the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them. Sheryl Sandberg I think there is just a vein of humanity that really loves animals and really loves to read about them. Sara Gruen Well, optimism's a good thing. It - makes people go out and - you know, start businesses and spend and do whatever is necessary to get the economy going. Ben Bernanke Everyone moans about the collapsing U.S. infrastructure. James Fallows I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time. Sally Kellerman I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past. Daniel Day-Lewis An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer. Marlon Brando We've got to be responsible, somebody's got to be responsible for it. George Downing I work on stories rather than individual pictures. Sebastiao Salgado My mother has battled breast cancer three times. Cynthia Nixon

our figures. They want to go to the bar and eat a few snacks, have a couple of cocktails or glasses of wine, and go home. People don't sit down at the table and have a whole three or four courses. Todd English One thing about God's will, you can never see God's will before it happens. You can only see at the end of it. Ray Lewis The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better. Tony Dungy Accept loss forever. Jack Kerouac I cannot abide being bored. Felix Dennis Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight. Marilyn vos Savant When I'm touring, I have to think of workouts that don't require a gym. Miranda Lambert I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed. Larry David I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling. Bernard Hinault I love intimacy, always, of performing. Julio Iglesias

politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done. Meg Whitman I seriously love to cook... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something. Bradley Cooper The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously. Georges Pompidou We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it. George Mason Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television. Eartha Kitt I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music. Nat King Cole The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect. Gustave Flaubert War is sweet to those who have not experienced it. Desiderius Erasmus Shakespeare is all big themes, like the most amazing love, or the mo...

directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing. Galen Rowell I can't do anything I want to. I mean, I can't have my own TV show. I can't have my own movie. But within my little world, nobody tells me what to put on the albums. Lou Reed A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing. Norman Jewison I never liked mellow sounding guitar. Tom Verlaine Divorce is probably as painful as death. William Shatner My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet. Mason Cooley Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster. George Eliot It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk. Joshua Reynolds You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated. Naomi Judd The contempo...

to run into something without seeing it. Paul Michael Glaser Your great country is wonderful at stealing pieces of history and using it for its own purposes, so there didn't seem to be anything particularly unusual about it but the English were incredibly exercised about it. Michael Apted I've been into guns ever since I was a little kid, and the ones that fascinate me most are the black powder guns that people used back in the 17 and 1800s. Joe Perry There's only one God. Call him whatever you want. Arlo Guthrie Giving is what makes a nation great. Jonathan Sacks I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success. Joseph Barber Lightfoot Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery. Sara Teasdale You have good days and bad days. Usain Bolt The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll. Irving Azoff 'Skinny' is only one body type. Susie Orbach

I noticed that my sensitive skin was reacting horribly to any product I used. Connie Sellecca It's the need for change that drives us to join forces with our brothers and sisters all around the world - but change is slow. Eric Burdon We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families. Hanna Rosin It is impossible to please all the world and one's father. Jean de La Fontaine She has no imagination and that means no compassion. Michael Foot Sooner or later, we sell out for money. Tony Randall I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go. Theodore Bikel One is often guilty by being too just. Pierre Corneille I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes. Jeri Ryan Everyone has a private self and a public self. Kevin Conroy

spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that's leaving their house. Dylan Moran Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man. David Hume I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with them. Alice Sebold When I started I'd fly across the country to do a gig for a hundred bucks. David Spade The fact is, presidential politics has become a game of inches. Steven Weber I had been working early in my life in films - since I was 11. Ajay Naidu The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted. Vincent D'Onofrio I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me. Idris Elba Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy. Lady Gaga I would have to say that looked like it hurt. Adam Savage

I can make them feel good about the fact that they are losing their job. Hector Ruiz The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter. William Lyon Mackenzie King These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off than 'able-bodied' folks. The person who has a disability today may have a superability tomorrow. Daniel H. Wilson The NFL, sadly, has a fatal environmental problem: It kills its workers. Matt Taibbi You get old, you slow down. Ben Affleck If no producer, no movie. Dino De Laurentiis It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones. Dorothy Dix I turned down a lot of films. Francesca Annis We target people who understand that relationships are the lifeline of a small company. David Rose We have always wanted to write son...

Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers. Timothy Olyphant At the end of the day, it's all about money. Garry Kasparov The primary goal of publishing general fiction and non-fiction was never profit - though profit was essential to stay in the game. Publishing is a vocation in which the work is its own reward, an insufficient goal for today's conglomerates. Jason Epstein Pole vaulting is an event of high and lows. Jenn Suhr I love the fan support, though, because it all comes from passion. Josh Hutcherson I remixed a remix, it was back to normal. Mitch Hedberg I've never felt like my career has been on fire. Greg Kinnear It takes two to make a relationship, but only one to screw it up. Nigel Lythgoe I dreamt of being an actor ever since I was young. Douglas Booth In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence. Pat Brown

new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate. Gail Simmons Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out. Marian McPartland I've been associated with Macmillan for over 45 years. I'd like to thank them for their continued commitment to my backlist and I look forward to continuing to work with them as they publish my next novel, 'Vicious Circle' in 2013. Wilbur Smith That's my ideal day, time with my boys. Kenny G Every time I start a film I feel like I'm starting the first time, ever. Andrea Arnold My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old. Robert Mondavi Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers. Garth Brooks I'm a rather crude cook. Dominic West By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor li...

welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. Charles de Montesquieu 'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song. Sarah McLachlan When I was growing up, there were so many things I thought were stylish. Jabo jeans, V Bombers, Clarks, Vikings, Nugget watches, Lee pants with the patches, leather hats - which I still wear now. All hip-hop stuff, all South Bronx stuff. Swizz Beatz If you think too much about something, you're not feeling it. Shelby Lynne I like to give back. Jackie Chan No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings. Denis Diderot I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody. Barry Bonds A novelist needs to know his own strong points and weak points. David Mitchell I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you've got cushioned seats. Neil Patrick Harris God often gives nuts to toothless ...

