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I do a lot of cardio. I think it's super important, especially for women. I

don't have a tremendous amount of time to work out, so I find myself cramming in a cardio because that's all I can fit in. I think that if you don't have a lot of time, that it's the cleanest way to burn a few calories. Alison Sweeney I am, as far as my politics reaches, 'King and Country' - no 'Innovations in Religion and Government' say I. John Clare Not many people do at the age of 21 or younger even, know how to act nor could be concerned with anything other than fighting, women and money. Alexis Arguello Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia. Wendi McLendon-Covey I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then. Kiefer Sutherland A savage review is much more entertaining for the reader than an admiring one; the little misanthrope in each of us relishes the rubbishing of someone else. Arthur Smith U.S.A. is the speech of the people. John Dos P

I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making

change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed by your incredible inadequacy as a human being, which I feel every day, is a part of the legacy that I've gotten from so many of the adult elders. Marian Wright Edelman I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer. Victoria de los Angeles We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands. Henry Cabot Lodge Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England. Stephen Gardiner We are not at war against Islam. Barack Obama Just being with dogs, I learned their ways and began to appreciate things from their point of view. Cesar Millan It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever. Rupert Friend I was home-schooled for my entire high schoo

The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity,

love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah. Afrika Bambaataa I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time. Lalla Ward Sitcoms are making a comeback, but you've got to have a little quirkiness in there now. Jackee Harry I think there is a feeling of old Hitchcock in there. There are parts that are tributes to some of the old great horror movies and the old great filmmakers. Gina Philips If he can't do it with Ferrari, well, he can't do it. John Surtees I'm not really very ambitious. I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful. James D'arcy We all have that inner voice that is wise, even i

I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly

sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists. Kate Voegele I believe that we all have the potential to love any human being, and that genetics, upbringing, choice, social conditioning and environment play a major part in which way we sway. Kathy Najimy Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success. Gertrude Himmelfarb Live interaction with a crowd is a cathartic, spiritual kind of exchange, and it's intensified at a festival. Trent Reznor I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I'm a sucker for an accent. Rachel McAdams I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained with

I don't necessarily want kids. A lot of our friends are having children and I

don't know if it's for me. I haven't come down hardcore on either side of the argument. I think when people come from a stable family having children becomes a celebration and I'm not sure it would be that way for me. Jon Hamm Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman. T.I. Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion. Sharon Salzberg Most fast food is fried. Fried food tastes great, and people don't seem to care about the fat aspect. Eric Schlosser The left-wing agenda wants us to think that the reason there was a depression was because the government didn't do anything. That's not true. Peter Schiff Spain is facing an economic situation of extreme difficulty, I repeat, of extreme difficulty, and anyone who doesn't understand that is fooling themselves. Mariano Rajoy If I

I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they

say it's like that, or it's like this, and that's really up to them, that's fine, but I don't sit around all day analysing it. I just try and enjoy a show and interest myself because if I don't do that then I won't interest anybody else. Dylan Moran My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout. Jackson Pollock The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia. James Hansen Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to have to think about how it will affect other people. Anne Tyler I've dealt with Hollywood about having my work made into a film or cartoon but nothing came of it. That's not to say I wouldn't like to see something happen. Gilbert Hernandez As much as it's sometimes hard to make choices about where you invest, it's equally hard to make choices about where you don't invest and what you eliminate. An

For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four

times a week, hunching in the stacks on a foam rubber stool and devouring children's fiction, classics, salacious thrillers, horror and sci-fi, books about cinema and origami and natural history, to the point where my parents encouraged me to read a little less. David Nicholls When you say 'design,' everybody thinks of magazine pages. So it's an emotive word. Everybody thinks it's how something looks, whereas for me, design is pretty much everything. James Dyson Reagan won because he was real. He believed in America. He told people he was gonna make it great again coming out of a disastrous four years of Jimmy Carter and Watergate before that. Rush Limbaugh I'll never forget the day I realized I wasn't quite the Ford model I thought I was. Amy Schumer I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didn't dissuade me. Carmen Ejogo Every book is a new journey. I never fel

When you have an audience standing and screaming the entire way through the short program

and cheering every element you do, whether it's footwork, or spin, or a jump, to have that kind of emotion coming at you from every direction in the building, it's the most amazing sensation you can get as a sportsman. Johnny Weir If you see me in New York, you'll probably see me on my bicycle riding furiously between a city bus and a taxi cab, hitting one of them on the side and yelling at them. Denis O'Hare Even rats can only be kicked around for so long before they've had enough. Joe Cowley I have a very clear vision as to what I want at the end of my prep, and then I throw it out and let the creative process take over. David Boreanaz I'm an early-morning owl. Patrick Wilson In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want. David Copperfield Wealthy men, too, like several of those in our neighborhood, had so many slaves that they were compelled to buy other plantations on which t

