard Stern with a vocabulary. I'm the man he wishes he could be. Don Imus We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess. Mary Astell My mom taught me how to make grilled chicken, and I bake, too. Rico Rodriguez Different parents have different stand

I know a lot of people in the business recommend the many Story Structure seminars

being offered here, but I point to them as the single biggest contributor to lousy scripts. Douglas Wood I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time. James McAvoy When I went into the seminary, I was one of those victims of New Math and had not had Algebra I and had no idea what we were doing in New Math in the ninth grade. But when I went into the seminary, they had gone the traditional route and taught first-year algebra. Clarence Thomas When you're the director, you kinda do all the work. Brett Ratner Laughing is a medicine. It releases this amazing stuff. Melissa Etheridge If it comes back, I think that Friday night is not a good night to be on. Amber Tamblyn Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself. Graham Swift I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child. George Hamilton Happiness is no laughing matter. Richard Whately We

I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market

to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake. Mandy Moore Andy Stasiuk was a newsman of the old school of front-page journalism - tough, knowledgeable, cynical, single-minded and fun. He covered the news as a happy warrior in an era of cutthroat editorial competition. Donald Newhouse If you're going to exude naivete, you can't really... walk out there like it's a Sting show. You can't be that well put together and then have this kind of innocent bravado. Frank Black What makes the most money for this business? Dead rock stars. Courtney Love People don't talk to me on airplanes. Louis C. K. The child who acts unlovable is the child who most needs to be loved. Cathy Rindner Tempelsman Everything is so convenient in New York. Matthew Modine I have a need to do something and know I can be successful. Tiki Barber If it's

I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and I've enjoyed

it completely. A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other. Sean O'Casey Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, who move differently than government bureaucrats. Brad Bird All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated. Walter Payton Don't live up to your stereotypes. Sherman Alexie Sadat made us feel more secure. Naguib Mahfouz Journalism is irrepressible. It can't be taken away. Josh Fox I'm a fan of good horror movies. Donnie Wahlberg I can dunk! I can dunk, and not just in NBA Live. Chris Paul Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes. Harold Washington My accent depends on whom I'm around. Claire Forlani

Dad almost died of a heart attack in the middle of making Apocalypse Now, the

biggest movie of his life. It doesn't make you want to jump into that business. Charlie Sheen There's every financial incentive in the world to stay in the conservative movement forever. David Brock In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries. Burt Rutan I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine. John Lydon You look like a talent scout for a cemetery. Henny Youngman It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress. Lisa Nicole Carson Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar. Elaine Stritch David is 13 years my senior and has much more experience. Anna Friel I don't think there will ever be a GG box set. GG Allin

That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was

absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty. Richard Lugar I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley. Dick York About once a month or so, my daughter and I go out on what we call a Fancy Dinner Date, just the two of us. Tim DeKay I grew up in Texas, obviously a huge football state. Drew Brees I'll tell you one thing, it's a cruel, cruel world. Danny DeVito The status quo helps liberals. We're going to change the country. Howard Dean If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline. Rebecca Hall There is already huge public interest in stage musicals. Tim Rice I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom. Orson Welles L.A. kind of scares me. Kevin Bacon

Tough times helped many commodities producers become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost-cutting.

All that excess supply has been sopped up. Jim Rogers Jet-skiing is my favorite water sport. Sharni Vinson You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best. Miles Davis I am inspired by the appearance of a bohemian of the new millennium. John Malkovich What can I say: I got started on the whole wife-and-kids thing at a young age. Tim Daly Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! Leonardo da Vinci Recovery begins from the darkest moment. John Major I think I must have a super-fast metabolism. Katie Price I don't think any one person is the cause of all of someone else's problems. Helen Reddy I don't watch a lot of television. Edie Falco

Business and growing jobs is about taking risk, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding, but always striving.

It is about dreams. Usually, it doesn't work out exactly as you might have imagined. Steve Jobs was fired at Apple. He came back and changed the world. Mitt Romney Well I think in all the thirty years I've been doing this now and being gone from home and all that stuff it's really, it's not about what I've achieved and if I've become a better player, or played better ten years ago than I do today. Vince Gill I love those stretches where I've just been a writer - when I haven't been doing Internet start-ups - where I pretty much eliminate meetings from my life. Steven Johnson I win my awards at the box office. Cecil B. DeMille I don't think the Middle East could afford another war. Abdullah II of Jordan I like to think I don't make music for ignorant people. Tinie Tempah Again, Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time. David Brainerd Above all, I dislike vulgarity. Diane Kruger I always think 12 times before s