very dark and heavy. I like being out and about. Geoff Mulgan I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs. Anne M. Mulcahy The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods. Andrew Mason Yeah, I love Los Angeles. Lorne Michaels I'm from durable stock. I'm made to work. I'm Irish. Mary McCormack In comedy it helps if there's a friendly atmosphere on the set. Chris O'Dowd The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking. Phaedrus There is always room at the top - after the investigation. Oliver Herford I never had a true childhood. Bethenny Frankel Survivor is like rock 'n' roll - you can do what you want. Jeff Probst

in the great majority of cases, this has not yet been translated into treatments that can help cure patients. These treatments will come - tomorrow, or the day after. Charles C. Mann Lady Gaga has a very unjaded intelligence. It's brilliant, 'cause it's anti-snob. Mika If the law doesn't apply equally to everybody, then you don't really have a system of law. Matt Taibbi If you're not polarizing, you failed, in my opinion. Miranda Lambert I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear. Ken Livingstone I want to be the king of sprints because I think I am. Asafa Powell I would be very, very uncomfortable at teaching, at dreaming to teach, people things. Philippa Gregory The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is. William Ames There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility. Steven Spielberg The movie 'Black Cat,' from 1934, is one of my favorite movies. Kirk Hammett

animal they follow, but to feel their way into the very being of the animal. Iain McGilchrist I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool. Bonnie Raitt When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas. Rick Perry My chops are still up, even though I'm not still in high school. Travis Barker I love insects. They are amazing. Andrea Arnold I am a believer that color affects people's moods. Lilly Pulitzer Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know. Paul Cezanne When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say. Jean-Bertrand Aristide If the public likes you, you're good. Mickey Spillane I haven't heard anything from anyone in the administration. Timothy Bottoms

inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process. Marketa Irglova It would be helpful if someone would lay out exactly the economic mechanism that gets us from yet lower interest rates to actual economic activity. Jerry A. Webman Princess Diana was a nice dancer because she had confidence. In fact, when we danced together she started to lead, and I looked her in eye and went, 'No, you have to let me lead.' So I grabbed her around the waist and we were off to the races. John Travolta Serbia stands firmly on the EU path. Ivica Dacic I don't get called very often to play innocents. Christopher Meloni I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do. Charlie Kaufman I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all. Oriana Fallaci I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance. Robin Williams Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're a...

first time he could do that in eight years. No one knew him or bothered him. It is great for a person to be able to get lost. Teddy Sheringham All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth. Percy Bysshe Shelley If you could sit down with Jesus, you wouldn't need anybody else. He could answer all of your questions. Instead of Einstein and Louis Pasteur and Madame Curry, you could just have Jesus and he could answer for all of them. Carol Alt I love watching people enjoying food. It's very relaxing for me to cook. Cara Buono It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it. Horace Walpole I'm free-spirited, and it gets me into trouble. Sienna Miller It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people. Magnus Carlsen Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. Henry Louis Gates I'm a theorist, not an institutionalist. Myron Scholes Comparison is an act of vio...

We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either. Bob Menendez I'd like to think there'll be too much of real life going on for me to want to do much acting. Julie Walters After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can move there.' But I said, 'Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be.' Terry Goodkind I like to box. It's a great release. Jeremy Piven A good conscience is a continual feast. Robert Burton I love when I am outside my comfort zone. Alicia Vikander Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800. Kevin McCloud The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford. Earl Butz I find these shows very touching sometimes. Robert Stack Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero. Morgan Freeman

and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die. Sharon Olds Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played. Taylor Hanson I haven't ever felt I've had to divide my 'actress' life from the rest of my life. Bonnie Wright No one in the Emirates is above the law and accountability. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Very few athletes have the chance to be brought into the White House. Jimmie Johnson Pigs are smarter than dogs, and both are smarter than Congress. Elayne Boosler Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir. Carly Fiorina Sometimes you're famous before you're good. Maggie Q If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another. B. B. King If there's a best, I want to fight them. Nonito Donaire

off, and I become the core person of who I am - the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. It's almost like I leave my body and get to watch. Michelle Branch In fact, if they didn't let me commute, I would not have taken the role because I wanted to graduate high school with my classmates. I remember my agent's jaw dropping when I told him if I couldn't commute I didn't want the role. Sarah Chalke There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bomb scenario. But we're still locked into a mind-set that nuclear war would be so overwhelming that any kind of preparedness would be futile. Irwin Redlener Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. W. H. Auden I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people. Lech Walesa I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicised. Christopher Hitchens I like food. I like eating. An...

face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise. Simon Greenleaf The contracts are structured different than athletes in America, but for me, it was good to move on and go back to playing in the premiere league, which is the best league. It was disappointing, as far as the team goes, but for me, there wasn't much I could do. Claudio Reyna When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society. Michael Bloomberg I am an optimistic lady. Julie Andrews Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided. Mae West I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. Josh Hutcherson It's strange how the simple things in life go on while we become m...

on, there's no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be. Jason Mraz Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets. No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones. Jennifer Dunn I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people. Imogen Cunningham I'm not making any bets on the future. Michelle Williams If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Jack Benny I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it. David Duchovny I have lived my life in a culture that hates fat people. Camryn Manheim I'm a very bad citizen. I've never even voted. Jerry Hall I'm not quite as anonymous as I was. Larry David Google never knew how su...

to. I can't just listen to music as a piece of junk in the background. It drives me insane. Mika There are those who seem to feel they have no choice about being jerks in the present because they had a crappy childhood. Well, that's the definition of childhood; nobody gets out alive. You either get stronger from what you experience, or you turn it into a crutch, an excuse, a dodge. J. Michael Straczynski For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa. The difference did not exist. Our company is too big. It goes with the welfare of the country. Charles Erwin Wilson No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids. Anthony Quinn I'm done in this business, that's for sure. Marc Wallice You can keep a person locked up too long. Gary Gilmore I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian. William Safire I don't believe anyone has leaked grand j...

