only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said. Carrie Preston True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale. Harold Brodkey Fiction and essays can create empathy for the theoretical stranger. Barbara Kingsolver The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. Lucian Freud You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society. Adam Carolla In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters. Midge Ure Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movie...

19th century/early 20th century, you can see so many of the fears and hopes of those times embedded in those characters. Even in throwaway bits of contemporary culture you can often find some penetrating insights into the real world around us. Alan Moore I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright. E. B. White Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves. Brandon Thomas Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally. Joe Biden I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record. Eddie Van Halen We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don...

jump into despair.' But it doesn't help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this. Yehuda Berg Ideas come through us, not from us. Barbara Januszkiewicz The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people. Claiborne Pell Guy Pearce played Mike in 'Neighbors'. I would fake illness to stay off school and watch the one P.M. show, and I would also watch it again when it was repeated at 5:25 P.M. Obsessed. Kate Winslet There are wonderful museums with lots of photographs of 1920's musicals. Julie Harris Gentlemen prefer blondes. Anita Loos Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life. Marilu Henner My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire....

what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps. What's the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it's exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That's really cool. That's the biggest signifier of closing the gaps. Matthew McConaughey Distributing the music is so easy it's moot. So now the delicate art of calling attention to your music means everything. Marketing is distribution. Derek Sivers You see these shuffling rows of shiny faces, waiting for their turn, so they're very dedicated to the program and desperate to know what it is they've got - so often, they have no idea. Michael Aspel My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light. Dan Flavin Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven. Terence Stamp When I fee...

a color testing in alternate kinds of light you desire in the room because the pigment will change. And I refuse to believe that pale pale or white colors in a small room will buy you more square footage. Go with color all the way. Bryan Batt I don't play any tournaments to come second best. Andy Murray I make hats. I'm on a hat frenzy. I'm on my eighth and I love it. Amanda Seyfried One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites. Hillary Clinton When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people. Vivien Leigh Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful. Pope Francis I went to medical school because I wanted to ask the big questions. Do we have a soul? Does God exist? What happens after death? Deepak Chopra I can't do comedy that is cutting and vicious. If I knew I...

the Second World War and its immediate aftermath - the postwar Labour government, the cold war, the arrival of the New Look in fashion, etc. But I remember it as a very exciting time - a pioneering, rule-breaking time, especially for the young. Lynne Reid Banks I have lots of girlfriends - all over the country! You think I'm kidding? I'm dead serious. Girlfriends everywhere. William Levy Species can be recognized by their morphological characteristics and songs. Peter R. Grant McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to deliver admirable sales. Jim Cantalupo I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not. Gloria Allred It's been my experience that every time I think I know where it's at, it's usually somewhere else. Blake Edwards Yeah, I loved Ray Bradbury. Jeff Bridges I'd lik...

have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies. Carl Levin I wake up laughing. Yes, I wake up in the morning and there I am just laughing my head off. Bruce Willis I don't think most men do hate women at all - I think most men are trying their best and facing a culturation into masculine behaviour that forces them to deny their own humanity and to exaggerate distance from the world of women. Naomi Wolf I'm not really the type to wear my heart on my sleeve. I would let someone know if I liked them, but it takes a while for me to fall in love. Joshua Jackson Conservatives have a problem with women. For that matter, all men do. Ann Coulter I love teaching. I love working with kids... maybe some day I'll go back to the classroom. I'm not ready to say it'll never happen. Rick...

the T-shirt, we're saying, 'Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living.' We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoists have. Jaron Lanier When we awaken, we cannot account for the time spent. We simply don't remember. About the only evidence we have of experiences while we were asleep is when we happen to remember a dream. Henry Reed I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.' Elaine Stritch I'd do entire music videos in my bedroom, where I used to stand in front of my television memorizing the moves to Michael Jackson's 'Beat It.' Jimmy Fallon You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again. Cher I find Mormons ...

got to go to all their dances. I got the best of both worlds. I had the choice to go to prom with a friend of mine and I decided not to because I was filming very close to that. But red carpets and the 'G.B.F' prom were so much better. Sasha Pieterse Well, by the end of the millennium, five, six months from now, we hope to somehow manage to move into a new location where we have the whole building, so we can devote space to all our activities. Joseph Jarman I have been a huge nerd to my kids. I haven't done the cool movies that they like. With '24,' I gained a lot of respect. '24' is now, it's hip, it's their generation. Ricky Schroder You get to bring your own sound system when you play an arena, all the lights and visual stuff, which I think is really cool. There's something about those old arenas, where it feels larger than life. Dan Auerbach Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They r...

