life as a development economist, and it's crystal clear that we succeed or fail on winning the battle against world poverty and managing climate change together. If we fail on one, we fail on the other. Nicholas Stern Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure. Mason Cooley I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world. Steven Seagal Wrestling needs to be about the art form again. It needs to be about painting a picture and having a really good match. Hulk Hogan Dallas is a positive, get-it done city. Laura Miller Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect. Gyorgy Ligeti My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough. Jeanette Winterson I would not be surprised to see Syria break apart entirely. James G. Stavridis I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice. Elia Kazan

we would adopt the correct moral view: the onus of proving that everything had been tried and that the motivation and rationale were convincing would rest on those who wanted to end a life. Ezekiel Emanuel Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming 'Hairspray.' It's so weird because I grew up watching her. Zac Efron The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one. Felix Adler With a corset on, you can't breathe properly. Mia Wasikowska NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves. Lord Robertson If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life. Sylvester Stallone I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends. Kid Rock I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of he...

teacher who didn't kick me out of his class. He turned me on to 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' I had picked up Dylan with 'Bringing It All Back Home,' and he turned me on to the first couple of albums, which I hadn't heard. Steve Earle I really love getting hot stone massages. They really help me relax and it's so soothing for your muscles. Leona Lewis This season is my most special and most cherished. All my focus is on getting that championship back here. Lorrie Fair I was very successful from a very early age, and I want to keep it. John Mayer I'm tired of living in a police state. L. Neil Smith The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them. Bobby Fischer I hope what I do and what I just did inspires people around the world to reach for the skies. Nik Wallenda Every part I get, I just think I'm so lucky. They're so hard to get, you know...

you laugh, it made people on the crew laugh. With drama, you do something deep and if your stuff was really effective, the ultimate result is silence. Silence is not necessarily... that would also be the result if you sucked. Chris Pratt Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. Marianne Williamson In my day you didn't speak until spoken to. Andre Leon Talley If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country. Charles Sturt I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist. Dick Gregory There's always some room for improvisation. Satyajit Ray Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems. Mitch McConnell There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a ...

we grew up on the same street. I feel very special to have these amazing people in my life and if we hadn't all moved into this big house together I think I would have missed out on that, because we would have drifted apart. Florence Welch I'm just glad Open tennis is here. It's great for the game. That's more important. Pancho Gonzales I was pretty shy, not too outgoing. Robert Cray Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence. Robert Andrews Millikan The most fascinating person I have met so far is indeed Mr. Hugh Hefner. An incredible man! Katie Price You really can't turn on TLC without seeing us. Paige Davis A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. Honore de Balzac Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, com...

lessons and studied music theory. And played jazz for a while. And then when I was around fourteen years old, I discovered punk rock. And so I then tried to unlearn everything I had learned in classical music and jazz so I could play in punk rock bands. Moby I dyed my hair blonde in that movie, so my head doesn't match my grill. Joe Pesci I was never obese, but I felt 'less than' because I wasn't as thin as other actresses. I totally fell for that low-fat craze. My goal was to be X jeans size or a specific number on the scale. Alison Sweeney Not every child is cut out for an individual sport. Chris Evert In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing. Daymond John The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age. Dorothy Dix I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to. Dani...

am responsible for. I am responsible for being the son of two people who got murdered. I didn't cause their murder. But if I'm suffering because of it, it's my karma that I have manifested in this lifetime in this particular set of circumstances. Patrick Duffy Mountaintop removal coal operations enrich only a handful of elites while impoverishing everyone else in their proximity. Gloria Reuben I prefer to like the people I invest in, but it's not an absolute necessity, as long as they have a good mind and I know they'll do whatever it takes to be successful. Lori Greiner It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense. John Hersey As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America. Laurie Anderson Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, t...

among the Japanese, manga creators are making their creations everyday reflecting their own individuality, with none being the same. What is important isn't the differences between the creators but their love for manga. Natsuki Takaya I came from a very, very small valley in the middle of South Wales. I grew up there with my father, who's a coal miner, and my mother worked in a normal factory. Aneurin Barnard Public employees contribute real value for the benefit of all citizens. Public-union bosses collect real money from all taxpayers for the benefit of a few. Mark McKinnon In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899. Leo Baekeland The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for. Steven Squyres Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I knew Ross was going to run. James Stockdale I love making lists. J. Courtney Sullivan Because, you...

