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The only person I've worked with on my album was Kanye. And between the

stuff that I've done and the stuff that he's assisted on and produced for me for this album, I don't even need anything else. Nick Cannon Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers. Charles Eastman To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. Sophie Swetchine Being a foreigner is not a disease. Alden Nowlan My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more. Walter Matthau The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself. Marjorie Holmes When the judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed. Stephen J. Field

Not that I regret saying what I believed to be the truth, but I regret

anything that I might have written or spoken that could have been used in a way to help to foster that atmosphere out of which came the loss of life of Brother Malcolm. Louis Farrakhan Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. Blaise Pascal Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. Napoleon Hill One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. Bryant H. McGill Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret. Ralph Waldo Emerson Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. Jonathan Swift The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. Mark Twain

There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and

software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy. John Baldacci Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost. William Ellery Channing Youth condemns; maturity condones. Amy Lowell When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss. Leonardo DiCaprio There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd. Frank McCourt Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god. Beilby Porteus Adventure is worthwhile in itself. Amelia Earhart

The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the

suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon. Howard Dean They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think. Matthew Prior You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life. Greta Garbo We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible. Penelope Lively I always thought of Levittown as a joke. Bill Griffith Wise people say nothing in dangerous times. John Selden No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time. James A. Baldwin

O reason, reason, abstract phantom of the waking state, I had already expelled you from

my dreams, now I have reached a point where those dreams are about to become fused with apparent realities: now there is only room here for myself. Louis Aragon Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity. William Hazlitt Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased. John James Audubon I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis. Mike Johanns Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off. William Davenant For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Jim Walsh Therapy was the biggest romance of my life. Dar Williams

The peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have common interest and are in the

position to support each other in their anti-imperialist and anti-U.S. struggle. As long as Africa and Latin America are not free. Kim Il-sung The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they'll take it. James Woods I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over. Mats Sundin The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk. Ogden Nash Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. Laurence J. Peter I just go to lunch. And I never know when something is going into the file and something is not. Donna Leon I made a circle with a smile for a mouth on yellow paper, because it was sunshiny and bright. Harvey Ball

What the F.D.I.C. does is to put the full faith and credit of the United

States government behind every savings account in the nation, up to a limit that has changed over the years and stands now at $100,000. Nick Clooney They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness. Graham Greene The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it. Murray Kempton Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been. Arthur Ransome If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world. Gabriel Garcia Marquez I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country. Christopher Dodd I don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation. George Shearing

I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that

can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song. Clint Black Originally I planned on starting a teapot collection. I really like them. Billy Dee Williams A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. Jim Morrison I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer. Keith Moon He must be lightning slow. Ron Atkinson I open to anything... just about anything. Luke Perry Money is to my social existence what health is to my body. Mason Cooley

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when

I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long. Arnold Schwarzenegger We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. Ronald Reagan Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games. Darrell Royal The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward. Shana Alexander Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly well know whither, And rest I well know where. Robert Bridges You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed? Bryan Ferry I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. Jimmy Carter

I guess because you study the character and you do all those things. But when

it comes down to it, it's still my performance, it's still my interpretation. I'm not going to, you know, be a clone - well, I was a clone of Richard Dean Anderson! Michael Welch It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style. Joe Cocker We were really motivated to do something with this record overseas, even though I hate touring. Daniel Johns A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street. Laurence J. Peter If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything. Arnold Schwarzenegger Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments. Joe Tex I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me. Reggie Jackson

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence

of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. Simone Weil Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. Napoleon Hill Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it. Ellen Terry Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts. Stephen Breyer Life obliges me to do something, so I paint. Rene Magritte And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning. Alanis Morissette Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile. Abu Bakr

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the

sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. Henry Ford The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough. Heinrich Heine One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values. Herbie Hancock All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. Helen Keller Someone has to pick up the tab when people get out of repaying their own debts. Chuck Grassley We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. Erich Fromm The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Francis Bacon

I think some combined pressure could go a long way, could establish the fact that

this legislation did pass and we mean business by it. We mean to have it enforced, we mean to have it become effective. Major Owens My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer. Anna Lee We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment. Herbie Hancock Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see. John Gardner The world's as ugly as sin, and almost as delightful. Frederick Locker-Lampson I'm just kind of taking whatever life gives me and hoping that I make the right decision. Amy Smart I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself. Nelson Mandela

I have never seen a game's graphics look so sharp and clean. The sound design

for the game is also unique on the Xbox. The memory on this system allowed us to provide the user with 5.1 Dolby surround sound for home theatre owners. Don Bluth The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation. Mary Ritter Beard A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity. Edward Tufte I would love to do top of pops as a grandma. Tina Charles There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual. Krzysztof Kieslowski A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one. David R. Brower I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. Groucho Marx

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Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work

by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him. Michelangelo The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace. Prem Rawat Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you. Ramakrishna A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig. Claud Cockburn I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths. Sam Raimi You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing r...

