to figure out how to get married, stay married, fall in love, how to rekindle all this stuff. It seems to me to be a pretty eternal theme so I don't know if you can get typecast from making movies about men relating to women. It seems to be what is going on on the planet a lot. John Cusack There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects. Billy Sunday I'm not one for big public displays of affection, anyway. Straight, gay, whatever. Melissa Etheridge Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her. Dom DeLuise An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator. Jane Asher I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights. Art Linkletter I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone. Flip Wilson As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ...

friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy - that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival. Helen Fisher I welcome a discussion on a long-term, pro-active approach to disaster relief for Americans. Until Congress arrives at a conclusion, however, we must continue to honor America's honorable tradition of helping Americans recover for natural catastrophes. Cedric Richmond I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people. Yani Tseng Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there? Natalie Imbruglia I've lived a fast-paced life, but I had the best childhood. I didn't miss out on anything by having my daughter at a young age. Keisha Castle-Hughes Once I committed to acting, this has been it. Ernie Hudson There is pressure every day as a foo...

them. A girl I knew developed X-ray eyes for celebrity sorrows. She taught me to read the subtext of the down-market celebrity interview, she knew all the Hollywood codes, and followed the deep backgrounds. Peter York Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays. Fran Tarkenton But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed. Ivan Lendl George Orwell is a pinnacle writer, for his combination of moral insight and literary writing. Atul Gawande The world has changed. People have amazing access to whatever they want, whenever they want it. John King We now have contestants who will not let anything get in their way of victory. Some contestants have thrown each other under the bus this season. Ryan Seacrest Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. Don DeLillo Stanley...

think of all the time you spend on entertainment. How much of your entertainment centers around stories? Most pieces of music tell stories. Even hanging out with your friends, you talk, you tell stories to each other. They're all stories. We live in stories. Patrick Rothfuss I wish I hadn't lost it, and for the rest of my life I can never again lose my temper on TV. The BBC could have sacked me and that would have been the end of my career on TV. John Sweeney Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre. Lucy Powell God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world. Josiah Royce I think architecture has to be a gift. Jean Nouvel I AM a male chauvinist. Who's been saying otherwise? Joe Bob B...

in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for the rebellions in the 19th century, especially in 1830 and 1848, when the mass circulated newspaper became so important for the spreading of information. Henning Mankell The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play. Chris Moneymaker There are so many choices I made simply for health insurance. Is it the ideal role I wanted to play, or the TV show I wanted to be a part of? No, but it let me afford to go to the doctor. Amy Ryan They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact. Barney Ross 'Villain' is such a harsh word. Ed Westwick I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important. Judy Collins A man from hell is not afraid of hot a...

press kits. I do not offer stills. I do not offer screeners. I do not offer DVD's. I do not offer posters. I require a first-class flight to bring the print however I do not offer any photo ops or press exchange in any way. My fee for showing my film is $35,000 dollars US. Vincent Gallo Each reader has to find her or his own message within a book. Laurie Halse Anderson Music has this emotional thing to it, and it touches people in crazy ways. The power of having that power is something that, once you have it, you don't want it to ever end. Gwen Stefani My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers. Niklaus Wirth If you're going to die, then die. If you're going to live, then fight. Emilie Autumn To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote. Rand Paul Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally. Creed Bratton Som...

on my forearms and around my hips and ankles to get the sense of size and scale of the movement of the character... You are telling your body that you are these things and that you're feeling these thoughts and that you're experiencing these experiences. Andy Serkis I am not a picture guy. I like to live in the present and keep the image of the past vivid in my mind. I don't need the precision of the picture. Eric Ripert Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor. Paul Ryan Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over. Amos Lee I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults. Gore Vidal Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. Eric Alterman You need, as a historian, essential triangulation fro...

you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. Roddy Doyle I know I seem really friendly, but I'm a closet introvert. Lauren Myracle Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump. Judi Dench I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident. Patricia Highsmith I can hang out with all my boyfriend's friends. I know how to roll with the guys. Rachel Bilson When I was flying to Rome, we flew over London; I felt like bursting into tears. It's part of me, so I can't leave London behind for good. Robert Pattinson I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically. Daniel J. Evans I'm super lucky because I come home and I don't have to run errands and clean the house...

not good ones. And then you'll follow through with a handful of them and sometimes you'll be pretty disappointed. And then other times you'll follow through and you'll go, 'You know what? It's nice to be right.' Max Greenfield For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22. Gail Collins I've been acting since I was a kid, so I just feel confident in the fact that I can do it to some degree. I've never thought I was amazing; I've just thought, 'I know this, I can do it.' Emily Browning I can see a version of my life where it all becomes meaningless. On a good day, writing seems noble. Other times, it's narcissistic and pointless. Hari Kunzru I've been married three times and divorced three times. Rick Wakeman A person ...

to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception. Peter Singer I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex. John Malkovich I was born a Catholic and now I'm a lapsed Catholic. I'm something but I'm not a believer any more. Paul Bettany Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough. Eric Stoltz I've tried to stay out of the frame more as a director. Roger Michell I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am. Harlan Coben I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my posi...