government's priorities are dictated by business. I mean, why does America, even after healthcare reform, still not have free universal healthcare? I'm sure it has something to do with the insurance lobby. Andrew Dominik I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new Frank Sinatra... I think people will soon realize that I do a lot more than interpret old songs. Harry Connick, Jr. A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth. Will Rogers I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking them outside the room like noisy pets. David Nicholls In retrospect, I'm really shocked at how far I put my heart out there on the line with 'Prima Donna'. I seem to have this knack for being able to accomplish that. Rufus Wainwright Riots born out of political issues aren't th...

think more than anything, both comment on the fact that anybody is capable of anything. Just because they are the shy guy in the corner doesn't mean that they are a harmless little bunny. Colin Hanks Whatever he does in office, no man can live up to the high expectations of the world, but we have been changed by his election. Obama's inauguration is a historic global achievement, a major milestone in the journey of a powerful nation. Des Browne I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to me became stranger and stranger. Juan Goytisolo One of my true dreams is to do a sports talk radio show and take calls. Joshua Morrow Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film. Mel Torme Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny. Paul Tillich How far away t...

space: places to have parties, eat dinner, wine-and-dine donors. Sure, these are important these days - museums have to bring in money - but they gobble up space and push the art itself far away from the entrance. Jerry Saltz I don't know if I'm an action star or if that's just how things are shaping up. I would hate to be boxed into that forever, but it's probably just a strength as far as my type goes, and I'm fine with that. Jai Courtney I have no useful theories about love and marriage. Michael Cunningham I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick. Frances Farmer I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty. Carre Otis Running like a bunny with his tail on fire. Red Barber The O.J. Simpson case, they had no understanding of that DNA evidence, and didn't want to. Joseph Wambaugh Tone is everything in TV. Ryan Murphy I was ne...

doing, both financially and emotionally. Having that they made my life so much easier. Instead of becoming a bartender and trying to survive while trying to pursue your dreams, I didn't have to worry about that aspect. I could just pursue my dreams. Cam Gigandet I've nothing against Goldman Sachs. But Goldman Sachs isn't an investment bank. Goldman Sachs is a hedge fund. It's bigger than any hedge fund. It's more leveraged, to the power of three or five, than any hedge fund. Nouriel Roubini I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving. John Major Sixteen games, to me, is a long enough schedule for anybody. We're already concerning ourselves with head injuries and bodily harm to all of the professional athletes. Add to extra games to it, (and) you are just increasing those risks. Emmitt Smith I am proof that you can you make...

much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement, the meditation, the health of the blood pumping, and the rhythm of footsteps... this is a primal way to connect with one's deeper self. Paula Cole My ideology was, if I just make very happy music, very happy music, then people will forget about whatever their problems are. I will forget about my problems. Mac Miller My stepfather was a very nasty individual. Jill Scott To my mind, what we ought to have maintained from the beginning was the strictest neutrality. If we had done this, I do not believe we would have been on the verge of war at the present time. George William Norris I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead. Ricky Skaggs I've never figured out who 'Heath Ledger' is on film: 'This is what you expect when you hire me, and it will be recognizable.' Heath Ledger Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are...

then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love. Lady Gaga You live in this shadow that you're going to burn in Hell until you're saved. And I still worry about it a little. I don't believe in Heaven, but I do still fear Hell. Beth Ditto Wealth today has been created by a world view dominated by fast-moving networks, open information, bottom-up entrepreneurialism. Jacqueline Novogratz With weak balance sheets, banks tend to continue lending unprofitable businesses and leave them existing. Toshihiko Fukui Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Queen Rania of Jordan I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all. William H. Macy One must work; one must work. I hav...

collective loss - when you listened to this nightingale sing, your body would drop into a chair, your head would tilt up, a small smile would creep across your face, and inside you knew that there was a higher power somewhere: gifted, beautiful, spiritual. James Belushi People in this country haven't stopped hating fat people, but they've become more kind to me, since in our culture, even though we hate our fat people, we love our celebrities even more. Camryn Manheim Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist. Helen Reddy It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people. Mikhail Baryshnikov I wouldn't vote for Obama. Dave Mustaine It is a real piece of art if you can make a waltz sound like it is the easiest piece of music to play, because it's really not. Andre Rieu I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to so...

democracy and live up to the first three words of our constitution: We the people. I love that phrase so much. Throughout our country's history, we've expanded the meaning of that phrase to include more and more of us. That's what it means to move forward. Kerry Washington I think the simpler it is when you have a crazy character to play is almost more creepy and interesting. Emilie de Ravin But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still. Ian Hamilton Finlay I do get the comics online I guess but it's such a pain. I'd rather just get them in the paper and read them. Drew Carey One of the reasons for going back into the past is that it's almost the only place that there's any drama. Robert Towne There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher. David Puttnam Mine is the le...

