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I always feel stupid giving advice since I've been married, what, a year? I can

say this: Be in it for the long haul and just know there are going to be rough patches. No two people are the same, there are going to be areas where you just don't click. Nick Lachey The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall. Davy Crockett How does a project get to be a year late? One day at a time. Fred Brooks We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world. Hugo Chavez By one Spirit we are all baptised into one body. John Nelson Darby I feel bad that I don't feel worse. Michael Frayn Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine. James J. Hill

What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is

something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else. Joseph Campbell I did not see his face, because he was all covered with blood. Lizzie Andrew Borden Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence. Ben Kingsley I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face. Johnny Depp The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age. Joe Cocker And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade. Alexander Pope As of right now, I'm still waiting to meet Halle Berry. And she is single. Brian Austin Green

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for

wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? bell hooks Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. George Eliot What, do you think that feminism means you hate men? Cyndi Lauper The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. Christian Nestell Bovee Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste. Tug McGraw You can't get much more liberal than John Kerry is. I mean, he's my candidate, but, I mean, come on. Don Imus The New is not a fashion, it is a value. Roland Barthes

Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters

where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters. Samuel Fuller Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability. George Bernard Shaw Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course. Helen Rowland I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum. Thelonious Monk If you can't stand the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen. Terry Venables Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity. Thomas Moore Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor. William O. Douglas

I remember just lying in the grass, staring at the clouds, wondering where they drifted

off to after they floated over Texas. I never would have imagined that one day I would follow one of those clouds and find myself in Hollywood. Renee Zellweger I live on good soup, not on fine words. Moliere There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. Mark Twain Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of. Richard Baxter I maintain my sanity by keeping my distance. Luis Miguel Like life itself my stories have no point and get absolutely nowhere. Thorne Smith I believe that true art is universal in its appeal. John McCormack

Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one

side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle. Anne Dudley When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since. Shirley Temple The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom. Phyllis Schlafly We're only one of a few states that have maintained our Triple-A bond rating from the major rating agencies. Bob Holden Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. Jack Nicklaus The Constitution of the United States allows us to change; I don't have a problem with that. Lee Greenwood Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith

In the United States, commentators recognize that, generally speaking, most people who hold liberal positions

over a range of issues will likely vote Democratic, while most people, again generally speaking, who hold conservative positions will vote Republican. Stockwell Day The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . Dale Carnegie Either be hot or cold. If you are lukewarm, the Lord will spew you forth from His mouth. Jerry Lee Lewis In government, one actress is enough. Evita Peron I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective. Peter Jennings I've sold my records outta shopping carts on the street. GG Allin A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a

young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom. Samuel Dash If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential. We're capable of doing that. Don Nelson There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness. Francois de La Rochefoucauld If a man can beat you, walk him. Satchel Paige I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did. Cliff Martinez Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. Charles de Gaulle Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning

are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards. John Murray The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children. William Godwin They're building a bridge over the Potomac for all the white liberals fleeing to Virginia. George C. Wallace Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. Karl Lagerfeld You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president. William J. Clinton Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything. Abraham Lincoln The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite. George Leonard

I used to always read my stuff. And I could never understand why artists would

say, 'Oh, I can't read my older stuff.' I'd go, 'Are you crazy? I could read my stuff forever!' Now it's a little harder. Jaime Hernandez You don't live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have. Jeff Rich You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can. Jimmy Carter You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Margaret Thatcher I write five pages a day. If you would read five pages a day, we'd stay right even. Robert B. Parker To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Erich Fromm Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design. Edward Tufte

Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get

nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings. Hugh Jackman To live well is to work well, to show a good activity. Thomas Aquinas The world would be a duller place without Moulin Rouge. Jim Broadbent I wanna be loved. I just wanna be loved. Brenda Fassie Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there. George Harrison We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide. Quintilian