like marine biology or entomology. But after I started to do some acting gigs, I thought it wasn't a bad thing... I said to myself, 'I might as well keep riding this bus until the wheels fall off.' Callan McAuliffe There's one more thing I want to say. It's a touchy subject. Black beauty. Black sensuality. We live in a culture where the beauty of black people isn't always as celebrated as other types. I'd like to help change that if I can! Jody Watley I am trying to get closer to God. Lenny Kravitz The next thing that happened to me was that I, we, were living in Paris where I then grew up. Kitty Carlisle Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities. Robert H. Schuller It's just nice to see people enthusiastic about their tennis and want to learn and improve - for me that's the most important thing - I still love my tennis. Jo Durie I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along...

I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years. A. Scott Berg From the beginning of time, we've told stories, Shamans and Medicine People, and not to be pompous about it, but I feel like that is the lineage I take down and where I come from. There is magic to storytelling. Lynn Collins 3,000 of my neighbors were murdered. My country was, utterly unprovoked, savagely attacked. I wish all those responsible for the atrocity of 9/11 to burn in Hell. Frank Miller I've been involved with blood donation since the 1980s because there is a critical need. Donna Reed Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters. Milos Forman The fact is, America needs energy and new energy in...

without food in this world as long as there are caring people to lend a hand. I've had to struggle in my past and I know what it's like to go without, so I try to do as much as I can to help bring awareness to an issue that hits very close to home for me. Nick Cannon A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school. Eva Green I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time. Brene Brown There are no standards for computer programmers and no group to certify them. Dave Parnas The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by. Sebastian Junger Guests love to be 'wowed' in Las Vegas. They enjoy and embrace new tastes, new flavors, and they come to expect the unexpected in Las Vegas. Michael Mina I think comedy is funnier when it's real. Kate Flannery With all the movies I'v...

a third of them have been subjected to what the CIA refers to as 'enhanced interrogation tactics,' and only a small proportion of those have in fact been subjected to the most serious types of enhanced procedures. John O. Brennan Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction before the United States intervened. Jim Gerlach The novelist is the vestigial bone on the body cinema. We're like the little toe that can be cut off. Don Winslow Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos. David Lee Roth You can only maintain your interest if you're travelling more in ignorance than knowledge. Chris Morris There are a lot of actors that are insanely talented, so I don't say who my favorite is anymore. Max Thieriot I don't think it's fair to compare Dick Cheney to Vader - it's unfair to Vader. Mark Hamill The basic structu...

millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds of millions more a life of ease and plenty, and, by allowing great cities to feed themselves from every corner of the world, multiplied the population of the earth fivefold. James Buchan I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India. Trevor McDonald I just like a good story. I want the story to be good and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want. Garret Dillahunt I know I can catch the football. That's the least of my worries. Kevin Johnson There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio. Guillermo Cabrera Infante The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men. Michael Douglas In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of informati...

and design, alphabet soup. It's hard to know what a president really cares about when they run down a laundry list and check every issue box under the sun for fear they will offend some constituency if they don't. Mark McKinnon The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. Irving Langmuir Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S. Charles B. Rangel I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life. Cameron Diaz No, that's not it. The first time we met was at Fat Tuesday's. Benny was playing, this was, I think in 1989? Benny Green I have no intention of disowning my record as a member of the McGuinty government. Kathleen Wynne I don't think human beings have changed in 2,000 years. Andrew Dominik I had a friend, and we always used to pretend to be twins. We had this fantasy about going to Hollywood together. We were about four. Radha Mitchell We must lay hold of the fact that ...

constantly got a little radar up. ... And when something hits that strikes that beeper, hits that radar, it's like my song skills kick right in and go, 'Oh, OK, there's a song in that.' And then I start trying to figure it out. Toby Keith Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band. Tommy Shaw Movies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems. Roger Ebert Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket. Harsha Bhogle One says also, it is one of the most faithful men in Hollywood, and makes again more interesting it equal. Michelle Hunziker If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible. John Lydon Confess and be hanged. Christopher Marlowe I didn't choose BYU, I like t...

so I spend the year with Elvis Cole and Joe Pike in my head. I was thinking about this the other day. I wrote the first book in 1987. Literally every day since that time, Elvis and Joe have been in my head. They're always there. I started these guys because I like them. Robert Crais But my everyday music is classic rock. It's what I relate to the most and where my heart is. Nicole Richie Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp. Beatrice Wood You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge. Octavia Spencer I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time. Shania Twain I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em. Johnny Knoxville I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways. Sade Adu I really believe in the characters I play. Minnie Driver Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it. Toni Morrison

I came to Oxford, and to Harvard before that, that suddenly I saw the power of people. I didn't know such a power existed, I saw people criticising their own president; you couldn't do that in Pakistan - you'd be thrown in prison. Benazir Bhutto I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way. Sara Gruen Ours is a circle of friendships united by ideals. Juliette Gordon Low You're absolutely right: Bob Grant is a racist, Bob Grant is a bigot, he's a despicable talk show host and I agree with that. Alan Dershowitz Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic. Keanu Reeves I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own. Henry Rollins The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. Tom Felton I guess just a li...

