sprinter who happens to have had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Using upside down question mark-shaped carbon fiber sprinting prosthetics, called Cheetah blades, Mr. Pistorius can challenge the fastest sprinters in the world. Daniel H. Wilson Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Justin Halpern If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down. Danny Boyle You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason. Barry McGuire My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic. Evel Knievel Children do have the potential to kill art. But now I think they kill the bad art. At least that is what my son has done for me. Kevin Wilson I love yoga because not only is it a workout for your body, but also your breathi...

not really concerned about being acceptable to the audience in any traditional sense, which for me is what makes them all the more gorgeous. And the fearless truth of that is what makes it funny. Carrie Preston I don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries. Mika Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat; thoughts are no different than anything else. Jeff Bridges My work begun to spread out. And calls to the universities begun to take me out of my garden, you know. Howard Finster I critique myself way harder than anybody else could critique me. Wiz Khalifa Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. Jeremy Bentham It's like, it's up to the people to fall in love with the song. The record company can only do so much. Paul Westerberg Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more op...

together because that was us - we were down in the creek and hanging out every day and going on little adventures. I had about sixteen friends who are all about the same age as me and lived in a three-block radius. We spent our entire childhood down in that creek. Scoot McNairy And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here. Steve Jobs The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of things to different people. I think we're redefining it now. Rita Dove I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then I wasn't scared or nervous, but I didn't like meeting new people when I had to be myself. That was scary. Meg Cabot So many people preach that they love fashion, but really it's what I live for! Lindsay Lohan I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to ...

school or were shy or picked on or something like that. I think that you rely on it. 'Well, I don't think I'm cute and no one wants to hang out with me - I'd better start trying to make people laugh.' I think there's an element of that in there. Kaitlin Olson There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. Ayn Rand I've done a song with almost everybody in the game. Two Chainz I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself. Wale Formula One has been the backdrop of my life. Tamara Ecclestone I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes. Carol Burnett I love being outside - that's where I'm the happiest. Evangeline Lilly The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff. Jonathan Katz We are a long way from getting back the jobs lost si...

move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a potential for artistic expression far greater than anyone would ever have dreamed possible until today. It is this very spirit of the struggle and determination to triumph that inspires creative expression. Richard MacDonald I have the feeling it will influence my future writing to the extent that without any material worries I could develop a greater ease, even lightheartedness, in my writing. Elfriede Jelinek We all have a life story and a message that can inspire others to live a better life or run a better business. Why not use that story and message to serve others and grow a real business doing it? Brendon Burchard If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering. Ralph Merkle I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great...

not to completely break Germany. So all those Nazis who had been controlling the country now had the power to rebuild it. I think there were many of them who just continued their life in society; it's a very known fact. Arnon Goldfinger The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people. Aasif Mandvi A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. Steve Martin I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often. Morrissey We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world. Armstrong Williams I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism. Plautus I always just wanted to be a cheesy guy on television. Ryan Seacrest I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice. Dan Rather Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself. Charles Ba...

I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a treadmill the next day extra long, I'm happy. Richie Sambora What I write, if you have to label it, is crossover, and I think that much of the stuff that is called children's or YA is in fact crossover and is equally valid for anyone who likes to read fantasy. Robin McKinley Well, I, you know, I think at PIMCO we always try and be open with the press and the public. I mean, isn't that what voters want from their politicians? Mohamed El-Erian, our CEO, writes several op-eds a week. Bill Gross I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell. Jimmy Smith A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't. Burt Bacharach The primary factor in a successful attack is speed. Lord Mountbatten I'd probably say to my younger self, g...

creating light and darkness, we took on god-like powers and then abused them like gods, and we are only men. That's a story about man making a man in his own image. The inversion of natural order. Benedict Cumberbatch I mean, I'm married first of all to one of, if not the most wonderful women in the world. She is everything - funny, attractive, hard-working, she has integrity, she loves me to bits. Seal I play sad bastard music. For the money. J. Tillman I am not a fan of the cupcake image. This idea that you can distract a girl with something frivolous like a cake or shoes or handbags, and she won't be a threat to men. Joanna Trollope I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old. Alan Alda I picked up reading late because I grew up dyslexic. When I went to college, a friend who was a big reader got me started on a number of writers, including Hemingway. Lee Pace I like to take my dog on the road. He...

