kids aren't as smart as they are, or that you have to dumb down what you would normally write for kids. But I think you have to work harder when you write for kids, to make sure every word is right, that it's there for the right reason. Brian Selznick I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age. Nigel Mansell All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy. William Hurt I'm generally intimidated by adults. Mayim Bialik Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert? Anna Sui I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else. Paul Weller Since I was a little kid, I was against fur. I never wore fur in my life. Elisabetta Canalis I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is. Patricia Cornwell Some gigs will go g...

stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share. Jack Dorsey I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. John Mayall If I thought of myself as a movie star, I'd be an idiot. I don't know anyone who thinks like that. I don't even know movie stars who think like that. Jonny Lee Miller In film, you are a totally different person than in the video. Aaliyah A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not. Len Wein All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It's like a personal therapy. Manuel Puig Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to ...

defense of their secrets as a desperate matter of institutional survival, so much so that the state has gone to extraordinary lengths to punish and/or threaten to punish anyone who so much as tiptoes across the informational line. Matt Taibbi Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels. Gwen Stefani The whole celebrity thing never is normal and I think the fuller your life is, the more you are able to just kind of call a truce with it on a good day. Michelle Pfeiffer Robert Morley is a legend in his own lunchtime. Rex Harrison God always has patience. Pope Francis Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities. Fatos Nano Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception. Linda Sue Park To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word. Sebastian Franck But in the long term, I think it is improper to limit your future. Roy Moore

in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. That's the right direction, Mr. President, not the wrong direction. Chris Christie I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career. Nichelle Nichols I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father's generation. Georg Baselitz Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting. Robin Wright Everybody is going to love me and this is not being cocky - this is just what I see. Jazmine Sullivan The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come acro...

could do it. It would not be easy. I have worked with nutritionists who have said a vegan diet is not necessarily all positive for your health, because you need nutrients you only find in meats. I believe in a balanced diet. Joel Robuchon If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman. John Keegan I think every single person perceives things differently. We are all singular. Julia Leigh On the set I make jokes I can't get too involved, or it turns into sentimental soup. I try to keep it light. Michael Haneke As an artist, I gotta stand up to my own work. Edward Ruscha My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited. Eric Cantona The lines of Pearl Art Glass are clean, certainly not cluttered. James Lafferty I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results. Alfred Nobel If we accept the rule of those who think they are the bosses...

goes on. But what hurts me the most is that I work just as hard as any other actress around my age, like Scarlett Johansson, but I just don't get the opportunities that they get because people are so distracted by the mess that I created in my life. Lindsay Lohan Whether it s the country or city, I never liked the bad guy. Robert Stack I'm not averse to helping Wall Street when it helps Main Street. Ben Nelson Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don't know that I'm doing it, usually. Brian Eno I think the mind has a way of getting to where it needs to get to. If you are persistent. Bennett Miller I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun. Ed Bradley That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing. Kathy Acker Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Norman Jewison I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving. D...

And if the Federal Reserve is going to spend trillions of them to buy up all these bad mortgages and all other kinds of bad debt, the dollar is going to lose all of its value. Gold will store its value, and you'll always be able to buy more food with your gold. Peter Schiff Well the least favourite question is the one that one's asked particularly about in Japan is what's the difference between theatre and cinema and I think, well, that's about eighty bucks. Andrew Lloyd Webber I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion. Alexander the Great Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands. David Johansen Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization. Charles Lindbergh For me, growing up and going to school and not seeing any anti-bullying posters and not hearing people talk about bullying was very desolate. Shane Koyczan We have 62 counties in New York Sta...

electric plunger. I do a lot of almost stand-up comedy material. Just the juxtaposition of the different styles in itself sometimes is funny. Like, I do sort of an acoustic version of 'Purple Haze' that has some bluegrass licks in it. Eugene Chadbourne It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something. Lawrence Ferlinghetti I am very much a creature of habit, and I have no life consistency. None. Mila Kunis The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies. Walter Annenberg If you think big, then it's going to be big. Emeril Lagasse Children are far more interesting to work with than grownups. They're incredibly honest. They'll tell you exactly what they think. Tim Sample Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact. Guy Kawasaki My own father didn't talk a lot about feelings or emotions. Mitch Albo...

the contemporary, but once in a while into eighties, you know just for fun, and sometimes classical too. So I have this big mix on my i-pod... Amy Winehouse, Gwen Stefani, OutKast, Jay-Z. I listen to trance, pop, everything. It really depends on my mood. Olga Kurylenko Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child. Denzel Washington When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world. Richard Gere It's about businesses nervous about taking on school leavers because of a mass of red tape. It's about health and safety regulations and green fines. Nigel Farage MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna. Carson Daly On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more mora...

you think: 'Crumbs, have I made a mistake here?' If you don't have that continuously, you really are up the creek. The good sceptics have done a good service, but some of the mad ones I think have not done anyone any favours. James Lovelock Sometimes interviews are fun and good conversations, but stuff like photo shoots and appearances at places where you have to meet a lot of people - I was never really made for this kind of stuff. Fiona Apple What a house. Turns out they're doing OK, the Malfoy's. However, the interior decorating leaves a lot to be desired. And needless to say, Voldemort isn't the greatest houseguest. Tom Felton I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts. Simon Cowell In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability. George Gilder If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it...