- I believe rights are very important and need to be respected. The issue is whether it is possible to define and justify our rights without taking a stand on the moral and even sometimes religious convictions that citizens bring to public life. Michael Sandel Sure, I can sing a country song, but so can a lot of people. Conway Twitty Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Barack Obama I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy. Stephen Cole Kleene Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together. Carolina Herrera The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. Giacomo Casanova I always have the best of everything. Hattie McDaniel You don't need to in...

wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans. Randy Houser Realizing I was gay was a long sort of waking up. Melissa Etheridge Getting to play a yogic healer was awesome. I love yoga, so I've had a lot of teachers. Mary Elizabeth Ellis There's backlash about everything I do. Lana Del Rey I think that people post to social media to help shape their public identity. Eli Pariser I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready. Geena Davis Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty. Oscar Wilde If you open my wardrobe, it's very boring. Domenico Dolce Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. Dennis Bergkamp

an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all. Hailee Steinfeld I have a lot of sides to my personality and what you see on 'The Hills' is a strong, independent woman, which I am. But I also have a sensitive side that I don't show too much. Kristin Cavallari What surprised me about 'The Casual Vacancy' was not just how good it was, but the particular way in which it was good. Lev Grossman I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less. Alex Haley I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career. Nora Roberts We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wonde...

in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration. Daniel H. Wilson Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon. Saad Hariri Things don't go on forever, and the quicker you accept that change is inevitable, the happier you're gonna be. Trey Anastasio I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society. Alexis Korner The part of London where I grew up has the highest crime rates in the country. Leona Lewis I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular. Zooey Deschanel He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure. Thomas a Kempis Am I melancholy? I certainly have moments. ...

great journey, and there have been questions along the way, and criticisms along the way, but if you look at the totality of the show, or the experience of it as a whole, I think as long as you look at it from that perspective you'll be happy. Daniel Dae Kim I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. Bruce Lee Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match. Vladimir Kramnik I'm very passionate. Abbie Cornish When you can't stop what you're doing long enough to improve it, you will never stop what you are doing. Mike Hawkins My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together. Laurence Housman I feel pretty good when I get out of bed in the morning. I don't feel all beat up, which is nice. Drew Bledsoe Every time I'd get a critique or so...

passing had it not been for the sex videos that lofted them into reality-TV notoriety. Once notoriety has warmed into familiarity, celebrity itself becomes one big 'Brady Bunch' reunion, or a therapy session with Dr. Drew. James Wolcott In a theater, the part is mine and I can control it as I want to. In the movies, I don't have direct contact, and I am fighting technical machinery. Max von Sydow Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one. Helmut Jahn I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff like that. Brandy Norwood I'm a big follower and reactor to weather. Jimmy Buffett I eat as often as I can. I'll eat even if I don't feel like eating. Brooke Burke Hate is more lasting than dislike. Adolf Hitler Junk stands and antique markets are the perfect place to pick up clues about the histo...

game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs. Samantha Stosur It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you. Nana Mouskouri The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism. Taylor Caldwell We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party. Barack Obama People do ask, 'Are you going to embellish this stuff?' I wouldn't change any of my guitar parts. Joey Santiago I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad. Larry Niven I really believe strongly that kids should be spared the runoff of their parents' lives and problems. Dave Eggers I'm not the Hollywood type. I'm not going to pack up my bags and let me move to Hollywood and stuff like that...