my own marriage, which is going on 14 years, I don't think of it as 'I'm going to be with this person forever.' Instead, I think of more like, 'I'll probably be with this person for the next six weeks. Then I'll re-evaluate.' Michael Ian Black My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. Angela Carter Literature incarnates its meanings as concretely as possible. The knowledge that literature gives of a subject is the kind of knowledge that is obtained by (vicariously) living through an experience. Leland Ryken It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Sitting Bull I've been doing pranks my whole life, so I guess I'm pretty good at it. Bam Margera The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the c...

the more we can saturate television with any gay character or lesbian character or transgender character, I think that's a really great thing. We're kind of getting past the fact that they're the punchline or that they're the novelty. Jesse Tyler Ferguson Yeah, the material's been good so far, although I'm sure there's got to be a drought coming someday. John Goodman You can look at that by comparing Medicare's growth rates to the private insurance world, to the other Federal programs that we run, by looking at the billions of dollars, not millions but billions of dollars, we waste every year. Bobby Jindal When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything. Carla Bley I haven't had a date in 26 years. Tim Gunn I never had a time line for my life. I didn't say I wanted to be married at 28 a...

garment, can be very simple, and in others they can be very complicated. That's what made an elusive fit that we can't always get these days. Knowing this, I would like to share some of these secrets and use them in a collection. Mark Bridges I don't believe he had a responsibility to even answer that question - you have no responsibility to answer personal questions that people have no right to ask you. Chris Matthews 'The Cut' is going to give someone the opportunity of a lifetime and help that person achieve his or her dreams. Tommy Hilfiger The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom. Ed Miliband Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing. Jennifer Gilmore I have weathered many different storms and I know who I am and my friends know who I really am. Delta Goodrem To some degree. I know I...

in terms of plot and structure. I liked the idea of doing the same thing, which is one reason I structured 'Goon Squad' as a record album, with an A side and a B side, that's built around the contrasting sounds of the individual numbers in it. Jennifer Egan What they do in America in all those sitcoms is hire glamorous girls and they're never that funny... that's because they've never had to develop a personality because they're hot. Rebel Wilson We knew we were talking about spies. I knew he knew I knew. I was digging my own grave. Christine Keeler There's no quick or magical way to lose weight. You just have to do it the natural way - diet and exercise and stick to it - and be able to do it at your own pace. Jordin Sparks We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both. Bridgette Wilson I must be honest. I can only read so ...

her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it. Thich Nhat Hanh If I start going back to church, I'd have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn't be able to curse any more. Katherine Heigl I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that. Carl Lewis I feel that my relationship with Kasparov now is much the same as it had been before the match - good. As for his reaction, well it can't be nice to lose your title after so long, but he was very generous. Vladimir Kramnik It's sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That's the level where I want to go. Frank Black I was never re...

about how hard it is to be a teenager, but actually I think it's tougher to be in your 20s because you're expected to be a grownup and expected to earn your own living and be successful and I think you feel like a kid still. Nigel Cole You're not there to spread any particular- if you're Bob Marley you're there to spread a message, but very few people can do that effectively without shoving opinions down someone's throat. Jon Fishman I was covering the Supreme Court when it decided Gideon v. Wainright, and the case has always had special meaning for me. Anthony Lewis I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s and in their 20s. People who are fully capable of talking back to me. Donna Shalala That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind. Mos Def Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said ...

not to matter what your background is. In terms of formal schooling - I feel like that's a nineteenth century term - but in terms of where you went to high school or college, or wherever, all that really is irrelevant, I have found, in comedy. Ellie Kemper Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me. Little Richard I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong. R. A. Salvatore We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness. Margaret Fuller I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin. Greta Scacchi A lot of people don't give much thought to what they believe, and it's easy for them to hold what often are two conflicting ideas in their head at the same time. Lee Strobel The framework of men's wear is so narrow, that when you play at the edges you get labeled. Hedi Slimane ...

recruiting football players, they are not recruiting model citizens. Everybody has to be aware of this. What's being selected for the NFL is the ability to play and perform on Sunday afternoons. Everything else is secondary. Jackson Katz I hate guns, I think they're the worst thing ever invented. Rutger Hauer I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line. Bo Jackson I try not to look for messages in films. Robert Duvall I commit myself to serve my country. Francois Hollande Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. Gordon Sinclair I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family. Bjork The more social media we have, the more we think we're connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other. JR ...