Many of the things that I have written on have focused, at least a big

part of the story, on adolescents. I think that in that period of life, so much happens, and it's the period of life where you're forming into an adult. In certain ways, you're already an adult and in certain ways you're still a kid. Jason Katims I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery; however, I felt I wasn't getting enough time assisting. Samuel Wilson Nature surrounds us, from parks and backyards to streets and alleyways. Next time you go out for a walk, tread gently and remember that we are both inhabitants and stewards of nature in our neighbourhoods. David Suzuki I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back to that moment when you're not relying on things you've done before. Danny Boyle If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. Adolf Hitler France, famed in all great arts, in

Policy people suffer their own kind of agony, and no wonder. After all, what is

the average life of the policy person? You go into government if you are lucky, do your best, aren't appreciated, take all the blame for policies for which you are only partly responsible, leave, realize your reputation has been damaged, maybe permanently. Amity Shlaes When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. Doris Lessing There is no sin coveting things are of no great use or profit, but would show out good and have some grandeur around them. Lady Gregory I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition. Dizzy Gillespie I do what I feel is right. I am not scared to walk on the new path and take risk. Aamir Khan I think you're much more approachable when you're on a small screen. Julianna Margulies There are only those certain people where things click - at least for me. Glenn Frey A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties. Harriet Martineau

The really interesting moment will be when you have a critical mass of people engaging

through the networks, more than through the press and TV. When that happens, the culture of politics has to change, moving away from controlled one-way messages towards a political culture that is more questioning. Geoff Mulgan Sometimes when you're heavy into the shooting or editing of a picture, you get to the point where you don't know if you could ever do it again. Martin Scorsese I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response. Tim Gunn Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it. Colin Powell I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again. Barry White I have said from the beginning, I would spend what it would take for the people of Connecticut to know who I am and what I stand for. Linda McMahon I think there are nice things about every era. I wish we could just ta

Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life.

For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and vice versa, but I think there is an inherent popular aversion to assaults on the court itself. Perhaps it has to do with an instinctive belief that life needs umpires. Jon Meacham I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here. Mel Smith I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game-play experiences. Shigeru Miyamoto I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now. Sally Ride My parents are definitely reformed hippies. Alison Brie I play music the way it was played in yesteryear. Compay Segundo Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want him to rise up again under any circumstances. Friedrich Nietzsche I have a very deep religious belief. Mstislav Rostropovich Digital media has destroyed much of the magic and mystery of the medium. John Dyer I

Most people who ask me what's my favorite song, expect that it's 'Midnight Train' or

'Neither One of Us.' But actually, it's always kinda been 'The Need to Be' because of what it says. I love the way that song was written, I love the melody, I love everything about it. Gladys Knight Let me tell you something: I have members in my charter who, after paying their rent and house bills and taking care of their families, don't even have enough money left over to pay the fifteen dollars a week dues. Chuck Zito It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice. James Whitcomb Riley For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence. Jacques Lacan We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich. Matt Kemp Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be. Benjamin Tu

'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy

and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible. Jonah Hill I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself. Diane Keaton I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes. Lee Krasner Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled. Solomon Ortiz The best teacher is an entertainer. Bob Keeshan Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square. Alex Cox Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund. Mario Monti The form I most enjoy writing is the sonnet or sonnet-like forms, where you have a - yo

People who are running for office mislead the American people by saying that there's a

three-point plan or a bumper sticker kind of way of bringing down gasoline prices. The fact of the matter is that nobody can do that. The price of oil is set on the global economy. People who have looked at this closely and hard know that's the case. Ken Salazar My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day. Meg Cabot I really have no plans for any kind of career in TV or anything, but if I wanted to become good at it, I could. But I don't really think it's in the cards. George Michael It's very dangerous to put astronauts on a moon base where there's radiation, solar flares and micro meteorites. It'd be much better to put robots on the moon and have them mentally connected to astronauts on the Earth. Michio Kaku I'm a Gemini, so I have a great time with the other guy. Ron Wood If Tim Dun

When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer

or director - lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film - a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it. John Carpenter A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank. Ron Paul What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does. Bill Moyers Everybody is talking today about the economy. Joschka Fischer The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening. Brian De Palma It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical

We are supposed to believe that every dollar given to a Clinton is a dollar

that improves the world. But is it? Clintonworld is a galaxy where personal enrichment and political advancement blend seamlessly, and where a cast of jarringly familiar characters pad their pockets every which way to Sunday. Maureen Dowd I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength. Barbara Corcoran It is unfortunate that the poor judgment shown by a small group of young actors has tarnished the reputation of every child who has ever appeared before a camera. Fred Savage Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character. John Thaw The substitute for knowledge is money. Gordon Bethune A really good uniformed cop has tremendous people skills, and they learn how to read people. Titus Welliver I like the digressive kind of traveling, where there's not a particular, set, goal. William Least Heat-Moon A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the

With all the care that women do and all the money we spend to maintain

our hair, men can at least take the time to wash their face with a simple inexpensive product that will soften their facial hair so they're not hurting us when we go in for a kiss. Trust me, guys, women will want to kiss you more if you take care of your facial hair. Adrianne Palicki The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds. Ace Frehley There is nothing in our book, the Koran, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Malcolm X Ten years into it, I can finally go, 'Oh, I just want to make a record that's fun to make and I don't have to prove that I deserve to be here.' Michelle Branch It doesn't do Costco any good if nobody can afford to buy anything. James Sinegal I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession. Adam Lamberg The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformatio

I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side

of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had etched certain Psalms and rote prayers into the fibers of my brain. However, somewhere deep inside of me, I had the secret belief that I did not know how to pray, and that frightened me. Iyanla Vanzant As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place. Candace Bushnell All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and be alive to the life in language - on all its levels. Ali Smith Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship. William Glasser When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke. David Byrne I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue. Steve Buscemi People should recognize who you are and how you can act r

I first came to London as a musician, and when my group broke up, I

did 'Guys and Dolls' at the Watford Palace theatre. After that, Ned Sherrin found me and brought me to the West End to do one of his shows. The work went from strength to strength, so I thought: 'This is where the world wants me; I'll stay.' Clarke Peters I have hardly detained the reader long enough on the subject, to give him a just impression of the stress laid on confession. It is one of the great points to which our attention was constantly directed. Maria Monk If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years. Robert Ballard We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live in, male or female, you're this age, that age, this is your job, this is not your job, everything is about getting boxed in. Brit Marling Obviously you try to keep as much of your private life as private as you can. An

It takes these very simple-minded instructions - 'Go fetch a number, add it to this

number, put the result there, perceive if it's greater than this other number' - but executes them at a rate of, let's say, 1,000,000 per second. At 1,000,000 per second, the results appear to be magic. Steve Jobs Doubtless the most miserable of men, under the most oppressive government in the world, if allowed the ballot, would use it, if they could see any chance of thereby ameliorating their condition. Lysander Spooner If a lion could talk, we could not understand him. Ludwig Wittgenstein Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. Edwin Hubbel Chapin John Currin's exaggerated realism and his twisted women kept me off balance, never knowing if they were sincere or ironic or some new emotion. Jerry Saltz My films are about embarrassment. Alan Bennett My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywher

I don't think I'll be remembered in a big Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin way. I

think I'll be remembered in this way: by the people who were there, who can't capture or explain it. I'm not trying to brag or anything. It's not about me. It's about facilitating a good time for everyone. Skrillex What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty. Elizabeth Edwards My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me. Mahalia Jackson I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans. Mickey Kaus I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave. Ellen Bass Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work. Harvey Mackay The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its

Too-easy credit and millions of bad loans made during the U.S. housing bubble paved the

way for the financial calamity and Great Recession that followed. Today, by contrast, credit is too tight. Mortgage loans are particularly hard to get, creating a problem for the housing market and the broader economy. Mark Zandi I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide. Elaine Stritch Lakers are my boys! I'm 100 percent the biggest Kobe fan on the planet. I text him after every game to tell him what's up. Ryan Sheckler It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now. Mickey Gilley Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours. Mary Schmich The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer. Al Sharpton Oh, my career. What career? I'm

It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an

actor and I know what I can and can not do. Robert De Niro can do everything. I can't. A 'Highlander' movie is basically my thing. What I'm attempting to do is develop my ability as an actor and try to be the best I can be in the fantasy/action genre. Christopher Lambert The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history. Paul Gillmor Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out. Theodore Bikel You don't need Beanie Sigel in the building with a pre-perception that this crazy dude might do anything. Beanie Sigel It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years. Christo I see something new in 'Gosford Park' every time I watch it. Nina Arianda We wanted to sit down and conceptually work out songs. Mike Lowry Who in the world wants to run a country where the new norm is one where th