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When

you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace. Peace Pilgrim In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name. Phaedrus He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the most part in vain. David Hilbert I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to see things new. Ernst Haas Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art. Jet Li I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie. Mark Wahlberg Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to

buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow. Robbie Williams The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members. Tom Hayden Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. Niels Bohr Hippies? Why, I'm the original. Jerry Lee Lewis It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them. Cliff Shaw The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it. E. W. Howe Words are the small change of thought. Jules Renard

I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can

do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is. Dan Marino No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law. John Trumbull You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex. Rick James In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator. Colin Greenwood When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. William Shakespeare My PSA was normal but the DRE indicated there may be a problem. Len Dawson The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. Sigmund Freud

I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to

force the federal government - the Kennedy administration at that time - into a position where they would have to use the United States military force to enforce my rights as a citizen. James Meredith True character arises from a deeper well than religion. E. O. Wilson Clinton left the White House with all the class of an XFL halftime show. Bill Maher Silence is the wit of fools. Anatole France If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived. Ben Hogan What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank? Bertolt Brecht Everyone steals from something or someone. Janice Dickinson

The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad

worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music. Zac Hanson I don't think I can answer questions about the trust fund. Louise Woodward We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others. W. Somerset Maugham Maybe something can be saved, something can be done. Jack Ruby From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked. Taliesin Sometimes we pee on each other before we go on stage. Trent Reznor I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. T. S. Eliot

I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a

contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution! Randy West My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his conduct. Richard M. Nixon I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work. Andres Serrano Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the cleanest thing? Katharine Whitehorn Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions. John Morley If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers. Bo Bennett The future is always beginning now. Mark Strand

The press don't like to say nice things because nice is boring. It's much better

to label me the devil. What we do is not brain surgery. We are entertainers, plain and simple, and we're responsible to bring that money back, to make a profit. Michael Bay I don't think I ever feel sexy. I don't think that's for me to decide, if I'm sexy or not. Kenny Chesney In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy. Roger Mudd I've been in the game for 30 years and I came to represent. Slick Rick A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction. Sholom Aleichem Yes, but I have to say this: the band is going to decide where the band plays. Sebastian Bach I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Winston Churchill

As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the

warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt. John Desmond Bernal Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable. Shimon Peres Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth. Sally Kirkland There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair. Frank Howard Clark I don't think anything you've written is immortal as yet. Terence Young In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. H. G. Wells I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty. Groucho Marx

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon,

he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. Garson Kanin It's lonely and cold on the top... lonely and cold. Judy Garland A full, rich drawing style is a drawback. Bill Griffith Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. Eleanor Roosevelt All I know about humor is that I don't know anything about it. Fred Allen Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock. Sigmund Freud Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. Horace

We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy

each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on. Ralph Boston To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport. Fred Perry As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake. Eric Allin Cornell The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul. Hans Kung Does any one know the number of illegal arms in the country? Khaleda Zia We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others. Horace Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial. Sydney Biddle Barrows

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our

life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other. Charles Caleb Colton I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give. Roberto Clemente The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality. Robert Wyatt It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel Johnson I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road. Jimmy Carl Black I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths. John Lurie The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican. Charles Evers

I think of many people and no one as a muse. I love the way

Sofia looks always, and I love the way Kim looks always. Fashion may be part of their world, but it's not their whole life. It's not everything. Marc Jacobs Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. Wayne Dyer Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues. Charlotte Bunch Learning is finding out what you already know. Richard Bach There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. Josh Billings A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people. Annie Leibovitz A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. Groucho Marx

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits

of the people, have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty. William Cobbett Not as a demonstrated natural law, but as a working hypothesis. Henry Norris Russell Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him. Daniel H. Hill Winter in Maine is a time of alternating rest and frenzied activity. Tom Allen The 'good old times' - all times when old are good. Lord Byron The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. Clarence Darrow I'm not geeky but I have my geeky, corky moments, and then I've got some aspects of cool in me, I guess. Nick Cannon

Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions

and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point. Francis Arinze There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory. Peter Davison Music should always be an adventure. Coleman Hawkins To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft. Jose Marti It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own. James Otis Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock. Neko Case The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process. Jim Walsh