Influence, people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're

revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from. Marc Ribot Raising the traditional and early retirement ages will mean extending workers' taxable earning years, fueling economic growth and putting a dent in our unfunded-liabilities crisis by delaying payouts. Michelle Malkin I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children. Peter Brimelow I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself. Shawn Ryan I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people. Colbie Caillat I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing. Otis Rush But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway. Evan Dando I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win. Arlen Specter I've never been much given to little social cl

Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at

the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the kind practiced by great artists, directors, writers, musicians, actors, who know how to touch a chord in humans everywhere. Maurice Saatchi I'm perfectly happy doing nothing. I'll hang around the house and take the dog to the park. Jorge Garcia The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists. But there was never any notion that you could make a living out of art. On the rare occasions you had a gallery show, and sold a little work, well, that was just gravy. Edward Ruscha I'm on the Web a lot. I like to play games online. Sometimes I play Sims. Miranda Cosgrove I got quite good results from protein plates. Gabriel Lippmann I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington. Derek Luke Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin. William Gurnall Writing is a workout, just like going for a run! Meg Cabot

I am still interested in the long or serial poem, but have written a few

smaller things. I may start sending to journals again in a year or so... that's about it. George Murray You were saying that once when visiting Yale, you were struck that unlike Pound, Williams's thinking was volatile, I mean, did not stay locked into a pattern of concepts that then defined his subsequent necessary behavior, whereas Pound did. Robert Creeley Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that person can deliver for them. Everything is fear based, so they pigeonhole people. But I've written everything, from Westerns to sci-fi to dramedy, I've done it all. Melissa Rosenberg I am always training because I love it. Gina Carano It is hard to imagine 10 years is not quite long enough to learn a lesson. Mike Rogers I'm a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one. Nick Cave If anything, Powerpoint, if used well, would ideally reflect the way we

Nobody told Don Henley or me that we were going to make it as solo

artists, but I can speak for Don when I say that we are both really happy now that the band is not together. Glenn Frey Nobody in Singapore drinks Singapore Slings. It's one of the first things you find out there. What you do in Singapore is eat. It's a really food-crazy culture, where all of this great food is available in a kind of hawker-stand environment. Anthony Bourdain Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October. Peter Bart I always have a different way of looking at things. Brad Thor I hate victims who respect their executioners. Jean-Paul Sartre The people who went on that airplane were unexceptional. Paul Greengrass A career is born in public - talent in privacy. Marilyn Monroe Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends. Sophie Tucker I was one of the first people to learn that Jackie was going to marry Arist

Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact

that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is. Alex Kapranos If I designed a computer with 200 chips, I tried to design it with 150. And then I would try to design it with 100. I just tried to find every trick I could in life to design things real tiny. Steve Wozniak A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas. Stan Getz Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose. Sholom Aleichem I have to find work wherever it might be hiding. Laura Kightlinger It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray. Roger von Oech I loved 'Junebug.' It was one of my favorite films, my favorite type of film. Justin Long It wasn't so much destroying my dancing, it was destroying me. Tracey Emin The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

Healthcare reform is a paradigmatic case. It is self-evidently necessary and inevitable and has been

on the agenda for 35 years, and the political class seems completely unable to respond to it. Tony Judt I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh... I'm 30, oh, I'm 40, oh, 50.' Make the most of it. Betty White The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. Alexis de Tocqueville I love the classroom. Stephanie Herseth If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow? Franz Kafka I get a lot of inspiration from the audience feedback to our live shows. Donnie Iris I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings. Ritchie Blackmore I love to play gigs. Katey Sagal I don't have to worry about how my movies sell because I'm not the guy in front. John Slattery A lot of stuff I wear I've had since high school.

Everybody either wanted to take care of me or push me around, you know? I

was teased a lot, sure I was, of course. Fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, everybody was taking their spurts except me. I was not growing up. Linda Hunt Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution. Gustave Flaubert I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing? Sherilyn Fenn Apparently the show happens even if I'm not there. Who knew? Laura Wade I was stuck as a Boomer type in a lot of people's minds. David Morse I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life. Steven Seagal Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister. Alice Walker Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordi

But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to

a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour. Wendell Willkie That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition. Fernando Flores It's innate in me to be a Democrat - a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong. That's just the way I feel. Tim McGraw You have to pick the places you don't walk away from. Joan Didion 'Reality' is a notion that journalists take for granted. Andrew O'Hagan Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them. Gay Talese The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense. Caity Lotz I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian. Juan Cole I love to sing with different people. Reba McEntire Man does not control hi

I have a fondness for writing about precocious, troubled teenagers, who are alienating, but kind

of endearing. It's from remembering so clearly that time in my own life. I experienced myself as more dramatically troubled than I was, but I just remember how it felt. Ann Hood I had this fascination with four-track recorders when I was in high school. Patrick Carney I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was. Faye Dunaway I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert. John Thaw Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter. Andy Rooney Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not. Lewis Black My life is so much better than I thought it was going to be. Mary Gordon You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause. Theres

