warmth, light, heat and you build it up from there really until you finally go Gucci shoes or whatever it is or whatever your consumer desires are. All those desires are ultimately, they're about gratification. Bruce Dickinson It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically. Lucy Liu I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way. Gelsey Kirkland If something strikes me as insane and unjust, I cannot tolerate that. Ron Perlman We still lack a global definition of terrorism. Gijs de Vries We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue. Hayden Fry I cannot permit you to disrupt the Paramount schedule. David O. Selznick I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler. Norman Jewison Woman is the sun, an extraordinary creature, one that makes the imagination gallop....

to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily. Ang Lee 1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me: Chuck Mangione Many Europeans are concerned that stronger sanctions are a slippery slope toward war unless the U.S. is at the table. Dennis Ross All the states are required, either by constitution or by statute, to have balanced budgets - they're not able to print money. So they have to focus on establishing priorities. Gary Locke I think it's been confusing for people because I haven't had a linear career. Selma Blair Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice. Stephen Ambrose I want to try and be instinctive as a wri...

medium, so all I can really control is the character that I'm playing. So I try to look for characters that are interesting and engaging and different than what I've done before and hopefully it becomes a good movie. John C. Reilly Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone. Ian Somerhalder We wanted to solve robot problems and needed some vision, action, reasoning, planning, and so forth. We even used some structural learning, such as was being explored by Patrick Winston. Marvin Minsky Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good. Harriet Beecher Stowe Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society. Keith Miller We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations. Paul Cellucci Facts are stupid until brought into connect...

of dollars a day on trying to take over the world economically. And we're spending billions and billions and billions of dollars on policing the world. Why isn't China involved with Libya? That - we don't get oil from Libya, China does. Donald Trump I love to study the many things that grow below the corn stalks and bring them back to the studio to study the color. If one could only catch that true color of nature - the very thought of it drives me mad. Andrew Wyeth Stop-motion is sort of twitchy; you can feel the life in it. If we were to remove that completely, there'd be no point in it. Henry Selick I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution. Tom DeLay Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had. Hattie McDaniel When you say we're bringing a product to market, you make sure you execute. ...

possibilities as you can have time for, getting your music out there with the internet, and Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, and everything that you have, there is a way to spread the word. To me, the first thing you have to have is substance and content and real depth. Amy Ray We believe world peace is inevitable. Anne Perry I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things. Vanilla Ice You are more committed to things that you give money to - whether it is a church or a politician. Roy Blunt I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager. Charles Durning When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt. Rick Baker I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it. Paul Thomas Anderson I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park. W...

Why is it that I, a young woman, can read 'GQ,' enjoy 'Fight Club,' and subscribe to 'Thrillist,' while the idea of a guy doing the same with 'Glamour,' '27 Dresses' and 'Daily Candy' is nearly unheard of? Kathryn Minshew I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons. Frank Shorter It can have its effect only through the intervention of God, inasmuch as in the ideas of God a monad rightly demands that God, in regulating the rest from the beginning of things, should have regard to itself. Gottfried Leibniz I don't watch the beginnings of many series; I don't know why - maybe because I'm normally working. Grant Bowler I'm one of those weird people who doesn't even own a computer. Bill Nighy Grace Kelly forged a link between Monaco and the movie world, and I would like...

the tyranny of government collectivism. She was a loyal supporter and friend of the United States and her terms as prime minister were marked as the beginning of the resurgence of the economy of the United Kingdom. Joseph J. Lhota Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life. Victoria Woodhull I'm enjoying prison ministry, particularly with the women in Hudson County Jail who have suffered tremendously in their lives. James McGreevey You know, I started doing movies. I mean, my mind was brought into saying, 'You know what? I want to build a generation of wealth.' Master P On those, I've said it before, I work free. It's the waiting they pay me for. Hector Elizondo Corsetry is a body modification. Dita Von Teese Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes. Steve Earle In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one...

bought enough chips that we could get them mislabeled. So we bankrupted at least two companies which copied our boards, and bought all the parts but they were the wrong parts, so they're sitting on all this inventory they can't sell because the games don't work. Nolan Bushnell I don't want to be wondering about how skinny I am, wondering what I'm going to eat because I don't want to gain and I want to look hot and young, always and forever. Heidi Klum The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality. Gustav Heinemann You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all shakes out. Tom Daschle For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. Luther Burbank Time passes, and little by little everything that ...

they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third time's a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love. Rodney Atkins The girls in high school who watched 90210? I was watching Seinfeld. Josh Schwartz I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero. Upamanyu Chatterjee For decades, the violence in the Middle East has claimed a multitude of innocent civilian victims: Men, women and children, Arab and Israeli. John Conyers So it doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring. Bela Fleck The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country music is back. Joe Nichols I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm...

and rewritten the law, which they're not supposed to do, we could have certified, which is a mere procedural action, and then after that, they could have petitioned any justice for a recount statewide with uniform standards. Katherine Harris As soon as we find a cure, we will utilize any of the donations to go toward providing medication to those who can't afford it. That is my goal. Montel Williams I think that it is always hard to find two voices that fit together well. Sarah Brightman The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy. Guy Ritchie The more we can get Washington out of the way, the stronger our economy and our country will be. Josh Mandel Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it. Ernie Banks I don't know how long I'll be trick or treating. Maybe I'll be 80 years old and still trick or treating. Kieran Culkin I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody...

