it's also about decreasing our worry. So what you get for paying those high taxes is, if you're a parent thinking about putting your child through school, you don't have to worry about it, because all education through college is free. Dan Buettner I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them. Peter Greenaway Writers aren't born properly labeled so it is hard to know one when one appears. Julianna Baggott I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live. Daniel Berrigan I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act. Clay Aiken It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing. James Schuyler With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential. Julius Erving It's not that we use technology, we live technology. Godfrey Reggio I've always loved Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness movies. Mark Hamill But if I played well and...

look up and pay attention to me. Mind you, I don't know if that's necessarily charm. But I've played roles where my character has to be charming and I've found it quite easy to do. I think some of it is in my bones, but some of it is more deliberate. James McAvoy So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through my life with pride, because our culture is unrelenting when it comes to large people. Camryn Manheim In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses. Rudolf Arnheim Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction. Marc Ribot Sometimes ideas feel like they were already there, and that you're just discovering them. Stephenie Meyer You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth. Wayne Newton I like having a routine, because everything else... is so unpredictable. Jordana Brewster Everythi...

those phone calls from my sister-in-law, in which, 3,000 miles away, I hear my nephews screaming for her attention. I tell her I have to go because I am packing to leave for Europe, and her tone flatlines: 'That must be nice.' Beth Ditto I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context. Alexander Wang I prefer when movies target my heart instead of my mind. Anton Yelchin I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel. Armistead Maupin I would have to say my favorite place on Earth is Bora Bora. Robert Ballard When you start to realize life isn't fair, what do you do: curl up and die or fight every second of the way? Aubrey O'Day You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force. Jim Hightower Only in the most unusual cases i...

knighthood was historically for what was termed 'the establishment.' Now, this is an accolade for somebody who comes from a working-class background. Someone whose father was a truck driver and decided to buy a truck. Lindsay Fox You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about. Ralph Fiennes No, most of our political elite has not realized that the world is flat. Thomas Friedman As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market. Arthur Godfrey I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term. Joni Mitchell I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach'. Dave Eggers Happy Days was a wonderful, wonderful experience and I would not have traded it for the world. Marion Ross A work-only zone does wonders for your productivity. So, I prefer working at the office now. I spend 8 focused hours there, then I go home to be present wit...

like pineapple, particularly because of the enzymes that it has. Sometimes I have oatmeal. But if I'm feeling like I really want to be watching my weight more, then I definitely do a protein, like an omelet, scrambled eggs or some smoked salmon. Cynthia Nixon If I had to pick, I'd say my favorite book is 'A Prayer For Owen Meany', by John Irving. Sarah Dessen You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example. Christian Dior The joke I always make about myself is that I'm self-involved, but I'm not vain. Lena Dunham Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. Paul J. Meyer I want to come across as a positive person. Greta Scacchi It's a hard job to become president. Rick Scott I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book. Mohsin Hamid When you have the opportunity, you strike. Rod Laver The full potential of ...

enchantresses, snares. At times it seems as if female powerlessness is male self-preservation in disguise. And for millennia, this has made for a zero-sum game: A woman's intelligence was a man's deception. Stacy Schiff I have a thing for doors. I always think of them as a threshold to something new. Jada Pinkett Smith It brings me back to reality. The combine doesn't care if you're a senator or not. It breaks down whenever it wants to break down. Jon Tester There's not one food that causes diabetes. What causes Type II diabetes is being overweight... I've just come to grips, over the past four or five months, with my diabetes. Paula Deen Yes, after some time spent last year on other commitments, most of them speaking engagements, I am now about halfway through a novel that I hope will come out in 1998. Robert MacNeil I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to b...

and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law. William Hague A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics. Peter Jennings Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall. Ani DiFranco What's taken God 200 years to create was wiped out in a couple of days by what was apparently an arsonist, And it just shows you what a sick world we live in nowadays. Bill Janklow I'm happy to be on a show that's bridging that gap of 'Okay, I'm not a teenager anymore, I'm a man.' Milo Ventimiglia I think everybody gets bullied in their own way. Even athletes probably get it from their parents. To a degree everybody gets bullied. Shane Koycz...

own style and it helps me to relate to the music as I'm going to play it. I just write. And if it comes out country, it's a country song. The funny thing is, I write all across the board. I just write what hits me at the time. Casey James No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear. Aaron Brown I watch movies, and if I get the chance to watch television, I'm usually prone to watching something completely mindless and mundane that I don't have to follow so closely. Billy Burke A lot of these things will fly in later forms on the space station themselves, or a later form of that research will, once they kind of find out some of the basics from flying it on shuttle. Linda M. Godwin Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders. Francesca Annis I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability. Prince Charles I always like earthy, authentic sounds. Nneka I think having children is th...