I wanted to play around with the format, really tear it to pieces and shake

it up. For example, if Mitch saves someone from drowning, and that person then goes out and releases a virus that kills a million people. Imagine the moral implications of that. David Hasselhoff The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool - the street scene of an old aristocratic kind of man. Gregory Corso I'm not God, don't intend to be and hope I never have that much power. Mark Neumann I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career. Al Jarreau Those two are a fastidious couple. She's fast and he's hideous. Henny Youngman I've worked with Robert Altman a couple of times too. Matthew Modine I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky. Mandy Patinkin Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness. Emanuel Celler It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love. Lyle

It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle,

wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful. Gary Carter Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished. Martin Van Buren When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all. Yoko Ono I don't watch reality TV. Dave Attell You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve. Katherine Jenkins It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters. Liam Neeson If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person. James Dyson I would like immortality. Len Wein Many academicians don't even own a television, much less watch one. Neil deGrasse Tyson In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word. Ron Fournier

The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition

that he attempted to be king of the Jews, rather than that he was a superior being. Lysander Spooner I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they're just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time. Aidan Chambers I was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldn't get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have a one-track mind. Andrew Stanton I can't hide my feelings. Jack Kemp The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back. Dave Chappelle I try to be as ignorant about things as I can. Hal Sparks When I'm at home, I enjoy going go-karting. Andy Murray I know why jobs go, and I know why they come. Carly Fiorina We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles. Henry Mayhew There's not going to be a 'Buffy' season nine o

The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We

need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever. Al Pacino That was, in writing the 'Twilight' script I had about five weeks to write that. I'd taken about a month to write the outline and then it was slam into a script and write it down fast because the writer's strike was looming. Melissa Rosenberg Painting is the aesthetic side of the object but it has never been original, has never been its own goal. Kazimir Malevich You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge. Mariska Hargitay A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble. Charley Pride Every day's a blessing, right? It's all in your control. Martin Starr I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie. V. S. Naipaul Music is split up now into little pockets. Chris Martin You mustn't underestimate an audience's intelligence. Marvin Hamlisch Being German, I think we don't really ex

We haven't sat down with Scott and Caroline and said, Now you realize that there's

X amount of pounds of thrust. And this can happen and that can happen. Christa McAuliffe I don't know if a song is going to be a hit or it's going to flop. I never know. I just do the music and if people like it, they like it. T-Pain There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them. Kenneth Branagh Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. Stephen Hawking The tragic element of a character is always intriguing I think. Greg Kinnear I can't say enough about 'OLTL's' strong cast. Kassie DePaiva I'm a complete and utter busker. Bryan Adams The studio should not have released this film. Joel Siegel There's no substitute for guts. Paul Bryant I'm in the reporting part of journalism. Jim Lehrer

A lot of sequins for New Year's! Red, green, white - I fail at all

of that because I'm always in black. But for Christmas, I do love wearing cute dresses with tights and a pair of boots. Ashley Benson Every day, President Obama and Senator McCaskill are making it harder for working mothers and women of all ages to find a good-paying job. They continue to dictate to our families how they should live, stripping them of opportunities and freedom. Sarah Steelman My act is so completely and totally uncensored that the only way I could really pull it off is if I treat the audience like they're my best friends. Joe Rogan I've always got on with lads, more than I have with girls. Agyness Deyn A comedian sees the world bent. I'm tangent to the circle. Buddy Hackett In psychoanalysis, only the fee is exactly what it seems to be. Mason Cooley My secrets must be poetic to be believable. Mick Jagger Michael Winterbottom is one of the great directors of this century. Denis O'Hare To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one

I had a great editor, Rebecca Corbett, from the time I was a city reporter

right through to the years I worked on the 'Sun's' enterprise reporting team. David Simon So, through playing with Cop I realized that there is a potentially interested audience out in the world. Jim Coleman I don't think I've got an innate sense of style, but I guess I'm influenced by those I love and admire. You hope that you combine those influences in a way that becomes your own. Mark Ronson The scoreline is a bit flattering really. Kenny Dalglish Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom. Javier Bardem Harmony is when the sum is greater than the parts. A happy exaggeration. Jane Siberry I don't like having characters as props. I never want a character to be a prop. Will Gluck Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps. Ernest Bramah Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music. Nick Cave I like doing energetic things. Jimmy Fallon