I've been an inveterate reader of literary magazines since I was a teenager. There are

always discoveries. You're sitting in your easy chair, reading; you realize you've read a story or a group of poems four times, and you know, Yes, I want to go farther with this writer. Marilyn Hacker This love is silent. T. S. Eliot The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart. Georg Trakl Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody. John Churton Collins Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges. Benazir Bhutto Obviously, the hit singles get the biggest reaction - that's when you can see people really getting excited. Kathy Valentine

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps

of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever. Gilbert Parker Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt? Jeff Foxworthy His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web. John McCarthy Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change. Ralph Waldo Emerson I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters. George A. Romero Fear may come true that which one is afraid of. Viktor E. Frankl

I still that that movie-goers like the experience of leaving their homes and going to

have a communal experience, especially in comedies or interactive things where you can get an audience reaction to. Jerry Bruckheimer I wish they'd shut the gates, and let us play ball with no press and no fans. Richie Allen I don't kiss on screen. Period. Shah Rukh Khan I'm quite obviously not the world's most handsome man - I'm the second world's most handsome man! Robbie Williams The Lord shall have made his American Israel high above all nations which he hath made. Ezra Stiles Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream. Blanche Lincoln It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear. Freeman Dyson

Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a

player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries. Al Lopez We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us. Robert Hall I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it. Pontius Pilate A human being is a deciding being. Viktor E. Frankl You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. Charles Kettering Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more. Rip Torn Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but

which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent. Natan Sharansky Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. David Lloyd George I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by pieces. Maurice Ravel Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation. Eugene V. Debs The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is. Samuel Butler People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it. Oliver Evans If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If you meet somebody who's spent any length of time in prison, you don't let

your guard down. Ever. And really, that's what that was about-if you open up too much, you're asking to get your teeth kicked in. Tim Roth I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is. Charles Lamb Exercise is labor without weariness. Samuel Johnson I can, therefore I am. Simone Weil I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano. Leo Kottke The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam. John Cornyn I'm not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars. Steve Guttenberg

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and

compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. John Dewey Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. Agnes Repplier Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now. Frank Lloyd Wright I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated. Bill Joy But when our first album came out, I didn't think it was going to sell a lot of records. Stephan Jenkins Order is a great person's need and their true well being. Henri Frederic Amiel

Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that

I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible. Uma Thurman Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. Alice Meynell The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. Dwight D. Eisenhower I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try. Garry Kasparov I just love working with actors in general. Treat Williams It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985. Ruben Blades The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. Swami Vivekananda

You find that all men are successes or failures. Success is the stamp of truth.

I will say all men who fail to place their feet on the dome of facts do so by not sieving all truth and throwing the faulty to one side. Andrew Taylor Still I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. John Adams I'm actually a great fan of lucidity. Henry Flynt The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome. Jean-Jacques Rousseau My commitment to a humane and peaceful world continues to this day. Walter Kohn Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. Golda Meir

People watch movies - and it's vague ideas, it's vague notions, but people pick up

on these things, that they are supposed to think certain ways or that they're not supposed to think, basically, and they don't. Crispin Glover I don't believe every download is a lost sale. Jeff Tweedy Old age is no place for sissies. Bette Davis You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. Alan Perlis If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take. James Callaghan Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. Stevie Wonder Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it. Sam Ewing

It's hard when you see a scene where it's raining, and we have the rain

machine, and you see it for 5 minutes, but that scene takes all day to shoot, and you do it with rain, and the dry off, and go back and do it again. Morris Chestnut In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. Arthur Schopenhauer You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut. Ruben Blades I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out. Gary Burton When in doubt, one can rarely go wrong by going public. James E. Rogers Pain is the root of knowledge. Simone Veil To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve. James Allen

I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's

part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own. Michael Palin Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got. Les Aspin Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security. Diane Watson Most style is not honest enough. F. L. Lucas They politics like ours profess, the greater prey upon the less. Matthew Green You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time. Luc de Clapiers Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. John Calvin