I understand the nice experience, but there's something about it that doesn't flow well.' Opening an app, closing it, moving to something else. There's something about the open web that's very free flowing. Ben Huh Charles Miller cannot bring down my government. Denzil Douglas I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach. Rose Byrne I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82. Dave Brubeck The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount. Kinky Friedman I pretty much like all music except for country. I'm not a big fan of country. Ashley Benson Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve. Patsy Kensit I am just so happy and thrilled and I am so glad Mr. Hefner chose me. ...

own expansion over results. In effect, government has become a huge silent partner in all businesses, often taking a majority of the profits and forcing many unprofitable business decisions without the risk that it will be fired. David Malpass For each album, I let the music that I love at that point in my life be my guide. Miranda Lambert Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes. Annette Funicello 'Smallville' was a really awesome opportunity. Samuel Witwer I'm the curvy one of the family. Elizabeth Olsen Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it. Andrea Dworkin I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him. Derek Luke My mother would do anything for her children. And that's how I am too. Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlyi...

and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you. Michael Bloomberg I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up. Karl Kraus Music was important. Football was the easy part. Zinedine Zidane Isolation is a big part of songwriting. Natalie Imbruglia As long as I keep getting cast, I don't care if it's typecast. Chris Pratt There are lots of people in the Silicon Valley who are interested in working at a fast-moving, dynamic company like Google. Not just my family members. Susan Wojcicki Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. Anton Chekhov Look your best - who said love is blind? Mae West Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure. Tom Hodgkinson

inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.' Karl Rove Is the raggle-taggle Brangelina tribe any more bogus than that of the landlocked yummy mummy who believes that she can drop half a dozen brats and still keep a modest carbon footprint? I don't think so. Julie Burchill Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man. Paracelsus Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors. Kenneth Noland I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative. Ian Schrager I've played a lot in Las Vegas in my life. Julio Iglesias There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels. John Burdett I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them...

Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is 'The Meditations.' It's not that I agree with either views expressed in the books, but I believe ideas and thoughts of older generations can offer food for thought for the current generation. Wen Jiabao Sometimes you're only human and you learn. Curtis Joseph My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims. Brigitte Bardot If you're going off a 90-foot jump, you can't say: 'Oh, I don't want to do this now.' You're going no matter what. Shaun White People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life. Catherine Deneuve The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. David Hume Currently I'm not a crazy ex-girlfriend, but I can't promise I won't be one again. Miranda Lambert Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material. Alan Lad...

Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more. Nick Clegg I don't get much out of doing a red carpet. Edward Norton I spend far too much time on eBay buying lamps and upholstery remnants. Heidi Julavits I always had this desire to be an entrepreneur, except I felt I didn't really know what I was doing. Ruzwana Bashir Obama gets his identity and his ideology from his father. Dinesh D'Souza To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do. Sammy Hagar I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates. Marc Almond I tried ice-skating and wasn't very good at it. Anton Yelchin Art dealing is when you're doing it as a business. Jeffrey Deitch

of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients. David Miliband Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty hard times themselves. Melissa de la Cruz We live in our fantasies and endure our realities. Robert Anton Wilson You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public. Lincoln Steffens It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written. Jessica Lange Sooner or later the space program will need to save us by detecting and deflecting an incoming asteroid. Nathan Myhrvold Off-camera, I sound like Perry Como. Gilbert Gottfried Will I become a coach in the future? No way. I'd never be able to put up with someone like me....

across-the-board experience of mass pleasure - after 'Bad Girls,' nobody ever tried claiming disco sucked again. It set the template for what Michael Jackson would do a few months later with 'Off The Wall.' Rob Sheffield Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to say. It has been an incredible journey to be around them and try to give them what my mother gave me. Jill Scott Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge. Vikas Swarup If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege. Jonathan Carroll All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be. Pam Bondi You want to feel like people are hiring you because they want to work with you, not because of who your parents are. Lily Rabe I'm a big James Bond fan. I've got...

Sloane world of manor houses simply hasn't cut it since Big Bang in 1986, the point at which Mrs. Thatcher really started to achieve her ambition to make this country more like America - its ambition, economy, it's very tangible measures of success. Peter York If I shave, I don't have a chin anymore. Casey Abrams I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind. Martin Scorsese If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater. Marian Seldes If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded. King Solomon People have been so supportive of this career for so long, and they are still enjoying the music that I bring to them. Dionne Warwick I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. Madonna Ciccone Michael is a gift from Allah, and he is taking him back. The world didn't appreciate him. Jermaine Jackson I wish it to be remember...

crops, degraded land, as well as using sources such as organic waste, sewage, and forest waste means that actual land usage will be limited. Just these sources can replace most of our imported oil by 2030 without touching new land. Vinod Khosla The bad guys I play don't want to be bad. It's the struggle between the part of them that's an animal and the part that's the intellect that's interesting. Henry Czerny For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic. James Broughton People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live. Kendrick Lamar I'm a pretty serious Independent. Tommy Franks The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course. Sue Grafton Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the f...

