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Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was

probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event and he happened to be there. People would ask me if I was his son, because I looked like him at that point, so I do remember feeling some connection and just wanting to say, like, 'Papa!' Simon Helberg We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life. George A. Smith 'Game of Thrones' is great. Love it. Jesse Metcalfe I don't take investment advice from wealth managers. I have grown several businesses from scratch and amassed many millions from my publishing empire - why would I take advice from someone who has never experienced that? Felix Dennis I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person. Jay Kay I've always thought that I'm kind of a cross between a young Bill Clinton and Lyle Lovett. And I just want to say I'm proud of that...

Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their

gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain. P. T. Barnum I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just from the heart. Bruno Mars We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college. Alan Shepard I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love. Siobhan Fahey What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away. Jack Dorsey I think of myself as just another consumer. Roelof Botha Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation. Philip Guston My mother is the bravest human being I've ever come acr...

A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to

eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may live to blight and blast mankind, and leave influences of evil which shall roll on in increasing volume till they plunge into the gulf of eternal perdition. George Muller I don't shave when I'm not working. Darren Criss With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Dan Lipinski I don't think any gay dude is gangsta, period. Method Man I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed. Trevor Nunn Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending. Steve Chabot Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome. Bill Gates I love the mystery behind things. Janelle Monae I say what...

I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar

I, which was once known as manic depression. The information was naturally frightening; up to 1 in 5 people with bipolar disorder will commit suicide, and rates may even be higher for those suffering from bipolar II. Ayelet Waldman Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs. Vin Diesel I feel like the so-called bad guys are never totally bad. I guess it's the closest thing I can do to reality: people act nice but nobody really is nice. We all have to balance that with something dark. Vincent Cassel I was an overly young father, is the most polite way of putting it. I think I was rather immature and all I can say is that I think I've made a much better grandfather... I don't think I was ready to be a father to be honest. Michael Morpurgo I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions. Taylor Phinney When the show...

It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where

you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are. Christopher Alexander Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again. Demi Lovato Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless! William Shakespeare I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in. Dougray Scott When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow. Emil Zatopek It's called 'Night Moves,' and it's my favorite 'Doc Ford' of all times. It's way too complicated, but it worked. Randy Wayne White It's important to me if I'm having a good time than I feel like the work is better. The quality of...

Obviously sex and nudity sells, but that's what people go to cable for but that's

not going to happen on network daytime television... so I think it really is always going to come down to story. How do you make a story interesting enough so people will tune in? That's always going to be it. Jack Wagner My whole life is about being Nicki Minaj now. It's a never-ending saga. Nicki Minaj I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer. Manuel Puig I toyed with the idea of playing Ravel's 'Pavane pour une infante defunte' but I couldn't remember if it's a tune or Latin prescription for piles. Les Dawson Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them? Lauryn Hill I've done all kinds of things I said I wouldn't do and, of course, now I'm glad. Thrilled. Diane Keaton We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back t...

In England, when we're at drama school, we spend a lot of time learning the

craft from playwrights and stage actors, who are very well trained in the basics of acting because they need to get it right the first time - you can't have second or third takes when you're in front of a live audience, unlike in film. Sam Claflin An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself. Charles Dickens I hope they see the genuine side of me, of my music, of my voice. I hope that they feel me. I hope that what I sing and what I say really gets across to the viewer because everything that comes out is true. Stefano Langone My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded. Sade Adu One of the greatest challenges companies face in adjusting to the impact of social media, is knowing where to start. Simon Mainwaring The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. Gertrude Stein We have a circle of corruption and impunity that is too strong. Josefina Vazquez Mota I love everybody. One of...

Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People

who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities. Adam Beach The key thing about LCD Soundsystem is that people always wanted this band to exist. For years, it was glaringly obvious that a band like this should exist, and people were impatiently waiting for them to show up. Rob Sheffield This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people. John Wycliffe Don't worry, don't worry. Look at the Astors and the Vanderbilts, all those big society people. They were the worst thieves - and now look at them. It's just a matter of time. Meyer Lansky If I have another child, I doubt I'll get married again. I don't think men particularly want to be with me. Anna Nicole Smith TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains. Peggy Noonan Lond...