good place. He's defied the expectations of what British black urban music was like. He was the first person who made the rest of Britain realise it wasn't just a one-album-type situation. You've got to take your hat off to somebody like that. Tinie Tempah Always keep your portfolio and your risk at your own individual comfortable sleeping point. Mario Gabelli I have a lot of friends that are ex-Miss Alabamas and ex-Miss Georgias. Fannie Flagg Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words. Helen Dunmore One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure. Jennifer Lawrence I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching. Twyla Tharp When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish. Wilt Chamberlain My main ...

a direct message as part of a joke to a woman in Seattle. Once I realized I posted to Twitter I panicked, I took it down and said that I had been hacked. I then continued with that story, to stick to that story which was a hugely regrettable mistake. Anthony Weiner I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary about action movies, which is absolutely linked to the invention of cinema and what cinema is and why we love it. Danny Boyle I have never met an ugly woman. David Bailey I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record. Lenny Kravitz Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Mo Rocca None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They'v...

was a guy who wore a fedora. He fought crime like they did in Marvel and DC, but he did it in the real world. I had just turned 12 when I met the Spirit and it was a strange coincidence. At the same time I discovered girls I fell out of love with guys in tights. Frank Miller It's always nice when the eccentrics show up. Alex Cox I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin. Sam Rockwell We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons. Jose Bergamin But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it. Jack Vance It may be for 20 or 30 years no one has yet been able to decide the length of the life of the black bass. Jay Cooke Food is fuel and not a solution to a...

young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job. Jensen Ackles Our friends in the group Chicago, they just numbered theirs and we thought that was kind of neat but it made continuity from album to album and that was our way of doing it. Gerry Beckley The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia! Vera Wang I really don't have that much interest in stardom. Tom Verlaine I was allowed to meet my family every two weeks for a half hour. Mordechai Vanunu The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money. B...

it's also become amazingly easy to find new bands, because everyone can put their stuff online. Even if you can't find a record label, you can find these awesome bands, all over the world. Jorma Taccone I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, the sizzling sound is so appetizing, the aroma is maddening, the crunch of the texture is so gratifying and the taste delivers every time. Alexandra Guarnaschelli Regardless of how me or this man right here or anybody else in this business get, when we walk on an airplane in first-class looking like this, we're gonna get searched. Method Man Well, actually, I had been working as a consultant to former companies of Enron, or predecessor companies of Enron and, so, I joined in 1990 to really start our wholesale merchant business. Jeffrey Skilling And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn'...

but I have to have my potato chips. I've got bags in the back of my car right now! But I never beat myself up about it, because, look: You can't give up every damn thing. You need something in your life that you like just because you like it! NeNe Leakes I'm known for my slightly inappropriate remarks. Gilbert Gottfried I've always been into improvisation. Tommy Chong I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver. Katarina Witt Whatever you think of Facebook, you cannot fault it for lack of ambition. Joe Green Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself. Willow Smith By object is meant some element in the complex whole that is defined in abstraction from the whole of which it is a distinction. John Dewey I want to show another side of Middle Easterners. My hope is that I would be able to play a variety of parts, and not always be the guy with the accent. Maz Jobrani I'd ...

as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If you're a drummer, you just wait around for people to ask you to play drums. But if you have your own studio and can make music, you have the ability to approach music a lot differently. Moby I can't sing anything other than country! Joe Nichols I am not by any stretch of the imagination a tidy person, and the piles of unread books on the coffee table and by my bed have a plaintive, pleading quality to me - 'Read me, please!' Linda Grant We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail. Francis Parkman I think the future takes care of itself. Pam Bondi I'm noise-sensitive. It's always better for me if things are quiet, so I can concentrate. Laura Linney And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets. Tim Scott Thats why my biggest problems were with LL and Run. Kool Moe Dee I don't wa...

I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person. Patrick Duffy I use the traditional phone noise that's built into iOS. I like an actual ringing sound. Steve Huffman The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward. Francis Parkman My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books. Tony Judt I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.' Alan Ball To me, nothing feels more like being dead than being in your 20s and having no direction in your life. Gerard Way I just didn't have anything to ...

of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them. Barack Obama I can only spend $140 a month in here. I'm saving, like, $10,000 a day. Suge Knight I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off. Maggie Grace When your focus is social change and not financial change, why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared. Cameron Sinclair I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem. Loretta Lynn I think it's all about how much you love, understand and can relate to the material you are given. Jonathan Brandis If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll...

they know about him complicates his task: Romney has a history of flip-flopping on issues, he's extraordinarily wealthy, and he can be tone-deaf about what moves voters. He just doesn't seem comfortable in his skin. Ron Fournier Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements. Andrew J. Bernstein You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat. Mike Tyson I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow. Howard Nemerov Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better. Harry Browne That's me, I'm emotional. David Wells You can try to reach an audience, but you just write what comes out of you and you just hope that it is accepted. You do not write specifically to a gener...