people standing around and months of preparation gone into it, you want to be as prepared as possible, so you should make a million baguettes. That might not actually help in any explicit way, but it'll make you feel more prepared. Jesse Eisenberg In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state. Feisal Abdul Rauf Obscenity comes from grime. Christopher Hitchens Change doesn't always mean progress, but the status quo isn't always the best result either. It is merely the most convenient. Harsha Bhogle The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. Gustave Flaubert Venice, the most touristy place in the world, is still just completely magic to me. Frances Mayes Yelling Irish, you can sound like an angry Leprechaun. Norman Reedus I...

songs like scenes that tell a story... it's very similar. My favorite thing is when cartoon fans show up to my live gigs! They are always the most kick-butt audience members 'cause they're not trying to act all cool like a lot of the music fans do! It's refreshing!! Grey DeLisle I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school. Eddie Huang I would like to say that I am a very relaxed, loving person who is not competitive, but that's a lie! Julie Bowen People in the world can never imagine the length of days to those in asylums. They seemed never ending, and we welcomed any event that might give us something to think about as well as talk of. Nellie Bly Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real. Ralph Fiennes I normally ignore the History Channel. Diablo Cody Love and despair go hand in hand. Barry Hannah My one ambition is to play a hero. Sessue Hayakawa The majority of the Big Ten towns are co...

really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations. Sherman Alexie I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best. Haile Gebrselassie I'd read Up in the Old Hotel, and I wanted to do something with Mitchell's stuff for a long time. Stanley Tucci I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister. Kamisese Mara I used to vote Democrat. Herman Cain To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality. Joni Mitchell If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex. Norman MacCaig I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message. Steve Irwin Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap. Vijay Singh

and decide I want to dance, that's what I'd do. Or design clothes. I think I'd throw myself into whatever I'm doing now. It's not about abandoning what I was doing before, or giving up. It's about knowing that if I die tomorrow, I lived the way I wanted to. Ayumi Hamasaki I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way I feel comfortable existing in the industry. Charlie Hunter The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch. Harry Anderson Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant. Joan Didion I've made six films since I made Secrets and Lies but I still live in London and I'd love to do theater. Brenda Blethyn Rather than thinking, 'If I do this, and in five years I'll be where I want to be,' you're better just doing something that makes you happy now. Billy Boyd It's defin...

that will 'take our country back' from everyone they disapprove of. But what they don't realize is, there's a catch: This is America, and we have an entrenched oligarchical system in place that insulates us all from any meaningful political change. Matt Taibbi I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can't wait to do more. Rihanna It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. Samuel Butler As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in science in this century alone. Stanley Schmidt I'm the luckiest writer on earth. George Michael My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. Lou Holtz I feel that it's the music, not anything else, that matters. Brandon Cruz Casting is storytelling. Joss Whedon The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead. Ralph Ellison

necklaces and booties and things like that. And if you love your animal, then you should feed them something that's not dangerous for them. There's a lot of poisonous stuff that they're putting in a lot of that food, those by-products. Ellen DeGeneres I feel like 'Alice Through the Looking Glass.' Jeannette Walls Divorce is a by-product of the fact that maybe the nuclear unit is gone. Bob Geldof 'Cerebus' is my attempt at a literary work. Dave Sim Cartooning is an honorable thing. Bill Sienkiewicz We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. Martin Luther King, Jr. The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty. John Lothrop Motley I'm interested in current affairs and social policy as a whole, but I don't watch politics for sport. Anna Chlumsky My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. Sidney Poitier

know that I've done all I can to prepare, that's when I race the best and in '09 I was going through a lot of emotional ups and downs and I was never as fit as I would have liked to have been. So I never felt comfortable. Stephanie Rice The greatest concubines in history knew that everything revealed with nothing concealed is a bore. Geoffrey Beene You know, I'll tell you, nothing changed after 'No Strings' for me. A lot of people said, like, 'Your game will be different,' but it wasn't. It really wasn't. Jake Johnson To confront those fears, in a controlled environment, where there's 300 people around you going through the same thing, it's this weird sort of yin and yang. Adam Arkin Most of us women like men, you know; it's just that we find them a constant disappointment. Clare Short There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe. David Beckham I understand that the ru...

I recently went to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, and you can see a lot of echoes of Andy in Ryan's work. Like Andy, Ryan's finger is so on the pulse of culture that he's ahead of culture. Their aesthetic and their vision of the world are very similar. Dylan McDermott Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music. Rachel Stevens Together with President Obama, we are moving America forward, not back. Martin O'Malley Everything is a battle with this band. Kenny Hickey To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation. Marilyn Monroe Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. Washington Irving I want to win a gold medal in London. Kerri Walsh Jennings Everyone around me is so strict about keeping me grounded. Chloe Grace Moretz If a cat do...

away from it, 'people' in the sense of larger numbers of people. It's as though you begin to think that poetry is a resource, and that at certain times people seem to need it or want it or can find sustenance in it, and at other times they can't. C. K. Williams We're taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you're never perfect and that you're never good enough. Shawn Johnson I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't. Harold Ford, Jr. A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid. Lawrence Lessig I couldn't ask for a better life. Freddy Adu The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing. Bill Nighy The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superp...