eyes. He had an extra mean streak that day. He was out of control and probably should have been ejected. Roger Staubach Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth. Jonathan Ames They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots. Herman Cain I have a lot of health anxiety. Charlie Kaufman I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more. Chief Joseph I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time. Famke Janssen Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public. Gary Ackerman I will fight for America until the day I drop. Don King A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend. Paris Hilton I was dictating to my mother when I was 5. Judith Rossner

tons of these variety shows, given to me by their great writers. I'd love to be doing all that again. Ruth Buzzi I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous. CeeLo Green Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did. Curt Flood I'll keep going till my face falls off. Barbara Cartland The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. Galileo Galilei To be the best, I had to work harder than everyone else. Jahangir Khan Being a soldier, fighting for this country, is neither Republican nor Democrat. Max Cleland I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it. Pedro Martinez These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected. Edmund White All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. Ge...

the apartheid flag and raise the new flag. Al Sharpton I think it's his perception of knowing how to make a record build, keeping the integrity of the song in the music and really adding a lot of musical elements to compliment my voice and to compliment the song. Deborah Cox I said if I made 10 films in my life, I would be very lucky. That's how I meant it. My fear after my first one was whether they would let me make another one, so I had this goal in my head. Luc Besson I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. Shaquille O'Neal Punishment is lame, but it comes. George Herbert I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird. Ethel Merman I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf I was raised to be charming, not sincere. Stephen Sondheim When I'm working, I always listen to music to zone everyone else out. Kirsten Dunst When you don't win games, yeah, you lose confidence....

film world, and working in the theater world again. I'm just gonna see what happens. Karen Allen For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer. Jean Stafford The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received. Rudolf Arnheim Being recognised on the street in New York is pretty surreal. Sophie McShera I find still photographs make me quite self-conscious. Aidan Gillen When you're in a hole, stop digging. Denis Healey Usually, I make such small-budget films that I can't afford to buy weather. Andrea Arnold Our State Department is often wrong and timid. Dana Rohrabacher Hizbullah is not a militia. Bashar al-Assad A good story is a good story, whatever the medium. Michael Arndt

and being a little older. Matt LeBlanc Somebody might say that they always wanted to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana and maybe they'll never get to do that but just by the virtue of having said it out loud, I think there's some power in that. John Lee Hancock It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be boasting of their achievements. Robert Winston You seldom hear any young artists in country music. Conway Twitty I've done work for hire. I've worked for DC and Dark Horse. Rob Walton I want my own country, not against Canada but for Quebec. Gilles Duceppe Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. Anna Lindh I'm really interested in photography, like every other human being. Alexa Chung I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees. Ziggy Marley I'm a believer in trusting...

they should be built. Bristol Palin Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra. Bill Sienkiewicz Sometimes in the morning, when it's a good surf, I go out there, and I don't feel like it's a bad world. Kary Mullis Love has more depth as you get older. Kirk Douglas If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe. Saint Augustine I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out. Katherine Heigl Desperate? That can be a justification for all kinds of behavior. Jessica Walter I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic. Larry David My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school. Gordon Ramsay I've not had Botox, no. Paul Weller

raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them. I just haven't gotten around to it for several reasons. Patti Smith Women and children were slaughtered by the Taliban. You are going to sit down and negotiate with these folks? They never lived up to an agreement. The Pakistanis tried in '08, the Russians tried it when they were there. George Bush tried it in '05. It has never worked. Mike Rogers I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with. Sean Parker I've been lucky to play characters that are really broad. Anton Yelchin Rome was great in arms, in government, in law. Goldwin Smith I got into the acting business very young. James MacArthur Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so! Clara Schumann People call me a nerd because I like to spend time on the computer. Nonito Donaire Liberty is the right of...

be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know? Ellen Pompeo I just want to continue with gymnastics because I'm still young and fresh. I think can get some more titles under my belt. Gabby Douglas I make a lot of mistakes, too, and I'm constantly re-evaluating how I'm doing things and trying to be better every day, whether it's as a mom or taking care of myself. Mia Hamm You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous. Gabby Douglas Service to society is the rent we pay for living on this planet. Joseph Murray I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better. Catherine Zeta-Jones The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway. Jo Nesbo So much of Hollywood is about who the people you work with are. Matthew Lillard Marriage is no substitute for political experience. Sharad Pawar I deal with more practical issues of the Bible. Joel Osteen

it's that. It's an instinct. Either it works straight away, or it won't ever work. Amelie Nothomb Honestly, I don't read the press. I don't know what they're saying. Serena Williams I'm pretty forgiving, so sometimes I forget how evil people were to me. Then I think, 'Wait a minute. Don't let them get you.' Then I hit 'ignore' on FaceBook. Alexis Knapp Golf, like measles, should be caught young. P. G. Wodehouse Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships? W. D. Richter Once you're on the wheel, you don't come off. Ian St. John There are so many people that don't believe in themselves and don't have faith. Lenny Kravitz A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. Malcolm X I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films. Jackson Rathbone Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified. Loretta Lynn

the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling. Mark Millar The success of 'Scrubs' allowed me to pursue anything I felt passionately about without having to worry about money. It allowed me to spend my summer work shopping my show at a nonprofit theater. Zach Braff The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising. Jill Abramson I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends. Josef Albers The two championship years were that significant for me. Chuck Daly And my principles go right in line with the Tea Party. Renee Ellmers Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes. Oswald Spengler Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong. Thomas a Kempis I remained a member of the section till 1947, becoming Director in 1946. James Meade I was worried about being the nut that ruined 40 years of Bond history. Rick Yune

did when I was a corporate lawyer. When you're working 16 hours a day for months at a time, you get punchy. Everything and everyone seems hilarious. Susan Cain Yes, they broke the law, but we can't deport them. Let's get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it - they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need. Michael Bloomberg Our television transmitters leak out from the Earth. And actually, there's a sphere surrounding the Earth from the earliest television signals, maybe 70 years ago, that's going out one light year per year. But it's really weak. Jill Tarter My makeup is usually left over from the night before. Kesha In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right. Nate Silver Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No. Philip Roth I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind. Na...