lot of these countries they don't get a lot of gigs to go to, so when they get to see their favorite artist they take full advantage of it. Obviously the excitement builds up too much for some on the night and they get a bit... crazy. Niall Horan When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel. William Nicholson Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with, borrowed and read the same things. Aravind Adiga When I teach seminars, I tell people, 'Your stuff has to look like something that's out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.' Christopher Moore I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform. Darrell Issa Every actor I know wants to be a pop star. Michael Hutchence Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity. ...

families - where the Levys and Cohens in the high school yearbook went on for pages, where I could count far more temples than I ever could churches. Anti-Semitism, in our cultural biodome, was mostly an abstract concept. Jeffrey Kluger Fame hit me like a ton of bricks. Eminem Let Indian history be set side by side with Europe history with what there is of the latter century by century and let us see whether India need blush at the comparison. Annie Besant Tenderness is a virtue. Oliver Goldsmith A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service. Wolfgang Puck No man made great by death offers more hope to lowly pride than does Abraham Lincoln; for while living he was himself so simple as often to be dubbed a fool. Thomas Vernor Smith Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing. Theresa May I wish that I had bridged the feminist...

situations, and you have to have somebody who's willing to fail because those can't be conceived. They never play if they're thought about and discussed too much. You have to create them right at the moment and look for something honest. Gore Verbinski People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it. Lorna Luft A lot of cop shows, because they have the restraints of having a new case every episode, the victims often become these kind of nameless, faceless plot points, and as an audience we don't feel anything for those people. Mireille Enos If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm directing myself since I had complete control of the edit. Rachael Taylor The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you befo...

The Ant Bully did all that well the first week at the box office. Compare the movies that have a lot of celebrities with the Jimmy Neutron movie, which had no celebrity voices and grossed almost one hundred million dollars. Rob Paulsen He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome. Ali ibn Abi Talib I like having black hair. When I was really young, I wanted to be Asian - Asian hair is beautiful. I also wanted to look like the girl in George Michael's 'Father Figure' video. Pauley Perrette We should stop arguing about tax cuts in this town. Richard Neal I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore. Liam Neeson In golf, you have to stay patient and calm. On the race track you can let loose, but in golf you can't and you must be calm. Heikki Kovala...

man would ever admit that, but I think women know it, which is: You know more than men, you know more than most people you're dealing with every day, and you know that's it up to you to make things move forward, and you get paid half as much, but you just do it. Rashida Jones If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the foreseeable future the strength at our disposal will not be sufficient to be able to master this plague. Wilhelm Keitel I just never was the marrying kind. Holland Taylor I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role. Shia LaBeouf I have a vision, and I know I'm right. Lech Walesa I'm raising my daughter with her grandparents in the picture, and that feels good. Paula Cole A lot of stuff written about me is rubbish. I don't know where they get it from, sometimes. Agyn...

even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do. Archie Panjabi I make almost all the decisions on set and have to deal with all the financial aspects. Michel Hazanavicius I was the jokester, the one who made the family laugh. Nicole Beharie I try to stay pretty level-headed and just do what I have to do. Sidney Crosby I always enjoyed doing transgender songs. Patti Smith In general, I do not agree with spying against one's country. Melita Norwood The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. Most people are so impatient; they just assume that the person with hearing loss is being rude, or slow-witted. Marion Ross You seek help from the elders. A society with elders is healthy. It's not always that way in the West. Bernard Lagat I never studied, but...

dramas, will go for the big one. They now understand that the way to get the world's attention is not strapping bombs to themselves in a pizza parlour, but to do something so horrific it gets you into the Guinness Book of World Records for terrorism. Richard Holbrooke But there are rock and roll fans all over this continent and all over the globe, really, and we're just set at marking the planet with Styx music until the day we die. James Young So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I've been doing since I was a boy. Only now we have a team of, you know, like 73 of us, and it's gone beyond that. Steve Irwin I'm one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you're doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough. Anthony Hopkins I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre. ...

washing it and not having any sense of personal hygiene whatsoever. Even today, I go into these things where I'm supposed to be this sexy guy or whatever, and I'm literally asking, 'If I get plumes of dandruff on me, can you just brush it off?' Robert Pattinson The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations. Robert Caro I will say overwhelmingly what means so much more to me than the opinion of one reviewer are the letters I get from fans who tell me how a particular book has changed their life. Jodi Picoult I think that we shouldn't be fixated all the time on the ups and downs of the weekly ratings, of the quarter-hour ratings. Walter Isaacson Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine. Charles Baudelaire Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from...

a singer. Quite frankly, I didn't move to Nashville and tell myself I wanted to be a singer because I wanted to be a celebrity or I wanted to be somebody that people admired. I wasn't about that. I just loved music. Jake Owen Maybe it's time to go back 2,000 years for a spiritual renaissance. If not, our days may be numbered and a terrible implosion is coming. There is no more middle ground. It is one or the other. Joel C. Rosenberg And they turned around and leased it to The Assembly Of God Churches - their headquarters are in Springfield, Missouri. They leased it to them for the first year. Then, after the first year, they will donate it to the church. Mel Tillis I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light. Galen Rowell Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future. Aneurin Bevan The Law of God in the Ch...