every new drug immediately copied, few people would invest in innovation. But too much protection can strangle competition and can limit what economists call 'incremental innovation' - innovations that build, in some way, on others. James Surowiecki I'm a stage actor, and we never get to see our performances. Clarke Peters OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy. Larry David My life's far too complicated to be summed up in one song. It would take 20 just to represent one single day. Meat Loaf A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal. Nancy McKeon We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us. Friedrich Nietzsche I feel that, at this point in my career, I don't want to do another television show. I don't want to do a film. Pamela Anderson Night hath a thousand eyes. John Lyly And then, I do l...

better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake. Barack Obama In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with. Gregg Allman I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to various different lives - they're real-estate agents or surfers. Mike Lookinland The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for. Liv Ullmann Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh. Tom Lehrer Wall Street is in trouble because Main Street is broke. Peter Schiff I'm a person who enjoys the hands-on experience of anything I do. Get your hands dirty - that's the thing that drives and motivates me. ...

innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it's going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years, or certainly for the rest of this decade. Steve Jobs People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git. Paul Weller Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade. David Lee Roth That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval. Bainbridge Colby I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle. Gary Locke Fatigue is the best pillow. Benjamin Franklin I've always been interested in art. Arthur Smith The old rules and the old methods of winning are gone. Dick Morris We've had nothing but support from everybody in the dance world for a National Dance Day. Nigel Lyt...

we entertain people, we can keep coming back and making a difference. It's a delicate balance, but one feeds off the other. I feel so good about the show - it's uplifting and inspiring and entertaining at the same time. Alison Sweeney I don't think you should exploit your own pain. Laura Linney Actually ninety-nine percent of my acting has nothing to do sci-fi or fantasy, I consider it a good part of my acting, and enjoy the roles I play. Claudia Christian If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it's got to respect intellectual property rights or it makes it pretty impossible to do business with them. Dan Glickman We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it. Billy Bragg The Rebel bullet that can kill me has not yet been molded. Philip Kearny I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker. Ryan Phillippe These tabloid magazines - I think they're hideous and th...

purpose fulfilled in our universe. I see a planet bursting with evolutionary possibilities, a continuing creation in which the Divine providence is manifest in every living thing. I see a science that tells us there is indeed a design to life. Kenneth R. Miller I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office. Harrison Ford Marriage is important to me and I love the idea of being married. Nicole Appleton I was 3 when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor. Brie Larson It doesn't matter what you're saying if you come from an honest place. Seth Green Consistency is one of the hallmarks of my career. You knew what you were going to get out of E-Smith every game, every year, no matter if I was 22, 21 or 35 years old. Emmitt Smith The best way to express rhythm is music. John Hartford Jail didn't make me find God, He's alwa...

and I went through a phase for a few years when I was reading endless series. But in the end I became totally fed-up with all these sub-Tolkien rip-offs because they all end up doing the same old things and there's no rigour to it. Jonathan Stroud The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world. K'naan I'd like to do voiceovers my whole life. I get to kind of create a character and go in and play. Will Friedle A lot of movies aren't intended for everybody. Tim Heidecker I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted. Steven Soderbergh World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity. Dalai Lama There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth. Meryl Streep There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is ju...

the most poisonous relationships that people have. Sometimes family is the thing that keeps you from ever achieving what you want to achieve, and yet people hold it and hold it and grab it and try to fix it and twist it and turn it. Amy Sherman-Palladino It's a very strange silence that I'm living in right now. It's a silence that has a lot of activity and noise in it from a zone that I don't live in on this earth. Gary Busey What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it. Victor Garber When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts. Natalie du Toit Anytime I'm at a club or a party, I'm dancing from beginning to end. Agnes Bruckner Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it. Mickey Rourke I...

who did it, but it's more about the human relationships between characters and the strain that things can put on them. It's also a little bit of a social commentary piece, because it covers very timely issues. Avan Jogia When we separated, I did not want to get in a slugfest. I had to take the high ground. Marla Maples People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money. Gena Rowlands If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you. Billy Wilder Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage. Mario Cantone I am no longer a criminal. I gave up that practice years ago. Ronald Biggs One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales. Ines de La Fressange I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby. Nicole Kidman It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote. Arlen Specter

or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up. Steve Jobs Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!' Emo Philips I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner. Sarah Polley When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again. Taylor Hackford Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.' Vladimir Putin I also have this incredible love for women. Kevyn Aucoin Money equals freedom. Kevin O'Leary Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent. Francis Maude States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget. John Kitzhaber

harder place. And yet the incentives to become rich are so great because enormous amounts of wealth are being accumulated. And so those two things, that carrot and stick, are beating people along this trajectory of trying desperately to move up in the world. Mohsin Hamid There isn't any art until some creature sees and consumes it. And has a reaction. Richard Artschwager A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been. Tony Kushner I had a scene where the chair was meant to slide off the table, but do you think it would slide off? No. We were running out of time and we had to get these scenes done urgently. Dannii Minogue If you have a problem, try to get help, you can get through it if you get help. Maureen McCormick It's every actor's dream to work in a hit show on Broadway and also shoot a television show. Aaron Tveit You know, guys, it is possible for two women to work together and get along. Elizabeth Vargas B...

with a cup of tea, staring out of the window is pretty depressing. I didn't have a tour manager to tell me what to do so I had to start reaching out to people and making plans. That was hard. You become very vegetable-y. Ben Lovett The most remarkable moment is when you go out on the stage and you hear the applause of the audience! Mireille Mathieu I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry. Amber Tamblyn I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that. Ehud Olmert And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble. Douglas Sirk I think women are amazing and women's friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film. Laurie Holden But words - words are not enough! Klaus Kinski I feel like I'm nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them. Bindi Irwin Baseball is my escape. The s...