My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better,

'form follows feminine.' Oscar Niemeyer I did extensive, extensive recordings and made a classical CD-ROM set, which is still on the market. For ten years, it was by itself as the cream of the crop of samples. Miroslav Vitous As long as there's political uncertainty around the energy space, stock prices will come down. T. Boone Pickens If I can walk, I'll play. Ricky Williams I think it's important to know your limitations too. Kip Winger I don't smoke pot. I never liked it. Kirstie Alley Cheese and jam are really nice. Cheese and apple as well. Cheese and grapes are good. Georgie Henley I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast. Jared Harris One favourite find of mine has to be a 1980s black dinner jacket that I wear as a dress. Lily Donaldson How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! Logan Pearsall Smith

I remember the first pangs of stress arriving at the end of school. Once I

graduated I had to get a full-time job, worry about health insurance, saving money, paying rent - things I'd never thought about before. Ezra Koenig Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in which these men and women would have learned to read. James G. Stavridis Family, work, familiarity. Listen, if I had a magic wand and I could make myself really be happy, I'd zap me onto a farm. And I know nothing about farming. Scott Baio I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself. Eartha Kitt Nothing surprises me about the Lords. Christopher Monckton I personally don't have a problem with naked bodies on television. Lesley-Anne Down To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it. Julian Fellowes Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana. Vinoba Bhave I'm

In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While

it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly. Kamala Harris I don't personally consider myself Dr. Doom. I call myself Dr. Realist, even though it's less exciting and more boring than being called Dr. Doom. If you are consistently saying 'the world is going to end,' who is going to listen to you? Nouriel Roubini But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment. Duncan Sheik There are people in the world who have the power to change our values. John Mayer People refuse to believe that I've never been to Starbucks or Disneyland. Edward Ruscha I hate it when people romanticize Scotland. Alexander McQueen I came in thinking about Bobby Ewing, but I love this Ray Krebbs role. Steve Kanaly Skittles are my absolute favourite. Leigh Lezark It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and so

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the

Communists' advertising or recruiting technique. Elia Kazan I felt like challenging myself and challenging my readers with something darker and heavier. I don't know how to explain it, because I'm not a political person. I have two political stories, and that's it: 'Human Diastrophism' and 'Poison River.' Gilbert Hernandez I moved to New York to work in theater, so my range of motion was really from where I lived - which was downtown, in the Lower East Side - to Midtown, where the theaters are. So I got to know New York, Midtown and south. Stark Sands To me a great sci-fi movie has elements of horror and suspense. Moon Bloodgood The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China. William Hague There are no unforgivable sins. Miroslav Volf All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. William Butler Yeats And sometimes to help them we have got to help ourselves. Stevie Ray Vaughan When I cook, my brain stops completely. Dino

The organization and constant onward sweep of this movement exemplifies the resentment of the many

toward the selfishness, greed and the neglect of the few. John L. Lewis Kissing could have begun as a way of sniffing out who's who. From a whiff to a kiss was just a short trip across the face. Joshua Foer We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. Victor Hugo Every dream I've ever had in life has come true ten times over. Steve Wozniak The first condition for making music is not to make a noise. Jose Bergamin Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun. Masi Oka I think my parents gave me a love of learning; from there you set out on your own path. Gore Verbinski The day before my 16th birthday I got my guitar. Stevie Nicks It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. Margaret Thatcher That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life. Ella Maillart

When you go to the grocery store, you find that the cheapest calories are the

ones that are going to make you the fattest - the added sugars and fats in processed foods. Michael Pollan The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to marry. Brandon Boyd I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. I also will use any gadget or device that I find that helps me achieve the sort of sound on the guitar that I want to get. David Gilmour God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men. Little Richard In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America. Tom DeLonge I ended up performing on a full time basis and I never got to Julliard at all. Tom Glazer I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals. Ken Thompson One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written. Nora Roberts The point of launching a maternity line, for me, was to do something different. Jessica Simpson I want to find

I am very happy when people write that they have worn out my books, or

that they are held together by Scotch tape. I consider that the ultimate compliment. Richard Scarry Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black women feel accountable to all the black community's children. Patricia Hill Collins I tell you what Hispanics in Virginia tell me they want. They want access to the American dream. That's why they come here to Virginia and to America, so they want more opportunities to start small business, better schools. Bob McDonnell It's very difficult to change the perception people have of you. Kristin Cavallari A military life has ever comported with my inclination. George Stoneman If the ride is more fly, then you must buy. Snoop Dogg Tiggers don't like honey. A. A. Milne Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed. James Otis I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger,