One would be that no one would have to live with the muscular dystrophy disease or any disease. And the second one would be world peace, that we just stop fighting, talk about things, and we could live in harmony once again, like God intended us to do. Mattie Stepanek My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children. Richard Rogers Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact. Jo Nesbo I would love to make some kind of film about the witches and the Inquisitions. That would be really fun because I don't think their stories have been told enough. Amy Smart Palestinian people are in love with life. Mahmoud Darwish Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny. Alfred A. Montapert No one...

the best work I can do, and stay out of the results. Because ultimately, the result is not what the work is about. There are other people whose jobs are to focus on those results and maximize them, and that's great. Let them do their job. Alan Ball All who love are conspirators. George Weinberg It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more. Bashar al-Assad I am lucky to have good Polish skin that doesn't wrinkle so I might be around for a few years yet. Ruby Wax It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early '80s. Renny Harlin I still get crazy once in a while, but just less crazy. Sebastian Bach These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do al...

1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team. J. C. Watts It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. Thucydides I don't know about five guys against the world. It's more like five guys against these three chords, and we're gonna wrestle 'em down no matter what it takes. Benmont Tench I like to be quiet, and let people find me rather than having to shout at them. Larry David I have a very close friendship with the skaters. Eric Heiden I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself. Jim Carrey That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople. Jim Fowler When we dream alone it is only a dream, ...

an obnoxious teenager, I'll read 'BuzzFeed' on my phone. But even that just leaves me feeling icky because I think for some reason my comfort zone is to just not really be in the loop about stuff like awards shows or things like that. Tavi Gevinson I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor. Theodore Bikel The main thing is that the 'C' is silent, so it kind of starts with a 'Z.' Z-O-O-K-RIE. It's Ukrainian, on my dad's side. Matt Czuchry The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period. Oriana Fallaci I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible. John Mayer There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it. Ice Cube The contemporary Ameri...

office way back in 1982, which is a few years ago. I always tried to do what I believed is right and I've always voted the way that I believe was the right way for my constituency, and that's what I'm doing when I govern. So, I'm the same Jan Brewer. Jan Brewer A husband is like a fire - he goes out when unattended. Evan Esar Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on. Camryn Manheim When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins. Donald Johanson Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters. Willie Stargell However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious. Garrett Hardin The Japane...

a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy. James Surowiecki Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure. Camille Paglia I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off. Samuel R. Delany I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services. George Osborne It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth. Nigel Farage It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam. Zbigniew Brzezinski Everywhere I go I buy new music shirts. Shaun White The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society. Clara Zetkin I mean, I don't reall...

wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read. Mariska Hargitay One of the things I love about music is live performance. Yo-Yo Ma But typically for a project like the Mac, the size we had was pretty good. And it has different stages. The team grows as you have to write manuals and do testing... though the Mac had no formal testing. Andy Hertzfeld I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job. Mickey Rourke Inside I feel much like a 12-year-old or a 17-year-old who knows big words. Tim O'Brien I like to think that I have no single view nor any single situation ...

was a little group of 10 or 12 of us that would get together and copy each other's cassettes. So I was a rapper first, and it was that music that got me into this great entertainment world and got me out of Thunder Bay. Kevin Durand To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting. Amy Chua In fact, Parkinson's has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being. Michael J. Fox I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time. Sade Adu If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon. Gary Oldman Family comes first. You're the only thing they have. Heidi Klum My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman. Jimmy Carter What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do. Patrice Leconte Life and death have been lacking in my life. Jorge Luis Bor...

and emotional support that creates life outside of the office, permits survival of the race, cares for the ill and disabled, and makes life livable when we can no longer care for ourselves. Anne-Marie Slaughter The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female. Anna Quindlen Now, I simply do what I want. George McGovern I'm not against government involvement in times of need. I am for recognizing that big public companies will continue to cut jobs in an effort to prop up stock prices, which in turn stimulates the need for more government involvement. Mark Cuban I have a bad reputation for being temperamental. Ted Kotcheff In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on. Jessica Lange In every character I play, I try to imbibe something. Every film is a learni...