Woody Allen stayed so good because he never left New York. Howard Stern stayed so

good because he never left New York - Mel Brooks when he just got out of New York was doing 'Blazing Saddles;' when he left New York he started doing stuff like 'Robin Hood Men In Tights' - he was in L.A. too long. He lost the edge. Artie Lange I've got to be right on top of the action, or else all those people watching the game will say, 'This guy's not very good.' Chick Hearn On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt to be on the set. It felt just a little uneasy, the atmosphere that we were trying to capture. Christopher Eccleston If we were in India now, there would be servants standing in the corners of this room and I wouldn't notice them. That is what my society is like, that is what the divide is like. Aravind Adiga It is a burden because I get asked about my father all the time. I just need to accept that he was a champion before me. Nico Rosberg 'Ted' made me nearly cry. It...

Think about the comfortable feeling you have as you open your front door. That's but

a hint of what we'll feel some day on arriving at the place our Father has lovingly and personally prepared for us in heaven. We will finally - and permanently - be 'at home' in a way that defies description. Charles Stanley These are all elements, but the main thing we can do in the Middle East is encourage the reformist elements. Frank Carlucci I think you have to be much more secure and much less angry to trust the simple. You've got to be in a pretty good place to trust those simple, obvious answers and, most important, to use them. Spencer Johnson We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives. Junipero Serra When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it. Diego Luna The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot. Jay Leno We live in a fracture...

You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one

of those jobs that is an honest job, but it doesn't pay as much. And so, that's what's happened to us is that we have put in so much entitlement into our government, that we really have spoiled our citizenry and said you don't want the jobs that are available. Sharron Angle My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not. Anna Held I'm an old-school type of guy. Kevin Durant I'm a gay man who came from the last years of illegality. That focused my whole character. I think it focused everyone's character in a way. You saw yourself as outside of the main structure. Rupert Everett The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts. Karl Abraham I value my ability to keep state secrets. Richard Armitage I'm very fond of drugs. Grace Slick A lot of people are tired around here, but I'm not sure they're ready to lie down, stre...

It's interesting because a lot of my 16-year-old kids' friends know me from 'Wedding Crashers,'

and not so much Bond. My kids have a good laugh. I was 20 then. The look I had then was the look that a lot of their friends are assuming now. They think it's cool. What goes around comes around. Jane Seymour But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict. Brad Garrett Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them. Kay Redfield Jamison Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger. Stephen Covey I had seventeen No. 1 songs and I didn't see anything like that kind of money. Mickey Gilley I've often been told that I'm a bit strange. I hear that pretty regularly, but it is not how I see myself. Clemence Poesy It's not just what you do on the pitch, it...

Right now I'm in 'Twilight' and I go around to signings and there are people

screaming and crying, and it's so surreal. I know that when this is over in a month or two and whenever 'Twilight's no longer relevant, that doesn't live on for me. It's because of this. It's not very often that this happens for people. Nikki Reed When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War. Trevor Nunn We play a violent sport. Shaun Alexander Everyone should walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. I did it three days in a row because it was one of the most exhilarating experiences I've ever had. The view is breathtaking. Seann William Scott I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song. Melissa Etheridge I don't look at myself as suffering. A. J. Langer I grew up among farmers in Illinois and so you always have to have the ...

My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and

hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits. Amy Chua One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the Army and Transportation. He appointed a Vice President who ran against him in 2008. William J. Clinton In 1972, I signed a union card for SEIU. And for the last 38 years, 14 as president, it's been my life. I've seen the most miraculous, spectacular things. But there's a time to learn, a time to lead and a time to leave. Andy Stern It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it. M. F. K. Fisher I definitely wouldn't mind gaining a few more pounds at all. Nicole Richie The name on the fr...

For the industry we're starting now, for suborbital flight, there is no destination, so the

spacecraft you go up in has to be large and spacious. That's why SpaceShipTwo is much bigger than SpaceShipOne: It needs to be because you want those six people to be floating around and enjoying themselves. Burt Rutan There is no magic person out there, no perfect human being out there waiting for you. Helen Reddy My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special. Valerie Bertinelli I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well. Fareed Zakaria Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit. Jonathan Lethem I'm finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with. Sheryl Swoopes My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier f...

What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what

I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbians have the rights of citizenship that afford them visitations to hospitals, that allow them to be, to transfer property between partners, to make certain that they're not discriminated on the job. Barack Obama The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties. Graham Greene I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science. Joshua Lederberg The power of visibility can never be underestimated. Margaret Cho It is not sacrifice if you love what you're doing. Mia Hamm In my mind, everything is too sanitised on television - what is wrong with things going wrong? Bruce Forsyth Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pu...