They're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life. When they're old and they're 80 and they have their show in Vegas, they're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life. Benny Blanco Television offers a range and scope, and a degree of creativity and daring, that the bottom-line, global-audience-obsessed, brand-driven movie industry just can't compete with. Graydon Carter Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality. Eleanor Roosevelt World makers, social network makers, ask one question first: 'How can I do it?' Zadie Smith I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive point of view, though they are emotionally more receptive. Archie Shepp I hope one day when I say I'm from Estonia, people don't say: 'What? Where's that?' Carmen Kass I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little ...

there now. My memories are of the final years before everything changed. When I grew up in Kabul, it couldn't be mistaken for Beirut or Tehran, as it was still in a country that's essentially religious and conservative, but it was suprisingly progressive and liberal. Khaled Hosseini I had always turned it down-to me, smoking pot was absolutely the worst thing in the world. I thought of it as an addiction, and all my friends who smoked it, I felt they really needed help. Tommy Rettig I'm living my future as long as you're living in the present and realize how beautiful life is. Dhani Jones I always say centered food equals centered behavior. Marilu Henner One tends to look back at the mistakes as the same thing - relinquishing control of something at some point in your career. Nick Mason Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal. Samuel Richardson More oftentimes than not, you're automatically guilty before innocent. Anthony Ande...

in my graduating class. We were a big group of girls that by the time senior year came along couldn't wait to get away from school fast enough but we loved each other. It's really fun to see the girls at reunions now. Cecily von Ziegesar The Internet is far more engaging as an interactive medium than broadcast. Barriers to creating content are going away; they're almost gone. People are taking control of their entertainment. People are Tweeting, posting on Facebook and YouTube. Ben Huh People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about. Anton Chekhov We're all creating an archive of our own lives, whether we're aware of it or not. Hasan M. Elahi Execution really shapes whether your company takes off or not. Pete Cashmore I walk a lot. It keeps me in shape and clears my head. Raquel Zimmermann I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a ...

to be on WP, WordPress.com supports Tumblr as a Publicize option alongside Twitter and Facebook, our Akismet team sends them daily emails of splogs on the service, and there's healthy import and export traffic both ways. Matt Mullenweg When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker. Patrice Leconte I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth. Ursula K. Le Guin The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting. Elisabeth Rohm I realized there was very little in Hollywood I would ever feel comfortable doing. If I kept one foot there and one foot in my Christianity, I would never grow. Willie Aames Our whole life is solving puzzles. Erno Rubik You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in ...

fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that. Gemma Arterton The future of Africa is in innovative engineering. Erik Hersman I've never studied anything formally. I was excluded from school at the age of 17, so I am an autodidact, which is a word that I have taught myself. Alan Moore Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends. James Bovard Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Mick Jagger I'm just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role. Logan Lerman No writer can really sustain two huge - I hate the word 'franchises.' Anthony Horowitz I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight. James Franco I'm a little old...

people involved. You don't want people to start amping up expectations for an early version of your product. The best entrepreneurship happens in low-stakes environments where no one is paying attention, like Mark Zuckerberg's dorm room at Harvard. Eric Ries I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. Bob Dylan Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves. Guy Laliberte You want to see women your own age in films. Lynda Carter Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years. Joseph Barbera In American fertility clinics, 75 percent of couples are requesting girls and not boys. Hanna Rosin ...

soon as I walk out the front door, and somebody says hello to me, I can't just say 'hello' like Terry. When they see me, they see the blond hair, the mustache, and the bald head, they instantly think Hulk Hogan. Hulk Hogan You know, this is a war of ideology, a war of thoughts and of faith. And we need people to really stand for faith and trust, not hope and change. Sharron Angle When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things. Hugh Masekela I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing. Siobhan Fahey So I'm still doing my best to stay in shape and hope that opportunity will come back to me. Brandi Chastain I'm probably the only guy in the country who can say he's worked under Chuck Noll and Don Shula. Joe Greene If I were a girl, I always like Chanel. It's so stylish and timeless. So I like Karl Lagerfeld a lot. Tiesto Feeling...