a better alternative, hence why I am such a fan of Apple, where you can simply buy a song for $0.99; it is very easy, it is a value-packed service... and this is a result of the shakeup... something has to happen in the music industry. Seal I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately. Orson Welles In Maine, there is a deeply ingrained sense that you can always get a little more use out of something. Tim Sample I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation. Rick Rubin That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us. Benny Goodman It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical ...

myself together because I knew he's very much alive in his spirit, and that was just a shell. But I kissed him on his forehead, and I hugged him, and I touched him and I said, 'Michael, I'll never leave you. You'll never leave me.' Jermaine Jackson I've had a little bad, bad media luck the new year. Well, apparently I'm dating Bill Clinton, which makes me nervous. I didn't know, though. Julie Bowen Even if I had $200 million, I'm very wary of overusing CGI. I think it's a great tool and it can be used really effectively, but I feel like it does tend to be overused and especially in sci-fi stuff. Rian Johnson It's interesting to see how we are all uniquely different. Jai Rodriguez I was only interested in scoring goals. I wasn't interested in anything else. Gary Lineker I was living a life of a lie, I really was. Tiger Woods I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature. John Travolta I'd say...

a man who has a great smile. He has to make me laugh. I like a man who is very ambitious and driven and who has a good heart and makes me feel safe. I like a man who is very strong and independent and confident - that is very sexy - but at the same time, he's very kind to people. Nicole Scherzinger Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. Roger Staubach I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me. Camillo di Cavour President Roosevelt's leadership put the world on notice that the United States of America - with the freest, most dynamic economy the world had ever seen - was open for business. John Hoeven I hate plastic surgery. I have a horror of any kind of knife. I don't like it. Rebecca De Mornay You're only as good as you are now - not as good as you were before. Andreas Katsulas Actors always have opinions. Joe Pantoliano I don't Google mys...

infant. I'd been a foreign correspondent for a long time and had this subspecialty in covering catastrophes. It had spoiled me a little because you have a tremendous amount of autonomy, and I couldn't really see being an editor in an office. Geraldine Brooks Arsenic sticks around and today it's easily found after death if somebody thinks of looking for it, because the problem with arsenic, it isn't looked for in the common tests for drugs. Michael Baden The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country. Kim Jong-un Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too. David Cameron I don't want to be someone's entertainment. Priscilla Presley Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at the feet of the su...

to figure out the fuel to do that. And so far, I think it's respect and quality and company, not celebrity or box office or stardom. It's not a sprinter's approach. It's more like a long-distance thing. You can stick around a lot longer if you kind of slow-play it. Jason Bateman You only have so much money to shoot a movie with. Kathryn Bigelow I wasn't the brightest kid, not by a long shot. I was interested in football, in girls, in getting my work done with the least amount of effort. Thomas J. Sargent When things are going good they just keep going good. Fuzzy Zoeller I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard. Hillary Clinton So that's why one of my rules of parody writing is that it's gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit. Al Yankovic There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a li...

people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children. Gary Oldman Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role. Robert Kagan I received $100 per week when I started working at the Globe after graduation. Will McDonough True virtue is life under the direction of reason. Baruch Spinoza Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. Benicio Del Toro I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership. Carson Daly I really want to help stop violence toward women. Eve Ensler Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum...

live down, but it's one of those things where that show is so brilliant because the casting couldn't be any more perfect. It wouldn't have been right for me, and I wouldn't have been right for it. Josh Gad Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. Reinhold Niebuhr I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir. Trent Reznor When I was in my early 20s, I looked towards exterior things to make me feel sexy - guys, clothes, shoes, etc. Now it's all about how I feel internally. Sarah Shahi I'm more relaxed and just feel like there's kind of a peace with myself. Katie Hoff Shakespeare speaks for the human heart but Dickens speaks for the social man and for injustices. Simon Callow About 1900 my parents came to the United Stat...

away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America. Pat Robertson I rely on a lot of green drinks to get my vegetables. Tim Tebow But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me. Robert MacNeil Do not allow watching food to replace making food. Alton Brown I'm half-Japanese, so I collect toys, like a Yayoi Kusama stuffed pumpkin. Nicola Formichetti I love connecting with readers! Sylvia Day In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference? Paul Allen Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just ...

work a certain number of hours a week because if they worked too many hours a week then they couldn't get their government assistance. And that person has multiple cell phones, and gets them new every month with new minutes. Timothy Griffin Smile at a stranger. See what happens. Patti LuPone It was in a stonecutter's house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery's grave that I found a manuscript book of his poems, written out in the clear beautiful Irish characters. Lady Gregory The only other time I can recall my dad getting upset at me was when I missed a hockey practice. My parents were away, so my buddy and I decided to skip it. I never told my dad about it, but he found out from the coach. Mike Weir Having my son, I mean, I feel already that it makes me a better actress. Just the feeling and the love that expands in my being is more than I ever thought possible. Lauren Ambrose Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pi...