It's nice coming to Nashville, and we have four-bedroom house and a dog, and we

go swimming a lot. We get down here and spread out a lot, and I miss my sweet tea and my cornbread and my good southern cooking - but I'm down here eating pretty for two weeks and I'm ready to go back to New York City. Justin Townes Earle I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward. Mohamed ElBaradei I'm the type of artist who touches people, that's the type of artist that I am. Jacob Lusk Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people. William Styron Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. Pauly Shore When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do. Whitney Houston When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers! Gary Lineker St...

The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged

down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul. Vinoba Bhave It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son. Gertrude Stein Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day one should meditate on being carried away by surging waves, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease. Yamamoto Tsunetomo The awards world can be ridiculous, but I'm not one to bash it. I love awards! When I've been nominated for Emmys and when I won my DGA Award, I couldn't have been happier. I always liked getting a gold star in class. Paul Feig But in another, I think a woman's going to go into a shop to find a coat or a jacket and I just don't think she's not going to go into a shop because of a bad review she probably didn't even read. Marc Jacobs Baking is how you start kids at cook...

The U.S. has been living in a situation of excesses for too long. Consumers were

out spending more than their income and the country was spending more than its income, running up large current-account deficits. Now we have to tighten our belts and save more. Nouriel Roubini We spend our spare time taking care of little things. I can watch a little bit of college and professional football if I want to... Our favorite pastime is trying to take pictures of our hometowns from space. Kevin A. Ford I get along great with directors, but I think some producers would tell you I'm a pain. They may say I'm tough to work with, but I have a great passion for what I do. I believe in fighting for it. Amy Irving I was born on the eighteenth of December, 1935, in the town Bourg-en-Bresse, about thirty miles northeast of Lyon, the second of three sons of Jeanne and Jean-Victor Pepin. Weighing only two and one half pounds, I nearly died at birth. Jacques Pepin Anytime someone says your God is ugly and you release your God and join their God, there is no hope for y...

I remember my brother Nash had just directed me in 'The Square,' and I was

sitting in Australia going: 'No one's called me about working for ages. I don't know if I'm ever going to get another job.' Joel Edgerton For me, being a starter doesn't matter. Of course, I'd like to be in at the end of the game, to be a big part of the team, and to play as many minutes as I can play. But starting and coming off the bench are two different challenges. Sue Wicks Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down. Uwe Boll They put chains on me; they chained my waist, my legs. Put me in the back of a squad car, and I literally blacked out. I didn't even - there's whole pieces missing. Jim Bakker Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly. Will Thomas I understand why people achieve ...

The harsh cold and windburn from hours of skiing does a lot of damage to

my skin, so I try to keep my skin as moisturized as possible. Mikaela Shiffrin One of the first times I came to New York was for a modeling and talent competition, IMTA, which I won. I came with a group, like a modeling school from Fresno. Christopher Gorham If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't. Chelsea Clinton When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?' Larry Fitzgerald My parents, they're the kind of people that didn't want me to get a big head, so they just kept challenging me and challenging me. Abby Wambach We should remember that bearing a heartfelt testimony is only a beginning. We need to bear testimony, we need to mean it, and most importantly we need consistently to live it. We need to both declare and live our testi...

When I was 14, in Cuba, I met Fidel Castro with my dad, and it

was really impressive. And on a totally different level, I met Justin Timberlake! Dylan Penn I have family members that are bipolar. Trai Byers I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified. William Gibson The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman's heart. Oscar Wilde I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and novelists. David Suchet People sometimes ask me to name the greatest coach in NFL history. George Halas may have set the standard, but Don Shula has won more games than anyone, and he has done it in the most competitive era. He had an incomparable ability to evaluate players, to motivate them, and to teach them the game of football. Marv Levy I just believe if you don't believe in God, then ...

The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business.

I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next. V. S. Naipaul People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to. Bill Sienkiewicz To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music. Eric Brown We favor the economic unification of Germany. If complete unification cannot be secured, we shall do everything in our power to secure the maximum possible unification. James F. Byrnes The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community. Sandra Day O'Connor Though knowledge itself increasingly ignores boundaries between fields, professors are apt to organize their pe...

The writing is really important in books that affect me. I read for

the writing. The story is usually of less interest to me. It's the words that break your heart. James Salter Every view, and every object I studied attentively, by viewing them again and again on every side, for I was anxious to make a lasting impression of it on my imagination. Karl Philipp Moritz Some people come alive at night. I'm hopeless by 9 p.m. Coffee and Cadbury buy me an extra half hour. Often I can't get my clothes off I'm so far gone. Emily Mortimer People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip. Bernard Williams In America today, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight is more than double what it was in the early 1970s. Lois Capps Life is not about making dough or how many movies you can make in a year. It's about finding someone that you can share things with. Freddie Prinze, Jr. Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so...

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home

run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself. Willie Stargell All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride. Corazon Aquino Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. Samuel Johnson How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. Karl Kraus I am not drinking now but I cannot guarantee tomorrow. Kelly McGillis