can misunderstand the teachings of the Bible, there's no way you can misunderstand the teachings of the Bhaghavad Gita, or of the Book of Mormon, or of the other sacred texts of many of those religions. Neale Donald Walsch It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are. Mitch McConnell History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity. Haile Selassie I've only paid lip service to a spiritual life. Sting We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe. Charles R. Swindoll Living most of the time in a world created mostly in one's head, does not make for an easy passage in the real worl...

emotionally was Adam Austin from 'The Prophet.' I think it was the connection to the idea that one decision you make innocently enough can have very serious, drastic consequences for someone else's life. Michael Koryta Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it. Gertrude Stein The thing about movies now is in a way what it always was: The screen is huge and now the sound systems are too. And you never get that with TV. Even with a home system, it's never the same. David Chase If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs. Daphne Koller Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz. Dave Van Ronk I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as...

too much jewellery, it knocks against the guitar and makes loud noises. I had this big gold eagle necklace which I love but I kept whacking myself in the face with it so had to stop wearing it. I wear things that I can sweat in, basically... it gets really hot on stage. Ellie Goulding I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me. George Michael I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.' Helen Mirren Fake it until you make it. Steven Tyler I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics. Alanis Morissette My father was a lawyer. Pat Robertson Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future. Steve Jobs I don't know why I always get to play these guys who have few redeemin...

to me, the social issues have to be meaningful and give the book what's really 'at stake,' but ultimately it's not about them - it's always a personal story of everyday people thrust into life-threatening situations and having to perform heroic acts. Andrew Gross I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York. Vera Farmiga My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice. Warren Christopher Nobody has any security in loving me. Brigitte Bardot People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists. Russell Simmons As good as I am, I'm nothing without my band. Steven Tyler To go from Girl, Interrupted, where I had to cry every day, to a TV show like West Wing where I get to laugh and joke around every day, has been a welcome relief. Elisabeth Moss When I was younger,...

most profitable. My advice to them: Put Elvis Presley in the studio with a bunch of good, contemporary rockers, lock the studio up, and tell him he can't come out until he's done made an album that rocks from beginning to end. Jon Landau I will have you removed if you don't stop. I have a little system of my own. Charles Manson I was too much of a victim of the model I created. I tried Change to Win and helping Obama, and then I just ran out of Andy Stern ideas. Andy Stern There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe. David Friedman If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making. e. e. cummings That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work. Jamie Foxx If anything, I was the opposite...

of oil where whenever there is unrest in another part of the world, gasoline prices jump up. We need a renewable fuel industry that's more than corn-based, of course, and there are a whole series of great opportunities here. Tom Vilsack I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father. A. N. Wilson I've also said you don't rule any options out, because if you are in public life because you want to make a difference... obviously, you have to be open to those kind of possibilities. John Thune Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science. Aldous Huxley I give dating advice on a regular basis. It's not that I'm any expert, but it's always nice to share that with your friends. Ashley Tisdale I love being naked. I'm a free spirit. Alessandra Torresani The most powerful thing we own is our vote. Bev Perdue One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a fil...

when it comes to their cooking method of choice. From propane to charcoal to wood, people take their method of grilling quite seriously, and some argue quite passionately about the pros and cons of each method. Homaro Cantu I know the families that I photograph extremely well, and I've known them for a very long time. Jock Sturges I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it. Kara DioGuardi It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important. Ingrid Newkirk Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am. Sissy Spacek I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. Kurt Vonnegut Mystery writing involves solving a pu...

that courts should give substantial deference to the decisions of the political process. When Congress and the president enact a law, conservatives generally say, judges should avoid 'legislating from the bench.' Jeff Greenfield A good education should leave much to be desired. Alan Gregg There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist. Shia LaBeouf Most of these people who are celebrities now don't do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I don't want to be one. will.i.am Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not. Wayne Rooney My family was always active, and our thing was family walks. Not walks around the block, but more like eight-mile hikes up mountains. Mika Brzezinski I like green or brown eyes. Tall but not overwhelmingly so. I like men who do yoga and meditate. Kristin Davis I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many diffe...

much time looking in the rearview mirror if I know I'm being followed. You don't respond like, 'Oh, there's paparazzi.' It's more like, 'There's a man, and he's going to attack me.' That's how your body responds. Ashley Olsen Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished. Alexis Korner You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position. Lajos Kossuth If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer. Patti Smith I am not going to play the victim. Gloria Trevi I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were no blues players-you played one sort of jazz of another sort of jazz. Alexis Korner Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important. Quincy Jones I was student council president in high school, and even in law school, I was vi...

the same woman for 30 years. I'm a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, 'You know, that's part of history.' Samuel L. Jackson We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges. Barney Ross Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light. Franz Liszt I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center. Seamus Heaney I do 100 shows a year, but I do it in fits and starts, as opposed to going on a long run. Bryan Adams I don't know what it is to love the way they love-they would jump off a bridge for me....