was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to the militants, I understood it. I mean, everybody believed in those days that they were being screwed, you know, that somebody was getting ahead of them. Ed Koch Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's no question that their capacity to work out complex things is extremely good. Robert Winston 'See Spot run!' is a perfect sentence in some ways. But I doubt the critics would say it was. Greg Iles I'm actually an incredibly disorganized, messy person. Georgina Chapman If you respect the art and you have some talent about you, I'm on your team. Anthony Anderson Like any working mother I find it hard to have a social life. But my kids are so well adjusted. There isn't a brat bone in their body so I haven't done anything that bad. Ruby Wax I...

can handle quite a bit, but I do try to think about what's honest and true to my characters who have grown up in situations where they've been taught to handle these things very carefully and that they're very powerful. Veronica Roth The plate tectonics of media have shifted where NBC had to become a new media company from an old media company. Carson Daly If you want to learn about a culture, you look at what buildings the people lived in but you also want to know about their cosmos. Marina Warner I'm the ugly sister. I'm the fat one. I'm the transvestite. I have had those mean things said about me at least twice a day for the last five years. It's horrible, you know? But I can brush that stuff off. Khloe Kardashian I always do my rap from the outside looking in. Like I do my rap as if I'm looking at me rap. Lil Wayne Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture. Jacques Derrida Unfortunately, I don...

wondering where they are and waiting for them to come home. As time passes and the absence is longer and longer, you become more and more concerned - but you don't really have the words to express your concern. There's only this continued absence. Suzanne Collins I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot. Carrie Underwood My parents were not very happy. They were very worried about me pursuing a career that even if I had talent might not give me the happiness and the success that they - any parent hopes for their child. Emmylou Harris I'm kind of weird - I don't get excited. Sometimes I fake that I'm excited just to make people happy. Emmanuel Jal Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine. Richard Stallman The good news in investing is there are no HR problems. If there are no humans, there are no problems! Mohnish Pa...

the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we issue. Elected officials have an obligation to maintain that integrity, regardless of whether they voted for the programs that required the borrowing in the first place. John Sununu People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star. Talib Kweli I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have to go on welfare. Gloria Allred The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. Plato When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt. Ann Curry We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much. Sojourner Truth You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus. Donella Meadows This is a dream...

fabulously clever. He's not a great policeman. He's not hugely charismatic. I'd describe him as a kind-of Chekhovian character. He's an ordinary bloke, to whom extraordinary things have happened. Which is quite hard to play, I have to say. Robbie Coltraine If you're too embarrassed and want to hide behind your computer screen, that's what this is for. It's about building confidence and that's what U by Kotex does. Girls owning their bodies and health. Khloe Kardashian At the end of all this, Russia held in her hands a vast belt of land running from the Baltic sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, comprising eleven nations with a population of 100 million people. John T. Flynn My fear is that, as soon as I get married and have kids that I'll kind of do what a lot of people do and suddenly start making, 'Now I'm gonna make films for kids.' I really hope I don't do that. Trey Parker Your success depends mainly upon ...

doing it?' Trends break out because they're based on real demographics, like there being fewer nuclear families or more people living alone. If 10 people in Shoreditch are doing it, it's a 10-minute fad. Peter York I feel so fortunate. Christina Aguilera To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet. Franz Grillparzer In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country. Max Baucus Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes to raising our children. Brene Brown One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible. Ron Rash I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the y...

'Beat the Clock,' in which contestants won washing machines and fox stoles by doing such pointless stunts as catching a tennis ball in a paper cup or knocking a hat off one's wife's head with a whipped-cream spritzer. Tom Shales Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the problem is and, more importantly, what Congress can do to fix it. Ric Keller I mean, I have moments of huge frustration because of my inability to express myself linguistically as clearly as I would like to. David Gilmour In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility. Jonathan Krohn I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back. Ann Richards Fish oil is a great protein for your hair. Molly Sims My dad...

about the dilemmas, about their understanding of the universe that still resonates. The whole idea of order and chaos, which is really central to the ancient Egyptian understanding of the world, is still very much with us. Rick Riordan I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction. James Rollins But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Demetri Martin With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life. Kevin Whately I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make. Morrissey I am a kid who played university cricket, so to be around international cricket is...