I've got opinions, but they're opinions on both sides - not just anti-Republican, which is a real popular thing for a rap artist to do. If you dis Republicans, nobody will get mad. I think the two-party system sucks. It's absolutely ignorant. Sir Mix-a-Lot I sometimes read books on my iPad. David Sedaris People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living. Gordon B. Hinckley Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. Lao Tzu More matches are lost through carelessness at the beginning than any other cause. Harry Vardon Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them. Stephen Sondheim When I can't write, it depresses me. Brian Wilson I'm a strong bel...

feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said. Pina Bausch I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching. Wesley Snipes The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be disappointed. Alanis Morissette I love Oprah to death. Alexandra Wentworth Power without abuse loses its charm. Paul Valery I discovered myself! Lauren Hutton Travelling so much, sometimes my luggage goes astray. But I can get the right stuff sent to me overnight by a special shipper. No big deal. Ivana Trump I'm certainly not a prude. Kim Cattrall The ocean is like a checking account where everybody withdraws but nobody makes a deposit. This is what's happe...

long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired. Greg Bear Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light. Lady Randolph Churchill The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible. Pat Robertson I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have. Cate Blanchett I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too. Corey Haim Idle time is the devil's play. Mark Dayton Let us come together before we're annihilated. Stevie Wonder The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious. Sigmund Freud I think that all bodies are beautiful in millions of different ways but I get down on myself too! Margaret Cho

are you in the bank going to do about that? What can you do to recapitalise yourself?'. If the bank can't do it, then we'll talk to the shareholders and the bondholders, we'll ask them to contribute in recapitalising the bank, and if necessary the uninsured deposit holders. Jeroen Dijsselbloem The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career. Placido Domingo At heart I cannot accept that I am a well-known rock 'n' roll star and one of the greatest drummers in the world. Keith Moon I wish I could say I write 9-5. It's usually more like 8-6, every day but the weekends. Kim Harrison I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it. Bernadette Peters To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now. ...

on the outside watching this big party going on, and you're sort of taking mental notes as it goes on. I think if you're in the party the whole time, you don't notice it as much. And I think Canadians are very good observers of American culture. Graydon Carter The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest. Seth Godin Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are. Dee Dee Myers As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right? Andrew Cuomo Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure. Emilio Estevez I think with acting, since I became an actor... I, as a person, have become more confident and I have really come out of my shell somewhat... and back to myself, you know. Charlie Bewley ...

Dog.' It's with Nat Wolff and Selena Gomez. It's really fun. It's raunchy, like 'Superbad' meets 'Risky Business,' kind of. I got to be a really fun character, an out-there Mrs. Robinson-type character. I get to seduce Nat. Elisabeth Shue In Endless Quest books, you start the plot, and the character has to make choices. Then you have to write one choice over here, one choice over there. The author might get one or two choices out. Margaret Weis I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that. Jacki Weaver When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away. Viggo Mortensen I think a closet full of things would actually stress me out. Alexandra Kotur American Eagle clothing is stylish, flattering and all about embracing ...

play the opening ceremony at - at the Olympic games in Athens 2004 was pretty special, you know? Because it's such a big deal for the whole world. And the whole world's watching. So that was definitely one of the special ones. Tiesto You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport. Jean-Claude Van Damme Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England. Zola Budd I want all of my songs to do well whether I've written them or not. Leona Lewis If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence. Bob Kane I'm a terrible cook. I am not allowed to go in the kitchen anymore after I almost burned down the apartment in New York. Catherine Zeta-Jones I always had long hair. When you lose it, you realise just how important it is to your identity. Delta Goodrem Man...

actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk of you. Marilyn Monroe Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind. Kenneth Scott Latourette What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad. Gene Tierney My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg. Boris Johnson Developing nations want to become developed nations. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensi...

teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It's hard to say, 'That guy is less than you.' The kid is like, 'I like that guy, he's cool. How is he less than me? Jay-Z When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Khalil Gibran The Republicans can send the nation into turmoil, but we will not come to any agreement that does not include new revenue - and not just token new revenue. It is their choice. Patty Murray I understand the seriousness of concussions. Peyton Manning I don't necessarily need Hollywood. Vera Farmiga The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater. William Petersen I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get. J...

away, even if it's a big one. And those people have a serious problem. My recommendation is set up mini-deadlines. You might say, 'Okay, here's my deadline after three days for this and there's another deadline for that and then a third deadline.' Robert Pozen My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward. Parker Posey I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become. Jean Toomer I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious. Grimes A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force. Andrew Cuomo In Africa, you know, if you're poor, at least you can go to the forest and share some mangoes with the gorillas and monkey. Emmanuel Jal There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright. Dylan Thomas Satan knows that youth is the springtime of lif...

lives in the World Trade Center towers... and for that reason alone, our nation should make absolutely sure that what gets built on 'Ground Zero' is an inspiring tribute to all who loved the Twin Towers, worked in them, and died there. David Shuster I try not to label myself anything, really, but you know, I'm definitely an indoorsy person, and I definitely kind of just try to, you know, stay away from life in the public eye, at least. Macaulay Culkin My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also. George Strait But I'm not the girl who changes into flats because my feet are tired at the end of the night. I go the distance. I go all the way. Dita Von Teese I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums. Ice T I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again. David Nicholls I always felt too young and s...