A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly

in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games. Howard Staunton If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months. E. O. Wilson I hope our hopes and aspirations are bigger than setting records. Drew Brees I'm always for the person who speaks their mind. Kathy Najimy L.A. makes you feel ugly. Rachel Weisz I used to make fun of the kids in school who acted or went to dance class. Matt Dillon Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up. William Shatner A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke. Jack Nicklaus You can't separate a house from a family. It's a living, breathing home. Leonard Lauder I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more. Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I never thought I would be in a position like this, where my words and

experiences are now inspiring others to follow suit. It's challenging at times, but I can only look forward to the future of business and philanthropy. Blake Mycoskie It is of immense importance for the understanding of the word of God, to read it in course, so that we may read every day a portion of the Old and a portion of the New Testament, going on where we previously left off. George Muller I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth. Jan Karon I'd never been published when I was young. Jack Vance I'm not a guy who has ever seen the inside of a gym. Billy Burke I believe in rituals. Charles Simonyi If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there. Colin Firth I like the dynamic of PBS. They're very honest and authentic. Eric Ripert My motto is to go wild on the accessories - the belts, the hair clips, the jewelery. Heidi Klum I mean this record does not s

There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working

with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears. Taryn Manning All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. Ulrich Beck The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory. Henry L. Stimson A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made. Sammy Davis, Jr. I learned Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics and I have a trainer. Ashley Scott Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest. Jaimie Alexander I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing. Aaron Douglas I am definitely not a politician. Tiger Woods When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving. Mika We can't feel anything - all that's left inside us is dust. Andrei Platonov

When you live in America, it's kind of insular - the news coverage that you

get - unless you're really smart about it and find more international news coverage. I've learned that from my husband. In the French culture, they talk politics. Kim Raver Metallica is a wonderful key to have on my key ring. I can go anywhere - it's great. James Hetfield Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume. Andre Leon Talley As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish. Rickie Lee Jones I've been very blessed to work in some films that I'm very proud of. Laz Alonso Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House. Irwin Shaw Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes. Robert Bolt I had been teaching myself photography. Ree Drummond I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it. Amy Poehler Painters must speak through

The one thing about being a dude and writing from a female perspective is that

the baseline is, you suck. The baseline is it takes so long for you to work those atrophied muscles - for you to get on parity with what women's representations of men are. Junot Diaz The events between 1968 and 1980 were the kind of cornerstone for everything I've been able to do, they gave me the springboard. Robert Plant When I wrote 'The Pregnant Widow' three or four years ago, I tried to reread my first novel, 'The Rachel Papers,' because their young heroes are the same age. I couldn't finish it. It seemed to me so technically slapdash and weak. Martin Amis I don't like salads: I like the strong food. Monica Seles I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth. Barry White I think they've been baby bummers. Suze Orman I'm not really into movies on dates because you can't chat it up. Taryn Manning I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather. Javier Perez de Cuellar How can we live and die and neve

The American people are not just being taxed to death; they're being taxed after death.

But, no one should have to sell the life's work of a parent or a loved one just to pay the federal government. J. D. Hayworth I'm always easily frightened and I hate being scared. I've never been able to go on the haunted house rides at carnivals of anything like that; my imagination just takes over! Caity Lotz I like to show subjects inside a sealed veneer. There's a sense that you can't get in. Steven Klein A dream project is anything I do when I'm awake. Charles Fleischer The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke. Jerzy Kosinski Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously. Walter Jon Williams Sound comes out of a life experience. Bill Laswell I want to produce a country album for a country singer. B.o.B It's important to me that I should be free to express myself. George Michael There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records. Martin Gore

I still will sit down at the piano and play when I am wrestling with

something emotionally or just want to move into the musical world. Alan Lightman I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode. Kate Winslet There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three. Dan DeCarlo I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be. Joel Osteen The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping. Evel Knievel Loosen your girdle and let er fly! Babe Didrikson Zaharias I've always been intrigued by the supernatural. Leslie Mann If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. Keira Knightley I love to challenge myself. Teresa Palmer I think we are looked upon as a veteran band. Lou Gramm

It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial

church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do. Harold Brodkey The kids I talk to are convinced their generation will make the best music. And the greatest artists have yet to be discovered. I walk around with that thought every day. L.A. Reid Sometimes, people aren't as consciously aware of their decisions as they should be. Timothy Olyphant Fear is a huge thing for older people. James Hillman Wanting to be a screenwriter is like wanting to be a co-pilot. Marshall Brickman I want to be a successful landlord. I like real estate. Two Chainz Bad reviews come with everything. I've been getting them my whole life. Will Friedle There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians. Emile Hirsch Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us. Dustin Hoffman If you do the same thing every night, that's the death of music. Nigel Kennedy

But when you get into a situation where you can acquire a proven leader, a

proven quality player, an unselfish player, a guy who taken a team to the Super Bowl, I think you do it. Ron Jaworski It's really hard to balance work and being a mother. Lisa Loeb We were elected in a wave because the people in America, if they had a single issue that troubled them the most, it was that health care vote. Nan Hayworth I've never been onstage in my life. Anna Friel I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren. Barbara Bush My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes. Edith Head I am only young once, who cares if I'm a goofball! Ashton Kutcher We live in an epoch of denudation. John Joly We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz? Ken Burns The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch. Ricardo Semler