New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried. Sam Trammell Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes. Vanessa Paradis I really believe the only thing you can control in those situations is what you do as a player but also how you interact with your teammates, which is critical. Brian Griese I'm a busy girl. Shenae Grimes I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football. Jerry Rice Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor. Sam Levenson I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants. Sherman Alexie All movies assault the viewer in one way or another. Michael Haneke I have never really been confi...

is very private about it. When I was growing up, she never went to church. She just prayed and read her Bible and kept it to herself. I'm not from a background of flamboyant believers. It's much more a personal issue. Michael Shannon I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring. Kim Deal Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are. Mason Cooley If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking? John Gunther Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master. Demosthenes I meet people, I like to ask: which sign are you? Roberto Cavalli How can you regret helping a suffering patient? Jack Kevorkian I loved films of the '70s with those antihero protagonists who you don't know if you can get behind because their behavior is really questionable. Nicholas Jarecki I don...

the U.K. economy. We're in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets, which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down, and we're also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing. Vince Cable Man is more than merely an animal to exist and propagate his species. His mind gives him capacity to search out the great truths in God's arrangement and this lifts him far above the other animal creation. Joseph Franklin Rutherford No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout. Hugh Dancy But, what we need to get out of the first EVA is to have the arm completely unfolded and powered so that they can keep the temperature under control. That will really the call of the first EVA. Umberto Guidoni It's a silly old game. David Duval Despite the hundreds of non-governmental organizations and the continued outpouring of foreign aid, East Africa remains as a region overwhel...

Like if you tripped or stumbled and people go, 'Oh, that's Charlie Chaplin.' You know what I mean? You can't own a joke. You can be the guy that tells it the best, but you can't own a joke. Nowhere can you own a laugh. Tommy Chong I sat there with everything - and I had nothing. David Millar In the States, there's ESPN3, and each country has different options, and other than premiere league football, there tends to be very little global content. And movie and TV rights are pretty broad content. Reed Hastings Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be. Tracy Reese I was kind of lost for several years. Katey Sagal I don't even like showing my stuff to publishers and editors much. Christopher Hitchens We give you characters we'd feel very comfortable judging, and then go: 'Oh yeah? Watch this'. Paul Haggis Every time I see a piano, I have this urge to play it. Margot Robbie I may like the Blizzard best, of all the s...

better at football, you have to watch the film and watch those who came before you and played the game, and yes, the first year you come in as a rookie and you're not gonna be as good as when you come in as a vet, and I applied that in the same way to 'Ton of Cash.' Dhani Jones Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny. Gijs de Vries We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender. W. Averell Harriman Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think. Michael Caine Conflict does not lead to stability in the world. Mohammed Morsi It's hard to know really how it's going to happen, but the career ebbs and flows and now there's a nicer feeling of interest than there has been at other times. Gretchen Mol When you sign...

10 percent of the knowledge of the ancient world. In the ancient world, most of the knowledge was destroyed. Every emperor of China who came in wiped out everything that came before them, to the point that the country completely forgot its past. Steve Berry The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. Walter Benjamin My sister's a big karaoke person, and she's never been able to get me to do it. Sarah Paulson Mum wasn't at all religious, but she thought that going to the theatre was as important a ceremonial, communal experience that a person could have. Hayley Atwell I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair. George Osborne I don't want to play a bad guy who doesn't have a bit of good in him. Jeremy Renner I love being healthy. I get a lot of sleep. I'm a girl who eats. And I feel beautiful no matter how I look. I have my family to thank for that. Lea Michele If I cou...

workplace be part of a healthier strategy. Reminding me more about walking the steps rather than taking that elevator. Not just promoting healthier food in the cafeteria, but providing information on healthier choices. I use it when I look at the alternatives. Harvey V. Fineberg Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can. Enya At the same time, as you know, unless you are a comic book reader, Daredevil is not a known thing. Avi Arad You'll be a good parent when you're ready to no longer be selfish. Until I was about 35, it was all about me. I look back and I'm astonished at how I lived my life - it was totally self-involved. Lauren Holly I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit. Gary Barlow Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where...

is typically non dilutive. They want something from you other than equity in your business. Customers also help you fit your product to the market. And customers will help debug and improve the quality of the product. Fred Wilson Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depends where your taste buds are at the time. Francesca Annis So gradually, and then I had an Italian roadster that I built, it took me five years to build it, it was stolen from me and stripped. I said, well maybe we should have another where we shouldn't steal from each other. Barry McGuire The whole 'R' rating depends on a strange sort of fantasy land where all adults are responsible people, and children only ever go to the cinema with their parents. Helen Mirren I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me. Jack Abramoff And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the...