means is simply the conversion of the market for a given product into a commodity market, which is characterized by declining prices and profit margins, increasing competition, and lowered barriers to entry. James Surowiecki People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone. Aimee Mullins Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. Francis Bacon I went to public school up until junior high. Kristen Stewart I've been blessed to be one of those guys who's looked at as a fashion-forward type of guy. Dwyane Wade Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing. Richard Rohr I think everybody's nuts. Johnny Depp A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils. Daniel Webster Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases l...

was China's golden age, and contrary to what I was told when I was growing up, Tang China was founded by a man who by today's standards was no more than half Chinese. It was a mixed-blood dynasty that pulled in 'barbarians' from the steppe. Amy Chua I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen. Jake Owen Simplicity, for reasons that are a little bit obscure, is almost not pursued, at least in the academic world. George M. Whitesides 'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart. Eli Roth I just get up every day and do what seems like the most interesting, fun thing to do. Jimmy Wales I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way. John Zorn Novels teach you that actions have consequences. They help you grow up. Hilary Mantel I miss the Swedish women on t...

evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost imply that there's a conspiracy here to avoid the fact that evolution is actually flawed. All of those books, unfortunately, are based upon conclusions that no reasonable biologist would now accept. Francis Collins I always think if you have to cook once, it should feed you twice. If you're going to make a big chicken and vegetable soup for lunch on Monday, you stick it in the refrigerator and it's also for Wednesday's dinner. Curtis Stone I understand people, and I think that my life and my history and what I represent can relate to a lot of the women, the independents, the moderate voters. Mia Love Cars are the sculptures of our everyday lives. Chris Bangle I'm totally not a blogger. Sometimes I don't even check my email. I know I should. Grace Park Power to the peaceful. Vanessa Hudgens My whole life is my work. Chris Cleave Sentences or solutions occur to me in the shower, or while runni...

almost always made countless sacrifices as they cared for and nurtured us through our infancy and childhood, provided us with the necessities of life, and nursed us through physical illnesses and the emotional stresses of growing up. Ezra Taft Benson My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities. Camryn Manheim Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen. Brad Pitt I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket. Charles Kennedy The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other. James A. Garfield Our girls have learned that sweat is sexy, brawn is beautiful and a little dirt never hurt anyone. Louise Slaughter The sense of jubilee for music and what we're making is always genuine. Florence Welch I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground. Rufus Sewell Most people associate command and control leadershi...

new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesn't necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesn't really tell you what you're looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move. Olafur Eliasson My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to turn it down so that he could continue to support his family. Tony Visconti Making sure that health care is affordable for every American. I think that is very, very important. Kendrick Meek Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history. Khaled Hosseini You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing. Phil Collins The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best el...

is superhuman. Barack Obama is unlike any of us or anyone else. And he isn't. In fact, he's much less achieved and much less accomplished than most who have gotten half as far as he has, and I think maybe what we saw was the best. Rush Limbaugh I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French. Danica McKellar Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia. John Piper I'm finding that success is way more time-consuming than failure ever was. Emma Donoghue The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself. Steve Buyer I've lost touch with a lot of that boutique-type music just because of my age, and raising my son and the multiple jobs I have at this point. Liz Phair I work six months and get three or four with the family. I've stopped racing to get to the red light. Kyle Chandler One man's ways may b...

it good enough to only say to your wife 'I love her' the day you get married? Or should you tell her every single day when you wake up and every opportunity? And that's how I feel about my relationship with Jesus Christ is that it is the most important thing in my life. Tim Tebow I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me. Larry David Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy. Ernie Harwell President Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan's time. But you don't hear conservatives crowing about that. Eric Alterman A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Bodhidharma When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland. Dale Murphy I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this s...

of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves. Amy Chua I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old. Winona Ryder Ryan Leaf is doing great now. If he progresses the way he is now, we're going to have a quarterback that's going to be reckoned with in the near future. And that's not political. Junior Seau The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done... you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do. Lil Wayne 'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper. John Hawkes Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me. Meryl Streep A woman will doubt everything you say except i...

any other country in the world, the truth is that the vast majority of youth offenders will one day be released. The question is simple and stark. Do we want to help them change or do we want to help them become even more violent and dangerous? Ayelet Waldman I did not find my studies particularly enthralling. Alex Cox I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear. Marlee Matlin Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. John Milton I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal. Frances McDormand I think I'm slightly impulsive, sometimes organised and always in search of a bargain! Lisa Snowdon The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS. Dr. Dre Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. Ella Maillart I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Steve Case

are putting pressure on you, don't feel like you have to rush into something. Take your time, really feel confident and be ready. It doesn't matter what other people say, do what's best for you and makes you feel safe. Victoria Justice I think our vision heretofore has been and should continue to be to have Cardozo be the kind of law school that we can be proud of. I would like to see it gain recognition as one of the three best law schools in New York City. Norman Lamm I had actually been going to Hawaii for quite a while before I ever picked up the uke. I think with anything new you're going to get more enjoyment out of it if it comes to you quickly, and the uke facilitates that. Eddie Vedder At this point I have enough money to live 25 lifetimes. You couldn't spend the money I've accrued now. Shia LaBeouf A film engages you emotionally and intellectually. Irrfan Khan I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given ...