I like to think I have quite a few different styles - sometimes it's a

bit rock n' roll, other times more girly and feminine. Kristin Cavallari I don't think I'll be playing again. I'm very content and happy, doing the types of things I haven't gotten to do, be a father. Antonio Davis Fittings are boring, but it's fun when you get to wear something new and go to a new event. I have a massive say in what I wear - I work really closely with my stylist. Conor Maynard Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you. Mel Brooks I like having the dough to come and go as I please. Bruce Willis Canada can be tough for urban music. Melanie Fiona I'm horrible at auditions anyway. Maybe that's why I never got anything. Chris Colfer Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders. Young Jeezy I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either. Leonard Slatkin Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. Henry S

Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop

musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measure of a film artist's accomplishments. Jon Landau The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule. Miguel de Unamuno On my recent trip to the Mexico border, Border Patrol agents in California told me they have arrested the same coyotes 20 times, but they are not prosecuted. Ric Keller One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet. William Hague It's been a terrific life. Ernie Harwell I prefer the old theaters because the audience is... trapped. Jerry Seinfeld I have always loved fashion since I was a kid and customized my school uniforms. Victoria Beckham In physics, all can you do is predict the consequences of physical laws. Leonard Mlodinow Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe I started writing songs at age 15. Vince Clarke

I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress.

like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers. Marilyn Monroe Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel I just find things that work and embellish them. Lindsey Buckingham In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way. Shannon Miller Music is being treated as one big karaoke machine. Robin Gibb Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics. Gloria Estefan A strong foe is better than a weak friend. Edward Dahlberg For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know. Kate Seredy Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other. Oliver Goldsmith I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down. Mike Tyson

'House of Leaves' is certainly about the unsettling nature of fear - and it was

my aim to address that - but it's also about recovering from fear. Mark Z. Danielewski For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way - or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry. Agyness Deyn I kind of like the challenge of jumping into totally different spaces and styles and figuring out how to fit in. Hugo Weaving People feel like they grew up with me. Molly Ringwald I'm a mean beanbag tosser. Ryan McPartlin It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been. Bob Odenkirk The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that's all. Johnny Thunders I don't think it's easy to be married to anyone. Jada Pinkett Smith If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace. Oswald Spengler As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago.

When you go downtown there, it's like you're in New York, it's like going to Broadway. Kel Mitchell I wouldn't go back and change anything. Charlie Simpson I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies. Michel Legrand What do you take me for? A fourteen karat sucker? Stanley Kubrick I believe happiness is a choice. Some days it is a very difficult choice. Steve Gleason I cry at films and TV and even adverts. Laura Carmichael The weight really started falling off, and I could see my muscles. It was awesome. Jordin Sparks I think I have some of my clearest thoughts when I'm out running. Dean Karnazes About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis. Frank Iero Whatever you're ready for is ready for you. Mark Victor Hansen

Mental illnesses are so frightening and there's so much ignorance about them that I think

it comforts people to think, 'Oh, well, it happens to these people because they deserve it.' Pete Earley We're all looking for those moments - a relief. That's why people go out and treat themselves. Mick Fleetwood When you begin to write poems because you love language, because you love poetry. Something happens that makes you write poems. And the writing of poems is incredibly pleasurable and addictive. C. K. Williams I'm a very lazy, stay-at-home kind of girl. Jerry Hall My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry. Albert Finney It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist. John Lydon Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them. Susan Cain I'm a musical genius. Timbaland Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday. Lindsay Ellingson Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event. George Gissing

When you have lost people like I lost my birth mom at a young age

and you remember the whole process of losing her, you want to grab on to something that makes you whole. Reese Hoffa Man is unique in creation because he has a sense of justice and truth. We spend billions of dollars each year to set up court systems to see that justice is done, and we build prisons for those who transgress the laws we enact. Ray Comfort For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world. Rob Portman Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet. Antony Garrett Lisi Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man. Ralph Waldo Emerson We have been conditioned to see the passing of time as an adversary. Menachem Mendel Schneerson Facts are many, but the truth is one. Rabindranath Tagore I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears. Adele Wit

I never learned music. I'm quite uneducated, and usually I sat in front of the

TV, with soap operas on, in England. It was very inspiring for me, I'd done all this traveling around, I came back living with my parents, everyone around me was like they're living in a soap opera. Graham Parker The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world. Garet Garrett Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. Alexander Pope Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited. Harry Mathews Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival. Tariq Ramadan I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music. Carrie Brownstein I am a Libra so I have to balance things. Mark Viduka We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Benjamin Whorf The studio scene in California is sort of ridiculous anyway. Paul Kantner

