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I think paranormal experiences are very personal, again, if they are that. Yes,

sometimes I've felt that some things I would personally believe enough for me to take action on it... like, you know, I felt something happen in a hotel once that made me never stay there again. Andrea Corr I can do small things in a great way. James Freeman Clarke He who hates vice hates men. John Morley The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. Daniel J. Boorstin The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest. Jack Dee

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to

be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere. D. H. Lawrence All I know is it destroyed my family, it destroyed my marriage to Sylvester and I will never get over it. Brigitte Nielsen My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself. Maya Angelou I think they should have a Barbie with a buzz cut. Ellen DeGeneres Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face. Mikhail Gorbachev

I think at that time I obviously wasn't aware of what I really

needed. But conversely, my wanting to prove something to everyone was beneficial 'cause if I hadn't done it then, maybe I'd never have done it. Rick Allen What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want it to be quality time. Joan D. Vinge I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously? Emile M. Cioran I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get. Neil Cavuto On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing. Stephen Leacock

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so

is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there. John Donne I'm sure it really is hard to be an oncologist, and actually, more and more people are surviving cancer. Marcia Wallace We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice. John C. Maxwell Today I bought two lottery tickets, because I had a feeling that it would be now or never - they were both blanks. So I am not going to be rich after all. Nothing at all to be done about it. Eva Braun The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. Arthur Schopenhauer

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely

offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared. Niccolo Machiavelli Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men. William Wycherley Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong. Kenneth Lay White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice. Robert Browning If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate. Martin Lawrence

But as a woman, I really started feeling vulnerable on the set, and

I really felt that it was important that I should not be open for invitation or making myself look as though I was waiting for something. John Lone Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has. Anita Brookner Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. Thomas Jefferson I was in New York and I walked into this pet store and came out with a dog. Beverley Mitchell We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order. Susan L. Taylor

I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable

concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection. Edsger Dijkstra Remote villages and communities have lost their identity, and their peace and charm have been sacrificed to that worst of abominations, the automobile. James Norman Hall I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love. Mickey Mantle The future is made of the same stuff as the present. Simone Weil Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor. Montgomery Clift

You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed.

I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed. Betty Cuthbert Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart. Reese Witherspoon Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor. Jack Lemmon It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. J. K. Rowling I think the darker aspect of my fiction-or anybody's fiction-is by its very nature somehow easier to talk about. Richard Russo

This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we

give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours. Harry Reid I remember, especially like when I was in high school, going to see like Dawn of the Dead and it was like mayhem in the theater and you could barely even watch the movie. It was so fun. Rob Zombie If you don't execute your ideas, they die. Roger von Oech I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up. Lee Trevino And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place. Christiane Amanpour

Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress,

think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That's why the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package last week that forbade the direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority . Suzanne Fields If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders. John Buford It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are. Arthur Schopenhauer I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser. Mother Jones I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind. Zach Braff

When some people get parts, they feel they can now relax, but for me it

was always the opposite. Sometimes before I do a movie or before I act out a scene, I may not sleep well the night before. If I don't know what the scene is about, I might get all worked up. Benicio Del Toro That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are. Terri Clark Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. Stephen Hawking I think the key is for women not to set any limits. Martina Navratilova The financial reward is great and I love the life I have, but all money makes possible is for you to stop worrying about money. Then you have freedom to live your life. Paul Stanley

Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that,

and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested. Jack Bruce Horror is beyond the reach of psychology. Theodor Adorno My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. Edith Sitwell A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman. David Lloyd George Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. Aaron Siskind

There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to

bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened. Abu Bakr Who would not rather trust and be deceived? Eliza Cook We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them. Miguel de Icaza The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. Sun Tzu Besides if people really want to support the troops they would vote democrat. David Cross

If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and

the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race. Yahoo Serious To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. Lao Tzu Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere. Pablo Casals People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around. Barbara Kingsolver I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils. Aeschylus

But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is

destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives. Jeb Bush Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. Boethius Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures. Li Peng And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain. Jean Ingelow We only understand that which already is within us. Henri Frederic Amiel

One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for

the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre. David Soul The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God. Charles Stanley It is only when the hearts of the Women are in the mud, that the People are destroyed. Morning Star The older I get, the more I become an apple pie, sparkling cider kind of guy. Scott Foley The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. Frederick Douglass

I could, I think, quite easily have gone to Oxford. I got four good A levels,

but my father's income was such that I wouldn't have got a grant, and he wouldn't let me go to university, and that was the end of it. Colin Baker Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. Anthony Burgess Our very first gig in Melbourne was a confrontation. Santiago Durango The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it. Remy de Gourmont Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil. William Godwin