But how can you not have respect for a guy who's been down on the floor and just keeps coming back? Nothing will keep Donald Trump down until they drive a wooden stake in his heart and a silver bullet in his brain. Felix Dennis My feelings about myself have been terrible. Alvin Ailey Big Brother doesn't like all these Little Brothers looking at it. Hasan M. Elahi At the beginning, it was me, Run and D, but D's voice is messed up. Jam Master Jay My happiest times in the theater are when I do ensemble pieces. I really got into theater because of that closeness. Faith Prince I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind. Robert Jay Lifton The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era. Nick Turse I was very cheap - that's the way I'd always worked. Pete Waterman We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the ...

really want President Hattersley?' I now find that possibility rather cheers me up. With his chubby, Dickensian features and his knowledge of T.H. Green and other harmless leftish political classics, Hattersley might not be such a bad thing after all. A. N. Wilson I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs. Roger Bannister I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing. Alfonso Ribeiro Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that. Harold Simmons An actor has no more right to be temperamental than a bank clerk. Fredric March Mexico is only a memory of childhood safety. Sandra Cisneros Our intention is to give people, however you might styli...

and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people have really heard me sing out. So if I do record again, perhaps it will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more. Lauryn Hill I had to face a lot coming through this journey, a lot of sacrifices, difficulties, challenges, and injuries. Gabby Douglas We like playing smaller venues, but we know how many people want to come and see us so we don't ever want to stop anyone who wants to come to a show from coming. Chester Bennington The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours. Suzi Quatro There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use. Layne Staley The public is a part of my real life. Placido Domingo New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun. Poppy Z. Brite For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, y...

imagination, a large desk, neutrality of Swiss proportions, tactlessness, a high tolerance for archival dust. Most of all it calls for an act of displacement. 'To find your subject, you must in some sense lose yourself along the way,' is Richard Holmes's version. Stacy Schiff It's extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them. Mike McCready What I've realized is that we're our own harshest critics. We give ourselves limitations. But I want to push through that wall, on a creative and personal level. Carla Gugino I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier. George Smathers Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace. Mohammed Morsi Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question. Pat Robertson I cry every chance I get. Richard Gere For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of a...

view her as a three-dimensional woman. I think we keep coming up with this stubborn problem of a woman being judged by her appearance rather than her accomplishments. We are much more inclined to ask: was Cleopatra beautiful? Stacy Schiff There were schools and hospitals who were ready to take people with undescribed injuries, but not necessarily ready to take people with severe radiation poisoning. William Scranton Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life. Jimmy Carter We also have a conference call feature where up to five people can talk on one Skype call. Niklas Zennstrom I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so. Erik Larson The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can. Te...

to places like Milton Keynes back when it was first being built. But I couldn't find anything for me. There seemed to be despair at the possibility of the built environment possessing any imagination in the real world. Thomas Heatherwick I always say that I'm not the director, I'm part of the team. Marc Jacobs I still party all the time and hang out with everyone who drinks, but I just don't personally, and don't really have the desire to get blitzed drunk any more. Slash The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, - is fine wool. Charles Sturt The Internet is a great place to find unconventional comedy that you can't find anywhere else. Andy Dick I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way. Ian Fleming Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he...

this even if I wasn't a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated. Tayari Jones The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price. Norman Granz Once artists are expected to shock, it's that much harder for them to do so. Jerry Saltz Fame comes and fame goes, but you have to be able to laugh about yourself and to take it with a grain of salt. Khloe Kardashian I started modeling, doing the Sears catalog kind of thing, then did a lot of commercials when I was growing up. Charlotte Arnold Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent. Eric Hoffer If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. Mel Brooks My friends back home are very...

artistic excellence or our hallowed institutions, we will find the audience is gone in 20 to 30 years. I find as I keep a broader audience in mind, I choose to sing and say more things I actually want to share and fewer things just for the sake of impressing others. Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick When I was a little kid, I told stories. Stephen Tobolowsky The law reports in newspapers contain perhaps the only real history of England that has any relation to truth. Robert Baldwin Ross Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me. John Lithgow I want to win as much as anybody. But what am I supposed to do? Go cry in my apartment for the next two weeks? Cory Lidle There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums. Theresa May Everybody calls everybody a spy, secretly, in Russia, and everybody is under surveillance. You never feel safe. Agnes Smedley Argentina has the b...