act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab. Charlie Sheen Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South Africa, or fishing off my island in the Seychelles. When I come back and re-read it, I think: 'What was all that about, Smith? It's fine, just get on with it.' Wilbur Smith The magic can happen in a studio. Special things can happen in a recording studio, even though it may seem like a clinical environment from the outside looking in. Benny Green I always love China, especially the old China. Manolo Blahnik You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe. Rickey Henderson I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12. David Copperfield Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative. Dennis Potter It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go. ...

that or I look so crazy no one wants to come up to me. Alison Krauss It turns out that I'm far too schizophrenic musically for people to categorize me. I think people judge me a lot before they ever really know who I am. Michael Buble I know my swing is going to be there. I don't need 600 swings in the cage; I know where it's at. Jason Giambi To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic. Pablo Picasso I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children. Steffi Graf The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit. Ian Rush A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice. Meister Eckhart There's a way in which 'The Illusion' is a play about the theater. Tony Kushner I like where I live here, in London. Annie Lennox Let's deal with each other honestly. Robert Torricelli

They've got their heads screwed on a lot better. Amy Winehouse I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly. Marilyn Monroe I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober. Irwin Shaw If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat. Gary Cherone The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority. Henrik Ibsen I feel responsibility for a lot of things that I manage to touch. Bryant Gumbel I'm not a big Woody Allen fan, but thought 'Husbands and Wives' was great. Nell Freudenberger Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number. Patrick McGoohan We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next. E. M. Forster Science fiction is very healthy in its form. Robert Sheckley

challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters. Carol P. Christ If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market. Dick Gregory My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for the National Theatre Company's Mimika Pantomime troupe. I ended up touring with them for the next two years. Didi Conn In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air. Jackie Stewart A great man is the man who does something for the first time. Alexander Smith President Obama's biggest weakness is weakness. Niall Ferguson Everything around us is scale dependent. It's woven into the fabric of the universe. Geoffrey West There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life. Federico Fellini I bought a railroad during this period of time. Bill Janklow I always wanted to design for films. Ken Adam

working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step. Kim Weston Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous - but divorced. I'm always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line. Bear Grylls Everyone has class, one class or another. Francesca Annis I've actually always wanted to make something like an acoustic record. Katy Perry I've had great pregnancies, and healthy, beautiful children. Brooke Burke France is an old country that needs to wake up. Melanie Laurent I feel like I've done a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies. Kate Beckinsale I meet so many people, but I don't know anybody. Jasmine Guy I had friends in this band called Mars and they used to play a lot. Arto Lindsay Assumptions are the termites of relationships. Henry Winkler

myself, but cable was just coming on. I had terrible territories, and they would give me $25, if I got somebody to let them come and just put the little cord in their house. Greg Kinnear 'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination. Corey Hart I always just forced myself to do crazy things in public. In college I would push an overhead projector across campus with my pants just low enough to show my butt. Then my friend would incite the crowd to be like, 'Look at that idiot!' That's how I got over being shy. Will Ferrell Your environment affects you wherever you are. David Mitchell I don't have the time to be bored. Stefano Gabbana Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. Wilma Rudolph I would reject the distinction between a Keynesian moment and a behavioral ...

you say, you have this voice, it becomes unreal and you become far removed from the people you came from. Tracey Ullman On Twitter, when someone would die, I would write a joke. Or if there's a tragedy, I would write a joke and tweet it. That was my thing, and then at a certain point, people started demanding it. Anthony Jeselnik If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it? Andrew Mason I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds. Adam Ant I may be no better, but at least I am different. Jean-Jacques Rousseau I thought about dying whenever I got bad news about other people. Jonah Lomu Especially with girls, people always want to put them in little brackets. Gemma Arterton I love Eminem, I love Moby. Why can't we just be friends? Chris Kirkpatrick I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it. Victor Garber There are conspiracies all over the Senate floo...

would never find good friends, and I feel like I was fortunate enough to find the work, but it wouldn't mean anything unless I had a group of people who could appreciate it. Ryan Kwanten I have been DJing in clubs for years. I always dreamed to be a famous DJ in Holland. And now it's worldwide. You can't imagine. I mean, I still can't believe it myself that everything has gone so well. Tiesto The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them. Jean-Michel Basquiat You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly. Bear Grylls When you're through with your cat, you can't throw it in the trash. Jim Davis Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him. E. M. Forster I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German. Lawrence Welk We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much. Tom Watson If the ...

as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun. James Blunt I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested. Genevieve Gorder In the coming days, I know there will be some reflecting on my time as mayor. Many of you will search to find what's behind my decision. It's simple. I have always believed that every person, especially public officials, must understand when it is time to move on. For me, that time is now. Richard M. Daley Yes, but everyone is beautiful to someone. Kevyn Aucoin I'm just happy to be working. Jeremy Renner I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning. Lance Loud I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films. Rebecca Hall Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries. Ambrose Bierce There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture. Kate Walsh I want to do a record with Monica Lewinsky. Luther Campbell

made out of oppositions; we live between two poles. There's a philistine and an aesthete in all of us, and a murderer and a saint. You don't reconcile the poles. You just recognize them. Orson Welles When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons. Adam Clymer In the game of life, less diversity means fewer options for change. Wild or domesticated, panda or pea, adaptation is the requirement for survival. Cary Fowler I really tend to write in retrospect. Randy Houser I think being a little nuts is helpful. Carter Burwell Jeff Bridges is one of my favorite actors in the history of ever. Ben Barnes Sports and politics don't mix. Eric Heiden You didn't want to laugh, did you? It wasn't very funny, was it? Graham Kennedy Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business. Harry Crews The mass, whether it be a ...