I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit part. Up front, they said, 'You're very significant in the last one.' But significant could mean a lot of things. That could just mean a significant plot point. Doesn't necessarily equal big part. Helena Bonham Carter I have a dream to provide every Chinese, especially children, sufficient milk each day. Wen Jiabao We rushed into renewable energy without any thought. The schemes are largely hopelessly inefficient and unpleasant. I personally can't stand windmills at any price. James Lovelock There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it. Walter Savage Landor Fear and pain and suffering is not OK for any being to feel intentionally at the hands of us. Leona Lewis We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans. Leopoldo Lopez Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be...

time when, in theory at least, you'd say, 'Well I've mostly done what I want to do.' But how could you ever prevent a few years down the line some germ of an idea getting at you and you've got to do it again? Graham Swift I feel like the high-concept shows that have some kind of gimmick tend not to be the hit classic shows of all time. Mindy Kaling For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not. Ian Hamilton Finlay The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb. Jorge Luis Borges La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city. Phil Keoghan After all, God is God because he remembers. Elie Wiesel Male bonobos really don't fit the human male ideal. Frans de Waal I don't know if I'm built for marriage. Jamie Foxx I'm not the healthiest eater, but I try to watch what I eat during the week....

group can come to feel part of something 'larger.' Such a sense of belonging calls on a different part of a self than the market calls on. The market calls on our sense of self-interest. It focuses us on what we 'get.' Arlie Russell Hochschild The sun has not yet set for all time. Livy In Democratic administrations, I visit the White House. Mary Lasker Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do. Trevor Phillips I have come to know a God of compassion and mercy and love. Philip Yancey I do regard myself as very lucky. David Wenham Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Jennifer Lopez You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other. John Fogerty If we're going to have better choices for women, we've got to have better choices for men. Anne-Marie S...

terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard. Jon Meacham And when I stopped doing that and started thinking about what feels natural and what feels right to me and started pleasing myself, then it became good. Terrence Howard You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you. Kate Walsh Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and I'm always going to want to do it. Naturi Naughton As a research tool, the internet is invaluable. Noam Chomsky If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it. Robert De Niro You have to understand that I'm not just some guy who voices characters in animated movie and TV shows. Jack McBrayer The reality is that al Qaeda has been t...

York. I kept hearing that my delivery of my poetry - which was very personal and cathartic at the time- was very moving to folks. People thought that I was an actress because of my delivery, when I was just dropping into the work and really pouring out my soul. Sonja Sohn There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son. Franz Grillparzer The next thing I would mention, and warn you against, is profaneness. This you know is forbidden by God. Jupiter Hammon The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and humanity. Anthony Lewis When I do my own makeup, I keep things pretty simple. Jordana Brewster From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other. Ernestine Rose I think a lot of people really have re...

it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far. Olivia Colman The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. Charles Eastman On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material. Rick Moranis When I first moved to L.A. as a dancer, all I wanted to do was dance. I never even considered trying to act or direct. Cris Judd The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority. J. D. Hayworth My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive. Dom DeLuise I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky. Mi...

sidestep, shilly-shally and engage in all manner of vagueness and innuendo. We do this and expect others to do it, yet at the same time we profess to long for the plain truth, for people to say what they mean, simple as that. Such hypocrisy is a human universal. Steven Pinker By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with. Brendan Coyle In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov! Bernadette Peters I love all types of music. I love top 40 dance pop, hip-hop, I don't even know what they call it now. I'm a huge fan of all that. Dustin Lynch When I go out with Journey, it is a complete cakewalk. I can afford my own bus. Neal Schon But I've gravitated more towards the drum set. John Otto And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living. Toni Ca...

almost the identical place as art does, which really is that intangible - it's like you're pulling from the ether. I don't know where it comes from. Nobody really does. It sort of arrives when it wants to. Brandon Boyd And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux. Jamie Zawinski Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me. Loretta Lynn I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's. Camille Claudel I get bored very easily. Scott Patterson Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting. Mike Krzyzewski Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live. Julie Walters My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears. Paul Simon I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I...