phenomenon, why people want to be scared when there is so much violence and craziness in the world. People still really enjoy being scared. It's a conundrum to me. It's hard to explain. It's an unconscious thing, really, why people like that so much. Dylan McDermott There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life. Karen Thompson Walker I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.' Curt Schilling I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting. Janine Turner Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life. Patty Duke I try to give my kids everything I never had. William Levy You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can't pay our bills. Lorrie Moore I remember that coming to America was scary for me be...

to God, I would feel this weight of my female ancestors, all those Swedish farmwives from beyond the grave who were like, 'Go! Go to Naples! Eat more pizza! Go to India, ride an elephant! Do it! Swim in the Indian Ocean. Read those books. Learn a language.' Elizabeth Gilbert Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor. Joseph Addison The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes in exchange for campaign contributions. James L. Buckley Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. Earl Nightingale O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. Anne Boleyn I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure. Jonathan Kozol It was part of being a girl in the '60s that you were creative. Lorrie Moore You may glory in a team triumphant... But you fall in love with a team in defeat. Roger Kahn Inconvenience yourself: ditch ...

the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties and degree of imminent human peril. Then make the airdrops of supplies and personnel. Simultaneously, Seabees would be dropped in, with lights and generators, to begin rescue efforts. Steven Van Zandt Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war? Bianca Jagger I like America's diversity and its landscapes. John Lydon Usually, you can shoot a movie in 10 or 12 weeks. Peter Farrelly We've always been able to bounce back. Tim Salmon I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago. Carl Sandburg My movies continue to be found and be sold because there's something going on in them. Ralph Bakshi I have long ties to the women's community. Donna Shalala I think the rising and falling popul...

so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories. Garrett Hedlund If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing I think the acquisition of consumers might be on the verge of being mapped. The battlefield is going to be retention and lifetime value. Gary Vaynerchuk I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business. Will Ferrell Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom. Mary Renault I completely believe that I will produce my best work and my best work will come in my thirties. Jonathan Rhys Meyers I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I'll metamorphose from Mr. Muscles or whatever it is I am now and bec...

money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.' Mitch Daniels I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected. Pedro Martinez We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also. Ken Buck There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers - there always were. Julian Barnes I run every day now. I never ran before. Travis Barker Organisms sip energy, because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get. Janine Benyus One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you. Jeanne Moreau I don't play a character. It's to...

and Japanese manga. Working in black and white, I realized that the eye is less patient, and you have to make your point, and sometimes repeat it. Slowing things down is harder in black and white, because there isn't as much for the eye to enjoy. Frank Miller I use filming as an excuse to take classes. I got my certification in sailing for 'Wedding Crashers,' and now I can handle a 26-foot boat. I played a seamstress once, so I took sewing classes. I love dipping into these other lives. Rachel McAdams I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws. Denise Mina Apparently, I get facials and manicures all the time. I read this and think, 'Oh, I wish I did that!' I don't think I've had a facial since I was 19. Kate Beckinsale I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies. Luke Wilson I was pretty burned out in '85 and was get...

basically exactly what I always wanted to do. I appreciate that in general. But you know, like any job, a job is a job, and there are days that are going to be boring, or you have a boss you don't like, or people you work with. Nick Kroll There's plenty of stuff that I don't feel dissident about: I really like tea, I don't have any problem with that. I like lots of paintings. China Mieville I would never be on a reality show. Busy Philipps It wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church. Stephen Cole Kleene Even one billion Chinese do not a superpower make. John Lukacs I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it. Laurie Metcalf Apparently I had lunch with Johnny Depp when I was three months old. Alice Englert I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear. Annie Baker Sometimes you have ...

I'm usually in my office editing or reconstructing my website or whatever it may be. I just love putting creativity into a performance, so if the right script comes along, and I certainly am reading comedies and dramas now, then I'm ready willing and able to give it a shot. Dane Cook By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal. George Tenet You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a CEO who has much of a clue about the strength of that culture. Marcus Buckingham I'm not sure I can write about America for the same reason I'm not sure I can write about adults - I have no critical distance on either place. Meg Rosoff My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony. Maurice Sendak ...

in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. Gary Larson I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival. Eva Herzigova When you're tied to one show, you are very much at the mercy of the writers, so you can suddenly get a script where you have a heart attack and die. Alan Dale I think I will die laughing. Jeanne Calment I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it. Dolly Parton I have written some of the clumsiest, most clogged-yet-vagrant, hobbledehoyish, hitch-slipping sentences ever conceived by the human mind. Roy Blount, Jr. Proteins are the machinery of living tissue that builds the structures and carries out the chemical reactions necessary for life. Michael Behe When y...

