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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn

to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get. Barbara Boxer No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat. John Gay Nobody thought about having more money than you could ever spend. Slick Rick Paralyze resistance with persistence. Woody Hayes Unfortunately, sometimes people don't hear you until you scream. Stefanie Powers The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing. Walter Benjamin It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal. Clive Bell

Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And

four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country. Jared Diamond You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection. Jessica Biel Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. Benjamin Franklin I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security. Bill Owens Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously. Mo Rocca This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid. Alfred Hitchcock I'm like a monk with a taste for hookers. Moby

Ultimately, love conquers all, and gay or straight, don't we all want to believe that?

I would that if this was to happen to me, and one of my kids had come and told me he or she was gay, I would say: If that's the only way you can live, then I love you. Paul Sorvino Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do. Jeremy London At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. Harold MacMillan The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and '62. John Engler It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important. Daisy Berkowitz A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. Norman Cousins I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community. Bill Joy

I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous

musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good. Hal Price War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. Winston Churchill Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car. Laurence J. Peter I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot. Cleo Moore The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. Golda Meir I'm a plant eater. Roberto Burle Marx Wisdom is found only in truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We

have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable. Terri Clark Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it. Stephen Harper I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity. Richard Marx War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters. Amy Goodman There's no real side to be on because I think it was a mess. Daniel Craig It's not about me. It's about not having to be ashamed. Gene Robinson There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them. Richard Harris

I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with

my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it. Sissy Spacek Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us. E. T. Bell There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. Henry Ward Beecher The poets are only the interpreters of the gods. Socrates When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors. Chilon My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office. William J. Clinton I remain committed to improving the government services to which Hudson Valley veterans are entitled. Sue Kelly

A child's hope is that your father comes riding in on that white stallion and

saves them. You can't make somebody love you the way you want them to love you, it's not a Leave it to Beaver type world. This isn't television. Life's a lot more cruel than that. Jake Roberts I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it. Carl Sandburg I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard. Vera Miles No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. Aristotle People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there. Andy Goldsworthy A well begun is half ended. A. C. Benson At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. Benjamin Franklin

Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in

my mind as 'ultimate'. I guess the obvious would be Tom Hanks, because he really is as fun and as genuine as he comes across in his films and interviews. Barry Pepper Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. Robert Louis Stevenson That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics. John Wilkes We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships. Tom Tancredo 'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use. Dwight D. Eisenhower I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about. Mark Victor Hansen Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. Luc de Clapiers

It's kind of an art, going out and performing. I'd like fans to remember me

as a guy who would go out and entertain them, give them quality matches, and not just the same old garbage every week. Owen Hart The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant. Pete Rose A manager is an assistant to his men. Thomas J. Watson The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you. Elmer Davis Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. William Blake I guess I just want everything to be available immediately. John Lurie The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions. Nhat Hanh

You never know when you read a script how it's going to turn out because

so much depends on the collaboration between people. If I'd been in some of the movies I turned down, maybe they wouldn't have been a success. Molly Ringwald All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. Fran Lebowitz Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors. W. Eugene Smith In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means. Jackie Cooper Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child. Amanda Burton Pity speaks to grief More sweetly than a band of instruments. Bryan Procter Calculation never made a hero. John Henry Newman

Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that

our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do. Donald Knuth I work to stay alive. Bette Davis I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town. Norm Dicks I'm what you call a Depression sailor. Ernest Borgnine We've tried to get as much supply into California as we can. Kenneth Lay With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years. Thayer David The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man. Roy L. Smith

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's

my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul. J. G. Ballard The essence of a man is found in his faults. Francis Picabia You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again. Pat Riley At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self. Brendan Behan Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved. Cornelius Nepos What I am more concerned about is whether our whole civilization will be around in the next 25 years. Sonny Rollins The best thing about the E Street Band was we had the best lead singer around. Max Weinberg

I'm actually part of a number of minorities. I grew up being a horribly awkward

kid. A terrible student. And now I find myself as a filmmaker, and you feel kind of alone in the world because you're separate from everyone else. Bryan Singer I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets. Marilyn Hacker A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. Samuel Johnson My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese. Jay London All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal. John Maynard Keynes While mantling on the maiden's cheek Young roses kindled into thought. Thomas Moore

Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the

kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle. Daisy Berkowitz All enchantments die; only cowards die with them. Charles Morgan There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell. William Tecumseh Sherman Finally, when the money was high enough, the script suddenly revealed itself as being very clear to me. Robert Vaughn The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. Jacob Bronowski The West is now closed. Frederick Jackson Turner There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch. Joseph Addison