no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible at dealing with executives; I'm terrible at collaborating. And I say whatever I want to say. But I think I'm good enough at comedy that I can survive. And I don't really have an ambition for money. Norm MacDonald Tom Byron is my friend. JJ Michaels is my friend. I haven't heard from him. I don't know what he believes. A couple of other have called but I haven't called them back. Marc Wallice The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change. Michael Franti I'm an actor that likes to go to work. I like going to work every day. I'm a worker by nature. I'm not someone who does one film a year and feels satisfied by that. Rachael Taylor When I was younger, I was really anti-Hollywood. Now I'm more accepting of it because I'm less of a snob. Chloe Sevigny Has there ever been anybody, real or fictional, whiter than Betty Crocker? H...

in anxiety. I feel like a student before the start of school. I've got my new shoes and my book bag, but I'm not sure I'll remember how to do trigonometry. During my maternity leave, I haven't used many words of more than one syllable. Jane Pauley I don't really read books. Wish I did. Rebecca Ferguson We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new. Carl Hiaasen One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing. Henry Paulson The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. Luther Burbank 'Your Life Calling' is the first thing in my long career I've ever actually invented. It is my entrepreneurial debut. Jane Pauley It's always great to have things from France at a wedding. It's symbolic of style, of culture, of taste. Andre Leon Talley At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 ...

I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great. David Alan Grier In school all I wanted to do was build technology. That's what I loved. Marc Benioff I tend to build bulk and muscle easily, and running seems to make sure I stay kind of stringy, if that makes sense. Apolo Ohno That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes. Martina Hingis But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living. David Korten I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an importa...

If you like somebody more than you dislike them you can have a relationship. Once you accept you like 75 per cent but 25 per cent you find irritating for this or that reason, you just have to ignore that 25 per cent. Robert Powell On my birthday, I was in Milan for the collections. Eva Herzigova The Industrial Age is not sustainable. It's not sustainable in ecological terms, and it's not sustainable in human terms. Peter Senge It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.' Vanessa Paradis We can all become activists and raise questions. Soleil Moon Frye I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me. Paloma Faith Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do. Johnny Carson I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music. Randy Bachman Every worldview I chose, it seemed, edged me toward belief. Martha Beck I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's ...

officially released. I don't really mind people downloading my music; I also see it as a compliment. And if you are a real music lover, you want to have the original CD anyway 'cause then you feel more connected to the artist. Tiesto I don't want to get in a big, long discussion about right and wrong, but our company has been working on the issue of underage drinking and alcohol abuse for a long time. I've been outspoken about it. Pete Coors I think that there is a changing wind. There are black conservatives out there, and their voices need to be heard. Allen West Every cook has to learn how to govern the state. Vladimir Lenin We are also looking to Canada as we continue to integrate the North American energy market. Paul Cellucci A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality. Jimmy Carter You change with the guys you date....

with an incredibly small number of words and ideas and a large amount of variation and repetition. That's the beauty of it. It's not taxing to the listener's intelligence because if you haven't heard it the first time round, it'll come around again. James Fenton Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert. Magnus Carlsen Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe. Elie Wiesel I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed. Janis Karpinski I tend to write about more than one generation because as a child I had contact with more than one generation; it was normal to be around older people. Joanne Harris Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent. Ralph Fiennes I knew I was getting into one of the most illegal things in the world. It was ...

republic - is under the yoke of international business how, at last, do we save it? We must build a confrontational movement to reclaim our democracy, a movement committed to active and sustained protest against the present order. Mark Lloyd I'm always smiling and happy. Brandy Norwood I think my legs are a strong point, so I try to draw attention to them rather than the upper part of my body. Chloe Sevigny Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility. Taraji P. Henson It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that. Frances Mayes Cultural comparisons are good because they can tell you about what's similar, but also sometimes they make it easier to see obvious differences. Jan Chipchase My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old. Dolly Parton I am looking forward to learning at the knee of Paul Ryan. He doesn't st...

event crashing into another, with no pattern or reason, and then you finally reach a point, around my age, where you spend more time than ever looking back. Why did this happen? Look where that led? You see the shape of things. Ron Perlman That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack. Joe Mantegna Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men. Marcus Garvey Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link. Tea Leoni What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. Umberto Eco Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality. Thom Mayne I'm a huge fan of Taio Cruz. I'm really liking what he's doing at the m...

