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It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing

that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others. Sydney J. Harris I couldn't really relate to the fraternity or party scene, to the people out in the mall every day protesting one thing or another. I felt like there was no one I could relate to. Charlie Trotter A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. Georges Bernanos Fortune favors the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands. Bob Feller Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. Jean Vanier

The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human

rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today as at any time in its history, but it needs reform. Chuck Hagel Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. Vaclav Havel A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. Horace Mann I work a lot, and not just in Las Vegas. Juice Newton Whether for life or death, do your own work well. John Ruskin If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel. Jim Morrison What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid. Robin G. Collingwood

It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of

the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. George Muller If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend. Saint Augustine It was just using the liquid shampoo - the Russians have one very similar to the stuff we use on the Shuttle - you just wet your hair with it and then wipe it out. Shannon Lucid Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals. Abba Eban When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there. Colin Greenwood Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams. John Huston Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success. Vanessa Redgrave

Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it

to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely. Carl Levin But we will lose the millions of records being created daily in a dizzying array of electronic forms unless we find a way to preserve and keep them accessible indefinitely. Allen Weinstein In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her. Sam Houston A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. William Styron My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me. Barry Gibb If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end. Arthur Baer A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. H. L. Mencken

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a

certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld I expect that our associates will walk with a little more bounce in their step and understand that this company is behind them and has respect for them. Lee Scott True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare. Gilbert K. Chesterton We're all crazy and the only difference between patients and their therapists is the therapists haven't been caught yet. Max Walker What's more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say? Logan Pearsall Smith The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights. Shirin Ebadi If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies. Patricia Velasquez

We were number one most added at radio, when the single came out and that's

much different. It took like eight months for any radio to happen on the first record, so a lot more support has happened right out of the box. Jon Crosby I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut. Josh Lucas Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly. Ivan Turgenev Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. Ambrose Bierce So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami. Ruben Blades There is nothing to be embarrassed about being profitable. Terry Semel Being in therapy is great. I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on a date. Caroline Rhea

I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always

a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising. Lusia Strus I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly across all income brackets. Charles Vest I don't know what I did in this life to deserve all of this. I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. Hilary Swank The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. Charles R. Swindoll If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. Alphonse de Lamartine Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it. Robert Motherwell Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me. Alexander Pope

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a

purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works. Thomas Aquinas Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about. With all that's going on, how could I stop? Gwendolyn Brooks The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. Toni Morrison No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls. Horatio Alger Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. Gilbert K. Chesterton One forgives to the degree that one loves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning. Casey Affleck

The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story

of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. Helen Hayes They rushed to move it forward, uh, and then a lawsuit was filed and we spent many months litigating, rather than trying to come up with legislation and move forward on that front. Tom Udall In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test. Adam Savage I hate record labels. They think they know everything. I want to hear them try to sing it. Jessica Simpson What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely. Franklin P. Jones Oakley and Burton have been my main sponsors since '87. I've been riding for both of them. Craig Kelly You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box. George W. Bush

The relationship I have to my fatherland is like that of mothers with crippled children:

they love them all the more, the more crippled they are. Germany is the background of all my plans, the return to Germany. Friedrich List The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction. Harry S Truman All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. Leo Tolstoy Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them. Thomas Fuller Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills. Hugh Mackay There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. Jackie Robinson The conscience of the dying belies their life. Luc de Clapiers

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I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey,

when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed! James Caan The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play. Jeffrey Dean Morgan Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn't have that experience. Hillary Clinton If I wasn't performing, I wasn't alive. That's the truth. My parents had absolutely no interest in the business, but they knew it made me happy, so they said 'Go for it, girl!' Samantha Barks When approved, the SAFE Port Act will make progress toward protecting the physical infrastructure of our seaports as well as our national economy which is so clearly dependent on the com...

My first joke was about a company called Five Star Parking that was all over

Philadelphia: 'Who's reviewing parking lots?' Adam McKay I don't have to try to be perfect because I know that my fans like me for who I am. They like me because I am weird and kind of funky, but still really calm. Bella Thorne It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children. Alan Alda There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd. Tommy Lee My friends and family are amazed I've done so well. I was not a model student. No one expected that I'd build a Fortune 500 company at Symantec. John W. Thompson Before 'Moonrise,' I never thought I would be in a movie where I would be struck by lightning. Jared Gilman The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to...

Photographic memory is often confused with another bizarre - but real - perceptual phenomenon called

eidetic memory, which occurs in between 2 and 15 percent of children and very rarely in adults. An eidetic image is essentially a vivid afterimage that lingers in the mind's eye for up to a few minutes before fading away. Joshua Foer One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday. Paul Dano In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe. Aravind Adiga I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers ingesting spoon-fed images. Michael Haneke Even The Impostors, as silly as it is, is a very intimate film, in a way. Stanley Tucci There's no doubt I'm emotional. Sidney Crosby Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth. Francis Picabia I can only be who I am. Enya The South African government, unlike a lot of ...