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze

from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant. Lucretius I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life. James Ellroy I'd rather duplicate it myself. Another of our favourite techniques. Stewart Copeland Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. Dick Armey I don't wanna get old and stagnant and hang around. GG Allin It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri. Dan Simmons Really. I'd love to be spoiled on by others. Izabella Scorupco

Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such

that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security. Douglas Feith Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both. Horace Mann I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. Euripides Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. Albert Einstein What is left when honor is lost? Publilius Syrus Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Sarah Brightman Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. Bill Gates

It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal

when you're working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school. Natalie Portman We worked very hard to make extensions very simple. Mitchell Baker We've been working our tail off and lead by that example. Ed Rendell To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes. Jimmy Carter Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over? Alan Cumming We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from. Penelope Lively Taylor being married and so on, that does evolve the dynamic on the road. Isaac Hanson

The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me

that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back. Charles Hamilton Houston Real friends stab you in the front. Jonathan Davis If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave. Ralph Kiner In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years. Ted Shackelford Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die! Philip Roth Women's virtue is man's greatest invention. Cornelia Otis Skinner

In all candor, the Court fails to perceive any reason for suspending the power of

courts to get evidence and rule on questions of privilege in criminal matters simply because it is the president of the United States who holds the evidence. John J. Sirica Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle. Lord Melbourne It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top. Arnold Bennett Now I'm going to put my eyelashes on and stretch my legs out and do a show. Nana Visitor It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error. Marcus Tullius Cicero Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin. John von Neumann Freedom. It's not something you go out and die for. Jack Bowman

Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to

have a college degree to get a good-paying job. Consequently, we have got a larger number of our population that right now are facing outsourcing, et cetera, without higher or advanced degrees. Jennifer Granholm The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that. Bill Wyman You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. Herbie Hancock I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything. Elliott Smith May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not. Millard Fillmore Success has always been a great liar. Friedrich Nietzsche Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe. Theodore Roosevelt

I feel if some kid has sat down and felt I'm important enough to write

two pages of words to and take up a lot of his valuable time, then he deserves a few words back, or even a phone call as I have done on a few occasions. Jim Dale Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice. Pam Grier The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. Herbert Spencer A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability. Frank Whittle A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. John Ruskin Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out. Robert Hewison

You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could

be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have. Mahavishnu John McLaughlin Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide. Henri Barbusse One problem with ideas, however valid, is that they are static and impersonal, whereas a person is active and dynamic. William Hull The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man. Huey Newton When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat. Lynn Abbey Nothing is more dreadful in life than the profound thought that death may only greet you with eternal nothingness. Kim Elizabeth Myth is, after all, the neverending story. Joan D. Vinge

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to

succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. Abraham Lincoln My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions. Jim Goad Where words fail, music speaks. Hans Christian Andersen No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother. Michael Franti What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. Aristotle Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned. Jacopo Sannazaro There is not enough high intellect to be catered to and when most people think of Hiphop they think of low intellect. Slick Rick

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and

example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. Francis Bacon Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. Jim Rohn Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication. Michael Diamond I gave in, and admitted that God was God. C. S. Lewis Don't be afraid to look silly. Tara Strong There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar. Ennio Morricone It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love. Damien Hirst

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not

without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. Wilhelm von Humboldt Surrender to the flow. Mike Gordon Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason. Immanuel Kant I can't sit still for 10 minutes. Scott Caan Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired. Pete Rose I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence. Garry Trudeau All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary. Sally Ride

Our government leaders... have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight

of the sacred American values rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. We are at the brink of even graver mistakes and assaults on these values. Samuel Dash If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth. Logan Pearsall Smith To know the right means of getting something done is virtually to have done it. Mark Caine They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died. Lewis Tappan Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril. Lucretius Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy. Brad Henry If my children were hungry I should think I would steal to feed them. Ian Smith