swing a little outside the box. It affords me the freedom to find out who the character is, and it's been a positive technique for me. I'm not saying everyone should change words, but if you can do it with confidence, you may nail it. Dawn Olivieri The performances I enjoy are the ones that are hard to read or ambiguous or left-of-centre because it makes you look closer and that's what humans are like - quite mysterious creatures, hard to pinpoint. Emily Blunt I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success. Paulo Coelho Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought. Michael Tippett We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets. Karl Popper I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings. Hermann Maier Casey Affleck is a really good friend of mine. I know Casey a lot better than I know Ben, even though Ben and I have worked together ...

think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture. Christian Siriano We approach closer and closer to socialism. B. Carroll Reece Americans are also feeling the effects of soaring energy prices at the gas pump. The double burden of these added expenses will be far too much for many families. Russ Carnahan Most of those mocking us and our works night after night have not reached the point of suggesting we are going to use those weapons. They are pretty useless right now. Richard Reeves The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other. Dan Quayle I'm not motivated to entertain people through Twitter, so just by having Twitter and not saying anything, I make people mad. Louis C. K. Philippians 1:21 is very special to me because it help...

growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story. Blake Mycoskie If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it's definitely take care of your shoulders. Eric Shanteau You always love playing in finals at any tournament. The grand slams and stuff like that are obviously the priorities but any titles go on your record. Lleyton Hewitt Saying 'no' to very bad legislation is not wrong. In fact, when the American people tell you that they don't want the health care bill, you've got a responsibility to say no. Jon Kyl This whole career has been way more than I ever even imagined or dreamed. Jennie Finch You know, I feel as comfortable in an uncomfortable situation as I do when things are going smoothly. Harry Connick, Jr. St...

they'll write or paint that one definitive masterpiece of maybe 50 that they have that's really trying to go outside the box, trying to do something that's tough. And then when you accomplish it, you look back and go, 'Yeeaaaah - masterpiece.' Lupe Fiasco Some men look great unshaven; others just look like they forgot to shave. Beards and mustaches can be really distinctive if you go for an earthy, rock-and-roll look like the Kings of Leon or the Killers. Donatella Versace That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else. Peter Garrett A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. Kathie Lee Gifford I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it. Toni Morrison Exercise caution, as I have advised many people. George Carman Since the age of...

up devices to remind them of that love, and it seems like a world of trouble to bring oneself into the consciousness of God's presence. Yet it might be so simple. Is it not quicker and easier just to do our common business wholly for the love of him? Brother Lawrence Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story. Casey Stengel For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working. Daniel Clowes When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through. Chris Tucker As an actor, I'll play anything. Michael Caine I recognize a lot of the things I'm going through. Like, I lose my temper a lot and I become unhinged and kind of hysterical. Joan Didion I'm a late-night guy. Dane Cook I love working out. It's my release. I've done it since I've been in the military. Robert Irvine ...

going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket. Kate Atkinson I always do make a back story for myself, but I'm not sure how necessary it is. I just like to. Gena Rowlands To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer... that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from. Elliott Yamin I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day. Jean-Michel Basquiat I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful. Danielle Steel If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good. Eric ...

needs to put the right people in charge of the agencies and then have them push the bounds of administrative power to change policy through those agencies. President Obama has a pretty good track record of this. Eliot Spitzer The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural. Hakeem Olajuwon I remember lying on the floor of the living room with headphones on when I was four or five years old, listening to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Kevin Richardson First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. Napoleon Hill I have got a few misters interested but nobody special these days. Francesca Annis I was so happy when they cast me in Chocolat, because it's one of my vices. Juliette Binoche What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meanin...

their face and getting all sorts of plastic surgery, we look at them and go, I can tell you've had Botox. I can tell you've had plastic surgery. You look really strange to me. But no one's saying anything. We're just accepting the fact that they're strange-looking. Guy Pearce I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. Patricia Highsmith A lack of government oversight hasn't hindered the Internet. Quite the opposite. A hands-off approach is largely responsible for its fantastic growth and success. Heather Brooke Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity. James Sinegal Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder. Paul Ricoeur We're all going to die. Elizabeth Edwards I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them. Julie Bowen My mom grew up in Kansas, my dad...

your phone, then don't go to the movies! You've got some issues, so you should probably stay home and work on those issues, and not distract everyone with lights, and sounds, oh my gosh, the tapping on the screens, it makes me crazy! Ginnifer Goodwin It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music. Eric Clapton I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my imagination. As I wrote, the idea grew, and the manuscript along with it. Brian Jacques The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it. Christopher Columbus I educated myself. To me, school was boring. Van Morrison When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'...

hated paperwork as much as I hated it. They loathe it, man. They want to be in their cars catching the bad guys. They don't want to be filling out paperwork about the bad guys, you know, and the ones they've caught. Kelli Giddish I am associated with techno epics. Trevor Horn There's nothing like turning on the radio and listening to the high-speed chase that you're leading police on! Danny Bonaduce If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through. Bill Cosby Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it. John Travolta The thing I have to do as a writer, and that God permits me to do, is that I have to be willing to fail. Mary Karr It's a great thing when you feel that you recognize yourself, deeply and movingly, in a work of literature. Lev Grossman Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the chee...