In our world, you either picked up the trash or you didn't. You either moved an abandoned car or you didn't. You either filled a pothole or you didn't. That's what we do every day. And we know how to get this stuff done. Michael Nutter Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse. Zhuangzi I've seen it all, done it all, known it all. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole There's not too many rich black people in this world. Barry Bonds The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind. Marcel Proust I made 'Batman' the way I made every other film, and I've done it to my own satisfaction - because the film, truly, is exactly the way I wanted it to be. Christopher Nolan I'm working my way steadily back and I'm feeling good. Lee Westwood Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil. S...

flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him. P. T. Barnum My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper. Ayelet Waldman I don't have goals in life. Olivier Martinez The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can. Loretta Swit I think, for me anyway, music and film is where you can really transport yourself to another universe. Teresa Palmer I've always said I'm going to get married only once. Joe Namath The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days. Richard Morris I can think of some things that would be fun, but I'm living my dreams. Mike Farrell America is always attracting people, from all over the earth. Jo...

in any of our bodies that's the same as it is today. This means that any human being who 'wants' to change is like a mountain river wanting to reach the valley floor. It's a done deal; that's what mountain rivers do, and 'changing' should be our first nature. Guy Finley Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then. Wayne Rooney The Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari. Alexander McCall Smith I met Mr. Hoover socially. I never talked to him about anything connected with his work. We just met him. John Sherman Cooper I spend my money like I don't have anything. Victoria Osteen Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means. Heinrich Heine There has never been any proper commitment to marketing these artists and their music. We ar...

mouth. Southern, I find the easiest. If you talk to a dialect coach and you get sort of technical, where an English person keeps their voice in their throat, a Southern person does the same, and it's got the same sort of music to talking. Juno Temple I feel very connected to poets across the country. John Barton I feel as though I've proved myself these last five years that I can be one of the top players in the league. Kevin Durant If they are opposed to abortion, they should be for preventing unintended pregnancies. Louise Slaughter My family is not at all involved in television, or film, or theatre, or any of it, really. Missi Pyle Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow. Alison Bechdel Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data. Thomas Sowell Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world. Helen Fisher Being in love is the only tr...

are multiplying and businesses are increasingly complex, companies need strong, innovative partners to help manage their risk. Our brand clearly sets XL apart as the strong, innovative partner needed in today's market. Mike McGavick For us, destiny always feels... if you obey, it's almost a passive thing. Danny Boyle I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge and had no space to keep books. Emma Donoghue When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased. Rebel Wilson I love berries. Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, black berries, anything with an 'errie' in it! Jordin Sparks I was never a part of the Actor's Studio, because two friends of mine started it in 1947 and by that time I'd gone to California. Richard Widmark My parents taught me to approach the world critically, but also to approach it with a sense of responsibility. Chelsea Clinton Beauty is ...

to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point. Edie Falco Man up and add a tux to your wardrobe. Just find one you like and get it well-tailored to your own measurements. Paul Feig What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off. John Stossel If you're an actor in your heart, no matter how much money they shove at you, it doesn't matter if the work doesn't provide that creative spark. You want out. Chris Noth Well, first of all, going off with dianetics was based upon a thought of mine. A. E. van Vogt Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves. Robert A. Dahl Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their...

mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete. Dan O'Brien If you don't have a valentine, hang out with your girlfriends, don't go looking for someone. When it's right, they'll come to you. Carmen Electra The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves. Robert McChesney One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing. Leon Kass I think glamour all the time. I wake up in the morning and I'm already thinking glamour. Donatella Versace The insurance industry communicates through codes and check-off boxes. If there's no check-off box for you, you don't exist. Jack Anderson Your look shouldn't be contrived. ...

my grandmother's house was filled with English books. I was a very early reader, so I was really brought up being surrounded with piles of British books and British newspapers, British magazines. I developed a really great love of England. Alan Bradley When I get through tearing a lobster apart, or one of those tender West Coast octopuses, I feel like I had a drink from the fountain of youth. Joseph Mitchell It'd be interesting to see a film from an alien perspective. Maybe we're the weird ones. Lizzie Brochere I turned my attention for a while to gamma ray astronomy and soon began the first in a continous series of experiments at the Savannah River site to study the properties of the neutrino. Frederick Reines Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny. Norm MacDonald How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers. Amy Adams Politicians always critici...

least gonna do half as well as we did on our last record. At least we can count on that.' You really have to keep that initial hunger that made some of your first best songs your first best songs. You have to keep that fire in the belly. Chad Kroeger It's not quite right to be sitting outside India and to be judging what is happening in India. Vijay Mallya When President George W. Bush cut taxes, he cut them for everyone. Ari Fleischer By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade. Shigeru Yoshida I'm a pretty big Ricky Gervais fan. Craig Roberts I think it's really important that we understand that we share this world and we're connected to it. Tim Hetherington My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent. Alex Campbell Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents,...