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater

because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn't open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn't talk well. Gale Gordon There's no possible way you can get what you want. Damien Hirst The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law. H. G. Wells We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news. Aaron Brown The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet. Oliver Herford I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir. Elizabeth Moon The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. Michel de Montaigne

We don't do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in

my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance. Anita Baker Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. Laurell K. Hamilton Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data. Henry M. Morris Change, when it comes, cracks everything open. Dorothy Allison Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin. Eason Jordan When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. George Burns

I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I

want to go and make a big movie, if it has something to say, I will want to make it. I don't want to spend my life wasting my time. If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it. Jake Gyllenhaal I did have strange ideas during certain periods of time. John Forbes Nash, Jr. No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames. Rudolf Bing One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone. Jacques Chirac A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller. Paul Klee I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up. Isla Fisher

We went through all the scenes and they became kind of funny and they expanded

a little bit and because it seemed to be working so well in the movie, they added a couple of things later on in the movie and that's how it turned out. Eugene Levy Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. Robert A. Heinlein That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong. Lord Melbourne I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am. Princess Diana They always come back when they learn that not every woman's gonna treat them this good. Angie Stone There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself. Erich Fromm The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even

those loves which do not appear to be sexual or erotic have a sexual root or core. They are all sublimations of the sexual instinct. Mortimer Adler The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers. Suzy Bogguss I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command. John Buford We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons. W. H. Auden Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost. Samuel Butler I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper. Robert Cormier To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there. Jack Henry Abbott

It's more fun in a way to do ensemble scenes, where you know your background,

you know the scene, but you can't prepare because someone else is going to say something that is going to lead you off. Fred Willard Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player. Bill Klem There is an Islamic population in France, most of which comes from the North African countries. Jean-Marie Le Pen Um, and I'm also very proud of my work on George of the Jungle 2. Julie Benz Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you. Phil McGraw The value of an idea lies in the using of it. Thomas A. Edison I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college. Roma Downey

I had a feeling about directing Cocoon II: The Return. At first I wasn't too

interested because it was a sequel. Then I read the script and was excited by the relationships and its mystic quality. Daniel Petrie Why do you not practice what you preach. St. Jerome It's nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to. Will Oldham My performances have finally caught up with my ego. Ato Boldon Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. D. Elton Trueblood There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen What interests me, and has always interested me, has been modernism. Peter Gay

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe

is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. Anton Chekhov Growing up, my brother and I were begging for attention. Jeremy London My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there. Carl Andre The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages. Horatio Alger It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist. O. Henry The great artist is a slave to his ideals. Christian Nestell Bovee

The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect.

We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here. Don Mattingly There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad. John Burroughs Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears. Billy Bob Thornton We invaded Iraq to change a totalitarian, despotic regime, and we have been successful there. Judd Gregg The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to. Sparky Anderson To govern mankind, one must not overrate them. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. W. C. Fields

My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of

vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too. Magic Johnson I went from somebody who didn't sing to somebody who didn't speak. Gerard Butler She defaced my fly. And I've never been the same since. Mike Judge Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. Joseph Hall Truth is mighty and will prevail. Thomas Brooks Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose. Gilbert Parker Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up. George Burns

I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective

not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well. Geoff Davis In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine. Erwin Rommel As to gods, I have no way of knowing either that they exist or do not exist, or what they are like. Protagoras I found out that you could audition by sending a picture of yourself and some information to Newsround. Rupert Grint Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life. Carol Kane Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable. Pat Riley I'm not the beautiful one. Heather Donahue

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since

in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. Petrarch To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin. T. E. Lawrence It's as much fun to scare as to be scared. Vincent Price The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness. Marcus Garvey Fashion is made to become unfashionable. Coco Chanel The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first. Steven Tyler I always make music that is true to my spirit. Wynonna Judd

We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the

right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word. Charles Spurgeon I mean, I think in the early days we were pretty... pretty British in our entertainment leads. Graeme Murphy An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. Robert Baden-Powell My favorite animal is steak. Fran Lebowitz Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him. Dorothy L. Sayers No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members. Elliott Smith

Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn

laws in a great measure do - and you will, ere long, render the land in Great Britain of as little value as it is in other countries. Joseph Hume In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development. Paul Kagame Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike. Madame de Stael Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions. John McCarthy Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in. Steven Gerrard I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know? Rachel Griffiths

The Temple will not be completed until every living stone is there. And then what?