my family on the same page, to understand who I am and what I do for a living, I asked my oldest daughter, 'What do you think about Daddy coming back?' And she said, 'I didn't think you were done. I want you to win the Super Bowl.' Randy Moss I've always wanted a Maltese-poodle, but I've always been really busy. So I said once I'm back in the city and the 'Sister Act' stuff dies down, I'm going to get a puppy. Patina Miller I was fascinated by movies from age 12. Jean Paul Gaultier Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials. Thor Heyerdahl You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world. Billy Crystal I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them. Mae West I didn't really start writin...

it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. I love that it's like theater too, and the audience, and it's so short, like twenty minutes... It's like a Haiku or something. Joan Cusack Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well. Chanel Iman The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation. Jimmy Carter I must say that in my early years, I was incredibly aggressive. I was working as hard as I could to build a business, to try to dominate a business. And I probably irritated a lot of people. Michael Ovitz UNC symbolizes something special. When you get chills you know you belong here. Lorrie Fair I didn't like anything about myself - my looks, my personality. I was very, very angry. Marion Cotillard So we need the same strategy, we need young, aggressive judges to be appointed...

triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. Carlos Fuentes I feel very proud that we have managed to stay together. In these forty years we have made forty-six films. Each one has brought a certain name and contribution to cinema. Ismail Merchant Doing cinema is not about watching yourself. Charlotte Rampling The absolute worst thing that you ever can do, in my opinion, in bringing science to the general public, is be condescending or judgmental. It is so opposite to the way science needs to be brought forth. Brian Greene There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case. Albert Einstein I learned about HeLa cells in my first basic biology clas...

and can't be used. The result: GM spends an awful lot of time checking in with the people who administer TARP over everything from hiring to executive compensation and management. For a global company, that adds up to a lot of distraction. Edward Whitacre, Jr. The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time. Jacques Verges I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I could create musically were equal. So that's where I was. Steve Vai Voluntary association produces the free market - where each person can choose among a multitude of possibilities. Harry Browne I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that. Johnny Weir The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output. Buffy Sainte-Marie God...

can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but if you have a system in which God is distant and angry all the time, and you're trying to please him through the right disciplines, it isn't going to work for everyone. William P. Young You're speechless sometimes when you think of the support you've had from the first day I've started wrestling to now. Clay Guida I want people to see how hard my husband and kids work on the ranch. Ree Drummond The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war. Chief Joseph I'm really pale. Cory Monteith The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work. Marion Cotillard Everything that I write will be signed with my name. Elinor Glyn I grew up Mormon. I ...

me. We're on the same page. Whenever that day happens when we're not on the same page we'll move forward with it. We're interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third person's vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means. Jon Hamm Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time. Manuel Puig According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time. Grazia Deledda If I could afford to live in London I would. Minnie Driver I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object. Clive Anderson I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely. James Weldon Johnson They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left. Jock Sturges I ...

the Morris Animal Foundation since the '70s. We're a health organization. We fund campaign health studies for dogs, cats, lizards and wildlife. I've worked with the L.A. Zoo for about the same length of time. I get my animal fixes! Betty White Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called 'real world' of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we must embrace, salute and support our poets. Tom Hodgkinson My mum is incredibly intelligent. Philip Seymour Hoffman Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, 'I loved you last night.' And they go, 'What about the week before?' They immediately worry. Tom Hooper I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste. Dick Van Dyke When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say. Henny Youngman Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my ins...

cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating. Rufus Wainwright If Senator Kerry understands the nature of this threat and the need to take on terror, then he should immediately repudiate these troubling comments, and stop all efforts on behalf of his surrogates to blame America for these attacks. Marc Racicot Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps. Julie Christie A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor. Eric Hoffer I've got to pay $5 for gas just like everybody else. Young Jeezy When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range. Ron White I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if ...

Tax returns, gas bill, none of it. Life becomes very simple, it's about moving in a certain direction - north if you're going north - staying warm and not getting eaten. That's it. Ben Saunders I never even had the time to read novels. George McGovern Free speech includes the right to not speak. Jimmy Wales And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now. Ahmed Chalabi Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely. Mira Nair Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. Ambrose Bierce I love a warm bath at the end of a day. Cynthia Nixon When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them. Paul Merton I don't stay up and rent private jets and go on yachts and whoop i...