the deep end. I got very good at going to press conferences and nodding. I'd figure it out when I got back to the office. Charts and numbers. I've never been great with facts, ever, my whole life. For a journalist, that's not a very good trait. Sophie Kinsella The bullying was hideous and relentless, and we turned it round by making ourselves celebrities. Julian Clary I use a lot of spices, fresh veggies and fruit, extra virgin olive oil, nuts, avocado, soybeans and organic ingredients as often as possible. We need fat in our diets and using the healthier fats is key. Todd English I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping. Meek Mill I'm just going to embrace every experience. Hope Solo Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it to ourselves as well as to the distressed. Joseph Butler My hubby is such a snea...

trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs. And I think that they see where they expect their leaders in Congress to also make those tough decisions. Cathy McMorris Rodgers She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical effect on us, on how we feel. Florence Nightingale Especially right after 9/11. Especially when the war in Afghanistan is going on. There was a real sense that you don't get that critical of a government that's leading us in war time. Walter Isaacson Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur. Mohnish Pabrai When I was young, I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm. Marina Warner I'd like more of the world go back to being wild. Hayao Miyazaki Nothing recedes like progress. e. e. cummings I think th...

faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths. Jimmy Carter I look forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, Whip McCarthy and the entire republican conference as we repeal Obamacare, fight rampant job killing regulations, cut spending and help put folks back to work. Fred Upton Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune. Dick Gephardt The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan. Michael Mullen People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them. Zaha Hadid I think if you've been invited to someone's house, you eat what they serve you. Even if you l...

talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart. Tina Turner I have always loathed working out. Tea Leoni No, Jar Jar Binks was fine by me but probably went on a little bit too long. When they were in trouble and were battling, it should have been more serious and it became a bit too silly. Jeremy Bulloch I love Latin women, yet for some reason I always wind up with blondes. Chris Kirkpatrick The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city. Wilfred Burchett Remember, it's very simple to have an oven tested professionally, and it only takes about five minutes. Delia Smith Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love....

a football player from back in the day. I'd love to play him. And then there's a guy called Iceman who was a top hit man for the mob. I would love to play him. Actually, it's sort of in the works, so I hope it goes through. Channing Tatum I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any rules or anything, but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations. Chad Hugo I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines. Kelly Reilly I tentatively believe in a god. I was brought up in a fairly religious home. I think the world is compatible with reincarnation, karma, all that stuff. Bjorn Lomborg He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love. Johann Kaspar Lavater Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already? William Nicholson Peo...

I never wrote a great novel, sadly, and I never converted to Catholicism, happily, but I did do one thing he did. That is, in middle age I moved to a seaside town and got into a right barney with the local powers-that-be. Julie Burchill Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most. John Lydon Ignorance is my least favorite thing. I really think it's at the core of all our problems. Naomi Judd I believe there's things all around us that make you do good things and some that make you do bad things. Joe Nichols All these people I interview are worth ten times what I'm worth. Graham Norton No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else. Katharine Graham I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God. Tony Campolo Some people just aren't meant to be happy. Anna Torv My heart seems to heal, so...

your name if you have a job - a J-O-B. It really matters to people that they have an opportunity to contribute to their economy in a very meaningful way, and this is outside party lines. So we believe that these are the solutions that America is craving. Sher Valenzuela I'd wear clogs, short pants and ladies' bracelets. I created this aura for myself. Aidan Quinn The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles. Jackson Katz Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good. John Shelby Spong It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life. Jeff Bridges I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things I would change. Vanilla Ice Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of t...

'When is the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?' I think it's a great question. I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Ted Cruz Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. I still have so much passion to perform... That's who Johnny Weir is: I'm a figure skater, I'm an athlete. I want to have fun and enjoy it. Johnny Weir Makeup is scary. When I do it myself, it's just mascara, and sometimes I forget even to do that. Sandra Bullock I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit. Harrison Ford If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'. Winona Ryder 'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going t...

much more gentle and refined person, and I think he benefits greatly from the television close-ups because he wants to engage in a dialogue, in conversation. He wants to put forward his views in a measured, eloquent, rational way. Vincent Nichols I don't necessarily think that the world should know everything, and even if you consider yourself to be extremely honest, that doesn't mean you have to blurt everything out all the time. Morrissey There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator. Calvin Klein Stable energy prices and enhanced national security will only come when we increase domestic energy resources, which was accomplished today with the opening of ANWR. Kenny Marchant Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple. Johan Cruyff I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things. Lech Walesa If I only dated...

standards: in the boiling battery acid of Yellowstone hot springs, in the cracks of permanent ice sheets, in the cooling waters of nuclear reactors, miles beneath the Earth's crust, in pure salt crystals, and inside the rocks of the dry valleys of Antarctica. Jill Tarter You don't create jobs by passing bills, you create jobs by cutting taxes. Carly Fiorina You only have the burdens on you that you choose to put there. Brandon Lee I have an iPhone, too, but I use the Blackberry more because I'm addicted to BBM'ing. I'm also on Twitter 24/7 and it's a lot easier on the BlackBerry. James Harden As you can probably tell, I like films and directors that bring a totally unique style to filming action. John Foster Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him. Charlie Byrd I think Sean Parker damaged the music business with Napster. Curtis Jackson I learned how to live on five and sometimes ten ...