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked. A lot of my

contemporaries have done more. I don't have 'I will be a movie star' emblazoned on anything, but I'd like do a bit more screen stuff and then when the time is right come back to theatre. When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform. Dan Stevens You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't stop it, you shouldn't, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone. Ninette de Valois Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III. Paul Robeson Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination. Alfred North Whitehead I'm very outgoing and social. Emma Roberts Misery's fine - as long as you know you can get out of it when you want to. Arthur Adamov My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep. ...

I remember when I got my first (and only) iPad - excitement filled the air

as I opened the box and stared at what was essentially a big iPhone but without the phone part. I knew I really wanted it, and at the same time, I knew I didn't need it. Rhys Darby When I was 28 years old, I thought it would be great to have a movie about my life. I was egotistical and self-centered. Frank Abagnale The pitch that works best in tough economic times is, 'I can do that for less.' Greg Gianforte I think using anti-aging products really helps; the sooner the better, you know? Song Hye-kyo Being in Jamaica, I feel comfortable there. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce I think that, anybody with a strong will to tell a story, then that is fantastic. I think it's fantastic. I think sometimes people have what I'll call an ulterior motive with a story. John Lee Hancock If you really think about the fabric of the United States, or the finance of any economy, finance is a true underpinning of what makes the economy great - if it can be done successfully, ...

Whenever you're dealing with something that's difficult to describe, that you can't get across to

someone in a sound bite, it sounds like the normal default is to pick what's easiest, and in the case of fiction written by women, fiction involving women, fiction involving any sort of relationship, the word that comes to mind is 'romance.' Diana Gabaldon If we want to be the banker to every Indian as we want to be, then we will have to use technology. Arundhati Bhattacharya I remember pretending to be the characters in the movies when I was a little kid. Alden Ehrenreich Music is everywhere - you consume it every day, everywhere you go. The content creator should be compensated. It's only fair. Jay-Z The thing about places like Trinidad and Jamaica is that they can be very musically insular. There isn't much space for kids making hip-hop, electronic music, or hybrid genres. Jillionaire I'm just trying to work out a way to be a singer and to create cool content. I'm willing to do that as an entertainer. But I'm not willing to give up my a...

Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You

don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it. Taylor Swift I was not a student of Wall Street, but I was a quick study. Mitch Kapor I definitely think some of my older female peer group are deeply beautiful women. They have this thing that radiates from them. Julia Roberts I lust after iPods or Mini Coopers not because they're unique, but because they've been so artfully made that I couldn't imagine doing it better myself. Clive Thompson When I was younger, I thought I had to shut myself off, work really hard to cry. I learned after a while that that's just not... You know, often in life, you cry when you're caught off-guard. That's where I need to be when I'm acting, too. Julianne Moore I have a number of vices, one of which is moderation. E. L. Doctorow Learn to love being black. Don Lemon If not music, I think...

When you become successful on the level that Fleetwood Mac did, it gives you financial

freedom, which should allow you to follow your impulses. But oddly enough, they become much harder to follow. Lindsey Buckingham All of a sudden I discovered that I'm allergic to caviar. It was the perfect metaphor for my life. When I was only able to afford bad caviar, I could certainly eat my fill of it. Larry David My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything. Robert Schumann Historically, terrorism falls in a category different from crimes that concern a criminal court judge. Jurgen Habermas We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences. Layne Staley Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through. Anthony Bourdain Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Li...

After Nigeria, we are the second biggest black African nation. We are the headquarters of

the African Union. We are the only African country that has never been colonized. This is perhaps the last surviving African civilization. Meles Zenawi I don't do very well with extremes of any kind - extreme diets, extreme fitness - so moderation makes a lot of sense, and Hershey's has really great portion-friendly desserts to help people incorporate treats into their lifestyles so they don't feel like they're depriving themselves and are still living a balanced life. Kimberly Williams-Paisley I plan to work my utmost for Singaporeans, whatever be their political affiliation. The presidency is above politics. Tony Tan People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that. Damien Chazelle I have fame on the level of a Marilyn Monroe or an Elvis Presley, but part of the reason I didn...

Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my

father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn't know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn't even smell like smoke. Joyce Meyer Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are ridiculous-looking - especially her. They're so strange and charismatic and weird. It's pretty hard to take your eyes off them. Chelsea Handler The fiction writer in me likes gaps in stories because I can jump into that gap and try to suggest something. Marlon James I'm allergic to chocolate. I never tried it, and I can't try it, ever. Tony Revolori I think that, by comparison with $2,000 bottles of grand cru Burgundies, first-rate barolos, which sell for under $100, are undervalued ten-fold. Joe Bastianich Not every artist is a role model. Iggy Azalea I drink a lot of juice and eat a lot of vegetables. Jean-Georges Vo...