that includes music today, but obviously I go back to my early influences: Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Average White Band. Those kind of artists are what I look to. When I hear that stuff on the radio, I turn it up! Donny Osmond What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going. Patrick Swayze I'm not a religious person, but I prefer God to money. Bruce Robinson I'm always without sleep. I've got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level. Cate Blanchett When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the campers a bedtime story or devotional, I would tell them a rapture story. Jerry B. Jenkins For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything. Rosanne Cash I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clot...

love that band. It's like going to the stars for me. When I put the music from Jonsi or Sigur Ros on, it's so relaxing, it's warm and it never gets boring to listen to, you always hear new things. Yeah, that must be my favorite band. Tiesto Magazines that depend on photography, and design, and long reads, and quality stuff, are going to do just fine despite the Internet and cable news. Jann Wenner The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are. Joe Henderson I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction. Ryan Reynolds Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator. Lajos Kossuth Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable. Ed Rendell As London is suddenly promoted as a super-wealth brand,...

the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. Perhaps the most useful equipment I acquired in that time is a lack of preciousness about the act of writing. A reporter must write. There must be a story. The mot juste unarriving? Tell that to your desk. Geraldine Brooks I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date. James Randi There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start. Stephen Hopkins I've got a pretty close bond with everyone in my family. I've got a brother and a sister whom I'm very close to, and my parents have always been the world's best parents. Freddie Stroma You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart. Anna Held You never take your fans for granted. You always appreciate them every show, night in, night out. Luke Bryan I cannot sing karaoke because it's hard and weird. If I actually tried to si...

we have come under the domain of a scientific-management system whose ambitions are endless. They want to manage every second of our lives, every expenditure that we make. And the schools are the training ground to create a population that's easy to manage. John Taylor Gatto Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone. Alicia Witt I don't try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you're not, you're not. Kirsten Dunst Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music. Pat Boone Building a solid organ like the liver in the lab is different and harder than with an organ like the bladder because solid organs are very vascular. Anthony Atala A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes. Ray Stannard Baker The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest ...

very old culture, and very specific. There's streets named after entertainers, and statues of entertainers, and it's great. Entertainment is still art, even if it makes billions of dollars. So it's like a city built on entertainment, and art in a way. Fred Armisen Liberals, many of them, not all of them, but many of them are obsessed with race. They see everything through a filter of race. Bernard Goldberg I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made. John M. Ford Leopard print has been my thing forever! When I was a teenager my entire room was done in leopard print - it's timeless, chic, and always in style. When in doubt... leopard! Khloe Kardashian I might be doing a lot more theater, which is kind of what I love, but there's simply no time for. Erika Slezak Inspiration comes from all different places. Jeffrey Katzenberg When I was old enough, I was 21 years of age,...

be iconic. And I feel like I've accomplished a lot. I feel like I'm highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough. Beyonce Knowles My favorite pudding is good old English apple pie. Jeremy Bulloch It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment. Henry Kravis It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking. Julius Caesar Well, maybe at home I don't have the best image. Martina Hingis We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population. Jan Egeland I like cosy, intimate houses. Tori Amos My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what'...

point for our remembrance. We cannot bring the dead back to life, but we can bring their memory back to life and ensure they are not forgotten. We can undertake in our lives to do what they were so cruelly prevented from doing in theirs. Jonathan Sacks The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire. Hermann Hesse Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth. Ayn Rand Yes, the natural world is the first and primary Bible. We have not honored it, so how could we, or would we, know how to honor and properly use the second Bible, when it was written. Richard Rohr Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself. Robert Dale Owen After a big war a nation doesn...

microphone off of eBay. A lot of folks said you can't really do it that way at a pro level, but I did some vocals that way, turned it into the label and they said, 'Wow, where did you record this? The vocals sound great!' Rodney Atkins Down the road a bit, I would like to write a couple of stand-alone adult novels, especially in the horror genre. I've got lots of things up my sleeve. James Dashner I love James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith and Nine Inch Nails. Nat Wolff Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. Julian Casablancas It pays to be a fee fiend. Suze Orman I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American. Emmanuel Jal America needs rebooting. Thomas Friedman I like being on the floor, listening in on the huddles. It makes me feel like a player again. Rebecca Lobo Moderation is never something I've been good at. Jenny Eclair Books are better th...