My mother missed having dinner with Lyndon Johnson because she couldn't find the right hat

to wear. While my father went off to the white house to break bread with the President, my mother, who's not a things and stuff person, stayed at the hotel and tried on 10 different hats and missed dinner. Emilio Estevez People always say 'Etta, you know what your problem is? You're neither fish nor fowl. There is no place to rack you.' When I would go in a record shop, you might find one or two records by me in different stacks. Etta James One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space. Jasper Johns There are always different influences each season. It could be a person, it could be a piece of furniture; it depends on what I'm obsessing about. Anna Sui The first time that I was elected I was called the Judas Iscariot of the black community because I took a stand that was inconsistent of cutting across the grain. Tim Scott Gayness is a non-issue. Sandra Bernhard Each man is good in the sight of t

It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have

a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question. Kate Winslet All men will commence in their present rank and promotion will be open to all men alike, without any distinctions or qualifications, political or otherwise. John Amery We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. Pierre Corneille The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school. Grace Abbott Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. Hal Sparks I want to give back. I want to do all the things that will make me feel fulfilled. But whenever I do those things, people think it's a press stunt or something. Lindsay Lohan At

There was a time in L.A. when I drove to 7-Eleven to go grocery shopping,

and I locked my keys in my car, which wasn't insured. My wallet was in there, and I couldn't call AAA, because I only had $7 in my bank account. It was one of those moments where I was like, 'O.K., I literally have nothing right now.' Whitney Cummings Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less. Robert Kagan Fashion is almost like a religion, for me at least. ASAP Rocky I don't read all the newspapers. Greg Rusedski Nothing burns more calories than dancing in 5-inch heels... try it! Ariana Grande Normally, we push away the things we're scared of. Jeff Bridges Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. Michele Bachmann My goal is to be a racer, and I want to be someone who inspires Americans to watch Formula One. Alexander Rossi I prefer intellect and charm. Angie Everhart Every man's highest, nameless though it be, is his &#

In the U.S., the '50s and '60s marked the documentary's golden age, especially at CBS,

where pioneering television journalist Edward R. Murrow, immortalised in George Clooney's 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' produced such landmark investigations as the CBS Reports programme 'Hunger in America.' Naomi Wolf What one has to do usually can be done. Eleanor Roosevelt And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today. Halle Berry If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair. Michelle Dockery There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues. George Dennison Prentice It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't. Dave Hickey I feel very free and very happy to be a composer. Esa-Pekka Salonen France is the country where the money falls apart and you can't

You have to be cautious of eating continuously the same thing. Beef comes to mind

right away, and there's nothing wrong with beef, but you've got to do whatever you're doing in moderation. So try to break it up a little bit. Eat some fish or some shellfish at least a couple of times a week. Emeril Lagasse It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems. John Hawkes I didn't expect us to be around after 25 years. Martin Gore I don't want to be a dead hero. Billy Corgan My mission in life is to try and get to a point where my insides world is not affected by the outside world. Jeremy Jackson I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest. Mary J. Blige Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief. Sigmund Freud A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplex

I just got on Twitter because there was some MTV film blog that quoted me

on something really innocuous that I supposedly said on Twitter before I was even on Twitter. So then I had to get on Twitter to say: 'This is me. I'm on Twitter. If there's somebody else saying that they're me on Twitter, they're not.' Anna Kendrick Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world. Peter O'Toole You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown. Tobe Hooper Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty for good. Michael Franti Being happy is very important. We won our second championship last season and we have our entire team coming back to try and defend our title again. I'm very proud of that. Larry Dixon There aren't a lot of roles written for

People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how

to run, because every runner is different. You have to have an understanding of how to assist what that runner has, so they know how to assist what you have without taking away your special ability, because you're not like anybody else. Jim Brown We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles. Jack Adams I come from a strong religious background, and I had a very conservative upbringing. So I was nervous, and confused. Here I was wanting to be Whitney Houston, so why did I have to dress in lingerie to do that? I didn't get it. Nicole Scherzinger I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity. Olivia Wilde Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental. Hanna Rosin I t

And under the existing circumstances, I understand there are situations where people indeed need care

and need services, but I believe in America that the majority of those people are getting those services under situations and circumstances that are afforded to them by their health care providers and their state government. Jan Brewer Talking about corporations - they're so big. There's not a person at a corporation. Greg Kinnear Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will. David Duchovny Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet. Niklas Zennstrom I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam. Ed Bradley The Export-Import Bank is one of the most important tools America has to create jobs. Maria Cantwell As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain. Alicia Sacramone I don't have any social life or anything. Rod Stewart I h

Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or

you can't really relate to them. And I think that I write songs that sound fresh and sensual in kind of a layered, lush way. But I also think that they are real, and that's why I wanted to call the record 'Inside Out.' Emmy Rossum We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives. Robert Reich If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be increased in a far greater degree by the increased opulence of the commercial classes. David Ricardo There are endless anxieties in putting a film together, and it's an enormous relief when you know it's working with an audience. Errol Morris When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing. Mike Rutherford