their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown. Iain Duncan Smith My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are. Jenny Eclair But the most important thing about that story, which is not often told, is that as a result after the Cuban missile crisis, immediate steps were taken to correct our inability to collect on the movement of nuclear material out of the Soviet Union to other places. David Kay Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war. Livy We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things. Kathy Acker The burden of disease falls on the poor. Gro Harlem Brundtland I think that Yulia Tymoshenko should prepare to resign. She understands that well. Viktor Yanukovych You can't look in the face of adoratio...

as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions. Wietse Venema The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas? Dorothy Thompson All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds. William Bligh Reading should be a repeat performance. John Barton I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell. Jack Vance I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone. Charles Van Doren Nobody criticizes the 'Mighty Ducks' trilogy and gets away with it. Nobody! Joshua Jackson I'm all about shrimpburgers, reading, and going to the beach. Sarah Dessen If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat. Jean-Paul Sartre WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. Julian Assange

of something that's vaguely interesting. Steve Coogan The Clintons want to do big worthy things, but they also want to squeeze money from rich people wherever they live on planet Earth, insatiably gobbling up cash for politics and charity and themselves from the same incestuous swirl. Maureen Dowd Practice puts brains in your muscles. Sam Snead Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right. Amos Oz The Bible is a study guide for social interaction. Prince The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. Charles Dudley Warner Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms. Irvin S. Cobb I did try to win a sixth, but it was not to be. Miguel Indurain That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views. Paul Wolfowitz I think that a man should be caring. Little Richard

tweet. Repeat the title of your book constantly,' and I just want to say, 'Shut up. Everything you're saying is wrong.' People will know instantly if your only motivation for tweeting is to sell books. Maureen Johnson In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music. Dinah Shore I am a bit different from the other sprinters because, I would say, I can run many different ways while the other guys they just came on and they can only run one way. Asafa Powell Are you kidding? This is crazy, man. I thought I was Mr. Pre-Televised awards. TobyMac When the movie's on, I usually watch more of the audience. Devon Sawa You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew. Sholom Aleichem Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity. David Frum People hav...

must address homelessness and the need for job training among our veterans. Cliff Stearns Larry Hagman was my best friend for 35 years. He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew. Linda Gray I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking. Robert Stack I don't fear anybody... at all. Frank Ocean And freedom is what America means to the world. Audie Murphy If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing. Daniel Cudmore An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity. David Hare I would be copping out if I stayed in the myth of the '60s. Jerry Rubin Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes. Marcel Duchamp I'm always working. I work wherever I am. L'Wren Scott

the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality. James McGreevey What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country. Ambrose Bierce If you are in a band like my brother, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella and you cover each other. You have five people to discuss things with and you are all in the same boat, and therefore make much wiser choices. Michael Schenker Money is not a fund of knowledge. John Kluge Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard. Leonardo da Vinci My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well. Vladimir Kramnik Horror does not interest me, and so I know little of its practicioners, old or current. William Peter Blatty Both villains and heroes need to ...

for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur. Lloyd Alexander The individual always realizes only one of the possibilities in its development, which could always have taken a different turning whenever it has to make an important decision. Wilhelm Dilthey Once your kids get older and get out of the house, it's not like it stops. They're on the phone with me every day; I'm intimately involved in their problems. Rosanne Cash As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits. Peter Jennings Most child actors were lucky enough to get the part in the first place. Danny Bonaduce The little serpent has left, and the great serpent has come. Muqtada al Sadr As unhealthy as I am, I'm weirdly aware of exactly how my body functions. Patton Oswalt I think there's a certain lyricism in the telling of a scientific story. Janna Levin When I'm at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home. Ro...

battle obesity and diabetes and may be lifesaving for a few, but it doesn't address the underlying causes. Mark Hyman It wasn't a problem for me drawing humans although I had originally come to the studio with the idea that what I had to offer them was my knowledge in the drawing of animals. Marc Davis The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness. Dorothy Thompson I used to go to rave parties, too, but I was never savvy with techno. Rose Byrne Play every game as if it is your last one. Guy Lafleur In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis. Patrick J. Kennedy I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life? Zoe Saldana I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. Mickey Rourke All that was once directly lived has become mere representation. Guy Debord America needs to be secure at home and abroad. Rick Larsen

believe that those two innings would have been worth 150 apiece in a county match. Frank Woolley Obviously it's my second senior event, and I'm tired obviously coming back from the British Open, from surgery, which was priority No. 1, did that successfully, and each week since the British Open I've felt in pretty good control of my golf game. Greg Norman When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend. Nas My hits are not hits. John Mayer I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement. Elia Kazan I play guitar and I love the Beatles and melodic music. Stephen Dorff I am hoping to film another ad in the summer for Carte Noire. David Ginola Social networking helps reach people easier and quicker. Bill Cosby I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone w...

the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way. Dale Robertson Jeff Kinney's 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series and Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' books got 49,323,701 kids reading. Jon Scieszka Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be? Billy Joel Melancholy is no bad thing. Sting I'm short and to the point. Shaquille O'Neal I just can't wait for the future. Amanda Seyfried I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on? George Michael Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person. Etta James I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again. Bob Edwards I do not ever want to be a huge star. Tuesday Weld

lives is that work is being reinvented. Tom Peters Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond. Hypatia This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization. Joseph Rotblat You can never get enough of 'Jeopardy.' Kirsten Dunst I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. Jon Landau I intend to be me. Whatever that is. David Geffen It's creepy, knowing someone might be watching me. Why do they need that? Robert Stone I practice and work hard at my music, but I'm not saving lives here. Harry Connick, Jr. Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour. George Osborne It's very hard to accept that stoning still exists in the world today. Jim Caviezel

yourself. You can use your body and your gestures and facial expressions. When you are doing an animated movie, you really only have your voice. Jesse Eisenberg The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups. Eric Schlosser If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime. Noel Gallagher I'm just an actor, that's nothing special. Frankie Muniz I seem to attract and be attracted to very willful, fascinating people. Johnny Marr There is no bullet-proof vest in my size. Ariel Sharon I had a laptop when they weighed 10 pounds. Curt Schilling A lot of people in government don't really read books at all. Geoff Mulgan People don't understand the pressure on me to look perfect. Kim Kardashian Nature is a petr...