have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn't explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective. James Wolcott I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt. Orson Scott Card I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals. Fred Melamed For better or ill, I was very heavily influenced by men I knew who always dressed formally. Alec Baldwin Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted. Brett Ratner We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninter...

for the country. What we want is a stable enough Afghanistan, able to look after its own security so we can leave without the fear of it imploding... But let's be clear - it's not going to be perfect. Liam Fox It's the best marriage of songs and production. But I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova. Joey Santiago I love being married. Sherri Shepherd Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them. Ella Maillart I'm not going to say that I'm perfect. I do have fashion crises. Carolina Herrera Too many brands treat social media as a one way, broadcast channel, rather than a two-way dialogue through which emotional storytelling can be transferred. Simon Mainwaring I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility. Talib Kweli I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before...

groups were still there. And when the aid and assistance to Pakistan was cut, we had to adopt harsh economic policies. So in a way, it showed that democracy doesn't pay, and the military was able to reassert itself. Benazir Bhutto Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. Jessica Lange I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've never bumped into it. Lisa See Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices. Michael K. Williams I get terrible reviews everywhere I go. Harry Connick, Jr. If you're in the WWE, it's like show business boot camp. You learn a little bit about everything as far as show business is involved. Chris Jericho Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious. Charles Baudelaire Stage fright is my worst problem. Andrea Bocelli I fee...

of their stories, creating a gap for the listener(s) to willingly cross in order to take ownership. Only when the listener(s) own the tellers' story and make it theirs, will they virally market it. Peter Guber The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame. Charles Caleb Colton I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups. Rooney Mara I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction. Harlan Coben I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon. Neil Armstrong For the most part, I get to do what I want to do. If I want to play poker, I can. If I don't want to play poker, I don't have to. Chris Moneymaker Actors are con men and con men are actors. Edward Burns 'What is Twitter?' has always been a tough question to answer. Evan William...

care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it. Barack Obama I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just sitting around. Richard Paul Evans Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits. Charles Darwin Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where. John Dryden Twitter is not a business. I know its founders would like to think it is. It is, for the most part, a diversion. Mark McKinnon When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don't want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do. Alison Moyet For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic. Shimon Peres ...

in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. Julian Castro Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. Henry David Thoreau We do not judge the people we love. Jean-Paul Sartre I have a lot of disrespect for people who cheat. I feel like if you're in a position in a relationship where you want to see other people, and the opportunity to cheat comes up, don't. Avan Jogia Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere. Sophocles I am called repeatedly and insidiously prime and sole minister. Robert Walpole Estuaries are coastal bays, harbors, sounds and lagoons, places where rivers meet the sea. Jim Gerlach Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it. Jack Kevorkian The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishin...

'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog. Nate Ruess Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered. Pete Postlethwaite I can watch endless humans get killed, but if I see a movie and they kill a dog, I practically want to walk out. Kristin Bauer van Straten Comedy is ugly. It's honest, it's raw. Aisha Tyler I do struggle with the fact that I don't have all the answers. Mike May My wife and I don't have kids and people are down on us about it. But we're just not wired that way, so don't tell me I have to. Paul Feig The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil. William Dampier I was one of those dark, qu...

to run our churches. But it teaches us how to run all our public policy and everything in society. And that's the reason, as your congressman, I hold the Holy Bible as being the major directions to me of how I vote in Washington, D.C., and I'll continue to do that. Paul Broun Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder. Mark McKinnon I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. Ben Carson I like Flea, I like him as a musician. Ziggy Marley When you're young as a comic, you don't have a lot of leverage. Louis C. K. Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me. Rupert Everett You know, Boston people are full of sauce. Ellen Pompeo I have a lot of memories of Fal...

the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up and fight back like Obamacare - both the abominable legislative monstrosity itself and the tyrannical, corrupt manner by which Obama crammed it through the legislative process. David Limbaugh I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring. Macaulay Culkin I can't stand too long of a record. Shelby Lynne I didn't have time for talent shows and stuff like that. I was into books and studying real hard. Cheryl Lynn So maybe I can go back to being a Gardeners' World addict again. Ken Thompson I didn't go to business school, didn't care about financial stuff and the stock market. Anita Roddick I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength. Jonathan Brown Genius is one of the many forms of insanity. Cesare Lombroso The stone often recoils on the...