The next thing will be that which our Masonic friends make so much of, and which we make so much of namely: the glorification of the temple. Charles Taze Russell Let's find out what everyone is doing, And then stop everyone from doing it. Alan Patrick Herbert If John Kerry had a dollar for every time he bragged about serving in Vietnam - oh wait, he does. Ann Coulter It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Berkeley Breathed God, that dumping ground of our dreams. Jean Rostand I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo. Sally Rand History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. Eldridge Cleaver

I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than

anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we? Aaron Spelling Men should have rough hands and be strong. Scott Caan My girlfriend bought me a down jacket, she said it fit my personality. Jay London In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits. Arnold Schwarzenegger To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting. George Eads No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone. Jackson Browne Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely humanist one. Christopher Dawson

The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for

he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it. Will Rogers I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me. Derek Bailey I know if I don't tour people will forget the record and you run a high risk of the record failing. Daniel Johns Marry me and I'll never look at another horse! Groucho Marx Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption. Dorothy Denning A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. Thomas Carlyle

I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline. John McCain If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. Napoleon Hill I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act. Kenny Baker To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch. Ruud Gullit 'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country. Edward Everett Hale Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution? Groucho Marx My mom is still yelling at me because she needs more autographed pictures. Ashton Kutcher

My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that

the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mind, something has been accomplished. Robert Frank One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing. Herbie Hancock Our history is not our destiny. Alan Cohen If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying. Coleman Hawkins Actions, not words, are the ultimate results of leadership. Bill Owens There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people. Viktor Yushchenko Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. Vaclav Havel

On occasion I have drawn as a release from painting. The economy in using paper,

pencil, charcoal and crayon can help towards a greater gamble and higher rewards. I also find that drawing can generate ideas more rapidly than painting. William Scott Four or five frigates will do the business without any military force. Lord North I knew I was coming home, I thought they would consider acquittal, I was disappointed that they didn't. Louise Woodward The more you learn, if you learn it properly, the more clear you become and the more you know. Leonard Peikoff Either he's dead or my watch has stopped. Groucho Marx A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. Ronald Knox It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. Benjamin Franklin

There are Americans will find it difficult to believe that the Prime Minister can simply

impose candidates on ridings, and can so efficiently move individuals out of private life and into the Cabinet with virtually no resort to the electorate. Stockwell Day Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life. Anthony Bourdain People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved. Anne Sullivan In the early sixties, we were strong, we were virulent. John Connally You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play. Freddy Adu I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. Johnny Carson Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. Thomas Huxley

We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein

has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction. Bob Graham There just seems to be more acceptance now of... other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones. Tim Roth The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. George Balanchine The subject matter of the stories on the surface... there seem to be a number of stories about travel. Kenneth Koch You never know when you start a project just how good it can be. Jenifer Lewis We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be. George Bernard Shaw I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up. Vanna White

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have

perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Marie Curie Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. Bo Bennett Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. Ovid Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing. Jack Kevorkian The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do. Philip Seymour Hoffman Forgiveness is the final form of love. Reinhold Niebuhr He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof. Theodor Adorno

We remained at our encampment of this day until the morning of the 7th, when

we descended ten miles lower down and encamped on a spot of ground where several thousand Indians had wintered during the past season. William Henry Ashley I don't talk about my personal life with the press. Topher Grace The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. David Hockney Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon. Percy Bysshe Shelley For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block. Mary Garden I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more. Gordon Brown My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied. Irving Layton

You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a

real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle. Timothy Dalton No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. Samuel Johnson I'm a great admirer of cartoons, because I can't do cartoons. Bruce McCall Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. Albert Einstein A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. Max Lucado I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that? Richard Marx There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water. Kate Chopin

Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every

week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out. Aaron Spelling I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government. Woody Allen Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper. Louis XIV Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters. Georg Trakl We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body. Ray Kurzweil I think it was a good thing that Joanie and Chachi married. Erin Moran You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic. Dylan Moran

The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times,

had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy. Richard V. Allen When you cease to exist, then who will you blame? Bob Dylan Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes. Hussein of Jordan The beginning is the most important part of the work. Plato Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars. Ben Stein I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there. Cornelia Funke The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society. Roy Jenkins

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is

the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. Gilbert K. Chesterton We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues. Wolfman Jack Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress. P. J. Harvey It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name. Dave Mustaine Creativity is a highfalutin word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday. Ray Kroc I am really blessed and very grateful for it. Pam Grier Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed. W. C. Fields

