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You can not do what you want to do unless you know the correct technique.

The only other way you can learn how to do it is by doing it yourself, which would take twice as long than if you went to school. Boris Vallejo America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description. Ralph Ellison Emancipation from every kind of bondage is my principle. I go for recognition of human rights, without distinction of sect, party, sex, or color. Ernestine Rose I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends. Cathy Freeman There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. Warren Buffett Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. Aristotle He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven. Nathaniel Parker Willis

You're in front of an audience, but you're playing for a camera. There's this huge

adrenaline rush, because you know that besides the audience in the studio, there are millions of people watching at home. Jon Lovitz Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis - the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events, I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38. David Crane If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body. Ralph Waldo Emerson It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. William Arthur Ward I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people. Edmund Burke I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits. Pete Rose

It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to

buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night. I doubt if more than one campaign in a hundred contains a big idea. David Ogilvy While Slovakia did not make the first round of NATO membership, as various requirements and reforms are instituted, these actions will enhance the opportunities to join NATO. John Mica I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings. Dan Quayle It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry. Mike Tice I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy. Kristen Johnston Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss. Barbra Streisand Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? Holly Near

We were playing a small club in San Diego and the power had gone out

in the building. Eddie had a lighter and kept us lit backstage. We became very good friends and spent a lot of time together including hearing Eddie sing in some of the bands he was in at the time. Jack Irons I learned to draw everything except glamorous women. No matter how much I tried to make them look sexy, they always ended up looking silly... or like somebody's mother. Norman Rockwell I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war. George H. W. Bush Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up. Donald T. Regan Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment. Pearl Bailey People don't read bylines. Julius Schwartz The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. Hannah Arendt

Our hope, and it's a sad hope, is that... well, I mean we need a

tip. That's why we have such a big reward. We just hope that someone is holding her for her child and that we can, you know, get her back with a tip. Scott Peterson In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options as an actor who's been on a science fiction show for 8 years. Michael Shanks Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer. James Ellroy Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people. Malcolm McDowell Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling. Edna Ferber Mathematics is the music of reason. James Joseph Sylvester An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life. Ouida

So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in

things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if they will not to punish them in their goods, liberties, or lives? this we hold in the negative. Robert Barclay Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home. Shelby Foote The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula. Yahoo Serious Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all the odds. Anne Archer I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. Phillips Brooks One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life. Jerome K. Jerome Nature made him, and then broke the mold. Ludovico Ariosto

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,

through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it. Samuel Beckett Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Dale Carnegie The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall. Taylor Caldwell During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk. Fred Allen But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance. Trevor Dunn I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. T. Boone Pickens Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in

Well, I think first of all, probably the most fundamental thing is that we are

a mixed-signal analog semiconductor company, which, along with some of the other well-known names in the industry, enjoys very good economics. David Milne The real duties of an ambassador are to enter into or follow negotiations between his own government and that of the country to which he is accredited. David K. E. Bruce It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after. Mary Chapin Carpenter If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs. Arthur Baer Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. Pablo Picasso Men! The only animal in the world to fear. D. H. Lawrence The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love. Henry Miller

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so

embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? A. P. J. Abdul Kalam How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams. Bram Stoker I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs. Sonny Rollins More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. Barbara Boxer Well who's black and what is a black person? Pam Grier Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual. Friedrich Schiller Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side. James Anthony Froude

The heart of our relationship, this natural environment that has blessed us really all along

the west coast of North America, on both sides of the border we've realized that this incredible natural wealth comes with a price. Dan Miller I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. Philip Green No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so. Xenophanes Statistics is the grammar of science. Karl Pearson The first hundred years are the hardest. Wilson Mizner Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one. Ralph Ransom When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric. Al McGuire

At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding

its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips. Allen Johnson So now it is time to disassemble the parts of the jigsaw puzzle or to piece another one together, for I find that, having come to the end of my story, my life is just beginning. Conrad Veidt The truth is our country, our people, our liberties, and our way of life are under attack by radical Islamic terrorists who kill and destroy in the name of religion. Saxby Chambliss Sure! Why should any experts be the arbiters... That's like telling someone they can't be a vegetarian. Virginia Johnson Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free. Tammy Bruce The internet will catastrophically collapse in 1996. Robert Metcalfe All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development acco

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I love the game, it's the greatest game on earth, that's why I can't understand

all of this talk about trying to make the game better. People talk about the high strike zone and changing this and that. Why? To speed up the game? That's the beauty of baseball. There is no time element. Eric Davis My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin. Page McConnell I never set out to write prayers at all. But there was a span of time when I didn't find it easy to pray, but, when I went to write one of the things I had to write, a prayer would come. Gloria Gaither You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services. Gijs de Vries A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues. Otis Rush I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom. Brenda Blethyn The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. Harriet Ann Jacobs Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others. Dou

I think it helps a lot when they tell people that Teri Hatcher likes you.