I live by 'Go big or go home.' That's with everything. It's like either commit

and go for it or don't do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, I apply that to everything. That's what I live by. That's how I like it. Paul Walker Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff. Rickie Lee Jones Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all. Heinrich Heine It is first and foremost very hard work! But I have a wonderful part and I do have fun. The company, cast and crew of 'Passions' are wonderful to work with. Juliet Mills The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. Paulo Coelho I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time. Kid Rock The truth is, I don't really have a type of girl. Thomas McDonell We are the generation that brought the bomb in. We have got to be the generation th

It's a wonderful thing working with young actors. I know a lot of people don't

like working with children. I actually adore it, because you watch their imagination open up and you watch them start to learn this job that I've been doing for so long. They come with such a lack of cynicism. Michelle Forbes Growing up in the business you have to grow up very fast - you do have a different type of childhood, that has its benefits and it has its drawbacks. Jodie Sweetin When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.' Omar Sy To stop smoking was actually really easy because I had already started to cut down. My husband is asthmatic, and he just can't for the life of him imagine why anybody would put smoke in their mouth, so he really helped me to start cutting down. Holly Marie Combs I'm fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans

And it's the President of the United States who said he wasn't going to spike

the football and all this, we shouldn't gloat about it, running campaign ads, gloating about it and saying the other guy isn't good enough to do the tough things that I did, which I think is, one reprehensible. Jonah Goldberg In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority. James S. Coleman As a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role. Gemma Ward Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. Desiderius Erasmus Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth. Zhuangzi I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five. James Whistler I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open. Nancy Kerrigan The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a

Which is the healthier kind of literary diversity: an un-gate-kept self-published book world, run substantially

through Amazon? Or our current book world, which is part-gate-kept, part-not, with many different publishers and retailers and platforms? I'm not smart enough to figure it out, but if I had to guess I'd guess the latter. Lev Grossman What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating. Jean Anouilh Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. Henry Ward Beecher It is nice to know that the computer understands the problem. But I would like to understand it too. Eugene Wigner I always kind of wanted to go into healthcare. Ann Marie Buerkle It's a wonderful sort of feeling when people want to spend more time in a world you created. Erin Morgenstern Bullying wasn't okay in elementary school and it isn't okay now, especially when it comes in the form of a U.S. Supreme Court decision. John Doolittle I have an instinct to want to be part of

Along with racial equality and the late bloom of women's rights, future generations will have

to explain how, in the past, gays were misunderstood and publicly humiliated for loving each other, and, eventually, how they stood together and conquered stupidity and hypocritical hatred, and fought their way out of marginalization. iO Tillett Wright It's my instinct more than my voice that keeps me on top. Conway Twitty Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within their families. Nathan Deal I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy. Leslie Mann What's so seductive about the efficient markets hypothesis is that it applies nine years out of ten. A lot of the time it works. But when it stops working, you blow up. Niall Ferguson Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered. Danica McKellar Somebody wanted me to autograph her breast and I kindly

I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss.

I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece. Jennifer Lawrence Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world. Andy Hertzfeld Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust. Ivan Krastev No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it. Tom Clancy I think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like 'I can make a difference'. But it's not one person, you need so many others. Drew Brees My mother and father told me I was god. I was a good Italian boy who hung out with the same four guys. I was a little god. Chazz Palminteri I was working at a candy-wrapping factory before I became an actor. I a

I'd come to the country to do my Thoreau bit, so I needed an office

that looked out onto the woods for inspiration. I converted one of the bedrooms into my workspace and through its windows watched the wildlife appear each morning with the sunrise. Many were the days I would sit in wonder, coffee in hand, for hours. David Mixner But beginners to the World Economics Forum have to understand there is no single Davos experience, and there is no single Davos community either. There are numerous tribes who interact only at a minimal level. Evan Davis Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent. Rashida Jones Greenlanders' heart is the environment. You can't sell your heart for oil. Aleqa Hammond Generally I'm wide open to people; I love helping them in any way I possibly can. But for me to invest, a business has to have a lot of creative scale; it has to be unique. J. Christopher Burch I love watching a good horse do what he's bred to do - I guess that's what I like the most about

Madonna is her own Hollywood studio - a popelike mogul and divine superstar in one.