All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have

an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things. Victor Cousin What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. Wilhelm Steinitz Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use your thumbs. Tom Lehrer When truth is no longer free, freedom is no longer real: the truths of the police are the truths of today. Jacques Prevert If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life. Richard Russo Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection. Kim Collins

Loyalty to the family must be merged into loyalty to the community, loyalty to the

community into loyalty to the nation, and loyalty to the nation into loyalty to mankind. The citizen of the future must be a citizen of the world. Thomas Cochrane Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them. Tryon Edwards Yes, I loved MASH. As we are sitting here now talking, it's playing somewhere in the world. Wayne Rogers The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance. John Pilger Filmmaking can be a fine art. Terri Windling What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful. Vita Sackville-West All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination. Carl Jung

My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw

and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon. Liberty Hyde Bailey I'm a fighter, not a quitter. Peter Mandelson I like poems that are little games. Peter Davison I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine. Audrey Hepburn When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard. O. Henry I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it. Ted Allen There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders. Mike Johanns

By ignoring a lot of American culture you can write more interesting stories. Unfortunately, if

you were writing about America as it is, you'd be writing about a lot of people sitting in front of television sets. Richard Russo I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried. Douglas Hyde We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last. John F. Kennedy This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam. Hanoi Hannah Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words. Arthur Bryant A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement. Bo Bennett I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me. Tim Roth

Well it was not exactly a dissertation in logic, at least not the kind of

logic you would find in Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica for instance. It looked more like mathematics; no formalized language was used. Alonzo Church Time is the devourer of all things. Ovid Responsibility is the price of freedom. Elbert Hubbard One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing. Clive Barnes All love is lost but upon God alone. William Dunbar Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs. Confucius If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. Joyce Brothers

People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned

for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it. George Steinbrenner I'm good at reading people. Al Alvarez A joke's a very serious thing. Charles Churchill So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. Ruben Blades Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep. Utada Hikaru My dream was always to be a composer, but fashion came very easily. Gianni Versace I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one. Anthony Daniels

In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people

in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather. Kevin J. Anderson It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not. Michael Ondaatje It's still possible to find pockets of old Dublin - but its becoming more and more rarified. Anjelica Huston Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable. Alice Hamilton Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor. Ray Kroc You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today. Kelly Lynch Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me.

If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. Robert Green Ingersoll How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset. George MacDonald We come from a tough, working class background, so we're very tight. Tony Scott I'm more private than people realize. I'm not that easy to get to know. Shania Twain I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage. Erma Bombeck I've had the most wonderful life. Michael Moriarty I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace. George W. Bush

This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but

he likes to wear dresses. Should he tell her? Should he not tell her? He's torn, Georgie. This is drama. Ed Wood I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies. Elmer Bernstein We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them. Famke Janssen Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water. Anatole France Inventing is a skill that some people have and some people don't. But you can learn how to invent. Ray Dolby The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall. Vince Lombardi Intolerance is evidence of impotence. Aleister Crowley

The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical

experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out. Iris Chang Be intent upon the perfection of the present day. William Law Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it. Evita Peron Where there is life there is wishful thinking. Gerald F. Lieberman Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. Saint Augustine In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin I love to travel, but hate to arrive. Hernan Cortes

I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not

because of this victory think, 'I'm back.' I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know. Kim Clijsters I teach that all men are mad. Horace Right now I am preparing for another art exhibit in November in Palm Desert. Dwayne Hickman Success in management and success in sport are derived from the same basic principles. Will Carling I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan. Walter Hill You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. Rosalynn Carter Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. Ayn Rand

Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a

report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government. Peter Benenson Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly. James Russell Lowell There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am. Mackenzie Astin God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper. R. Buckminster Fuller Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. Michael Jordan We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror. Marshall McLuhan Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business

or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it. Al Lopez We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too. Helen Hayes I am a peasant from the Auvergne. I want to keep my farm, and I want to keep France. Nothing else matters now. Pierre Laval I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career. Charlie Chaplin Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. Booker T. Washington Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products. Bob Uecker Don't say it's because of benefits, because our benefits are good. Lee Scott

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