When a man is shooting a handgun, it's just like he is shooting because that's

his job, and he has no other choice. It's no good. When a girl is shooting a handgun, it's really something. Hayao Miyazaki I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds. Robbie Coltrane The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete. Pierre de Coubertin The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well. Diego Maradona I don't research anything. Derek Bailey Thirdly, Death is nothing else but a change of a short and temporary for an unalterable and eternal condition. John Pearson Value your words. Each one may be the last. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it

is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order. Spike Milligan No pressure, no diamonds. Thomas Carlyle We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once. Townsend Harris The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more. Sherman Alexie What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bee and he told me about the butcher and my wife. Rodney Dangerfield

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is

telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love. Sigmund Freud Our site should be like Paddington Station with a much better version of WH Smith's in it. Colin Greenwood There's no drama like wrestling. Andy Kaufman The law will argue any thing, with any body who will pay the law for the use of its brains and its time. Wilkie Collins Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators. Lloyd Kaufman It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president. Norman Rockwell

There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying

Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be. Abbey Lincoln We moralize among ruins. Benjamin Disraeli One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it. Huey Long My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England. David Prowse New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human. Barry Humphries Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. Winston Churchill The really explicit phrase is doors of perception. Marianne Faithfull

Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me.

I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me. Hakeem Olajuwon What is our greatest enemy? Segregation. Major Owens All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms. Anthony Storr His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum. Kingsley Amis The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be. Bill Lee We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God. Dwight L. Moody

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all

kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does. Keith Urban I had great control, I never missed hitting the other's fellow bat. Bill Terry Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. George A. Sheehan Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough. Robert Heller Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. Joseph Joubert We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. Thomas Jefferson You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich. Phil McGraw

The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and

agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject. William Falconer Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg. Dwight D. Eisenhower Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. Euripides Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist. Sarah Silverman That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it. Boris Pasternak The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.' Ludwig van Beethoven I also loved musicals because I was a dancer. Donna Mills

I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them.

They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful. Christopher Lee I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. Benjamin Disraeli The savage in man is never quite eradicated. Henry David Thoreau The secret of happiness is something to do. John Burroughs I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. Graham Nash He that is giddy thinks the world turns round. William Shakespeare If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning. Kenneth L. Pike

It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But

just about anyone except an oil company executive would say its more important to have 50 million solar powered vehicles in the United States. Brad Sherman I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer. Sam Shepard Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement. Vladimir Lenin If it wasn't for pick-pockets I'd have no sex life at all. Rodney Dangerfield According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin. Ellsworth Huntington The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god. Scott Alexander I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done. Michael Chabon

I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into

'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it. Russell Crowe Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught. Kin Hubbard Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information. Abbie Hoffman Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. Woody Allen Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison. Georges Bataille I think childhood is to everyone a lost land. Dennis Potter Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. John Ruskin

I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon

is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me. Sun Myung Moon If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. Benjamin Franklin Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me. Amy Smart A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. Epicurus A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again. W. E. B. Du Bois If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster. Susan George Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained. Duke of Wellington

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen.

Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. Franz Kafka We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us. Melinda Gates It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death. Thomas Mann Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. Antoine de Saint-Exupery I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. Witold Gombrowicz A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people. Ernie Fletcher Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding. Mickey Rivers

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We

must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism. Jodi Rell I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at each other. Al Oerter A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes. Dr. Dre When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference. Samuel Dash If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine. Morris West Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance? William Shakespeare

That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done,

so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader. Mary McDonnell A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live. Jesse Jackson Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places. E. Joseph Cossman There is no such thing as good painting about nothing. Mark Rothko I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. Peter Davison Too much agreement kills the chat. John Jay Chapman Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before. Paula Radcliffe

I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada

over their belief that we have not adequately responded to their desires to become more educated and more productive citizens. James E. Rogers The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. Josh Billings Computer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist. Steven Levy You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest. Denis Waitley No one does anything from a single motive. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue. Henry IV of England This indication of audience interest is good for all horror movie makers at any budget level. Richard King

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense

of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results. Carl Jung Our growth rate continues to be staggering. Jimmy Wales Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything! Steve Martin Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity. Horace Mann I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal. Mikhail Gorbachev I was so cold the other day, I almost got married. Shelley Winters Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument. Steve Vai

I'm a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world's a wonderful.

I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they're delightful. They all want so little. Billy Connolly Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. William Blake Personality is everything in art and poetry. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I wanted to be successful, not famous. George Harrison We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou We must regain the confidence and drive to decide our own destiny. Roh Moo-hyun Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you. Aron Ralston

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