She has a laserlike instinct for publicity, aided by her visual genius for still photography (which none of her legion of imitators has). Unfortunately, her public life has dissolved into a series of staged photo ops. Camille Paglia While our budget shortfall is temporary, ruining pristine national lands is permanent. Ric Keller We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.' Chester Bennington This is really showing me what certain movies mean to people. Noah Hathaway I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think. Jodi Picoult Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books. Meg Rosoff I have two daughters and I have done everything in my power to prevent them from assimilating, even being aware of, my idiocy about my weight. Ayelet Waldman Is typecasting really a problem? Christopher Walken A public is a necessary fi

One of the reasons I wrote 'Airborn' was that I'd fallen in love with the

great passenger airships which flew in the '20s and '30s. Their time was short-lived. They were frail, they tended to crash; and they could never be as fast, safe and efficient as the airplanes that replaced them. Kenneth Oppel I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer. Ivor Novello I would never want to take TOMS or myself into an issues debate. That's not what we're about. We're about helping people. Blake Mycoskie I am a cookbook fanatic. Samantha Bee I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent. Twyla Tharp Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot. Lawrence Bender It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story. Greg Kinnear Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, rea

For small community banks and credit unions, like those in Central and Northern Wisconsin, the

hundreds of new rules will require an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance. Those are hours that your local bank or credit union will spend dealing with some Washington bureaucrat instead of focusing on the needs of customers like you. Sean Duffy A guy who's actually self destructive is quite fun to play. Chris O'Dowd The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way. Sting When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill. Charlie Crist I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring. Morgan Freeman The average American is nothing if not patriotic. Herbert Croly I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my

Since they all broke up the greatest conference in football, which was the Southwest Conference,

I've had little interest in them any more. I thought that was a disaster and a disgrace when they did that, but they did it anyway. So I've lost interest them and I don't care what they do anymore. Gib Lewis I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that. O. J. Simpson Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film. Lisa Nicole Carson I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me. Whitney Houston I know that some actors take acting terribly seriously. I take it seriously in that if someone pays me to do it I know I have to deliver. David Warner But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem. Shmuel Yosef Agnon And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore. Joseph Glanvill At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres

I would point out that I'm an actress for a reason! If I were popular

in high school, I would have considered another career because I wouldn't have been alone in my room, making up other characters for myself. I definitely had growing pains. The popular kids didn't want anything to do with the girl who was starting the drama club. Ginnifer Goodwin I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy. Ziyi Zhang It's what the reader thinks that counts. Tibor Fischer I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages. Jimmy Carter I'm not on Page Six, because I don't have anything salacious happening in my life... unfortunately. Jesse Eisenberg People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. Tadao Ando For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck&

You know, back in the 1950s and '60s, when J. Edgar Hoover was making the

FBI the respected organization it used to be, oftentimes they would find a fugitive and basically have his house surrounded, and then put out a press release saying he was on the top 10 most wanted list. And 10 minutes later, he'd be arrested. Howie Carr I have an understanding of Queen and the way Freddie Mercury did his harmonies. I know what tablas sound like, because my father played a lot of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Lupe Fiasco Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians. Ma Ying-jeou Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up. Paul Giamatti I don't like being approached by people who look at me too intensely, who needed something from me that I didn't have. I don't represent anything. Liz Phair I'm a serial monogamist. I'm not one of those people that can date loads of people at the same time, it's all too complicated. Daniel Radcliffe

I was in California the first time I heard Michael Jackson wanted to record with

me. I was, like, 'Nah, no way, he's too big, it can't be true.' Then I got a call from Michael's people at my hotel telling me he was interested. But I still wasn't believing it - I thought they were setting me up for a TV practical jokes show. Heavy D A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did. Imran Khan I've been writing songs since I was, like, five and I've been singing since, like, I can't remember. Taylor Momsen We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping. Douglas Coupland My interest in biology was pretty much always on the philosophical side. Richard Dawkins I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness. Richar

Generally, it's a great exercise to not get stuck in one medium too long because

you begin to lose perspective on the peculiar drawbacks and strengths of the medium. For example, if I'm in the back of the stage and I want you to see my emotional change by a flicker of my eyelid, we're all going to be in for a long boring evening. Denis O'Hare One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity. Dan Buettner I really enjoy women and I totally understand and applaud the diversity that they have in terms of their emotions and intellects and vulnerability and strengths. Michael Patrick King One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years. Al Yankovic The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery. Greg Maddux I enjoy scaring people. Anthony Horowitz I liked the name Saadiq and didn't want to be known as an artist as Raphael Wiggins. Raphael Saadiq I th

Sometimes you're gonna write a song and it's not gonna be right from the beginning.