can write a program on it or I can download a program on to it and run it. That's kind of important to me, and that's also kind of important to the whole future of the internet... obviously a closed platform is a serious brake on innovation. Tim Berners-Lee There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers. Ralph Ellison I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow. Laurence Housman I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow at monsters! It was a physical shoot and I enjoyed it. Sarah Polley There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population. Moshe Dayan I'm a doofus from the Valley, a blue-collar guy. Adam Carolla 'Mad About You' was very fun. Mel Brooks I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. Zora ...

lead us astray.' It comes directly from Islam: leading people astray is the worst thing you could do. Especially in perpetuity; like, your music continues to go on and live without you. That risk is too great for me; I'm gonna keep it positive. Lupe Fiasco There are more honest people and more good people than there are thieves and bad people. It's just always been that way. Michael Nesmith I just got off stage playing with Lynyrd Skynyrd a minute ago. It was a great show. Got to meet some incredible guests. This is the bee's knees. Bo Bice I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did. Maurice Sendak We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment. Paul Haggis Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting. Swoosie Kurtz Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to ...

and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do. Pat Benatar The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God's family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose. Charles Stanley Commenced operations in the Valley of the Kings. Howard Carter Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not. Gwen Ifill When I was 8 years old, I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Jet Li I know that sometimes the chemistry just isn't there between the model, photographer, hair and make-up. It's nobody's fault and you just have to do better next time. Linda Evangelista One performs a ...

from them. You try to wait for pitches you can hit. The bat speed isn't what it used to be. You make up for it by using your head, working counts, getting ahead in counts and getting pitches to hit and hitting them hard. Chili Davis I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues. Barack Obama Man becomes weak or ill by accident as a consequence of the lack of resources. Even the most severally ill patients must be treated with the aim of restoring their health. Michael Servetus I am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons. Donald Sutherland No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state. Felix Adler I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. Nikos Kazantzakis I am using soybean based ink, which is recyclable. Rick Danko People have to take respons...

agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those. Eric Cantor I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way. Olivia Munn I think you have to know how you feel when you're sad and it's healthy to mourn if a relationship ends. Leighton Meester I'd give my life to be the national team coach. Diego Maradona That's why I love doing live theater more than anything: You get an immediate reaction, whether it's good or bad. Jane Krakowski Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes. Josephine Baker We no longer live in a world that is neatly divided between rich and well-educated countries, and poor and badly-educated ones. Andreas Schleicher We expected to have a good time with Clive Anderson 'cause I...

set. So like if you're going to build a CG house in the suburbs, it costs you $200,000. And if you were going to build it in a computer, it'll cost you $200,000. It's the same... the relationship is exactly the same. Zack Snyder Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates. Joshua Ferris I don't eat green things, no vegetables. Preet Bharara An office boy in London was the lowest of the low. The office boy was the tea boy. He would be the dog's body: It means someone who would do anything at all. I was quite prepared for that and enjoyed it. George Carey Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time. Kirk Hammett People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything. Elle Macpherson I attended less than two years of Conservatory in Mexico City. Placido Domingo We al...

is a more real issue that the conventional churches face - that the people who are really driving their revival and success believe in an old-time religion which, in my view, is incompatible with a modern, multi-ethnic, multicultural society. Trevor Phillips I don't like to sell my finest pieces. Beatrice Wood Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them. Kevin O'Leary When people direct insults at me, I can take it. Eli Roth I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform. Graydon Carter We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. Friedrich Durrenmatt I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat. Paul Pierce I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had. Eric Bana I often talk ...

know what to do with. That's at the root of the unemployment crisis: we've got so productive at making things, we don't require people to be involved in making the basics of life any more. Or nearly as many people. Eric Ries America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future. Ruben Hinojosa If you're giving love and not receiving it, you're not in the right relationship. If you're receiving it and not giving it than you are taking advantage of the other person. Patti Stanger Theater has always been something that I've had an interest in, but I was never a devoted fanatic theater-goer. Michael Riedel If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important. Nathan Myhrvold In the commercial real estate business, brokers spearhead major accounts. But they wouldn't have customers without the people who oversee construction. Roger Staubach Sadism is a...