does with most people. His love and devotion as a father provided my closest, most intimate relationship. Dad, and our time together, is in my bones. While reflecting on him, the memories themselves seem to boil down into certain 'essences of Dad.' Jennifer Grant Solace is my favorite song. It was the last song we wrote for the record. It was right when we really started to mesh as far as music goes and we started really connecting with each other. Brandon Thomas I try to keep my life low key, and I don't like going to parties unless they're thrown by a friend of mine, or they're to do with a project I'm in, or it's because I've been nominated for an award. James McAvoy The fundamentals of baseball haven't changed, but how we can teach those fundamentals has. With an e-book, learning can be more rewarding and fun. Dusty Baker A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind. John Lothrop Motley It takes application, a fine ...

college. I was earning $165 a week building sets and cleaning the toilets. Cleaning toilets is a good way of getting in touch with your creativity. That's when you find out if you got anything going on in your head. Jill Scott The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.' Lela Rose I think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time. Joan Cusack I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for. Serj Tankian It's been a year of many more downs than ups. Kim Clijsters I always told my children when they whined... Only the boring are bored. Tommy Lee Jones If you improve your education system, there's no telling what kind of businesses you'll be able to attract. Shelley Berkley I was always a show-off - as a kid I was never afraid to...

economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live. Shimon Peres If I did any movies I'd have to take a break from singing, because I'd want it to be really good. Justin Timberlake Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn't know it's an actor. Kit Harington Dairy products are not good for a singer. Ruben Studdard Once you're a mom, always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget. Taraji P. Henson I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work. John Dyer Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side? Chris LeDoux I'm a pretty open book. Emily VanCamp The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe. Gustav Heinema...

more than 200 years of our history, there have been men and women of courage who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures. Scott Walker All great authors are seers. George Henry Lewes The world is my workshop. It is not my home. Abbas Kiarostami Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent. Cecil B. DeMille It is a different breed of person who wants to be on a reality-TV show. Bruce Nash There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile. H. G. Wells I like when a guy wears a T-shirt, and you can see a little curve of the muscle sticking out. That's sexy! Jennifer Morrison I have an iPad and I watch three things: 'The Daily Show,' '60 Minutes,' and 'Meet the Press.' Je...

I'm just observing the world and the people around me and their characters and letting them kind of explode off me and to find out why they're doing what they're doing. But then every once in awhile, I get to take on a whole new character. Danny Pudi I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent. Eli Roth Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable. Christian Lous Lange Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force. Sheikh Hasina The American people have been denied important information for their own protection. Bob Graham I used to get taxed on my allowance. Yeah, I've been taxed since I was a little kid. And at the end of the year I had to pick a charity to donate my taxes to. Lauren Conrad Finger pointing never got anything done! Da...

environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up. Andrew J. Bernstein What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now. Maurice Strong Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations. Marina and the Diamonds To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy. Bryan Adams I had no musical training at all. Belinda Carlisle I received free health care. J. K. Rowling I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer. David Guterson The American people have not become heartless. Joe Biden I love In-N-Out Burgers! Jennifer Morrison

stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or a bad divorce. Life's filled with trauma. You don't need to go to war to find it; it's going to find you. We all deal with it, and the effects go away after awhile. At least they did for me. Sebastian Junger Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what's wrong with the school system. Melinda Gates Of course in the first matches you are more careful, perhaps more careful than you should be. Diego Maradona The songs were really complicated. I used to meet people in bar bands who were trying to play our songs and they were really struggling with it. Technically it was really difficult stuff. Kip Winger We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon. Sherilyn Fenn My greatest life lesson has been that life can change in a second. This is why it's important to always live your best possible life and to do what you can for others. Niki Taylor When I ...

my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it's all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals. Diana Lopez I lived in the Muslim world for 10 years. Juan Cole In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it. Tim Berners-Lee Moses became America's true founding father because he evangelized action; he justified risk. He gave ordinary people the courage to live with uncertainty. Bruce Feiler When I go to the movies, I like romance, comedy, and thrillers. I hate gore. Peter Weller There have been makeup artists who've asked if my eyebrows are real. Peter Gallagher A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users. Patricia Hewitt I respect the Japanese and especially like thei...