that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense. Dionne Warwick I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept. Drew Barrymore Even though I loved to write, I never liked English lit. class very much. I think it ruins books when you dissect them too much. I liked my art classes best. Meg Cabot Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task. Richard Leakey The Democrats in particular are do-nothing guys. Peter George Peterson Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice. Kristin Hannah The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background. Amy Ch...

do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have. Terry Pratchett I'm not so much surprised by the success of 'Ugly Betty' as I am feeling so blessed by it. Ana Ortiz You've got to be fine with who you are. Corbin Bleu I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous. Billy Crudup You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good. Karl Malone When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray? Ethel Barrymore Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race...

bring out vulnerability in people who are generally seen as tough guys. To me, when a hip-hop musician always plays tough, I find it annoying because I know they're not really like that - there's something deeper and vulnerable. There has to be, because they're human beings. Skylar Grey I just like surprising people. I never want to get to a place where people see that I am in a movie and they go see the movie and they expect a certain performance one way or the other. That is just inherently boring to me. John C. Reilly Technology is best when it brings people together. Matt Mullenweg Why does God endow us with compassion? Franz Schubert You can't go fighting everyone that's harsh towards you. Jake Lloyd God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger. Heraclitus I don't believe in right-angled turning points. Timothy West When somebody tells you they're not very smart, they're saying exactly the opposite....

the conversation from one centered around what defines our differences to one that hangs a lantern on what binds us, supports our collective well being and makes us all stronger and more productive as a result. Alan Siegel I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else. Catherine Deneuve Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to. Nicole Richie By not going to school I learned that the world is a beautiful place and needs to be discovered. Rutger Hauer My childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life. Natalia Vodianova I think there is a great deal of interest still in the Christian faith. Rowan Williams I have never been sorry to see my sets being struck, provided they are well photographed. They're no...

have the ability to blow them up into such huge issues in our minds, that we might as well have a facial deformity. It keeps us from really going out there and living our lives, and forgetting about hating yourself and just experiencing the world around you. Christina Ricci Think tanks do have points of view, and they are absolutely entitled to defend them. David Frum Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body. Klaus Schulze Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices. Hedy Lamarr One in 5 Americans is touched by the Red Cross every single year. Robert Brady Moreover, the accomplishment of Russia's aims has been greatly simplified by the fact that we have heretofore offered the world no practical antidote for the Russian poison. James Forrestal Louis C. K. makes m...

new normal. I'm 60 years old, so my expectations of who I am and how I look and how I show up in the world had to shift. Not because I couldn't help it, or not because I did anything wrong, but because I had to get into the natural flow of my being as a woman. Iyanla Vanzant The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names. William Westmoreland American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world. Jim DeMint Years on, Christine and John still have a deep love for each other, as do Stevie and I - we've been working together since I was 17. Lindsey Buckingham I think that life is just too sweet to be bitter. Kris Carr I could not bounce back from my divorce - emotionally - I just could not bounce back. Terry Bradshaw You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for i...

poetic language. It's decidedly anti-literary, a masterpiece of personal and political narrative sequence. And its subject matter is crucial, because what '1984' shows is that language can be a dirty trick. Graham Joyce I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery. Rene Descartes I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I wrote it about something much more gutsy and immediate. I wrote it as a piece of chamber music. Amos Oz During a term in office there are highs and lows, but what counts is that the goal is set as well as the means to achieve it, and the force we put into getting results. Francois Hollande Very ugly things were said about me. Carly Fiorina Those who are outraged will vote. Roger Stone It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artis...

and Romney. And what it's going to get down to is this. Obama is going to say, 'I inherited a mess and I'm making it better.' And Romney is going to say, 'you haven't made it good enough. And I can do far better than you have done.' John Kasich At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe. Ted Rall It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards, only it was a dishonor guard. Jim Bakker I don't have anybody telling me what to do. John Mayer Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart. Abraham Cahan Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here. James Hillman I believe in dancing. Robert Fulghum The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but loving...

they know. They all have an individual personality, and those personalities change from day to day. They can have their grumpy days and their happy days and their serene days. But it's unpredictable. You can't be off in outer space when you're dealing with animals. Chris Cooper One right decision doth not a great president make. Herman Cain Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing. Jon McGregor As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all. Amy Sherman-Palladino In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state. Peter L. Berger For me, God is in my life. I don't hide from that... I think the search has been on since the '60s. Ringo Starr I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line. Ryan Reynolds If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous. Hai...