that the only way people are going to fully appreciate what this reform is if we pass it and implement it and it becomes not a caricature but a reality, and I still believe that. So I think it will be easier to sell it moving forward than it was to this point. David Axelrod Kate Spade has great feminine classics and I love her bags. Designs by Rebecca Taylor, BCBG and Herve Leger are sexy and fun, and they work on my body. Katrina Bowden It is generally admitted that the most beautiful qualities of a color are in its transparent state, applied over a white ground with the light shining through the color. Maxfield Parrish I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to. Patti Page My grandfather went through a lot in his life. Novak Djokovic Attribution is power. Jeff Rich A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest...

has the effect of reducing your risk for Alzheimer's disease. You should also keep your blood pressure down, because chronic high blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Gregory Petsko Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds. They talk about what they see and what they feel and what they know. They reflect what's around them. Afrika Bambaataa I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports. Jim McKay I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team. Mike Singletary This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it. Robert Mapplethorpe I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have ...

it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it gives me to think that today will be different from yesterday, that I will find an interesting comment or poke or video, and on the extremely rare occasion when that happens, I am just thrilled. Roseanne Barr Fashion and decor should amuse you and your friends. Lauren Santo Domingo Some very plausible stuff is being written by women in a way that most men are not doing. Amy Clampitt I went to my friend's house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tiny little amp. I turned the volume up to 10 and I hit one chord, and I said, I'm in love. Ace Frehley I have a photographic memory. Tom Holland Most of the time I believe in letting kids go ahead and make their own mistakes - maybe even get a little hurt - and learn from them. Brooke Burke I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will. Judd...

amazement at what can be done electronically, how images can be manipulated and the really extraordinary creative possibilities. For me the essential basis of video is the movement - something that exists at the moment and changes in the next moment. Bill Viola There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies. Greg Ginn They are taking steps, but they are baby steps. Julius Erving I started walking a wire when I was 2 years old, and this has been a dream of mine to recreate this walk. Nik Wallenda Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well. Jimmy Buffett I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill. Matthew McConaughey Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity. Modest Mussorgsky People feel good about doing things with you if you're enthusiastic. Elizabeth Mitchell Al...

strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic because it's one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, if not the greatest, and they took the religion out of it and tried to turn it into a popcorn movie. Chris Weitz If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it. Martina Navratilova I saw Ronnie Hawkins play near my hometown, Port Dover, Ontario, and I saw him play there on New Year's Eve and the following spring I booked myself to be his opening act on maybe five shows, and he hired me after the first night. Rick Danko You sort of have to become what you're wearing. Pharrell Williams I believe in status symbols. Brooks Stevens The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road. Laura Ingalls W...

been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy. Gary Bauer While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives of the American people. John O. Brennan After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son. Josh McDowell Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than the rest but saw that we were in distress and would not desert us. George Grey I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down. Rufus Sewel...

and sleep acting. And I'll end up with someone who is happy staying at home and having me cook supper. But I also really need to be intellectually challenged and stimulated. I want someone bookish, and someone who is passionate. Ginnifer Goodwin Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary. William S. Burroughs Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers. Leland Stanford Even though New York may be a more inspiring city, I get more inspired thinking of L.A., in a way. My life there was so much more simple in mind, and quiet. Aleksa Palladino Armaments are necessary - or are maintained on the pretext of necessity - because of a real or an imagined danger of war. Ludwig Quidde Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. Jane Austen You know, I'm not in a hurry, and everybody else in Holl...

true cinema verite would be what Andy Warhol did with his film about the Empire State Building - eight hours or so from one angle, and even then it's not really cinema verite, because you aren't actually there. Crispin Glover My saddle horses are my friends. My dogs are my friends. Wilford Brimley On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism. David Einhorn We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas. Mac Thornberry I've found all of my apartments on Craigslist. I've got good Craigslist luck. I just sit on my couch and really focus on it, and I've gotten really lucky that way. Zoe Kravitz Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap. Benedict Cumberbatch I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my ...