where we are confident our particular clients desire to be. Los Cabos, Mexico is the ideal Engel & Volkers market, growing in popularity among world luxury travelers seeking exceptional properties for second home opportunities. Anthony Hitt Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director. Dennis Farina Passion has always been important to me. That won't change. What changes in a woman's perspective. I mean, I have two kids now. I'm a single parent balancing motherhood and my career. That changes the equation. Jody Watley I love very much to draw animals. Josef Albers White is actually one of my favorite colors. I have a white car. I love white. Kim Kardashian The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends. Peter Ustinov My father did everything for me. He was awesome. Jenson Button For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars. ...

silent, and I don't like when it rings and people are calling. We could live without those things in the past when we just had a phone on the street somewhere, on the corner or at the house. I have no interest in telling all the people what I do every day and where I am. Kimi Raikkonen Life is complex. You don't have any person who is nice from the beginning until the end. You don't always have the notion of redemption. The bad people don't always pay. Marjane Satrapi Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer. W. Edwards Deming But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the political situation of Afghanistan, then of course we can't hope satisfactory results. Bulent Ecevit I do love country music. Kesha Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you. Naomie Harris Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music. Nichelle Nichols Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball pl...

Arizona. That sense of perseverance, of making the best out of an incredibly bad situation, has always been something I drew inspiration from. I always ask myself, 'What in the world do I have to complain about?' Scott Fujita A fish may love a bird, but where would they live? Drew Barrymore In the startup world, 'not working' is normal. Paul Graham The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming. Arthur Schopenhauer Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show. Fanny Brice The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has. Janis Ian Back then the cars had a trap door that we could pull open with a chain to check our tire wear. Tim Flock I don't like showing my privacy online. Eduardo Saverin Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the wo...

were never too flared or too skinny. In my life with Dad, he wore Western apparel because we went riding - jeans, cowboy boots, the turquoise belt buckle. But it was all very simple, and that classic look is very 'Ralph Lauren.' Jennifer Grant Ronnie Spector's hair was taller and meaner and scarier than all four Shangri-La's combined, plus the drummer from the Honeycombs. You just know her rat-tail comb was a switchblade. Rob Sheffield I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view. Irene Rosenfeld Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it. Orlando Cepeda I don't feel restless, I just like to travel. Brad Pitt I used to be a great blues singer. Roger Daltrey When I was younger I was obsessed with 'Star 80,' and it's just a great movie - I think I saw it three times in the theater. Todd Phillips ...

these old letters and stories that have been saved, is that there are certain lines that are very standard that are used again and again. It's almost like a formula in a sense, so that these certain lines come up again and again. Lisa See I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear. Billy Sunday You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement about what theatre can do. Stephen Daldry Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit. Tom Cochrane Track and field was very big when I was growing up. Usain Bolt Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi When I get my heart rate up, I get good exercise and I think it's good for a lot of things, plus it's...

an actor it's always easier to shave or cut your hair for a role, but it's hard to put fake hair on or grow hair for a role. When you look at pictures of me, the longer my hair is, the longer my facial hair is, that's just the longer I haven't gotten a job. Chris Pratt One important measurement issue concerns the fat tails problem that I mentioned earlier. VAR is concerned with extreme outcomes. If the tails of the probability distributions we are using are too thin, our VAR measures are likely to be too low. John Hull Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies. Benjamin Banneker I always studied because I knew I had to. I needed to survive and take care of my mother. Maria das Gracas Silva Foster Magic, like technology, is a tool. Mercedes Lackey I didn't feel very attractive as a child and actually I wasn't. Kate Beckinsale Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. Jawaharlal Nehru ...

oversized art pads like the kind I carried around in college when I was earnest about drawing. I need to have some idea of the shape of the novel, where its headed, so that I can proceed with confidence. But the truth is my characters start doing and saying things I don't expect. Julianna Baggott I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line. Bob Newhart You have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything. Wislawa Szymborska Most seem to think that while a person may not be responsible for the opportunities he gets in life, each is entirely responsible for what he makes of these opportunities. Sam Harris To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist. Christopher Hitchens Was I believer in Enron Corporation? Yes, sir, I was. Jeffrey Skilling All I ever wanted to be was happy. Goldie Hawn I have not b...