manage their debt, and the scale of their use is almost unimaginably massive. It's about a $379 trillion market, meaning that any manipulation would affect a pile of assets about 100 times the size of the United States federal budget. Matt Taibbi For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children. Fred Thompson Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star. Eli Roth I've never had a TV in my whole life. Television passed by me. Esther Duflo When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield. Quintilian The fortress of Europe with its frontiers must be held and will be held too, as long as is necessary. Heinrich Himmler There's something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living. Karl Lagerfeld Let the machine take care of the machines, and I'll go spend more time with my family, or go...

family. It was just very clear right away that I was an actor, even from 4 years old. I've never waited a table. I taught some - I'll teach classes in improv or Shakespeare, but there's some motor in me that needs to do that. John Michael Higgins The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them. Alec Issigonis Toward the end of my pregnancy, I felt really big - I gained about 40 pounds, which is a lot for my size. Christina Aguilera Pop music is not a threatening style of music. Joan Jett A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book. Ernest Hemingway Tech executives have historically been owners of significant portions of their companies' stock so there is a propensity for them to diversify as a rule. David Coleman X-Men is massive, like nothing I've ever experienced. But great in its own way. Ellen Page The writer knows his own worth, and to be overvalued can confuse and destroy him as an artist...

way Washington works. The very promise of Hope and Change was rooted in uprooting the Washington modus operandi. But instead of rejecting it, he embraced it all - the secrecy, the closed doors, the political favors, the near-criminal negligence. Reince Priebus Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend. Christina Aguilera My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached. David Frum I've had four amazing men in my life, very strong, powerful, wonderful men. I certainly will have a relationship with someone but I don't think I will get married again. Cheryl Tiegs I'm so into momminess. Caroline Rhea That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile. Joe Henderson Well, I can do certain jobs because smells don't bother me. But that means I'm usually the one at the ranch cleaning up all the manure. Bill Pullman I love Harlem, it's like a secon...

a store of value. Gold may be a store of value for wealth, but it is not a means of payment. You cannot pay for your groceries with it. Nor is it a unit of account. Prices of goods and services, and of financial assets, are not denominated in gold terms. Nouriel Roubini When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy. Nawal El Saadawi It is very difficult to give a 15 second sound bite on why there is pain and suffering in this world and not have it come off as being flippant or surface level or superficial. Lee Strobel Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love. Zygmunt Bauman The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support. Franz Kafka Golf is something I do selfishly for myself. Tiger Woods I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete. Artie Lange I'm very...

and a 5-minute wedding in a lawyer's office above the coffee shop where we'd been having lunch that day. And so I sent a cable to my father saying, 'By the time you get this, Daddy, I'll already be Mrs. Blaise!' Bharati Mukherjee Nobody wants an ugly book. Eric Ripert People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like 'Fame'. Naturi Naughton The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer. Desmond Dekker I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really. David Hockney The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Aristotle I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen. Penelope Wilton Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 l...

and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of the beloved. No matter where the cinema goes, we cannot afford to lose sight of its beginnings. Martin Scorsese When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution. Charlotte Perkins Gilman Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day. Anita Diament I'm like a one-woman protest machine. Lydia Lunch Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again. Heather Matarazzo I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful. Madonna Ciccone I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handba...

many people. It's had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we've all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We've over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives. Kyle Schmid We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it. Harriet Martineau I love doing comedy. Absolutely love it. After 'Wedding Crashers,' people suddenly realized that it was something I could do. Jane Seymour Well, first I'd want a better vibrato. Terry Kath I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell. Nicholas Jarecki I go by intuition. Work-wise, that means asking myself if a role will push me outside my comfort zone, challenge me to learn something new. Isabel Lucas One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers. Eugene...

insecure... worried about the economy, worried about their jobs, worried about their kids' futures... actually the disconnect between the public and media discourse and people's everyday concerns has become bigger not smaller. Nick Clegg We have to take the biblical truth and start applying it in the statehouse, the schoolhouse, and the marketplace. Rod Parsley I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong. Burt Bacharach Everything has to be organised for kids in London - you can't just walk three roads to see a friend. Carol Vorderman So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking! Sharon Olds The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group. Andrea Bocelli Marty Richards is an angel on Earth. A producer that does what...

the only songs I was writing. By the time people like Christina or Usher came around, I was able to know that I was writing for different points of view and people that might not want to say certain things. So you have to be considerate of whichever artist you're writing for. Robin Thicke My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and it's pretty cool because we all pull together, and it's fun. It's like being on a sports team or something. Bob Seger I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy. Eli Broad Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I shall not attempt it. Augustus Baldwin Longstreet The good thing about TV is that you can still watch the product, even if you're not in charge of it anymore. Jonathan Klein ...