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from

getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially. Denzel Washington There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year. Richard Lugar An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. James A. Michener It works much like a marriage, an old marriage. You've got to work on it. Dick Smothers Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. Jesse Jackson

My submission to you is we're fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our

own streets, and we'd be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves rather than an offensive country to spread democracy wherever people yearn for it. Johnny Isakson Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so. Marya Mannes So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues. Bobby Scott In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. Lawrence Summers The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments. Brad Holland

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy

most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. Simone Weil A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. Grace Hopper You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff. Adam Garcia We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them. Carl Jung My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing. Jude Law

We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside

the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals. Abu Abbas The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. Rudyard Kipling They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts. Matthew Henry If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations. Ehud Barak The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?' Sigmund Freud

I live in a high rise with my family part of the year

in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were. Dan Aykroyd I love to do glamorous things, like wear Valentino. Debra Messing There is no future. This is the season. Get to the Super Bowl. Troy Vincent Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting. William Randolph The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate. Jeremy Brett

If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go

for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect. Suzanne Vega Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Large corporations and unions know the power of being big enough to bargain for better rates. Greg Walden I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation. Norodom Sihamoni When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages. Matt Gonzalez

I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties,

playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends. Joan Cusack Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned. Linda Tripp Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation. Jane Byrne Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad. Fyodor Dostoevsky I enjoy the quiet life. Martin Yan

I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes,

after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished. Willem Dafoe It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win. John Paul Jones Hilda and I slept alongside each other fully dressed, head to feet. Stanley Spencer For me, it was a revelation. There, was revealed a completely different Anne to the child that I had lost. I had no idea of the depths of her thoughts and feelings. Otto Frank The undevout astronomer must be mad. William Herschel

All soldiers who serve their country and put their lives at risk need

to know that if something happens to them, their families will be well taken care of. That's the bond we have with our military men and women and their families. Jeff Sessions If you can't get out of something, get into it. Kris Kristofferson The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this. Daniel Inouye Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. Helen Keller It's kind of like Silence of the lambs meets Boogey Nights. Brittany Daniel

We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing

unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for. Tom Tancredo A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. Lucius Annaeus Seneca There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. Vladimir Lenin What is without periods of rest will not endure. Ovid I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them. Ludwig Bemelmans

If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and

'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail. Henry A. Wallace Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness. Mother Teresa The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest. Bob Hawke Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything. Henri Poincare Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man. William Godwin

Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out,

one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements. D. W. Griffith And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him... I will become him. John Travolta Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on. Maxwell Maltz The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious. Thomas Carlyle The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary. Charles Caleb Colton

I really dig the scene that's happening now, I really do, because there

might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow... you can't beat that. Bruce Johnston Your personal capacity to handle more valuable projects will go up when you appreciate yourself more. Brian Koslow I was a rust repairer. I was a rust repairer and full-time survivor. I survived all the major earthquakes, and the Titanic, and several air crash. Keith Moon I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller. Michael Palin I've been a photographer all these years... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years. Graham Nash

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You can make people feel valued or cared for by design alone. It's not purely

about money. It's about how we choose to value human experience.Thomas Heatherwick I do a big roast of Trump during my set now - which I clearly expanded on - because there's so much to make fun of him about now.Lisa Lampanelli A vaccine that prevented tuberculosis would merit a Nobel Prize, but it's just very difficult to develop.Tom Frieden I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me.Tory Lanez The wild thing is that when I'm in the band, I can control my destiny with four other guys. As a composer sitting in the audience, you can throw good vibes at everybody, but you can't control anybody's destiny, so it's really unsettling.David Bryan I'm an actor, and I don't judge my parts.Swara Bhaskar As a competitor, you want to be out there in the fire with your teammates.Brock Osweiler We wish to be treated 'not as ordi...

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the

teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works. Sylvester Stallone What we've seen this season is that if something that will enhance performance is available, some players will indulge... unless the penalty is an absolute deterrent. Michael Wilbon I think the reason why people love 'Downton Abbey' is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice, some are not, but it has nothing to do with class or oppressors versus the oppressed. Julian Fellowes In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak. Grace Jones When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress, and other presidents have as well. David Rubenstein What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to ...