If you want to do it by raising money for your kid's school, great. If you want to build a garden - whatever it is. Women like myself - they're complicated, and they have a lot of different interests and qualities within them. Maria Shriver I am just an ordinary Catholic. Maggie Gallagher My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong. Travis Barker There is little evidence that other animals judge the appropriateness of actions that do not directly affect themselves. Frans de Waal I didn't want the headache of having a publisher reviewing everything I wrote in advance. Mark Millar I just heard the latest joke about my hair: 'Do you know what that is on her head? It's a steering wheel to drive the state.' Yulia Tymoshenko I'm a lousy journalist. Judith Rossner I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? Paul Merton ...

because of your cat. And I think that is overblown - unless you have, like, three kittens in your house that are living outside and eating raw meat, this shouldn't really be a significant source of concern. Emily Oster There's something to be said for embracing who you are. Jeff Probst Most magazines have become wallpaper, they're all the same, all the same celebrities. It's really an abysmal time in American journalism right now. But occasionally one story or two will pop out. David Talbot Tomorrow a new era starts for Greece. Antonis Samaras Fashion somehow, for me, is purely and happily irrational. Hedi Slimane There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend. Katharine Butler Hathaway Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest. David O. McKay We've had the same set designer and the same crew in many cases since 1972. Mink Stole I'm a feminist, yes! Very strongly. Bob Hoskins

quantum mechanics in a consistent manner. I do believe the universe is consistent, and therefore I do believe that general relativity and quantum mechanics should be put together in a manner that makes sense. Brian Greene I do not want America to default on its debt. Jeb Hensarling The real strong have no need to prove it to the phonies. Charles Manson After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. Pierre Corneille What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it. Kate Millett I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart. Diana Ross I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world. Al Purdy If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat. Garth Brooks My mother taught me about...

profiles for the purpose of sharing... with employers. Oops. I vividly remember the moment I realized my company was going to fail. My co-founder and I were at our wits' end. By 2001, the dot-com bubble had burst, and we had spent all our money. Eric Ries What's great about making movies is the sort of additive process of bringing people together and having an idea and watching the idea be added to and at the end you have this thing. Laura Ziskin In the end it doesn't matter what you do. Harrison Birtwistle I don't actually do any exercise, which is really bad. But I wear heels a lot. My theory is that it's painful, so it's gotta do something. Karen Gillan I was always interested - I mean, it's kind of part of your job - I was always interested in the camera. Keanu Reeves True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal. Mehmet Oz I painted on...

beauty, even makes it possible in esoteric cases. On the other hand, there's no question that someone with no musical education whatsoever might wander into a concert hall and be overwhelmed by the 'Beethoven Pastoral Symphony'. Denis Dutton I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn't want to continue opera because I wanted to act. Kelli O'Hara To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself. Kathe Kollwitz Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success. Mary Lou Retton So it's a source of fun and a source of pride to have been a part of this little movie that could. Blair Underwood A man who is right by your side through everything makes you happy. But he can leave your side to make dinner once in a while! Faith Hill Anti-Semitism is extre...

showing the sheer tedium of being a mobster. It has dead spots, boring plotlines, weak episodes. Characters develop slowly, or don't. Like viewers, a gangster might get bored, fade out of the action, then come back to find none of his debts forgotten. Rob Sheffield The normal 21-year-old doesn't have to worry about their night out being put on TMZ. Lauren Conrad It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else. Candy Crowley Buck up or stay in the truck. Sarah Palin With the evolution of technology, kids really need to be computer-savvy. Ryan Seacrest I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford. Gloria Swanson If was, increased by a lack of railways in Russia - for bringing up supplies to our advancing troops. Gerd von Rundstedt Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review. Robert Duvall Don't ch...

know that we're taking care of the important business of dealing with the illegal immigration into this country. You cannot begin to address the concerns of the people who are already here unless and until you have made certain that no more are coming in behind them. Michael Steele When I went to record my first album, which should have been a punk album, there was a synthesiser in the control room. I'd never seen one before but they let me have a go on it and I loved it to bits. Gary Numan I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer. Barbara Corcoran Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny. Charles Barkley The stigma of the straight-to-DVD thing is over. Edward Burns I can tell you about the education ...

myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar, and my fans would not respect me, if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other; we have fun together - it's great. Mary J. Blige I think the 16 years that I spent in Green Bay speaks for itself. Brett Favre I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to. George Tenet After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself. Pamela Stephenson Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously. Alton Brown Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception. Marilyn vos Savant I am happy being able to play roles with people my age because once you do something really mature there is no turning...

His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him. H. Rap Brown And I have to work so hard at talking positively to myself. If I don't, it's just real hard to get through the day, and I'll get really down, and just want to cry. My whole body language changes. I get more slumped over. Delta Burke If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active. Ryan Sheckler When I travel, I like to take advantage of room service. I'm really into eggs Benedict in the morning. Jenny McCarthy I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day. Scoot McNairy In those days it was pretty cut and dry. If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the abili...