I usually maintain the classic index of global equities, diversified U.S. and global and emerging markets, and when the risk is larger, I diminish the amount in global equities and put more into liquid assets - but very irregularly. Nouriel Roubini Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business. Chuck Jones God made me and broke the mold. Jean-Jacques Rousseau I like to have sleepovers. Abigail Breslin In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man. John Philpot Curran I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers. Erica Jong What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship. Andrew Sullivan When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us. William Feather Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. Gerry Mulligan People need to spread love towar...

review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves. J. J. Abrams My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation. Vikram Seth I had no plans to be a director. Mike Figgis I don't think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the past. Eric Lindros I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters. Emily Giffin It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write. Maureen Dowd My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story. Carl Hiaasen Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture. Susie Orbach Inde...

sensation that my mind was spinning and overheating would sometimes build to a sensation like an electrical short - a burst of light, a melting, or dissipating - and I'd get a metallic taste in my mouth, like when you lick a battery. Ellen Forney Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears. Lisa Bonet Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough. Renee Olstead Winning Commonwealth gold was just totally unbelievable. Michael East Paul the apostle recounted that Jesus appeared to more than 500 of His followers at one time, the majority of whom were still alive and who could confirm what Paul wrote. Josh McDowell The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers. William Lloyd Garrison The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. Madame de Stael I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other peop...

works well for reaching very specific demographics, which is wonderful for advertising, but it flies in the face of the common wisdom that people's tastes have become more diverse as music of any description has become a mouse-click away. Michael Azerrad I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime. Viggo Mortensen I always want to have a personal relationship with everybody that works for me. Luke Bryan I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out. Neil Gaiman I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers. Bill James You should listen to ...

with animal trainers and pets quite often. I also volunteer at different places like animal shelters. It's good to be around pets. They kind of put things into perspective. They're easygoing, loyal, and they seem to get it, even when humans don't. Alyson Stoner A lot of more modern films seem to just be out for violence or sex or what have you, without relating it to what's going within human beings. But every now and then one comes along that does that, and it's a joy. Kim Hunter I played baseball in college but I didn't identify with the jocks, I was in my own little world . Nicholas Brendon You know, Lisa, for the longest time, did not sing. Priscilla Presley Every retailer, when they price their goods, looks at their total cost overall. When they have costs go up, they'll price their products accordingly. Dan Butler I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6. Nadia Comaneci I hope Mr. Obama has...

human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys. Queen Elizabeth II I don't get surprised very often to be honest. I'm the kind of person who you couldn't throw a surprise party for because I'd figure it out. Chris O'Donnell I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer. Liam Neeson I'm trying to be a good parent and set a good example. When I'm on the road, they don't see a lot of me. I see them every other day. It's pretty all-encompassing when I'm on the road. Bob Seger My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I've been terribly lucky. Hayley Atwell The more I use a matrix, the easier I make it to blame someone else. Mar...

realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism that for all its sincerity is nothing if not vague and sentimental; and he is the most acute and dispassionate of observers, the most profound and earnest student of character and emotion. William Ernest Henley We have failed to protect science against speculative extensions of nature, continuing to assign physical and mathematical properties to hypothetical entities beyond what is observable in nature. Robert Lanza I don't watch the dailies. You want to just turn in your resignation when you watch the dailies. Richard Jenkins I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies. Michael Azerrad Alas, the world has never known a sound social fabric, a fabric sound and clean to the core and kindly. For it has ever turned its back on Man. Louis Sullivan You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally. Daniel Craig Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about wha...

belies such pessimism. Over the past centuries, humanity's lot has improved dramatically - in the developed world, where it is rather obvious, but also in the developing world, where life expectancy has more than doubled in the past 100 years. Bjorn Lomborg I wouldn't pretend to tell you we don't pay our lawyers well. Jay Alan Sekulow Most of the victims of Nazi aggression were before the war less well off than Germany. They should not be expected by Germany to bear, unaided, the major costs of Nazi aggression. James F. Byrnes Many novice writers, students in particular, think that writing is little more than copying down their self-talk, the palaver of the voices they hear in their heads. Of course, self-talk is thinking, and writing begins with thinking. Richard Rhodes My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands. Hermione Gingold That jam was so much fun that by the end of the tour, we just jammed on all of the son...