I used to wear Ray-Ban a lot and then I realised that a lot of the things I've started going for are a little bit more refined. I liked the fact that I was supporting a British brand, somebody I could have a relationship with and people that I could talk to. Tinie Tempah A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots. Walter Salles I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad. Patrick Rothfuss Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal. Venus Williams All mothers go through the exact same things. Angie Harmon One of the first things we found out was that the Warren Commission never pursued a conspiracy investigation. Louis Stokes I was ...

around in nature, eating delicious food. These things are intrinsic in basic, primordial to human beings, so that's sort of a way to return to a blank canvas, allowing my true personality to return. Ezra Miller Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing. Lee DeWyze As long as they are working, they should be legalized. I admire so much each and every migrant. They are the most loyal workers in the U.S. economy. They build the homes of those who are attacking them. Vicente Fox What I try to do is to go into a poem - and one writes them, of course, poem by poem - to go into each poem, first of all without having any sense whatsoever of where it's going to end up. Paul Muldoon Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year. Kary Mullis A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for! Arthur Miller I'm a dog person; I've had dogs all my life. John Mahoney The happiest m...

of Invention's 'We're Only in It for the Money' and The Kinks' 'Village Green Preservation Society' - these records that have a story - even if it's not a literal story - because of how they're sequenced and flow. It's like a novel with sound. Ty Segall I never hid out. I was never big enough a star. Tom T. Hall I was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition. Kool Moe Dee I have had so much public support. Heather Mills That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it. Dane Cook Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it. Johnny Winter Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles. Namie Amuro My suspension was a long-planned move... and was done to protect would-be convict...

intellectual reaction but it's also a biological reaction. And the excitement that the work can generate - how it makes you feel about not only your intellectual possibilities but your physical possibilities in this world. How it feels to be alive! Jeff Koons I get more people approaching me about how good I was in 'Napoleon Dynamite' than being in Coldplay. Chris Martin If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere. Zig Ziglar A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything. Max Eastman Gray is the color... the most important of all... absent of opinion, nothing, neither/nor. Gerhard Richter I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people. Justin Timberlake I need to live a long time to fulfil all the things I want to do. Linda Gray I was physically abused and I retaliated....

a whole different vibe. When I'm home with my kids and partner, I will cook - even though she's a very good cook. She's learned over the years. We started with basics, you know, how to saute onions, how to saute mushrooms. Cat Cora The American people have every right to be outraged with the administration's approval of the UAE port deal. It is time the people's House make the security of our Nation's ports a priority. Russ Carnahan I am a hip-hop fanatic, and rock fanatic. Danny Masterson I don't think you ever think of a big city as sweet or community, but there are cities that I think of as charming and particular and interesting cities. I live in one now, Charleston. Anne Rivers Siddons I try to live holistically and avoid conventional medicine. Pamela Sue Martin You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input. Joe Biden The last thing we need is ye...

a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we have few, if any, thoughts. But other times, we can be flooded with memories, plans or random thinking. It's important not to blame yourself. Sharon Salzberg On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers. Don Mattingly There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a big one. The more of that we can carry, the better. Wendelin Van Draanen My clothes are built to show off the woman who wears them. I like them to be simple... to move well, to move with the times and a little ahead of the times. Hattie Carnegie I was always a very happy, optimistic person. Trey Parker I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan. Park Chan-wook I'm not tough. I'm...

American media and this President at the moment. But this doesn't matter over time. Reality will impinge. If his programs work, he's fine. If it doesn't work, all of the adulation of journalists in the world won't matter. George Will It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. Stephen Colbert We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels. Dick Armey I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy. Nicole Appleton The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life. Ernie Hudson I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life. Amy Sedaris The voters are going to decide in November who is going to fix their personal family dismay over not having jobs...

can have one person win the Iowa caucus and then the whole picture changes ten minutes later. The same thing can happen again after New Hampshire. I have no idea what's going to happen with our country in the future. Jackie Mason I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds. Rob Sheffield I was totally picked on, but look at me now! I was definitely picked on by boys and girls. I was really lanky and skinny and the boys would say, 'Turn sideways and stick out your tongue, you look like a zipper.' Krysten Ritter I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family. Jeff Foxworthy Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. Pietro Aretino I think every teenager goes through their angst. People who are like, 'No, I had a...

was that it was really personal. There had been a lot of dramas, a lot of really good ones, a lot of really bad ones, but they were always franchise shows about cops, or doctors, or lawyers. They weren't about the writer himself. David Chase The most magnificent creature in the entire world, the tiger is. Jack Hanna I may have a feather duster down my pants. Johnny Depp There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. Oscar Wilde I think I'm a good judge of character. Tamara Ecclestone Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust. Bai Ling Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from. Alan Ball A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world. Lincoln Chafee I always thought marketing in general was an interesting kind of thing...