do what we do, we'll take technical risks that nobody else will. Vinod Khosla Everybody knows how fallible memory can sometimes be. You remember certain fragments precisely, but as soon as you try to join the fragments together, for a story, there is a certain - not falsification, but a shifting. Gunter Grass Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. Bear Grylls You name the TV psychic - they're con men. Bruno Heller I don't like lying around on the beach. I like to be busy. Carrie Preston I am proud of my heritage and my family. Brian Sandoval No one is perfect and everyone wishes they could change something about themselves. Julia Jones Now we do have many examples of transitional sequences. George Gaylord Simpson The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes. Herodotus When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star. David Bowie

empathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help others without expecting anything in return. Ben Parr I did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then know as a 17-year-old that it was a criminal unit. I thought it was an elite unit. Gunter Grass I always thought security was a joke at New York airports, and in U.S. airports to begin with. You can go through any European or Middle Eastern airport and things are a lot tougher. Richard Drew We didn't have money to put out everything we wanted to put out. Jello Biafra I'm not involved in politics any more and they're quite right. Jeffrey Archer When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do. Jon Krakauer I think that a church should be setting the pace for social justice. Max Lucado I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue. Joni Mitchell Of all the roles I've done on the stage, I'm p...

towards a given subject matter through particular settings of problems and has established its methodological principles, will consider the analysis of the data as an end in itself. Max Weber The causes of crime are very complicated. But there is a very big literature, as you know, about single parenthood in crime, about race in crime, and about poverty in crime. Bill Bennett Humans have lived for much, much longer than the approximately 10,000 years of settled agricultural civilization. Howard Rheingold You can never have enough talent. Pat Riley I think fame can come and go. Ashley Tisdale It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon. Peter Ustinov Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness. Werner Herzog There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid. John Lydon In a Photoshopped world, only the skeptical eye prevails. Jamais Cascio I'd like to settle down eventually, but acting is emotionally draini...

struggling in some areas because of some external factors and some internal factors. Jim Cantalupo And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and especially rendering the Western world in greater peril. Jeane Kirkpatrick I have never been able to read Agatha Christie - the pleasure is purely in the puzzle, and the reader is toyed with by someone who didn't decide herself who the killer was until the end of the writing. A. S. Byatt I love story songs because I've always loved books. Dolly Parton What is the origin of God? John Clayton I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. Dario Argento The bad-boy label is just an assumption. Russell Brand Don't make an opinion on me if you don't know nothin' about me. Lil Wayne TV is terrific. It's really fast paced which I find difficult. Ann Dowd I would far rat...

Marple life of St. Mary Mead. Peter York I'm a lifelong Vikings and Packers fan because I lived in both Minnesota and Wisconsin as a kid. Mark Batterson Since taking office, President Obama has worked to restore a positive vision of American leadership in the world - leadership defined, not by the threats and dangers that we will oppose, but by the security, opportunity and dignity that America advances in partnership with people around the world. John O. Brennan Amateurs in professional situations make me very impatient. David Coverdale Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix. John Mayer Every governor's got tough choices to make. Bob McDonnell Ignorance is the mother of admiration. George Chapman For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain. Jeff Bezos I love going on BBC6 and BBC7 and listening to documentaries. Burn Gorman Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious....

to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze. Adele I'm not going to go run and hide because I'm catching some heat. I'm not going to stay at home and pout. Andy Roddick I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched. Kevin Costner The first thing that comes out of my mouth is always right. Jenna Jameson I'm standing for real freedom. Todd Akin No one makes me do anything I don't want to do. Whitney Houston I really like 'Girls.' I know everybody does, but I love 'Girls.' Melanie Lynskey I feel like I have been totally blessed with everything that I have done. Ruben Studdard If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it. Danny Boyle Whenever a toddler sees a ...

today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference. James Brown Shakespeare wrote about love. I write about love. Shakespeare wrote about gang warfare, family feuds and revenge. I write about all the same things. Sister Souljah Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself. Michael Moore I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being. Elizabeth Edwards I have to be creative to be happy. Gwen Stefani The world loves to be deceived. Sebastian Franck Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility. Lili Taylor For me, prose walks, poetry dances. James Broughton Our real interest starts with our neighbors... the future is about regional economies. Jean Charest A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells. Grandma Moses

hanging around. Looking around the stores, hanging out with people. So, he'd have to come find me. Jason Mewes Maybe I was just lucky, but I had the best pregnancy, and I loved giving birth. It was just the most amazing thing, so surreal but so real. Ashlee Simpson It's important to remember that Bush Derangement Syndrome on the left - comparing him to Hitler, calling him a terrorist and a tyrant - preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome on the right. John Avlon I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer. Brett Favre The secret to acting is don't act. Be you, with add-ons. Michael Sheen The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises. Mikheil Saakashvili Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind. William Ellery Channing You have to put your own personality into your home. Do what you feel is you! Douglas Wilson There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can...