And you're just gonna have to work through that wall. But if you know something is there, you've gotta just keep doing it until you get it right. So, I'll work on a song for three months if I have to, to get it right. Benny Blanco It is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional characters, we can recognize it in our own lives. Katherine Paterson I think I was a born scientist. Ken Wilber A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along? Jon Meacham I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not. Mikhail Baryshnikov I do acting for the awards... and cash money. Rebel Wilson Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King L

I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still

crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say. Narada Michael Walden I think many people with a chronic illness would prefer not to have their chronic illness, simply because it's high maintenance. Marya Hornbacher My grandmother was a chef, and she taught me to cook. One day I want a restaurant, a small Italian grill. That's my aspiration. Jeremy Miller You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room or a barn. It's only home when he's there. Genevieve Gorder Mexico and the U.S. are bound not only because of the common border, but by a shared culture and history. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador There's always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong. Drew Brees I'm not a fortune-teller. Karl Lagerfeld I have always b

I talk about race a lot. It's been my work ever since I came out

of acting school. But it's true that in a way talking about race is a taboo. Because so many of our debates about race have to do not with race but with what we are willing to see, what we will not see and what we don't want to see. Anna Deavere Smith When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled. Amelie Mauresmo I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional large gatherings to get the attention of the larger world. Maurice Strong I was so happy to go to prom so I could have a mental break because I've been working so hard. It felt so good to feel normal for once, and then the next day, I was in the gym again. Aly Raisman Prejudice and discrimination have always been a big part of my life. When

Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things,

from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer. Jeff Bridges Well, I never wear shoes at home. Never. Guy Pearce I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz. Jason Mraz I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it. Neil Young I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better. Elizabeth Olsen Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy. Rudy Giuliani All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts. Vinoba Bhave The intellectual debility of contemporary con

I told the President, I told Rahm Emanuel and others in the administration that I

thought the policy they took to try to bring about negotiations is counter-productive, because when you give the Palestinians hope that the United States will do its negotiating for them, they are not going to sit down and talk. Chuck Schumer A play visibly represents pure existing. Thornton Wilder Three-quarters of our sites - Kotaku, Gawker, Jezebel, Deadspin, Gizmodo, Lifehacker - are led by editors who built their careers within Gawker Media. That's the career path. Nick Denton Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show. Matthew Arnold Actors can't retire. What would they do? Larry Hagman I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel. Tom Hooper The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs. Geoff Mulgan The path of least resista

You know, people sometimes say to me, 'Do you prefer to do this or that,

act or do stand-up or write' but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you're always learning. I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I'm actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them. Dylan Moran My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing. David Friedman Building a solid foundation in the early years of a child's life will not only help him or her reach their reach their full potential but will also result in better societies as a whole. Novak Djokovic There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political muscle. Peter Brimelow I always liked red. It's a picker-upper. Nancy Reagan There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life. Kenan Thompson I like Scott Caan. I think he's a great young kid

If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that

much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England. Idris Elba I have observed private and proprietary colleges, like the University of Phoenix, and the market they serve. And I found it intriguing the way in which they are trying to deliver the product, with more accountability, for a price. Roy Romer My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings you dig out and whatever old quotes you put before me. Peter Hain To some extent I liken slavery to death. Marcus Tullius Cicero Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life. Bela Lugosi The human capacity to be curious has always existed. Patricia Cornwell For me, nothing has ever taken

My sense is that we're ready for another industrial revolution in this country. The great

minds and innovators of Silicon Valley would come through China and say, The pipeline is full of ideas - there's personalized medicine, biotechnology, new forms to power ourselves, clean energy, etc., etc. Jon Huntsman, Jr. I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free. William Henry Harrison I have to put down roots where I decide to stay. It wasn't enough for me to be an expatriate Indian in Canada. If I can't feel that I can make social, political and emotional commitments to a place, I have to find another place. Bharati Mukherjee All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. Ann Macbeth From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that. Mohsen Makhmalbaf I have a flirtatious personality. Jessica Sim

Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in or around government, and

often do. In democracies, such a practice is frowned upon. Privileged access to the corridors of power through family connections and a kind of old boys' network, is also deemed an abuse of power, and so it is. Jimmy Reid Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations. Ron Lewis Scientology is probably the most stigmatized religion in America already. Lawrence Wright I have always loved cashmere and knitwear is the first thing I'm drawn to when shopping - even if I don't need any. Claudia Schiffer Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do. Mel Gibson The more people they can give us upfront the harder we play. Bon Scott No, I'm a horrible singer, I'm awful. Charisma Carpenter Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You hav

The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck.

Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken. P. J. O'Rourke I've been known to write on the Underground in London and on the subway in New York. I have two or three cafes in Paris that I go into. I find a corner with a little shade, and I can work. Douglas Kennedy At some point, the dollar has to give. You can't just keep printing money, and monetizing debt, and buying bonds, without the dollar imploding. Peter Schiff What's special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice. Max Landis Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases. Robert T. Bakker In entertainment, zombies are so played out. I have a gut sense that people are getting tired of apocalyptic scenarios. Jamais Cascio Chil

The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit

themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes. Ian MacKaye John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film. Mink Stole I was raised on the Hudson, in a house that had been the stable of the financier and Civil War general Brayton Ives. In midcentury, we had fire pits in the floor for heating, and rats everywhere, because they nested in the hay insulation. Mark Helprin So the characters that I choose, I like to make sure that they have depth and that they have some sort of bite. It's more fun. Heather Matarazzo Every truth ever discovered, each new spiritual light that will ever burn bright has already been seeded in our consciousness. Guy Finley To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that.

