I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of

the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.
Annie Lennox

Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress.
Michael N. Castle

Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers, women received only half as much as men for their services, the injustice of this distinction was so apparent.
Lucretia Mott

I just want to do something risque for my debut, purely because I didn't want to make an entrance being the pretty, sweet type that I've been seen as for the last 3 years.
Holly Valance

It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'.
Fay Vincent

It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.
Bob Kerrey

I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I never had a harder time than what I did making Southern Comfort.
Walter Hill

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
Plato

I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't.
Drew Barrymore

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Real science is the greatest, most exciting springboard I have available to me as

a writer, and I don't feel the least bit constrained by it. Mark Waid I said I reject any form of bigotry, bigotry of all kinds. Steve Scalise I'm trying to enjoy my time at home and be around my kids. Rey Mysterio The thing that I love about 'Scandal' is every character, it's not clear if they're good or bad. Everyone is both good and bad. Nazanin Boniadi Many of the basic lessons of business, such as the critical value of customer service or measuring risk against reward when investing capital, have essential application in government, but not in a vacuum. John Hickenlooper I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics. Damian Lewis When you're an independent artist, you need as much play or promotio...

There is constant talk about the intermarriage crisis: who is a Jew and how

we define a Jew. That doesn't go over well with young Jews trying to figure out whether they want to be a part of this thing or not. Tahl Raz I've been studying voice for quite a while, especially opera, for at least seven or eight years. Shelly Burch Like anything, I remember who I work for. You work for the people who sent you to office. Darryl Glenn For the bourgeoisie, the main danger against which it had to be protected, that which had to be avoided at all costs, was armed uprising, was the armed people, was the workers taking to the streets in an assault against the government. Michel Foucault My grandmother is a huge part of my life. She's just a great woman: a woman of the church. Chance The Rapper I don't think we can fix poverty without fixing housing, and I don't think we can address housing without understanding landlords. Matthew Desmond One of my best friends since I was eleven years old is a gay man, and I knew his struggle. It was a tough life, you ...

I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music.

Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live. Anthony Hamilton I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money. Joel Osteen When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us. Octavia E. Butler I was considered the luckiest of all the female gypsies since I landed the job as social secretary to Ambassador and Mrs. David Bruce at the American Embassy. Letitia Baldrige Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking...

Persuasiveness is really just about getting your ideas across without being forceful.

It's a skill that can be learned and is useful for anyone who works in a team environment. Amanda de Cadenet I was an extra in a Tia Carrere music video. Adam Scott When people start to think they're figuring out 'The Vampire Diaries,' it switches on you. Kat Graham It's a huge blessing to know you've done something that has affected people the way 'The Matrix' has. It's like, there's 'Star Wars,' and then there's 'The Matrix.' It's cool to be a part of that. Laurence Fishburne Voters aren't asking to be pandered to and aren't asking to be tricked. Jason Kander I'm a pretty controlled and disciplined person, but my real vice is buying plants and food shopping. Zac Posen Barack Obama was a president who understood not only how technology could transform the way government services worked but also technology itself. He got it. Steven Levy Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up...

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see the real

you, or what you have been conditioned to believe is you? The two are so, so different. One is an infinite consciousness capable of being and creating whatever it chooses, the other is an illusion imprisoned by its own perceived and programmed limitations. David Icke I just feel exciting. Li Na Hey, we have obligations. We all work for a living now. Michael Irvin Pain is a beautiful thing. When you feel pain, you know you're alive. Criss Angel There are beautiful examples of art done by chimpanzees in human care. Frans de Waal My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks. Robin Tunney Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing. David Lyons If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame. Tenzing Norgay I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner at 8 p.m. My daily tasks vary very much. Oscar Ni...

Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing

how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line. Malin Akerman Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility. Karl Abraham You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests. Arne Jacobsen My father ran a corner drug store where he worked night and day, seven days a week, until he died of a stroke. He literally worked himself to death. R. T. Rybak Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k). Paul Krugman I had six silly tattoos done when I was young and I bitterly regret them. I've thought about laser surgery, but that leaves a scar, so I'm just leaving them. Andre Benjamin I get more anxious than nervous before a concert. Miley Cyrus It looks like you're going to ha...

I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage,

everyone talks about 'the character,' and what you do. It's a very different thing, because stage is much bigger, but on television, for things to come across to the public, I think you have to play a bit of your personality. John Barrowman Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock. Christie Hefner I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time. Patrick Stewart I love to read about healthy eating and preach to my husband, who doesn't listen. Now I'm trying to teach it to my daughters. Martina McBride I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book. Guillermo Cabrera Infante You have to dream dreams to live dreams. Eric Lindros That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things. Elizabeth Bowen Films are amazing. To be ...

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still

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

Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's

not. It's for the consumption of other people. But in terms of creative outlets and expressing yourself, it's just the most extreme version of that that I've ever found. It's like running, it's exertion. Kristen Stewart Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play. Gary Player I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he's going to write poetry or songs. Roger Waters Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that. Ann Romney Slavery is malignantly aristocratic. Antoinette Brown Blackwell When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with it. Trent Reznor When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sa...

This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much

of it as a kid. After that, and a lot of thinking, I became less violent. I realized that there must be other ways. So, I started to pursue them. Jack Bowman Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers coordinating only through the Internet. Eric S. Raymond If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas. Ricky Williams If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two. Danny Bonaduce The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company. William Shakespeare Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills. Dolly Parton I may not have been the...