If you're Teri Hatcher's boyfriend, suddenly you're hunky I guess. I've spent 40 years being average and now I'm Teri hatcher's boyfriend and here we are. I've been really fortunate. James Denton Moreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body. Emanuel Swedenborg I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people. Richard McKenna The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they

Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy

about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt. Or just as bad, they think being a better person is all God requires. Kevin DeYoung I pay attention to how every makeup artist does everything. Gigi Hadid I had a brilliant trip to Mexico with my friend Ellie during my gap year. We thought we were being really cool and going off the beaten track while all our friends went to Thailand and Australia. The first beachside bar we walked into - there were two girls from my sixth form in there. Emily Berrington There is a qualitative difference between being a minority and being a majority. Majorities are stronger under psychological pressure because numbers count. But only if they are aware of it. Peter Abrahams I've realized that the most important thing I can do to look good is just treat myself well, whether it's getting a nice, long massage or just lying low and not going out every single night. Kim Cattrall Living organisms are created by chemistry. We are hu

I had almost forgotten to tell you that I have already been to the Parliament

House; and yet this is of most importance. For, had I seen nothing else in England but this, I should have thought my journey thither amply rewarded. Karl Philipp Moritz Most of the time I feel stupid, insensitive, mediocre, talentless and vulnerable - like I'm about to cry any second - and wrong. I've found that when that happens, it usually means I'm writing pretty well, pretty deeply, pretty rawly. Andre Dubus III Looking forward, it might prove constructive to examine the true historical record of an issue prior to assuming the worst of anyone's motive and deconstructing and questioning anyone's Democratic bona fides. After all, we liberals got feelings. Gary Ackerman I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms. Sarah Vowell The waltz can be sad and at the same ti

I'm a filmmaker. I'm always searching for the truth in everything I do. I demand

it from my writing partner and my crew, actors, and so hopefully, we're making people think. Lee Daniels Art brings a message into a room. It should make us perceive in a new way - either through color, form or narrative content - something we had not perceived before... and perhaps reveal something to you about yourself. Gloria Vanderbilt We all have choices we have to make, and with those choices come certain sacrifices. Hill Harper I'm so happy to be Tiffany Trump, happy to be in the family I'm in. Tiffany Trump The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics. Daniel Barenboim Once you go down a road, you take it through to the end. Peter Jackson I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views. Condoleezza Rice You can't get any better than TV on HBO, ABC and BBC3. Chris Lilley If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a habit of identifying the a

Comedies are just never that expensive quite frankly. They really aren't. We aren't doing green

screen shooting, so even Hangover II in Bangkok might seem like it's expensive, you're flying over and back, but they're just not that expensive to make when you do it the way we do it which is very focused and I've done it before. Todd Phillips In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time. E. O. Wilson This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path. Sitting Bull I'm the most low-maintenance person on the road. Lee Ann Womack I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing. Joe Namath I was an expert horseman. Harry Carey, Jr. Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. Aldo Leopold I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out. Jack LaLanne Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me. Woody Harrelson Any

'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've

  made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure. Fabrizio Moreira We owe a lot when it comes to women in terms of innovation, in terms of education, in terms of progression in life. Aldis Hodge It is literally painful to watch Rick Perry as a candidate. James Carville I was a pretty free-spirited kid. I was part of a notorious group of troublemakers who didn't do well in school but had a great time exploring Beijing from the inside out. Chloe Zhao You should definitely stay true to your own style. Megan Mullally When my dad died, my world crumbled. Lukas Forchhammer It's not like you can say, 'This is the right side and this is the wrong side,' because obviously, a happy person is never going to want to inflict pain on somebody else. So the bullies are really victims themselves and yada, yada, yada, pop psychology, but it&#

Being a teen idol or being a heartthrob on all the magazines, with Shaun Cassidy,

Leif Garrett, and Scott Baio - it was embarrassing! I never understood it. I mean, why me? I never really got it. Willie Aames Meeting with the director is an audition. Chandler Massey As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and make sure the investors are happy. The two will always clash, unfortunately. Neil Jackson As an actor, I'm very much a company person. And this also goes through my life: I have a dread of responsibility. I like someone else to be in charge. Ian Holm You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you. Randy Couture I grew up in the golden age of Flash Gordon and sci-fi. Margaret Atwood The only way to improve the GOP brand and make good public policy is to fix the process. This requires transforming the way Congress does business. Dan Webster I didn't disappear; I started writing songs and worked behi

I'm completely indifferent to what genre I read provided that I feel sympathy with how

a writer perceives being alive in the world. Thomas Ligotti Gays and lesbians began to gain civil rights when Americans realized that their brothers, cousins, daughters were gay. Nicholas Kristof I am a Londoner and I love my home. There are many things about this country which drive me crazy, but when I am in America, I feel wrong there. Toby Stephens Everybody in the Olympics is paid. Lindsay Vonn is going to make a million dollars whether she skis or not. Dan Jenkins 'The Invisibles' by Grant Morrison is my favorite series of all time. Brea Grant Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology. Evan Osnos To participate in a World Cup is a great honour and achievement. I've played in three World Cups. The whole world watches you during a World Cup and expects you to play innings to win games for your country. Virender Sehwag If I couldn't use food or love to define contentment, I would use reading. Mary Roach You're not gonna

I don't think men are that attracted by glamour. I think women are attracted by

glamour. I think men are attracted by a sense of friendship. Joanna Lumley I drive my family nuts because when I watch something on TV, I'm likely to watch it with a bass guitar. But I don't plug it in! Steve Capus I had always been a really peculiar child. My mom would tell you I grew up roughing it with the boys and playing with action figures and toy cars and stuff, but I also had an Easy Bake Oven... I find it amazing that in a really weird way, people are mad that they can't figure out my gender. Shamir When I'd hear something that sounded like I could follow it - most of those big band jazz tunes are blues anyway - I would hum it and play with the fiddle while I was humming. Johnny Gimble A lot of artists go in the studio and say, 'OK, whaddaya want me to do? Is it gonna be a hit? I'll do it. Is it gonna get played on the radio? I'll do it.' So they start makin' these songs, and they fall in the same tempo, same category, same this,