Emotional Intelligence as opposed to our IQ or our level of experience. As we look for the next crop of future CEOs, maybe it's time for America's corporations to start interviewing grads from the psychology master's programs rather than the M.B.A. programs. Chip Conley It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children. Kingsley Amis I'm belligerent rather than ambitious. Ian Hart Puns are the droppings of soaring wits. Victor Hugo I never had any desire to become a well-known actress. Rebecca Miller I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries. Romain Rolland I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind. Eva Zeisel Well I think that, if you want to look at polarizing people right now, I wouldn't look at Palin, I'd look at Barack Obama. Laura Ingraham I know whatever my father did, in his own way, he still loved me. ...

or for those that don't talk, to give them a way of communicating, like a picture board, where they can point to a glass of milk, or a jacket if they're cold, or the bathroom. If they want something, then they need to learn to request that thing. Temple Grandin There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes. John Updike I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God. Sam Rockwell My view on politics is much more grassroots oriented; it's not old boy network oriented, so I tend to, you know, come at it a little bit stronger, a little bit more street-wise, if you will. That's rubbed some feathers the wrong way. Michael Steele Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension. Karl Jaspers I joined the Communist Party because I felt I had to be in some organization. Klaus ...

you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges. Nicolas Sarkozy We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success. Arianna Huffington I've come to the conclusion that beautiful women in the West aren't comfortable finding strength in their femininity. They want to do masculine-oriented things to establish their femininity. It's a contradiction. Wesley Snipes I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you. Zooey Deschanel When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I w...

both to 1945 and to the 21st century, in a dramatically altered world with new heavyweights, and that Germany benefits from the continued integration of Europe in political, economic and societal ways. And, of course, that means the Germans will have to pay. Peer Steinbruck It's because of 'ER' that I've gotten the opportunity to get the work. Abraham Benrubi A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill. Jane Austen Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion-it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals. Herbert Read People ask me about my interests outside football, but I haven't really got any. Brian McDermott I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth. Paddy Ashdown I became a man. Before that I was a little boy. Adam Ant I had the first integrated Army band in World War II. Dave Brubeck I just always wanted to be a singer. My mom said I was ev...

It's not like I'm trying to make the right chess move. It's more just that personal thing where you get connected to something for so long and then you want to do something that's in opposition to that. Anna Kendrick As you get older, you find that everything looks better more natural! Courteney Cox I still like my antique clothes. Barbra Streisand I have a curiosity that compels me to find ways to make music that are fresh and new. The Edge After my pregnancy, I discovered I have an allergy to yeast. Problem is, all the food I love has yeast in it. So I have to relearn how to cook. Tia Mowry Jazz vision is a wordless conversation between musical notes and visual expressions. Barbara Januszkiewicz I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance. TobyMac Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave. Stephen Fry I'm as hungry as ever. Kevin Pietersen If you listen to a...

my kids or going to church or going out to dinner - I don't choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags. Matthew McConaughey Dog parks can be a fantastic way to socialize your dog, but it's important for owners to understand that a dog park isn't exercise and isn't a substitute for walk. A visit to the dog park is fun - play time. Cesar Millan David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk. George Lopez What's so great about working with really funny women is that vanity comes second. Whatever makes it real and funny, they're going to go for, and it's just great. Paul Feig Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it. Mason Cooley I used to be a drinker but I found out how bad it was and I let it alone. David Edwards I was at an acting academy for seven years ...

stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith. Ted Dekker I think for most people it's hard to understand what it is about swimming - I mean it's such a solo endeavour. Stephanie Rice There is a reason it is called fossil fuel-it is an outdated method of getting power. Alexandra Paul I personally believe this Agency has always been very dedicated and has always worked as hard as it possibly can to do things as safely and as effectively as possible. Mark Kelly The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo. Aldrich Ames Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today. Jack Valenti I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. H. P. Lovecraft Maybe I think too much. Roberto Cavalli If I wan...

good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us. William J. Clinton If you have an impossible dream, a dream that cannot be fulfilled, the friendly thing for me to do is to put a stop to you wasting your life at it. Danny Bonaduce I want to be a science teacher. My friends asked me why, but I'm intrigued by it and I'm quite good at science at school. Keisha Castle-Hughes There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home. Sally Schneider A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion. James Boswell You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together. Anthony Bourdain I don't want to have so many exe...