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided

that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause. Bertrand Russell You don't go to your 9 to 5 and share every story with your coworkers, and in the same way, not every YouTuber shares every story with their audience. Tyler Oakley You might have noticed Harry Reid is a little upset with Americans for Prosperity. Let me tell you, when the Democrat leader is complaining about you on the Senate floor, you know you are doing something right. Marsha Blackburn It's such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you don't want to be bourgeois, but you want to be successful. You want to be accepted, but you also want to be going against the grain. You want to be on the outside, but you want to be on the inside. Dan Colen Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono. I mean it's ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much. A...

My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My

dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara. Eric Stoltz If you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might say that the Holy Spirit is present in each of us, and thus we have the capacity for the fullness of redemption, of transformation. Thomas Keating My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Sumeria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since. Benjamin Netanyahu I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see...

Joy Division finished the 1970s on a high. Our debut album, 'Unknown Pleasures,' was doing

well; we'd just finished a hugely enjoyable and successful tour. The band's profile was higher than it had ever been, and it seemed to be growing by the day. Bernard Sumner I was inspired by my dad; he played trumpet in high school. Bria Skonberg I'd like to think that if I were in prison for a crime I didn't commit, someone would be trying to get me the hell out of there. Lisa Lutz I would never, ever call myself a createur or a designer. I'm more of an amalgamator or a D.J., taking two things that don't go together and making them go together. Nick Wooster In my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi. I don't care about nothing else! This dude saved my life. Travis Scott When a pointed question is beaten back with an attack or threat of, 'How dare you...' it's a reliable signal that deception is involved. Trump is a master at this. Pamela Meyer I've played a worrying number of orphans, children who have be...

Go out and find a copy of 'The Shrinking Of Treehorn' and its sequel, 'Treehorn's

Treasure.' Written by Florence Parry Heide and illustrated by the great Edward Gorey, master of the gothic and the macabre, these books are small masterpieces. Chris Riddell When I set up my first restaurant, I was so inspired by Wolfgang Puck, who is also based in L.A. and is now a good friend of mine, and the way he would engage with his customers and greet them personally. Nobu Matsuhisa A perfect weekend in London has to start on Friday night, by going to the theatre, the Donmar or the National. It's a cliche for an actor, but I enjoy going as much as possible. Helen McCrory I suppose most crime writing is urban. There's not a lot... certainly not in Australia, people don't often set books in the countryside. Peter Temple 'Revolutionary Road' is a fascinating study of the human condition of a fragmenting marriage and the torment that these two people put themselves through in their efforts to try and find happiness and try and stay together, actu...

Chris Hemsworth is like Christopher Reeve in that he can do two things:

he can wear a big red cape without a shred of self-consciousness. But he's also funny as hell, and he's so sweet. So with all the fish-out-of-water stuff, he's so funny. So he does almost two jobs in a way. Tom Hiddleston I would say that, in the future, the book will be reserved for things that function best as a book. So, if I need a textbook that's going to be out of date because of new technological inventions, you're better off having it where you can download the supplements or the update. Art Spiegelman Although I may find the type of programming seen during the 2004 Super Bowl and the 2003 Golden Globe Awards disgusting and disturbing, we must always work hard to defend the cherished freedoms so clearly outlined in our Constitution, including a healthy and free press. Mike Rogers I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have pe...

Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point

to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves. Francis Schaeffer As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable. Abraham Robinson Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that? Nikita Khrushchev I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces. Harold Ross The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions. Ichiro Suzuki In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent. Don Marquis No single disco...

I'm often asked where my nickname 'Kun' comes from. My parents says it

was a Japanese cartoon I used to watch on television when I was very young, set in the Stone Age, where the main character was a boy called Kum Kum, the little caveman. Sergio Aguero In actuality, 'Sammy's House' can and should be read as an entirely fictional comedy set in a fascinating political world. Kristin Gore When you shampoo your hair, you're trying to get the oil out of your roots, but you really want the rest of your hair to maintain its moisture. When you put coconut oil on the ends, the shampoo gets oil out of the roots, but also protects the ends. Blake Lively I make cameos in all my movies for no particular reason other than a joke. It's just a Hitchcock thing. Peter Jackson No matter how beautiful the theory, one irritating fact can dismiss the entire formulism, so it has to be proven. Michio Kaku The short story is very good at looking at shadow psychologies and how the system breaks down underneath. Sarah Hall I always had to wait...

There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and

the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it. Jimmy Rushing As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time I told a story from start to finish the way I wanted. Joss Whedon I've been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how much I missed meat. You know you don't realize how important meat is to you until you don't have it for long time. Brittany Daniel No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved. John Knox To me it's the best trophy you can win and to bring it back for all them fans that have supported us right through would be something special. Steven Gerrard The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment. Celia Green As a male writer, women are always what men ...