I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it. Norah Jones I love to post behind-the-scenes photos of what is really going on. My twitter friends really seem to like that and the great thing is I can deliver them information right away. Nancy O'Dell That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race. Dale Earnhardt As long as we're dependent on those fossil fuels, we're dependent on the Middle East. If we are not victims, we're certainly captives. John M. McHugh I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age. William Butler Yeats I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase. Matthew McGrory At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the ...

life. That takes a lot of discipline, hard work and focus. You just can't let it all fall by the wayside. Later on, I learned that God is really in control of everything. But you still have to put your best foot forward and be the best you can possibly be. Janet Jackson When you get released from the NFL it's not a pleasant experience and I may have sulked for about two or three years. Then I was like, 'You know what? It's time to get back on the wagon.' I have nothing to be ashamed of. Stephen Baker I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality. Andrew Cuomo I think we ought to talk about what the American people want, and that is jobs and get the economy on track. John Cornyn I never felt I left the stage. Helen Gahagan If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn. Paul Gascoigne Well, I think it's imp...

expecting it's going to last forever, and you have a lot of ways you dream about the future. You have all these expectations, and then you have to adjust those expectations, and it can be a very unnerving, confusing time. Jenna Fischer If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across. Shania Twain The more color, the more nutrients, usually. Tina Thompson People say it is part of the game. You win some, you lose some. But not for me. Ruud van Nistelrooy When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself. Francois Rabelais To no human charter am I indebted for my rights. Gerrit Smith Social Security was always supposed to be basically in theory an insurance program where you pay in and then you get out. Judd Gregg When I was younger, I just thought about playing in the NBA. Derrick Rose We're all made to make mistakes; nobody's pe...

'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature. Jacki Weaver The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory. Thomas Jefferson Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such treatments in earnest. Andrew Weil We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries. Richard Holbrooke I didn't like the way the game was being played. Mario Lemieux To search for a pianist, it is very difficult; sometimes you find one. Victoria de los Angeles I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience. Roland Joffe I feel my story has been exercised very ...

here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada. Stephen Harper No matter how long what I'm doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I love it and it's my escape. Miley Cyrus I had the interesting experience of having lived and worked for six years in China with Procter & Gamble, and that just changes, I think, your whole perspective in living overseas and living in a country like China. Steve Daines The doctor asked what my diet was like and I had to sit down and realize it's not normal, and hadn't been normal for about 20 years. Carre Otis I think 2tor has a chance of remaking higher ed in a really great way. If we do that, those investors will do well. John Katzman I had 10 to 12 close buddies who I played ball with all the way from elementary t...

realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead. Keira Knightley I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw. Edvard Munch I see guys with, like, eyebrow art, and I wanna tell them, 'You don't have to go too crazy on your brows. Take it easy, man!' Ryan Reynolds Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. Anthony Trollope I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them. Hal Sparks My work was entirely nonfiction. Laura Hillenbrand I love the ocean. I've always liked the blue, so tranquil and peaceful and gliding. And the fear of it. Siouxsie Sioux You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You c...

and brighter. That's what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that's from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter. Jay-Z Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own. Irwin Shaw Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest. Haniel Long Little pieces of advice like that can provide us with months' worth of entertainment. Mike Shinoda Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine. Nick Lowe I did not start IC and Inteam to have control over my music. I had control before and after. Klaus Schulze Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely mu...

either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played. Daley Thompson I like wearing my wedding ring, it's nice. Jerry O'Connell I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all! Joe Nichols He who is hated by all can not expect to live long. Pierre Corneille We share responsibility. It's important to have a good spouse; that's where I sympathize with single parents. Hunter Tylo There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith. Seth MacFarlane Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts. Jerry Saltz Work controls my life, writing contr...

life. When your health is strong, you're capable of taking risks. You'll feel more confident to ask for the promotion. You'll have more energy to be a better mom. You'll feel more deserving of love. Jillian Michaels I would like to extend to you our deep appreciation and thanks for the position the United States has taken in support of the democratization process that has taken place in Tunisia, in Egypt, and what is attempting to take place in Libya. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back. Kesha I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing. Jeff Bridges I think the forms of terrorism are becoming very diverse, amongst them cyber-terrorism, for example. Yoshihiko Noda I was never anorexic, so I was never that skinny. I was never bony-bony. But I remember thinking, I don't want to be this skinny. Kate Moss In the army yo...