you're talking about millions of people in one day. That's pretty awesome because then it helps you to jumpstart your career, and if you're the one to go out there and perform, people are going to come see you because those millions saw you on the television. Sheila E. I happen to be really a romantic. Amanda Seyfried Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff. Alison Bechdel Designers and photographers still want to work with me and I'm grateful for that. I don't know how long I'll carry on - as long as they'll have me. Linda Evangelista Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part. Anselm Kiefer Being in a rock n' roll and pop world, it's very easy to act like a kid. Joey McIntyre A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life. Jaime Lerner I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a perso...

chance to travel, to study, to work, the opportunity through trade to be able to sell their goods and services and as much peace and security so they can live and bring their kids up so they don't have to fear war. Catherine Ashton Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes. William Shatner Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Ray Bradbury Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction. George Murray When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became. Jill Scott I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy. John Goodman I sometimes want to make a book of every tattoo I wanted to get before I actually got a tattoo, because there were so many awful ideas and concepts. Lena Dunham I feel like I'm a drag queen. Maya Rudolph Science is always inquiring. Thabo Mbeki Most people are complet...

You could post your resume and companies would search them and they'd find you. It doesn't seem to work that way. There aren't enough jobs for experienced, college educated managers and professionals. Barbara Ehrenreich When you try to predict future E.R.A.'s with past E.R.A.'s, you're making a mistake. Nate Silver It would be wrong to say I enjoy having rows, because that would be un-Christian. If people attack me, then I respond, or if they do very wicked things. Then they must be brought to book. Paul Johnson The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete. Andrea Bocelli Even if you're not Christian, just from being in our culture you know Jesus and resurrection and redemption. Trey Parker I'm one of the luckiest people on earth. Kamala Harris I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs. Neil Young It is my absolute intent to hold th...

and artists that I have no perception of whether or not they're huge or not, you know? I'm the kind of person who doesn't realize that The Arcade Fire is a big deal, but then I expect everybody to know Cocoon, and people tend to not know Cocoon. Anna Kendrick Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs. Christy Turlington I'm not in a rush to do anything. And I wouldn't say I pick and choose. When it comes to producers picking people for roles I don't think it's between me and Tom Cruise, do you know what I mean? Matt LeBlanc Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith. Ellen G. White Everything that happens to me is very cosmic. Tommy Chong To them though, not to us, we were just a catalyst for their imagination. Donald Sutherland God gave me some ...

doing a commercial you don't have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great; it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film. Mike Mills I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations that you are not personally responsible for. Lorrie Moore For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South. Big Sean There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know? Ethan Coen I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops. Evelyn Glennie There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to t...

to supplant text as culture's primary mode of communication, a radical change because images work so differently than words: They're immediate, they hit you at levels way beneath intellect, they come fast and furious. Caroline Knapp I plan on having the credibility and integrity of being a part of an entertainment news program like 'E!,' in addition to being on the actor side as well. Terrence J We think we have a responsibility. And I think it's important for all of us in the Western world to realize that we've all been blessed a lot and if you go to these parts they don't have a lot, even before the tsunami. Kevin Rollins I'm fascinated by power, especially veiled power. Shadow power. The National Security Agency. The National Reconnaissance Office. Opus Dei. The idea that everything happens for reasons we're not quite seeing. Dan Brown I enjoy getting dressed as a Barbie doll. Vanna White I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child...

side of a mountain, which I physically did, you know, I was on every single occasion swimming through streams, all of that, that wasn't captured. That was filmed on 35 millimeter, and for certain of those shots, it was rotoscoped and painted over. Andy Serkis Nicol has great potential and there is a huge gap between her and the rest of the juniors. She needs to concentrate full time on the professional circuit from now on and it is the only way for her to realize her potential. Jahangir Khan I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had a revolution. Bianca Jagger Most achievements in science are to a certain degree group efforts. Willard Libby I have been a harmony enthusiast since I was a child, singing in choir and with friends growing up. I always put a ton of harmonies on my demos. Zooey Deschanel Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the leas...

fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all. John Mica Love me or hate me, Scary Spice is back. Melanie Brown I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer. Griffin Dunne It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things. Andy Partridge People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt. Paddy Ashdown On long haul flights I always drink loads and loads of water and eat light and healthy food. Lisa Snowdon You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it. Sherman Alexie People at the University of Portland were accepting and loving and open-minded. When you have a safety net, it allows you to take risks. Kunal Nayyar My approach is that ...

concert-hall acoustics in Europe at the Laeiszhalle, in a town a fifth the size of London. And that's not unusual. In Germany, there are dozens of towns with two or three orchestras. The connection with music goes very, very deep. Jeffrey Tate My parents got married late and they had kids late, so I never felt a social or cultural thing to be married or pregnant or a homeowner by a certain age. Anna Kendrick I'm at the beginning of it. I'm Elektra's last job before the story kicks off. Jason Isaacs To me, the most important thing is happiness. Sheryl Swoopes I've got a new relationship and I'm trapped in this old life. Moon Unit Zappa I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits. Ben Bradlee If you start to find that kind of luxury as a normal thing, you don't belong in the real world. Ruud van Nistelrooy This type of gathering is unprecedented. The time has come for Christians to publ...