'Look, you are having a hard time, I feel bad for you. Let's look at what you're doing, let's teach you how to succeed. Let's give you the tools to succeed as opposed to turning everybody into victims. Jon Lovitz The only thing better than going to Pitcairn in the first place, is going again. Billy Campbell There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear. Henry Fielding Hollywood is just like high school: The popular people love the other popular people. And the thing is, some people aren't nice. Or they are nice, but only to your face, not elsewhere. Amanda Seyfried In my planet, fashion, I'm the only straight man. Roberto Cavalli I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves. Don Cornelius I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret! Dav...

created by your thoughts and beliefs you have held in the past. They were created by the thoughts and words you used yesterday, last week, last month, last year, 10, 20, 30, 40, or more years ago, depending on how old you are. Louise L. Hay Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Frances McDormand Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right. Joni Mitchell It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience. Robert Morgan Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again. Zooey Deschanel Call Him by whatever name you will, and He will respond. Dada Vaswani I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying. Rita Coolidge Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him so...

they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process. Ehud Olmert I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do. Gary Vaynerchuk There's so many people that dislike you all the time, so when somebody loves anything that you do, you go 'Yes! Finally!' Even if it means the dyn-o-mite thing. Jimmie Walker My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do. Vivien Leigh When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me. Ang Lee On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%. Cory Lidle Different astronauts sleep in different ways. Sally Ride I'm drawn particularly to ...

if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as heartfulness, you're not really understanding it. Compassion and kindness towards oneself are intrinsically woven into it. You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention. Jon Kabat-Zinn The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement. Anna Lindh Right now I'm trying to do a fragrance called Natalie. She's very, very much alive for us. Robert Wagner I'm more into, like, colour than, like, the type of car and stuff. I don't know much about cars, so I'm just more into picking the right color. Miranda Cosgrove I was lucky enough to meet the Material Girl twice. Eric West This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival. Penelope Spheeris I can direct breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I take pride in my kitchen, but I'm not going to direct a movie. Julia Roberts There is no evidence of any kind except that is directed towa...

European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg. Giancarlo Esposito I've felt a little tired, but I'm only 24. I love playing football. That's my job and that's what I love doing. David Beckham People say to me, 'Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange.' Prince Andrew I have a box of evidence that's going to a certain person should anything happen to me, so if you top me off, it's still going to that person, and the truth will come out. Heather Mills It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal. Sarah Hughes But I have made no plans to run for any office right now. Roy Moore I definitely need to date someone who is calm. Freida Pinto I haven't done as many films as I wo...

the audience, if I do it well, will track wherever I go, whether it's President or a lawyer or bad guy or good. All I have to do is execute the material enough where they buy into it. I've had the great luxury of the audiences accepting that. John Travolta I've had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal. Chi McBride First, to begin with, Mexico is North American; the one that is using wrong the term is United States. United States is not North America. North America is Mexico, United States, and Canada. Vicente Fox If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie. LeBron James I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments. Lech Walesa Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge. Emmitt Smith Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. Morrie Schwartz You know, children philosophize more than adults - ...

publishing career. There's the writer and there's the author. The author - you don't ever think about the author. Just think about the writer. So my advice would be, find a way to not care - easier said than done. Andre Dubus III The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit. Lincoln Steffens If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder. Ray Bradbury I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.' Terrence Malick You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them. Ava DuVernay These days you can play almost 100 Test matches in six years. Kevin Pietersen That is raw dough. Never eat raw dough. They can make worms in your tummy. Worms in your tummy. Ryan Stiles Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne I think...

is different. I only have one reference of what my career was and I was very, very blessed and very, very lucky, and it got started very quickly after college. And I only know that by going with Roday. James Roday What's casual for a robot isn't necessarily what's casual for a human. Alan Tudyk So you start one person at a time. Change one person, you can change a village. Robin Quivers I'm a lifetime member of the NRA. Miranda Lambert I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis. Phil Gramm If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But the way it is now, it is too much tennis for me. Pete Sampras Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works. Dan Buettner I like characters who have faults. I'm drawn to darker people. Hayley Atwell The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will surv...

everyone talks about 'the character,' and what you do. It's a very different thing, because stage is much bigger, but on television, for things to come across to the public, I think you have to play a bit of your personality. John Barrowman Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock. Christie Hefner I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time. Patrick Stewart I love to read about healthy eating and preach to my husband, who doesn't listen. Now I'm trying to teach it to my daughters. Martina McBride I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book. Guillermo Cabrera Infante You have to dream dreams to live dreams. Eric Lindros That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things. Elizabeth Bowen Films are amazing. To be ...

variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It's very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big. Jeff Bezos It was painful, but sometimes you must have these painful moments where you tear yourself away from something that isn't working. Jeffrey Eugenides I am one of four girls and was inspired by my father to dream big. Some girls want to be doctors, but I wanted to run a company. Denise Morrison I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream. Maya Rudolph The audiobooks I buy are never first-time reads - only rereadings of books I know well that I find intoxicating. Mary Karr A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the store hits on him. A woman buys a book on loneliness and the store clears out. Douglas Coupland Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because o...