talk to the average Texan, some people may still think that alternative energy is some sort of hippie mumbo-jumbo, you know. I think there's still a strong movement to continue to drill and continue to find these other sources of oil within the country. Jesse Metcalfe I'd rather work than not. Tommy Bolin We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent. John Prescott Anybody can kill anybody. Lynette Fromme Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there. Ismail Merchant The thing that really surprised me about strip malls in California, specifically Los Angeles, is that they have some really fantastic restaurants. Dave Foley If it has a shelf life longer than you, don't eat it. Kris Carr I think I may have created a monster with my - I won't say act - but with my redneck...

for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking. Daniel Gilbert Changing the game is a mindset. Robert Rodriguez All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten. Robert Fulghum France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position. Laurent Fabius But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project. Jodie Foster I just think that most of the people are very close minded. Alex Chiu What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them. Michael Haneke What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true. Patrick Kavanagh I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and...

this sort of brother/sister bond, and suddenly I'm leaning in to kiss her. Well, it felt completely wrong... but, you know, you try to sink into the character and divorce yourself from it. We ended up laughing hysterically afterwards. Rupert Grint CBS's halftime show during the 2004 Super Bowl was a new low for television. Mike Rogers The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million. Joe Baca To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is. Matthew McConaughey So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done. Diane Lane I know most people don't like their jobs very much and don't get a lot of personal satisfaction from their jobs. That's something that I really do get a lot of. Seth Rogen I've achieved a certain amount of success and now I'm ...

I lived in England, it's all I wanted to do and I thought that anything else would somehow be a compromise to my dreams. But then when I came back to the States, I realised how much I loved being back in the States. Danica Patrick I am saying that all predictions concerning climate are highly uncertain. Freeman Dyson Internet does not equal sodium pentothal. Drew Barrymore I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets. Pat Buckley Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables. Garry Trudeau We take our kids for physical vaccinations, dental exams, eye checkups. When do we think to take our - our son or daughter for a mental health checkup? Gordon Smith I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write. Amy Winehouse Listen, whatever makes the movie better. That's the attitude you have to have. Joseph Kosinski I love music. I love going out d...

than we might realize. We often think we should make important decisions using just our own internal resources. What are the pros and cons? What does my gut tell me? But often we have friends and family who know us in ways we don't know ourselves. Sheena Iyengar I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies. Zach Braff I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out. Katey Sagal The history of using mice to stand in for humans in medical experiments is replete with failures. Gary Wolf The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about. Damon Wayans Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time. Gerald R. Ford If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce. Barbara Jordan Being bro...

the end of the day, it happened a long time ago. My mother was, I hope, not the reason that I have been successful. It's not as simplistic as 'My mum killed herself; I've got to prove myself.' I was very lucky that my parents took an interest in me. Stuart Rose I really love to drive. It's really hard for me to be a passenger, even though I get to look around a little bit more, but I've gotten really good at driving and looking. Catherine Opie Certainly the advent of technology and electronic commerce has had an immense impact on the real estate industry. Michael Oxley Many times the players get in there and it's just about as well as they could have done, and other times they get in there and they favorites and they don't win. Ivan Lendl SNL is a home. You've got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it's a great time. Adam Sandler I want my audience to know me for my work, not because of who I'm dating or what drugs I...

I know how to make those. I'm actually pretty good at it now. But my first time, the beans actually exploded in the pot, so I had black beans just dripping from the ceiling - which is actually a dream come true for most Cubans. It was a nightmare to clean. Danny Pino One in four corporations doesn't pay any taxes. Bernie Sanders I've been a hip hop head forever. So when it turned out that we were gonna start getting celebrity guests for every show, I wanted rap guys from the get-go. Andy Milonakis I'm so touched that complete strangers will send me a script asking me to be in their film. That still amazes me - and sometimes for a lot of money too. Liam Neeson I'm a big fan of Kate Moss's style - no-one nails boho meets hippy chic like she does. Kristin Cavallari There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it. Ben Hecht The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old ...

Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good. Mark Udall Acting was my after-school activity. I never planned on growing up and becoming an actor. Sara Paxton In scientific subjects, the natural remedy for dogmatism has been found in research. Ronald Fisher I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better. Eric Heiden My first love is the sport, and it will always be my priority. Linford Christie But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all. Brian Lumley I buy way too many books. Orson Scott Card It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then. ...

a novelist, but I mourn that Pete Dexter and Joan Didion's route is maybe less likely because there are fewer of those jobs. I always liken it to playing piano in some great dive jazz bar. You didn't pick the songs, you played what people asked for, but you got your chops. Jess Walter And then fourth, we have that essential group of people who track programs and budgets to ensure that they align with the needs of preparation and warning, counterintelligence and support to the operational war fighter. Stephen Cambone I don't feel like I'm very pop-star lame, but I'm definitely not hipster-cool. Katy Perry Life is a game and true love is a trophy. Rufus Wainwright Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Daniel Boone In the best of all worlds everyone in the Embassy is doing something to assist U.S. exports. Lawrence Eagleburger All of us in the Ball family in South Carolina, from the time we're children, hear stories about our...

really rigid character. But to be fair, I think George Clooney is a bigger teenager than any of the 'Twilight' cast. He's the guy throwing a football at your head and then hiding around the corner, pretending it wasn't him! Anna Kendrick I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress. Wen Ho Lee Follow your honest convictions and be strong. William Makepeace Thackeray I'll be pleased when I'm dead. That will let me off worrying about all these wars. Doris Lessing It looks like the future's really bright. Michael P. Anderson I fear only God, all praises to Him. Muqtada al Sadr But the issue has to do with land, which is our land. Bashar al-Assad It's unfortunate. Title IX is rather simple: don't discriminate on the basis of sex. Birch Bayh I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn. Natalie Maines

their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side. Alexander McCall Smith When you do something in a nonviolent way, people will die and there will be casualties. But you're taking a different point of view that has a power. Tom Shadyac I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions. Jay Weatherill As I traveled the world over, I traveled everywhere, and I learned so much. Robert Mondavi To assume that any couple goes without arguing is just nonsense. Seal There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it. Aaron Johnson I'm a graduate of Princeton, and I just want to say you don't have to go to an Ivy League school to be on the ...

ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues. It matters not whether its proponents have a 'D' or an 'R' after their name. It is a tax increase in either case. Bob Barr I thought it was going to be a hut in Topanga and Janis Joplin was going to come out, but it's a real doctor... I went to Beverly Hills to meet this midwife; you'd think they'd be in nature. Simon Helberg It was the highlight of my life being in the Mae West show, because I saw and did things I never had before. Joe Gold And so we have to be careful with looking at additional stimulus that we don't provoke an increase in the bond rate and then offset a lot of the stimulus we've already got. Franklin Raines I've never had friends, and I don't like to be around big groups of people. Taylor Momsen When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. Thomas Szasz Figo is as important to England ...

and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don't pay their taxes. George Papandreou My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically. Jean-Claude Van Damme Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen. Michel Hazanavicius Our friends have nothing to do with the business. Some of our closest friends in Florida are not stars. Kelly Preston The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up. Jenni Rivera We wanted to slow down. But one would let us. June Carter Cash My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible. Kate Bosworth I've got a lot of respect for Mike Hayden. Pete Hoekstra It...

parents who practiced everything they preached. A great gift was their total absence of any derogatory talk about people of any race or culture and we were on a street of many faiths, though no other races at that early time. Trina Paulus I am mad about my wife. David Bailey One of the problems is that kids who don't read - who are not doing well in school - they know they're not doing well. And they want everyone to be in that same category. Walter Dean Myers Decide where and when you want to write. I like space, and silence is an inspiration to me. Cecelia Ahern I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress. Mila Kunis My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since. Rachel Roy Oh, I do get lonely, yes. Courteney Cox I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian. Paul Merton Most smoked salts are made with liquid smoke...