As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic

games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of wasteland will be made nice and b) that it tends to make everybody happy that their country should be the centre of world attention for a couple of weeks in their life. Evan Davis There are definitely reasons to do certain things, but I like to stick to good director, good actor, good script. Amanda Seyfried The most effective way to shake an economy out of a terrible downturn when we're at the zero lower bound is an aggressive change in policy that makes people wake up, say 'this is a new day' and change their expectations. Christina Romer I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that. Paris Hilton The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world. Lotte Lehmann It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like gr

If you just do a Google search and type in 'smoking' or 'lung cancer', you

will be barraged with never ending facts and numbers, like how one in every three Americans is affected by lung disease and how COPD is the third leading cause of death and if you get lung cancer the odds are 95% that you will die. Matthew Gray Gubler I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope. Ryan Sheckler You know, they were returning to the language of the people and trying to use musical language, particularly as Copland did to create a musical language in which all Americans would feel that they had a stake. Michael Tilson Thomas I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born. Charlie Parker I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particula

I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let

alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it. Andrew Stanton A lot happens by accident in poetry. Howard Nemerov It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating. Sara Paretsky I believe that you live on inside the hearts and minds of everyone you've touched while you were here on earth. Mitch Albom I love eggs so much. I feel like my day hasn't started until I've had eggs. I'm probably gonna die from high cholesterol! Norah Jones Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude. Etta James We have meetings with our record label to tell them how to market us. Adam Jones Horror fans need horror, okay? They don't need little worms squirming around going down your throat. To them, that's not horror. Michael Rooker Sincerity and the correct us

I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off

this winter than last winter. I'm always itching to get back in the car. It's going to get harder, so I've got to make sure that I'm doing everything I possibly can do to make sure I can start next season how I ended this season. Dan Wheldon This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. Leonard Bernstein For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul. Donatella Versace I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over. Florence Welch If my mama and daddy would've stayed together, one of them would've been dead, and the other would have been locked up for it. Trick Daddy I think the life we are living now is just a blink in the eye of eternity. Keir Dullea Forty is the line of demarcation that says you're an adult now. Yo

We live in such a service-based, globalised economy where very few people actually make anything

and the people who do make stuff... it's all part of a massive global supply chain. So what if all those chains were suddenly cut, how would you make something? How would you keep people alive? And that was something I wanted to explore. Max Brooks Huge sums are invested globally in medical research and development - and with good reason. Geoff Mulgan My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can. Idina Menzel I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago. Julie Burchill The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill. Mike Pence But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species are, to one degree or another. Jock Sturges There is no business in America that would be

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them' -

he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets. Michelle Obama I'm a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community. Hal Sparks I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty. Martina McBride It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel. Victor Cruz To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation. Tom Berenger I've actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork. Julia Louis-Dreyfus Girls are

There are five known gyres spinning around in our world's oceans. A gyre is a

slowly moving spiral of currents created by a high pressure system of air currents. A spinning soup, so to speak, is made of what exists in the water. And in this case, the gyres are spinning with millions of tons of our discarded and forgotten about plastic waste! Brandon Boyd Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism? Frederic Bastiat I want to see friends more and travel more. Jennifer Aniston These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero. James Otis I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it. Jack Prelutsky I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing. Matt Smith I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy just to be punk rock. Hayley Williams I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

Stock up your pantry and your freezer with things that aren't perishable: Your favorite jar

of tomato sauce that lists 'tomato' as the first ingredient, lots of grains, olive oils, vinegars, tomato pastes, onions, shallots. When you go to the store, you only have to pick up meats and produce. Giada De Laurentiis Simplicity is the key. Ritchie Blackmore I had a faux-hawk for a while and I used to buzz the sides and design it. It was really bad. Joe Jonas The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary. Kenneth Branagh Through the centuries, over 1.2 million brave men and women have given their lives for our nation. Dan Lipinski Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived. George Saunders My passion is New York and the vitality that makes it special. Michael Musto Show me someone who doesn't have some sort of experience that they would be uncomfortable for people to know about and I'll show you a dullard. Rob Lowe My ultimate dream is to become a famous star because I love to sing. Lucy Hale I'm a

Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and

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