turn the light on - that's great, it's eliciting a response by proxy. Joanne Harris Everything I did in P.E. was just awful. Archery was just something that we did as a father/daughter activity, and it just kind of grew out of that, really. Miranda Leek Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail. John Hoeven The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. Carl Sandburg The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea. Ovid An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia. Thomas Babington Macaulay Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do. Henry Drummond All religions develop, become exclusive, become divisive and quarrelsome. Deepak Chopra To me, marriage is the ultimate mystery. Gillian Flynn Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be. Jack Welch

that's a pre-war dread. Anton Yelchin I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian. Sam Kinison I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people. Prince William Any time there is a lot of money or ego involved, people tend to behave badly. Brad Grey It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too. Jason Mewes We shouldn't just live for today; we should prepare for tomorrow. Kent Conrad Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie. Jon Favreau The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other. Roger Clemens I like the fact that music is more abstract. Bryan Ferry All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing. William Shatner

to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction. Ned Beauman Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize. Warren Farrell While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president. Bill Kristol I didn't go to prom - I was homeschooled. Brie Larson I've always had a love for making things my own. Jennifer Hudson Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language. Sophie Marceau My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand. Damon Wayans Arsenal are a great team. But we lifted the trophy eight times in 11 years. D...

to do with the war thought about it. Mark Vonnegut The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on the roadmap. Kjell Magne Bondevik I don't really buy designer stuff. I have a few nice things, but I don't really have the occasion to wear couture too often. Emma Watson My greatest competition is, well, me. R. Kelly So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes. Sarah Jessica Parker Get off your butt and join the Marines! John Wayne I began to feel that, in a sense, we were all prisoners of our own history. Roland Joffe And I just want to work with good directors and good people. Charlie Hunnam You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. George Bernard Shaw Is it unreasonable to have proof of citizenship when entering another country? Gwen Ifill

I think I was kind of an anomaly. I don't think they knew where to put me. Alicia Witt What could become a danger to world peace is Iran's nuclear program and the country's open threat to annihilate Israel. Sigmar Gabriel There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom. Mahmoud Abbas I'm impossible to direct. I couldn't get myself to do anything. Tony Shalhoub You can't do comedy with a beard. Alexei Sayle May Allah guide us to the good of the kingdom of Bahrain and its loyal people. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa I have had fun being who I became, so to speak. Madeleine Albright The best ally you can have in breaking up a street fight is a grandmother. Joe Bob Briggs What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful. Joshua Foer Working your obliques pulls everything together and gives you a slim waist. Mari...

the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this new public sector elite. Mortimer Zuckerman One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and I've brought readers to my dad's work. I can't tell you the joy that gives me. Because my father's work was masterful. Andre Dubus III It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene. Brian Eno I want six kids. We'll see how it goes, but I want a big family. Holly Madison I'm the policy-maker; I'm the lawmaker. Chuck Grassley Africa needs access to markets. Jakaya Kikwete I am not a spiritual guy, but all of a sudden I felt the need to really feel things. Scott Baio The show did go on, but came very close to not going on at all. Chita Rivera I'd seen people overstay their welcome and I didn't want that to happen at all. Bobby Rahal Turn up the lights. ...

live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men. Quintus Ennius Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment. Bret Easton Ellis Since we didn't use guns, we wanted to make sure we could earn the ability to win the audience over by making it believable. A lot of what you do when you work out in that mode is use your mental energy. Lucy Liu I was born and raised in New York City, Manhattan, uptown. Ana Ortiz Habit is stronger than reason. George Santayana I've been a minister and I know how cautious you have to be. Thomas Watson, Jr. Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God. Willie Stargell I think writers are very anxious. Helen Garner I'd like to know how to play the guitar. Mario Vazquez I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform. Emanuel Ax

energies into something else to not think about it. Contentment is a creativity killer, but don't worry - I'm very capable of making myself discontented. Florence Welch Nobody knows why we're alive; so we all create stories based on our imagination of the world; and as a community, we believe in the same story. In India, every person believes his/ her own mythosphere to be real. Indian thought is obsessed with subjectivity; Greek thought with objectivity. Devdutt Pattanaik But look what happens when the government gives you rights. When the government gives you rights, unlike when God gives you rights, the government can take them away. When government gives you rights, the government can tell you how to exercise those rights. Rick Santorum I think, the people around home are very supportive to us. Kate Middleton I wait and take on projects that I think can work. Kevin Costner I don't want to be all power and muscle. Shawn Johnson I'm just like eve...

mean, you look at families all the time and you see there is something there that you don't have. Theresa May It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete. Norman Cousins Having that music around us all the time, it was so inspiring. But at the same time, I was a kid. I didn't pay attention to any of it. I'd get on the drums and hit them a few times, and then go outside and play. Sheila E. People believe what they want to believe. Tab Hunter I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life. Tea Leoni I'm not a control maniac. John Malkovich I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. Benjamin Franklin The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special. Yannick Noah God comes first. Paradise is not cheap. Hakeem Olajuwon It's a dream part, running around with ...

but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible. George Tenet My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent. Michael Sheen We must not fail to recognise that television can be a hugely positive influence in children's lives, one of the greatest educators in contemporary society and an increasing influence on all the children followed in 'Child of Our Time.' Robert Winston Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television. Charley Pride One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. Thomas Jefferson I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is. Tina Turner I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine. Jeanne Calment I am not ready to fit into the mould of...

may become stronger and the sophistication less. Oliver Joseph Lodge In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth. Albert Bushnell Hart President Ronald Reagan used to speak of the Soviet constitution, and he noted that it purported to grant wonderful rights of all sorts to people. But those rights were empty promises, because that system did not have an independent judiciary to uphold the rule of law and enforce those rights. John Roberts Accomplishments have no color. Leontyne Price Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure. Rex Harrison ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that. Lasse Hallstrom I wish no teams had cheerleaders. I find it more distracting than anything else. Kate Mara As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans. Natalie Gulbis English majors understand human nature bet...