to break a toy or muddy my dress. My father's rules had to do with never shaming the family by even a hint of scandal, and not providing business rivals with an opportunity to kidnap me or throw acid in my face. Bharati Mukherjee I'm a farmer now, and it's fantastic. My goal is to be totally self-sufficient and grow everything that I eat. There's something about earning your dinner that's cool. Roseanne Barr The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom. George Pataki I'm more lost when I'm not on tour. I'm in a bit of a muddle at nine o'clock - 'Where's the stage?' On tour, there are people directing and supervising you. Ronnie Wood I never have been an anarchist, I've always had goals and always have acted out of love. Gloria Trevi I'm rarely invited to start-up parties, but who cares abou...

controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me. Victoria Beckham We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is. Gwyneth Paltrow We need first of all the reform of our justice system. We need reform of the education system, because of quality of education because of innovation and technology. And we need administrative reform. Too much bureaucracy. Iveta Radicova If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly. Bob Filner Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated. Nicole Beharie Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of...

the parks that become available to us New Yorkers. Yoga and movie screenings in Bryant Park, concerts in Central Park - there's so much more available to the New York community in the summer! And everyone just seems to smile more. Kara Lindsay Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters. Liev Schreiber Over the past 20 years, I have presented many science programmes on BBC1. But none is, I think, more socially important, or of more human interest, than this ongoing series of 'Child of Our Time.' Robert Winston Ingratitude is the essence of vileness. Immanuel Kant People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time. Steven Pinker This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is...

English language is to work against its capacious and accommodating nature. To expect a writer to produce only novels, or only histories, is equivalent to demanding from a composer that he or she write only string quartets or piano sonatas. Peter Ackroyd A grill is just a source of heat. Just like a stove, it is very user-friendly. Bobby Flay It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in. Robert Downey, Jr. Singing is just a feeling set to music. Carrie Underwood The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra. Gerry Mulligan Strict conservation of energy in the elementary process had thus been confirmed also by a negative experiment. Walther Bothe I get a bit gloomy when it's gloomy. Catherine Zeta-Jones If I'm given an opportunity to do something, I do it. Or else I fool around with it. William Shatner I just want to make sure I...

and I'm really hopeful that we're going to be able to do something as innovative as 'American Horror Story' and 'Friday Night Lights.' And I think so far, we're on the right path for that. Connie Britton I hope Gunter Grass will continue helping the SPD in campaigns and that he will otherwise remain with us as a provocative literary figure, as well. Sigmar Gabriel I'm all for awkward, frank, sometimes painful conversations about things that give everyone a better perspective on who they are in the here and now, and how they want to proceed from there. Tunde Adebimpe I'd rather have a pencil and paper and do all my own calculations rather than rely on a machine. And I'll do most calculations in double digit multiples as quick as the machine. Lindsay Fox I've never heard of a size 0 or a negative human. That's hard. A lot of girls aren't naturally built that way. Serinda Swan The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to c...

the same thing: if you can remove your ego from the game, you can function with much more clarity and you are more likely to succeed. Wouldn't it be interesting if we all began speaking about the mental element of our lives in this way? Garth Stein I would love to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I'd love to be on that. A lot of my favorite shows get canceled really early on. I liked 'Twin Peaks.' If I had a time machine I'd be in that. Matthew Gray Gubler People who look at Greek statues never say it's a shame because they're not complete. Giles Duley Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book. Kate Atkinson I'm travelling more than ever. I don't have the answer as to why, but the demand seems to have grown as I've got older. Hugh Masekela I deliver my Truth hot and hard. Stephen Colbert I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls. Adam Levine When a role se...

a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job. David Petraeus We'll be back to our nature documentary, 'Baggy the Anorexic Elephant' in just a second. Colin Mochrie I never knew how protective I was until I had my own child. I'm already thinking about intruders coming into the house and what our escape route would be. Jessica Simpson For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men. Steve Israel Russia is classic fascism. Daniel Silva The word must is not to be used to princes. Elizabeth I There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream. Frances Farmer I like to be in my pajamas all day. Sometimes I don't wash for days because I like to read and sit around. I like to eat in bed. Jamaica Ki...

The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people. Bill Kristol If 50 percent of your career is not filled with failure, you're not really successful. John Larroquette If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. Dalai Lama One of the questions that I often get is, 'Why are you running to be President?'. To Be President! What did I miss? I'm not running to go to Disneyland. Herman Cain There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore. Carly Fiorina I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble. Charles Barkley I don't work well outside the lines; my report card once read, 'doesn't play well with others.' J...

informal interactions that are crucial to the way knowledge moves through an organization. The role that hallway chat plays in driving new ideas has become a cliche of business writing, but that doesn't make it less true. James Surowiecki After the smoke clears, I think people will say, 'You know what? That Shaun Alexander, he did all right when he was here. I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears. Shaun Alexander As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during the day. Sloane Crosley Well, news is anything that's interesting, that relates to what's happening in the world, what's happening in areas of the culture that would be of interest to your audience. Kurt Loder My personal life was fair game. And that's what hurt me. Marla Maples I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally. David Friedman Eating ice cream and not ex...