- to be passed on. A 20-year-old man and woman will each pass on about 20 de novo mutations to a baby they conceive. By the time the couple is 40, a woman's total has remained at 20, while a man's has jumped to 65 - and it keeps climbing from there. Jeffrey Kluger Even though 'Glee' is sometimes a hard road, I am very excited about writing a multi-year arc. Ryan Murphy It's more important what you leave to people on this planet. I want my legacy to exist now, currently, not after I'm gone. Eric Burdon I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted. Brie Larson I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence. Christine Baranski Acting was all I ever really wanted to do. Kate Walsh Dallas is a great city, and it's worth fighting for. Laura Miller We need more theatres, more art and more culture in this country. ...

had, are sort of insulted that the civil rights movement is being hijacked - the rhetoric of the civil rights movement is being hijacked for something like same sex marriage. Black Americans tend to have a higher degree of religiosity. Gary Bauer I was really lucky. My gal pal was my mom. Ana Ortiz In the comic-book world, there tends to be an overblown sense of tradition. Bad habits die hard. There are ways I think the form could work more effectively if we lost the bad habits that were created before we were born. Frank Miller The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song. Jerry Harrison In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds. Thor Heyerdahl You never really get a chance to sit down with the people you love, unless you really make an effort to do it. It doesn't just happen naturally anymore. Amos Lee I generally will answer any question about anything. Danny Masterson Now...

do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it. Nathan Myhrvold I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform. Sandra Bullock I had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States. Helen Reddy Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration. Ernest Newman Most of the stuff I do on the show comes out of me just trying to make my friends laugh. Adam Sandler I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy. Fred Allen I think the leaders inevitably express the people they are leading. Leonard Baskin Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life. Douglas Coupland I h...

it is to be an artist. It comes out of that Symbolist idea, back to Rimbaud and all that disordering of the senses and all of that being some exalted state. When I've been that way, I've always been less exalted than I would have liked. Mary Karr I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not. Bob Feller One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show. Anwar Robinson I don't really like being emotional. Public displays of emotion, I don't really do that sort of stuff. I don't know why. I would like to be the type that doesn't worry about that. Mark Viduka I've won some pretty cool things in my life and I have a lot of great titles. Heather O'Reilly You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you. Tina Turner The energy of the mind is the ...

the causes of black suffering, some of them self-inflicted. Why can't black leaders organize rallies around responsible sexuality, birth within marriage, parents reading to their children and students staying in school and doing homework? Henry Louis Gates People tend to think about God more when the clock starts to wind down. Charles Roven Why are people saying it's too soon? Like the people on that flight, we need to agree about what to do about terrorism. And I think we need to have that conversation now. Paul Greengrass I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching. Tony Gilroy Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. Walter Bagehot I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures. Martin Scorsese Not every Christian finds it easy to believe. Charles R. Swindoll President Obama and Democrats won a mandate to ...

Over that time I've been very moved by both the pace of social change there - the loss of traditional ways of seeing the world, the affinity for and comfort with the land - and by the social disarray that change of this pace produces. Kevin Patterson It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well-behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school. Sarah Jessica Parker It's a wonderful thing to make work that is unadorned either by context, framing or label, that can exist in the changing conditions of light, weather, wind. Antony Gormley A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive. Helmut Jahn I'm going to mess up. But I'm going to get back, you know, and get after it and try to do better the next day. Tim Tebow If you say 'anti-aging,' how anti would it have to be, really? My guess is not much. Any a...

But the eye is a much more dynamic mechanism than any camera or pictures. It's a more exciting view in person than looking at the photographs. Of course, I personally am sick and tired of hearing people talk like that: I want to see it myself! Burt Rutan I'm always showing pictures off. I have to be careful who I show them to because of who I am, obviously, but I'm a proud father. Josh Turner I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws. Rupert Sheldrake When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins. Michael Caine I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world. Andrea Arnold I lived that life for real, so to talk about it was like a joke, you know what I mean? Tone Loc When I'm back at home it's just reality. I kind of separate myself from Hollywood. Logan Lerman My hair walks into a room before I do. Ra...

and 'Mockingjay' Part 1 and 2. But I love playing characters like Prim - I mean, Prim is like my dream character - but after 'The Hunger Games', it would be fun to look and see what else I could do well. But right now, Prim is like my dream role. Willow Shields Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing. Kevin Powers Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term. Marilyn vos Savant Oh heck yeah, I totally would love to have a Phantom Dennis in real life. Charisma Carpenter I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me. Rachael Ray Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress; I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now. John W. Snow We managed to write chapter one. Chapter two, we will have a child a parent can ...

get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game. Gary Ackerman I've never wanted just part of the package, part of the prize. I want it all! Bill McCartney I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening. Elizabeth Olsen Let me begin by saying, we were almost all wrong, and I certainly include myself here. David Kay Many American Muslims are peaceful and define jihad primarily as an internal struggle to improve. Marvin Olasky The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here. Carlton Fisk I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped. Sugar Ray Leonard It's real...

go in, I get picked up at two-thirty in the morning, I get there at three. I wait four hours, go through it, ready to work at seven, work all day long for twelve hours, and get it taken off for an hours, go home and go to sleep, and do the same thing again. Peter Sarsgaard The free world led by the U.S. fought almost all regimes that trampled on human rights. Liu Xiaobo By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound. Angelus Silesius I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of. Tatyana Ali 'Sexy' doesn't have to come with the price tag of being dumb. Pink On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian. Zebulon Pike Either one lives 'for' politics or one lives 'off' politics. Max Weber It's the age of information and we need to just get as informed as we can about what other things might help us live he...