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Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning.

Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use. Sai Baba I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them. Joan Rivers When I played, I had a natural ability to jump and run, and I just wanted to get bigger and heavier. Brady Anderson Yeah, my parents help me keep my feet on the ground. Rupert Grint I have no skanky guys in my band nor on my bus. If they are they get the boot real quick. Lita Ford To identify the enemy is to free the mind. Mari Evans A lot of people thought I'd died, because of your coverage, they know I'm still around. Brenda Lee

I mean it's the most objective industry in the world. If your

numbers stink, you're out. If your numbers are good, you get more money. It's the most Darwinian, it's beautiful, it's brutal, it works. Jim Cramer A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. Henry Hazlitt When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself. Confucius I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules? Emeril Lagasse The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. Brent Scowcroft Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing. Irene Peter I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible. Georges Simenon

I got a cable from New York saying that what I'd written about the growth

of Soviet agricultural production didn't make sense because the same levels were reached under the czars. I wanted to confirm it, but by then the censors were on to me. Harrison Salisbury I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans. Lynn Abbey We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving. Jose Ortega y Gasset My father is Swedish and my mother is French. Eva Green I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned. Toru Takemitsu Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life. Leni Riefenstahl Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. Oprah Winfrey

While America's infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the

highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed. John Engler The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. Hazrat Inayat Khan I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it. Dave Chappelle Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it. Frank Wedekind Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. Laura Schlessinger My mother says I was vaccinated with a phonograph needle. I love to talk. I just love to talk. Jerry Hunt The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide. William Henry Ashley

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting

the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities. George Boole Expect more than others think possible. Howard Schultz It's a very special venue and a very special occasion. Matthew Hayden You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. M. Scott Peck To be number one, you must train like you are number two. Maurice Greene For me, our beaches have always been a source of personal inspiration. Thomas Carper Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get. Robert Orben

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes

you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth. John Cleese During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it. J. G. Stedman In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal. Loretta Young Continuity is one of the things I like about New England. Tracy Kidder I've been lucky. I've had this history of having an appeal to more than one type of audience. Juice Newton That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer. Jacob Bronowski The bad guys are the best parts. Brion James

I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it.

What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy. Ursula K. Le Guin I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done. Carmelo Anthony Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'. Julius Caesar Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69. Ruben Blades Interethnic and spiritual accord is our strategic resource, the basis for progress of our society and state. Nursultan Nazarbayev I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing. Patricia Velasquez Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute. Keith Jarrett

I believe our foreign assistance should be scrutinized, should be debated, and that we should

strike the right balance, but in all cases the foreign assistance that we provide around the world should be used to further our national security interests. John Sununu You use everything. You use tragedy you use everything. Shannon Hoon You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie. Tori Amos Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it. Keith Jarrett I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list. Bill Forsyth I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band. Amy Lee Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. Buddha

Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in

drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares. John Clare With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions. Pete Rose Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Seeing is not always believing. Martin Luther King, Jr. What region of the earth is not full of our calamities? Virgil The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something. Antoine de Saint-Exupery If they take their children to doctors, they believe they are putting their faith in man instead of in God. Bob Bartlett

Security is always going to be a cat and mouse game because there'll be people

out there that are hunting for the zero day award, you have people that don't have configuration management, don't have vulnerability management, don't have patch management. Kevin Mitnick The Giants are looking for a trade but I don't think Atlanta wants to depart with a quality player. Ron Fairly How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to? Tony Robbins No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days. Max Planck The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. Samuel Johnson You can cry, ain't no shame in it. Will Smith Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside. Ernst Lubitsch

You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use

credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way into this or that situation. The real problem is, how do you get people to see it once it is made? Walter Murch Make the workmanship surpass the materials. Ovid What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. Jonathan Swift He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it. Leopold Von Ranke The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end. Benjamin Disraeli But when I record my next studio album, of course I'll do the lead vocals. Lita Ford He made the impossible possible. Arsene Wenger

You have to wait for people to program you. The only difference is the amount

of people that you're going to reach but that's going to even out in the next two or three years anyway. Computers are being bought faster than televisions right now. Chuck D Satire is focused bitterness. Leo Rosten You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt. Phil McGraw Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. Iris Murdoch What we need now is a Treaty of the World not a Treaty of Rome. Bernie Ecclestone I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can. Walter Johnson Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions. William Arthur Ward

What teens will realize is always a mystery to me. I'm still realizing so many

things myself, very belatedly, that it seems unwise to think I have any right to be showing people things in hopes that they'll realize them. Diane Duane Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Mark Twain Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may be for us and it may not. Della Reese But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns. John James Audubon The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that. Usher As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to. Enid Bagnold I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must. Patricia Clarkson

It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and

Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China? Samuel P. Huntington Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard. Anne Spencer He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius. William Gilmore Simms Memory is the thing you forget with. Alexander Chase Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another. Adam Smith I have never been over fond of scenes anywhere. Chris Bailey Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle. Joan D. Vinge

The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the

outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall. Mary Douglas Stiletto, I look at it more as an attitude as opposed to a high-heeled shoe. Lita Ford I came to the conclusion that I am not a fiction writer. Tim LaHaye Education of both men and women is a wonderful contraceptive. Henry W. Kendall It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man. John Lennon Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country. Jack Kelley No one knows what he can do until he tries. Publilius Syrus