There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets

in when you realise you're enjoying it. George C. Scott I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood. Renee Fleming After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures. Jack Prelutsky It's so great to have your private relationships play out in the press. Jorja Fox I have a strange combination of fearlessness and massive insecurity. Penny Marshall It must be understood that, as adults, we are all terminal. Jacob K. Javits There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies. Oscar Wilde Our athletes are our heroes. Cathy Rigby I love hats, shoes, outfits, handbags, and ethnic jewelery. Soundarya Philosophy is common sense with big words. James

I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming

publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me. Barbara Steele Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to worry about it getting too crazy. People don't have to worry about character arcs. Each episode is a self-contained unit. Christopher Meloni When thinking through who to bring together to generate new ideas, it is more effective to combine specialists from very different and unrelated disciplines rather than a variety of people with different skills sets in the same field. Simon Mainwaring My clothes don't make one a different person, just more of oneself. Bibhu Mohapatra Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log. Ellen DeGeneres Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on. Hubert H. Humphrey Kinsey's quest was really for us all to be tolerant and accepting of each other. Liam Neeson The Greeks said very,

I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't

picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled. LaToya London My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets. Gregory Corso What's certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cuba's can't continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually. Vaclav Havel What is the use being a big man if you are wrong? John Dos Passos I'm a comic book fan. Michael B. Jordan I really want to live in New York. That's the city of my dreams. Joel Kinnaman I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan. Carla Gugino One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam. Akhmad Kadyrov Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans. Lauren Graham My dad is really just lazy. He has nothing, I feel, to

The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with

great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta. Tiger Woods Listen, there are some movies that are set in stone and the writer or the director does not want to change, but I've never worked on a movie, including my own, that didn't take advantage of a rehearsal process. Albert Brooks I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul. Taylor Caldwell The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active. Octavia Spencer I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative. Bennett Miller Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose. Tom Shadyac I try to fit in workouts whenever I can. Idris Elba I feel extremely vulnerable. Maurice Sendak Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach God willing, the occupation forces will be driven out as happened in Vietnam. Muqtada al Sadr

I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the

loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation. Zbigniew Brzezinski I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago. John Bright It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past. Bulent Ecevit Give peace a chance. Yitzhak Rabin There is no such thing as part freedom. Nelson Mandela My mum and I do cardio kickboxing classes together. Vanessa Hudgens Japan, for me, will always be my inspiration source. Nicola Formichetti To restore America we need less Marx and more Madison. Glenn Beck My parents were just searching for an alternative way of raising their children. Joaquin Phoenix Less is more! I don't wear makeup if I don't have to. Jennifer Nettles

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting

on him getting through this very difficult passage. Tom Brokaw Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. Napoleon Hill My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare. Dane Cook Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book. Charles Kingsley It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design. John Romero My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy. Blake Lively You need money to get out your message. Terry McAuliffe Have you ever been to Glens Falls? The city limits signs are on the same post. Bobby Heenan I am going to do as much as I can do, because I hate to do anything and not give my all. Angie Martinez A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top. Jennifer Aniston

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through

lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years. Carly Simon Kids today know way more than you think they do, with the Internet and 500 TV channels. Rodney Carrington I think people like players they can relate to. It seems as if people think they know me. I just think I'm an ordinary Joe who plays golf very, very well. Fred Couples But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting. Dabney Coleman Geometry was the first exciting course I remember. Steven Chu I do enjoy working with writers. Neil Jordan Markets have built in inefficiencies, serious inefficiencies which are well known. Noam Chomsky Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves. Shelby Foote The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands. Placido Domingo Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions. Aldous Huxley

But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs

to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me. Abel Ferrara Chile is not a rich country in terms of gas, or oil or coal, but we are extremely rich in terms of the energies of the future. Sebastian Pinera I got to know Sterling Hayden fairly well. He was a quiet man, who got more complicated as the years went on. Marie Windsor Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict. John Major I really consider myself more of a rhythm guitarist than a soloist. Alex Lifeson You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan. Lupe Fiasco In L.A., nobody is talking about football. No television stations. You see it nowhere. Ruud Gullit I did everything I could to win every time I was handed the ball. Curt Schilling I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay. Mary Cheney If no man could become rich in Peru, no man could become poor. William Prescott