involved in a good project now and then to keep things going. And then I make things that I work on that I hope are going to be good so I can make a living and keep a roof over the heads of those little monsters I have in my house. Michael Madsen If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends. Charlotte Bronte I studied literature design and fashion design. Danielle Steel Dostoevsky is such a bad writer it is hard to take him seriously as a novelist, though he is a wonderful philosopher. John Banville Flavor Five is a book with recipes using five ingredients to possibly be cooked in just five minutes. It will be very user-friendly for the home cook on the run. Rocco DiSpirito Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them. William Henry Hudson I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the n...

of the book, which is something that's an extraordinary piece of work. Sebastian Faulkes is a genius. So you feel that responsibility when you're portraying that character that he's imagined and millions of readers have pictured. Eddie Redmayne I would like to explore and see this country. I have had so many opportunities to see it from the air! I would like to climb the mountains that I wished I could climb at the time but had to get back to Washington. Janet Reno There's too much of a culture that exists out there, what I call an expectancy culture, of things being provided. Alan Sugar I said the kidnapping is a crime. I have the right to speak about the crime done against me. They didn't like me to speak about this crime. So I decided to reveal it to the public. Mordechai Vanunu I can't remember exactly how old I was when my parents gave me my first camera, but it was a Canon, and I was certainly far too young to have such a good camera. Alison J...

the world was what I could see around me. But each night, I would look at the Moon - it was impossibly far away, yet it held a special attraction because it allowed me to dream beyond my village and country, and think about the rest of the world and space. Naveen Jain I was in California when this journalist made a blanket statement about the fact that she did not think that black men and women had the kind of love relationship that Rebecca and Nathan had in Sounder. Cicely Tyson I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes. Mose Allison I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints. Bernard Tschumi You have to take positions on bills. There is no button for maybe or possibly. Charlie Dent You know, people come up with formulas who are uncreative. They can't picture something different so they can only go by something that's laid o...

and I scream out through these interviews, and I scream out to people to kind of get their attention back on the things that are meaningful. There's people dying on the streets of Chicago - young people, young men and women who are losing their lives. Lupe Fiasco I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election. Pat Robertson If you don't like my movies, don't watch them. Dario Argento I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all. Lauren Bacall We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers. Carl Paladino It never occurred to me that it would be a big hit internationally and forever. Gloria Stuart Yeah, well, food is always a part...

opportunity when the market is not providing that access. We help banks get that money out into the hands of important and viable businesses, particularly those owned by minorities, women, immigrants and veterans. Karen Mills Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters. Alexander the Great For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring us some work, and we'll help you improve it. It really rewarded self-discipline. Anthony Doerr I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity. B. R. Ambedkar As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head. Jane Asher I think I look great in green, and I'm going to start wearing more green. Garry Shandling Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs. Victor Cruz I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. ...

to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I'm interested in. I can't imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as 'Words With Friends' and 'Doom.' Gail Collins This is a serious, serious condition that is also called postpartum psychosis. And that's where, literally, you get so bad that you end up either hurting the baby or killing yourself. Marie Osmond I don't think there is anything wrong with learning from people who are better than you. Asa Larsson Broadcasters have a responsibility to serve the public interest and protect Americans from objectionable content, particularly during the hours when children are likely to be watching. Bart Gordon I am interested in computers and technology, and art, photography, and design. William Landay If the only way you can build an emergency fund is to pay the minimum due on your credit card, that is what you nee...

the position I was in, where I was in my life, it went mainstream. A lot of people got out of it after my situation, not because I went to prison but because it was sad for them to see me go through something that was so pointless, that could have been avoided. Michael Vick In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it. Joni Eareckson Tada Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years. Martin Amis I think that our primary concern is that the membership in our industry become active. I'm not talking about the candidates being active. I'm talking about the few hundred thousand people who work in the industry around the United States. Lew Wasserman Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she's amazing. Noel Gallagher For the last five years I've been in the production business. Chico Hamilton ...

doctrine, like separation of church and state or separation of military and civilian authority, is not explicit in the Constitution but flows naturally from its structure and commitment to freedom and democracy. Bradley A. Smith I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back. James Brown Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow. Dominique de Villepin Money is a tremendous advantage in just about everything, but in terms of reproduction, if you're a poor woman and you are infertile, it's like too bad, so sad. And if you are a wealthy woman, you can kind of buy whatever you want. Jennifer Weiner The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental. Akhmad Kadyrov I don't make a division between an art film and commercial ar...