It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception

and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home. Major Owens And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed. Lee Harvey Oswald Either I will find a way, or I will make one. Philip Sidney Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice. Adlai E. Stevenson I think the National League has better biorhythms in July. Earl Weaver And in which we say that life is eternal but continue to struggle to survive. Neale Donald Walsch I wasn't like most girls. Laurell K. Hamilton

I went to Second City, where you learned to make the other actor look good

so you looked good and National Lampoon, where you had to create everything out of nothing, and SNL, where you couldn't make any mistakes, and you learned what collaboration was. Bill Murray You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people. Judith Light God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us. Niccolo Machiavelli I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun. Jared Diamond Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors. Mark Rydell You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable. Fred Rogers No, we have our ups and downs, but we're all very up at the moment. John Deacon

The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their

field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women. Emily Carr There's so much crap talked about acting. Ben Kingsley I have always supported measures and principles and not men. Davy Crockett We're all outsiders in a way. We're all alone and can become very lonely. Hugo Weaving I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour. Andre Agassi To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible. James Anthony Froude I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience. Charles Edison

Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors.

Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds. John Henrik Clarke I'd always maintained an image so that people wouldn't approach me. John Lurie Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter Drucker We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. Barack Obama According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication. Irving Babbitt In France, I learned about wine and cheese. Walter Wager Being thrown out of this place is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony. Blake Edwards

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People

reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. Leon Trotsky You can never spend enough time with children. Dwayne Hickman For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone. E. W. Howe If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops. John Buford Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music. Avery Brundage I'm getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way. Knute Rockne The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion. Frederick Douglass

The growth of Stewart Airport creates new jobs for area residents, brings new business and

new travelers to the region, and brings new convenient travel options to those of us living in the Hudson Valley. Sue Kelly There's no reason the Rangers can't get to the top. Tom Hicks Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together. Max Eastman If we get it right, there need not be losers. John Anderson Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time. Katharine Anthony Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers. Walter de La Mare The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. Barry Goldwater

Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one

of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of societies or any other artificial combinations IS the first, greatest, and most fatal mistake ever committed by legislators and by reformers. Josiah Warren Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together. James Cash Penney Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical. Julia Barr Home is any four walls that enclose the right person. Helen Rowland Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Smoke 'em if you got 'em. Tre Cool Wherever you are - be all there. Jim Elliot

Our society has changed in unforeseeable ways since Social Security was created. For example, we

are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives and while this is all great news, this has also placed added pressure on America's retirement system. Norm Coleman Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1,000 apple trees agrowing. Ezra Cornell Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking. Nina Simone Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent. Aung San Suu Kyi God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us. Mahatma Gandhi I've worked with a lot of great directors. Catherine Keener But the myth of violent solutions as the ultimate solutions maintains itself in much of popular media. Stanley Crouch

I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell

you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America. Arnold Schwarzenegger Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things. Vernor Vinge Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last year alone. Richard Linklater The art of being a slave is to rule one's master. Diogenes Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads. Beyonce Knowles Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet. Chuck Palahniuk

Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they

were making, saying it was just something to make money with. I never felt that. If I took the assignment, I'd give it my best shot. Roger Corman He is loyal to his own career but only incidentally to anything or anyone else. Hugh Dalton Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices. Lesley Garrett The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself. Dave Pelzer There's a black man inside of me just trying to make bail. Brad Garrett They realize that spending millions to save billions is just good business. Jack Abramoff Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources. Lillian Russell

We have 1.8 million Americans behind bars today at Local, State and Federal level. In

the federal system, which has doubled in the last ten years, over 110,000 people behind bars in the Federal system, probably two-thirds are there for drug related reason. Barry McCaffrey By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. E. O. Wilson The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil. Maria Montessori I have eyes like those of a dead pig. Marlon Brando I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit. Reggie Jackson Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment. Arthur C. Nielsen Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition. Alexandra Kosteniuk

Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These

are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate. Alexis Herman Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor. John Churton Collins He was not only a bore; he bored for England. Malcolm Muggeridge I'm the flavor of the month. George Clooney You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. Clarence Darrow People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics. Douglas Hurd Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority. Edward Young

Acting is very much like a child making believe. I'm not one to become a

character, but I fall in love with the character. It's like having faith; you're going to be that person for a while. Lusia Strus Observation is an old man's memory. Jonathan Swift Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve. Wangari Maathai If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can. Ivan Lendl Time ripens all things; no man is born wise. Miguel de Cervantes 'Star Wars' hasn't changed my life at all. Natalie Portman I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do. Richard Marx

The funny thing is all these school shootings that we have, always happen in very

religious communities. Maybe it's because the centre of their lives is a big fat nothing and it's just a fantasy and there's nothing there. I think maybe that might have something to do with it. Matthew Bright As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Solomon Ibn Gabirol The concert is a polite form of self induced torture. Henry Miller I know that I am going to die, and I'm ready to do so. Ruth Ellis Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent. Aaron Allston It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities. Peter Davison My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English. Eric Allin Cornell

To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as

a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painter's imagination. Frank Auerbach I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose. S. I. Hayakawa When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. Friedrich Nietzsche You have to remember we're just performers, that we seldom have any kind of grasp on real life. Tom Kenny My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west. Orhan Pamuk The key to education is the experience of beauty. Friedrich Schiller Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing. Homer

Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful

you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly. Philip Seymour Hoffman England is a nation of shopkeepers. Napoleon Bonaparte Winning in my business is everything. Al Unser If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. Lyndon B. Johnson It is up to us to produce better-quality movies. Lloyd Kaufman We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English. John C. Hawkes

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