The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to

go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity. Michael J. Fox One fifth of human kind depend on fish to live. Today now 70 percent of the fish stock are over-exploited. According to FAO if we don't change our system of fishing the main sea resources will be gone in 2050. We don't want to believe what we know. Yann Arthus-Bertrand It was this weird confrontation of these two delicious flavors that got me consciously or subconsciously combining Lincoln and vampires as an observational in-joke with myself. Seth Grahame-Smith I more fear what is within me than what comes from without. Martin Luther I would have absolutely messed up 'The Matrix'. Will Smith I've been fortunate. George Strait I take being a role model very seriously. Paula Creamer I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music. Elvis Costello If you make money, you might not make meaning. Guy Kawasaki I mean, I love California, but LA to me is still a s

Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always

look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection. Nancy Grace I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He'd say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another? Paul Simon Healing rain is a real touch from God. It could be physical healing or emotional or whatever. Michael W. Smith Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me. Elaine Stritch You'll like this, not a lot, but you'll like it. Paul Daniels I would love to be on Broadway! Emily Blunt I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold. Eartha Kitt How do you make things fair? Al Sharpton I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish. Stephen King I have really great friends. Nicole Richie

I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers

and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy. Samantha Stosur Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn. Melissa Leo I wish I could dance like Michael Jackson. I'd love to be able to have my life exactly the way it is, but with his dance moves. Donny Osmond If you really want to turn your health around, start juicing today. Kris Carr I don't idolize anyone or aspire to be like anyone. Brooke Burke My next baby will be my new record. Lady Gaga I wish that there were more female driven films, female-centric films being made. Heather Graham I've done every diet there is. Kate Walsh I think the bait for doing something really is always the part. Sam Waterston Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor. Georg Simmel

We each have a sixth sense that is attuned to the oneness dimension

in life, providing a means for us to guide our lives in accord with our ideas. Henry Reed Making money, it seems, is all about the velocity of moving it around, so that it can exist in Hong Kong one moment and Wall Street a split second later. Richard Dooling I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. Robert De Niro I am an ordinary person. Frances McDormand I feel Anglo-American. Christopher Hitchens In network TV, you have to present the box before you can step outside it. Simon Baker We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates. Denis Diderot Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes. Cathy Rigby I've had some interesting stuff happen to me - so why doesn't anyo

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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

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and

hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it. Herman Melville There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?' Dave Obey The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. Alan Gregg This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I do do standup comedy because a lot of people don't know that's where I started. Nick Cannon I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine. Robert Smith How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done! William Shakespeare Fear is natur

Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect

for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day. Tom Hanks The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities. Jose Eduardo dos Santos I love artists like Jon B, but I don't wanna be compared to anybody. I'm just doing my interpretation of rnb and how someone like me should be doing it. Brian Harvey In recent years, we have been sending a clear, consistent signal about the harms of drugs, particularly marijuana, which for most young people is the first illegal drug that they are exposed to. John Walters It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably. Immanuel Kant When I go to a concert, I can't believe that people pay lots of money to see a band that t

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 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

Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a

constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. Will Rogers Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. John W. Gardner Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X and of course, two very special women, my mother and my wife. Louis Farrakhan The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work. Robert Taft Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. Frederick Jackson Turner While a lab Director can ge

If you are talented, you can really do anything. And if your heart is at

the right place and you have the passion for it, you can go for it and do it. Heidi Klum As an actor there are times when you're sitting around and wishing you were working, so you've got to just take it when it comes. Rosario Dawson The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights. Joe Andrew I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do. Eddie Van Halen Being alone is very difficult. Yoko Ono Natural gas is great for America in so many ways. Ed Rendell Science does not permit exceptions. Claude Bernard You can't know about marriage until you try it. Greg Evigan History is the key to everything: politics, religion, even fashion. Eva Herzigova There's something about a humid, dusky evening that's kind of sexy. Sam Trammell

Regardless of how it's done, transaction costs will continue to plummet as computers get more

powerful. Low transaction costs are a wonderful thing if you're in the transaction business. They're wonderful for consumers too, making it cheaper and easier to buy things and creating new things to buy. Nathan Myhrvold If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album. Lil Wayne If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done. Tony Gilroy There are lots of moments that are great for an actress. Ruth Wilson I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well. Lindsey Graham Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty. Robert Mondavi You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you. Gordon Lightfoot Actors rarely stay in touch with directors after they've filmed togeth

I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend,

who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work. Claire Danes I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell. Pat Buckley Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since. Samuel Butler I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes. David Oyelowo The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman. LeBron James I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths. Aeschylus I don't wish my career on anyone. John Entwistle I didn't get depressed, I don't get depressed. Gordon Ramsay I don't like to stop. I believe you stop when you die. Lil Wayne Most of my friends are women - I quite fancied being a woman in a way. Alexei Sayle

France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world

of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. Adam Michnik Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver. Mary Douglas The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess. Carter G. Woodson Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it. David Eddings Believe me, when an actress is told that her v