It'd come at me one way and hit me from the front, and hit me from the back. Nik Wallenda Now, I know among the politically correct, you're not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable. Newt Gingrich I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing. Billy Corgan Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with. Steve Lacy You got to be careful of the company you keep. Dave Chappelle Deed, not words shall speak me. John Fletcher When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal. Maria Sharapova We had a good cast and we loved each other. Russell Johnson It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000. Klaus Kinski Every dog must have his day. Jonathan Swift

the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted. Huey Lewis I still indulge in a glass of wine or chocolate - treats are mandatory. Without deviating from the day-to-day healthy diet once in a while, it wouldn't be sustainable for me, and that's what I wanted: an approach to eating to last my entire life. Alanis Morissette In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed to escape unscathed though, I'm pretty good at that. David Bailey A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once. Phyllis Diller I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards. Yani Tseng The progress in Iraq has not been without cost. Virgil Goode I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of four...

abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in. Julian Assange It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached. Imre Lakatos A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife. Anthony Trollope It's not too late, I can still live my dreams. Diana Nyad My two biggest influences are Archie comics and Dennis the Menace. Gilbert Hernandez If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble. Bill Gates I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow. Patrick Demarchelier Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House...

our office and the FBI. There was no dissemination of that information. Ken Starr I buy shoes sometimes and use them as bookends. They're too beautiful to wear. Catherine Zeta-Jones Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music. Tony Blair There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks. Jack Nicklaus I think that most artists are leaning towards fragile idiots. Josh Silver I grew up watching Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer. Molly Sims Bravery never goes out of fashion. William Makepeace Thackeray We must combat misinformation that is being spread. Ken Starr I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia. Andy Lau Your wealth is where your friends are. Plautus

decisions. So no matter how controversial the decision, my general demeanour is to put on white lab coat and gloves and look at the evidence, weigh the arguments and see what makes sense. Peter Blair Henry As I said, I spent most of my adult life thinking I didn't have a vote, and therefore that what I thought didn't matter. Two Chainz I've never been ambitious about recording. Harry Dean Stanton I don't know how to relax, that's my problem. Carnie Wilson Poverty doesn't imply necessarily violence. Alberto Fujimori I talk every day about doing the right thing. Laura Schlessinger We have our roots in country, and that's our foundation, but we pull from a lot. Dave Haywood I always knew I wanted to be a chef. Grant Achatz Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely. Thomas Babington Macaulay Everything starts and finishes with the soldier. Mike Jackson

do that, I had to stop being afraid to feel. In order to do that, I taught myself to believe that no matter what I felt or what happened when I felt it, I would be okay. Iyanla Vanzant A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything. Gilbert K. Chesterton We operate under the law. Covert action authorities are communicated in a memorandum of notification. Cofer Black Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Arundhati Roy High culture isn't what it used to be. Andrew O'Hagan I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more. Karl Lagerfeld Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see. Ben Shahn There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. George Sand Good taste - that's all you real...

thing as a certain way to parent and to remember that you are learning along with your child - it's ok to make mistakes. Regina King I would hate to think of the theatre world without critics. Without them, we'd not have the record of each season. Marian Seldes President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.' I'm not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things. Bob Dole I'm probably the most excited about 'Turtleneck & Chain.' Jorma Taccone Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time. Eminem I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school. Ashley Scott Let's make what Americans buy. Buy what Americans make. And sell it to the world. Rick Perry You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is. Joshua Bell I don't think, until the end, I had read a positive review of Boy Meets Worl...

album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band. James Iha I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one. John Lydon But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity about the entrance prepares one better for the climax, and gives the scene depicted a more real and vivid appearance. Pierre Loti In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam. James Nasmyth We cannot afford to leave the poor behind. P. Chidambaram You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections. Bill James Acting is something I love to do. I love to pe...

It can hinder development of national products and can directly impact the competitiveness of U.S. insurers. Henry Paulson And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them. Jimmy Buffett Daytime soap operas, which I used to adore, have been declining in quality and importance for over a decade, and I gradually stopped monitoring them. Camille Paglia Well, of course I would choose to be the top scientist in my field. Jeff Goldblum Kirk is a man, and he loves it. He loves women. Lee Grant Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again. Kevin James I studied cooking in Spain after college. Jose Garces I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot. Christopher Parker There's something magical about a woman who feels comfortable in her own skin. Brooke Burke I think old people should just be old and go away. Nic...

me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music my father had left behind. I had an ear for music, I suppose, so that's what began my interest in music. Tom Glazer For the baby boomer generation, a home is now seen not as the cornerstone of advancement but a ball and chain, restricting their ability and their mobility to move and seek out a job at another location. Mortimer Zuckerman I have been consistent by staying true to who I am and will continue to sing the type of songs that those who have continued to support my career expect from me. Dionne Warwick I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what. Debbie Harry I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. Temple Grandin Hollywood's got its own particular environment. Harrison Ford In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects. Rabindranath Tagore No sense makes sense. Charles Manson In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film. D...

fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer. Ed Begley, Jr. I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world. A. J. McLean Art is for entertainment purposes, but it's also to reflect our dreams, our hopes, the present, the future the past - whether it's good or bad. Amber Valletta I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously. Payne Stewart I'm a very bad baker. Eric Ripert How well he's read, to reason against reading! William Shakespeare I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal. Norman Spinrad The air is the only place free from prejudice. Bessie Coleman I've got 11 brothers and sisters. John Boehner As man now is, God once was; as God is now man may be. Lorenzo Snow

He blessed America with them. Emanuel Cleaver I wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really. Juliet Stevenson As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure. J. C. Watts There's a huge emotional component to weight loss. Carnie Wilson When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for. Lara Stone The concept of war crimes is an American invention. George Wald I want to feel something, as a person. I don't want to be bored. Pina Bausch I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents. Hale Irwin I read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17. Rand Paul I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are. Ed Gillespie

I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true. Richard Pryor Women are not making it to the top of any profession in the world. But when I say, 'The blunt truth is that men run the world,' people say, 'Really?' That, to me, is the problem. Sheryl Sandberg You know, I do projects that I really care about. I hope I'll stand by that until the day I die! Juno Temple They wrote it that my moustache was insured for 13 million. John Newcombe When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight. Placido Domingo An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand. Laurence Sterne Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans. Charles de Secondat I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better. Ray LaMontagne I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before. Zach Braff You can't be a storyteller and a speechwriter at the same ti...