that make me self-conscious and try to trick myself into not being self-conscious. So, it's always a challenge, whether I'm lying in a hospital bed or flying around with a rocket pack on my back, or what have you. On the best of days, it's a challenge for me. Billy Campbell The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me. Peter Fonda Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job. Thom Yorke My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life. Steve Earle An autobiography is a life story. It starts when you're born and continues until the end. Richard Hell I have been blessed with a good, fun, and wonderful life, but I've also seen a whole lot of pain. Giada De Laurentiis One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call. Tryon Edwards A well-aimed spear is worth three. Tad Williams In a way I'm a...

and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things. Jamie Foxx I'm not saying that everyone should swim with sharks, but sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow in order to learn something that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Then you know you can conquer your fears. Heidi Klum A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing. Joe Henderson Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics. Ron Chernow Good seasons start with good beginnings. Sparky Anderson I just give off this kind of feminine vibe which has... served me so well with women in my life. Mark Feuerstein I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food...

some giant studio film or a superhero franchise or some actor wants to meet with me about a project they want to do.' And it's easy to get caught up in a moment because it's flattering. But you can't do a movie because it's flattering. Jason Reitman Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be. Jeff Daniels Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people. Fred Rogers I like how Ralph Lauren creates a mystical world through his clothing. Ezra Koenig This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties. William Ames Any finish at Le Mans is great but every time I go to Le Mans my mission is to win. Tom Kristensen They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much. Malcolm Cowle...

networking events a week. And I don't necessarily think that's the right path for everyone, but I realized that as an entrepreneur, one of my strengths was finding the right people who could help us. I didn't come into startups with any network. Kathryn Minshew When I went through Marine boot camp in Paris Island, South Carolina, we actually did have bayonets that we trained with. Josh Mandel What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet. James Hansen Nature is never finished. Robert Smithson So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic. Bill Sienkiewicz I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do. Patton Oswalt You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas. Davy Crockett The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. Helen Keller For years, I ate the same foods...

it requires of you is a lot, so it really makes you dig in and find things, and it just makes you sharp, 'cause it's live. Really, to me, it separates the men from the boys. I always say it's like the frontlines of acting, when you're on stage. Yul Vazquez I was big time into Barbie. Jennifer Sky Everyone has a past, and the downside to my life is that the past gets dragged up. Tamara Ecclestone Don't confuse facts with reality. Robert Ballard Young fans want to know about the past and older fans also want to find new music. Steven Van Zandt I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am. Alan Ladd I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may. Leonard Nimoy Now that the baby is coming, I will do a lot more balancing. I'm going to be a re...

between sunlight and family and happiness and innocence and then at night, darker, stranger mob conspiracy stuff sort of comes out. It seems like a storytelling engine. You can just keep writing about how those two worlds smash into each other. Mitch Glazer People feel powerless and useless in the world. But they can buy something. It can give them a sense of value, of power. Daphne Zuniga I am the 'change Britain' candidate. We can only change Britain through a united Labour Party and I am the unity candidate. I have got support from the Left and the Right of the party. David Miliband Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle. Dale Earnhardt Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. Salman Rushdie By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him. Desiderius Erasmus Or in the early days we didn't have the bus, we ha...

sophistication by the kind of Americans who first bought those Mercs and Beemers, while Ben & Jerry's (now owned by Unilever) brought a post-hippy sensibility to bear. Buyers saw the brand as saying 'all-natural, organic and Fairtrade.' Peter York I always start a painting with the sky. Alfred Sisley To the old, the new is usually bad news. Eric Hoffer I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I can swing my kids around and not worry about aches and pains. Matt Damon Awards are only a publicity gimmick. Tony Randall You know, kicking people's butts with round-edged boots is good, but with pointy shoes, it's even better. Pauline Marois Once you find what you like, it's like it worked yesterday, it works today, it'll work tomorrow. Janelle Monae Naturally, people are curious about how my real mom feels about me having a TV mom. Rico Rodriguez But I don't reall...

the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable. David Mamet I'm a romantic, and we romantics are more sensitive to the way people feel. We love more, and we hurt more. When we're hurt, we hurt for a long time. Freddy Fender I love spicy food, love it. But wasabi is just painful. Devon Werkheiser My success has been as full of luck as a crapshooter's dream. Adolphe Menjou Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany. Ahmed Chalabi I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am. Ann Coulter Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned. Jeb Bush The fame stuff, the kind words from websites and things, are very flattering and lovely, but I just wanna act. Matthew Lewis I was lucky to live 10 years in France, so I learned how to eat and drink there...