a packager of services? Does the customer want to go surf the Net and go to every one of 50,000 Web sites? Or will people pay a reasonable amount for somebody to go out and preselect and package what they want? My guess is they will both coexist. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone. John Wooden Hour-long TV is no joke. It tests you as a human being. It makes you a stronger person, but it's really crazy. Rebecca Romijn I am the freest author in the world. J. K. Rowling I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do. Johnny Mathis Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality. Elliot Perlman My childhood was happy, joyful but very difficult. Maria das Gracas Silva Foster Offense cuts you off from God. We separate ourselves from the pipeline. I've never seen anything block blessings from Heaven except offense. John Bevere I really appreci...

the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers' eyeline so as not to break their concentration. Eve Arnold I have this red cardigan that my friend Coco gave me that has holes for thumbs. It's my cozy sweater. I wear it a lot. Sharon Van Etten All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy and Paula because, you know, they've been artists. Ruben Studdard It's nothing sinister but my private life belongs to me. MyAnna Buring I've been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I'd run with him. Jane McGonigal Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence. Alistair Cooke The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall. Len Goodman I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the...

the suit. You can't even sit down during the day because of all the cables that divide the foam rubber and all the electrical circuits. We had these stools that were tall with a bicycle seat on them and you're just looking at a blue screen all day. Garrett Hedlund I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me. Sharon Olds There is a fear of emotion in tennis. Andy Murray I get drawn in when I feel there is something deep and mysterious going on beneath the surface of something. Steven Pinker People travel because it's a treat. For me, staying at home is a treat. Lloyd Dorfman I was one of those little girls who practiced signing autographs since I was 5 years old. Rebecca Black My motto in life is 'If you think it, you can do it' and if we all apply that thought we can end hunger the world over. Dionne Warwick If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it. Dani...

what we witness? That's an on-going existential question. Perhaps we are and perhaps there's a kind of daring, a kind of necessary energetic questioning. Because often I say it's not what we know, it's what we can risk discovering. Yusef Komunyakaa As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer. Ruud van Nistelrooy I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres. And I think that I have just really enjoyed the journey of getting to know my voice and seeing what it's capable of, what it's not capable of. K. D. Lang To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope. Gerald Vann I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people. Janet Jackson I'm not a huge fan of horror movies myself because I'm a big baby and I get too s...

recklessness. We didn't come this far by letting the special interests run wild. We didn't do it just by gambling and chasing paper profits on Wall Street. We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell. Barack Obama For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth. Mary Lou Retton I spent my first 10 years in the Commonwealth. I come from cricket, crumpets, cucumber sandwiches, the Queen. Danielle de Niese Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation. Barry Levinson Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain. Edmund Hillary I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through. Ann Romney I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure. Julie Christie I really want to write a novel. I also want to learn to play the mandolin. Emma Watson I feel fine and comfo...

Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now. Paul Ryan To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. Charles de Montesquieu The first time I met Ray, I was going to school around the corner from his house. One day, he was playing the piano. I eased up on the porch to listen to him. Billy Preston To me acting originally became an extension of game playing. Hugo Weaving I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous. Cher I'm a slave to my dogs and go out with them almost every day. They are poorly behaved if they don't run. They really act up. Amy Chua When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old fr...

city's western reaches, days passed in a sun-struck stupor. In the evenings, families gathered on their verandas waiting for the 'southerly buster' - the thunderstorm that would break the heat and leave the air cool enough to allow sleep. Geraldine Brooks I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life. J. Paul Getty Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Security has come from being successful. Minnie Driver If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing. Ingrid Bergman I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar. Klaus Kinski While I live with my family in South Florida, I enjoy visiting New York and always appreciate seeing so many Univision fans. Raul de Molina I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings. Liz Phair Humor starts...

and glad-handers, they're the ones who stand by the punch bowl. In a world of mixers and pub crawls, they prefer to stay home with a book. Everywhere around them, cell phones ring and e-mails chime and they just want a little quiet. Jeffrey Kluger When there's an opportunity to do more, we must. Betty Buckley When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again. Mike Tyson For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality. Lascelles Abercrombie There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that. Sharon Horgan Actually, after the release of the Bond film, the producers came back to me to offer me another one, but I didn't have any juice left for an immediate encore. Roger Spottiswoode Whenever I'm in Glasgow I go and stand outside the front of the house I grew up in, which is in Mou...