I had a basketball net that my dad had put up outside. I went out

there and dribbled all day long. I wanted to play basketball. Then I'd go baseball, and then I'd go to football. I remember playing football in a plowed field. I grew up going from one thing to the next wanting to play something. Joe Gibbs My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into. Phillip Lim When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted. Margaret Cho My mother loved the Bible. Goldie Hawn I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve. Iain Banks Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it. Kristi Yamaguchi I feel sexy in my jeans and wearing my boyfriend's T-shirt. Jennifer Aniston I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up l...

Something like 'Without a Paddle' does really well at the box office and I'm like,

'Oh, here we go.' In 'Without a Paddle' I'm the romantic lead - great! A comedy and that's what America wants. Then it did nothing for me and I went into kind-of a work abyss. I just didn't get another shot. Matthew Lillard There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there. Richard Gere It's fun to play mom. Last I knew I was playing a 17-year-old who graduated. Selma Blair Debating religious beliefs are a red line, a deep red line. Pope Shenouda III Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition. Charles Williams My mother is who she is. I've become who I am. At some point I realized those two just didn't go together. Tori Spelling In England we only make films about the working class or the aristocracy. Nigel Cole The greater intellect one has, the more origin...

In the States, this type of jam-band phenomena has opened it up for groups to

improvise, admittedly more in the groove area, as opposed to the straight-ahead jazz thing - which is good for me, as that's one part of where I'm at. It's been so great playing these gigs and seeing kids come out and the whole college scene. John Scofield I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was 17 - that I realized I was talking through an empty skull... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts. Allen Ginsberg I was always a class clown, so I never had trouble fitting in; I just had trouble finding out where I really wanted to be. Logan Henderson The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim, but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian. Trevor Phillips There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois. Scott Walker Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be. Mario Lemieu...

I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and

Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for me and so many other women in my generation. Their pioneering lives have created boundless possibilities for women in the law. I thank them for their inspiration and also for the personal kindnesses they have shown me. Elena Kagan The Ed Hardy man is confident with a strong sense of personal style. He is not afraid to be seen and take risks. He enjoys comfort and flexible style, yet he wants to stand apart from the crowd. Christian Audigier Challenging snow is one of my favorite kinds of skiing, and I like being able to switch techniques at liberty. Paul Parker The U.S. government has been preoccupied with health care 'reform,' but this refers to improving access and insurance coverage and has little or nothing to do with innovation. Eric Topol A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change. James Levine No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself. James Russell Lowell I...

I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and

I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith. Huston Smith When you work on anything, you want to find the range of impulses - which ones get portrayed is another question, but you want to have that complexity and that fullness, even if you're playing a cartoon character. Willem Dafoe Most of the hotel gym's are not adequate. I mean you might be able to train your arms, but you aren't going to be able to train legs, back, or even chest if they don't have dumbbells and benches. Warren Cuccurullo In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed. Bhumibol Adulyadej Well, you know what? The actor still gets up in the morning, if he's still got something to work with, you go out there and you do it. Never quit! Robert Forster ...

I think all of us thought that by the '70s, at the latest the '80s,

all the world's problems would be solved and everyone would be getting along fine. And instead we saw that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated that year, Robert F. Kennedy died. We saw that it was going to be a lot more difficult than I think we had thought. Janis Ian One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. Ella Maillart The label doesn't do anything but put your record in the store, that's all they do. And tell you, you don't have a single... and tell you, it's not gonna sell... that's what the label does. Ray LaMontagne I have a life beyond performance. I love it, and it probably is the better part of my life, but I do have another life. Eric Burdon I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning. Who ever thought I'd be a children's author - let alone a best-selling children's author? Brian Jacques I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem ...

Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was

I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know how to make a film and I obviously didn't have a special effects budget. I was a kid. So I was learning to draw to get down the stuff that was in my head, that I couldn't afford to actually do. Jennifer Yuh Nelson Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach. Van Morrison I didn't do it because of the underlying greed that's prevailing, but it is about greed, doing the right thing at the right time using your clout when you have it and what for and what reason. Danny DeVito I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions. Nina Fedoroff I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points. Sean Connery The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or even real ...

It's difficult to choose a Word of the Year in the year that you're in.

It's one of those things that hindsight makes more apparent. It's like looking at pictures from 10 years ago, and you notice the flannel and the ripped jeans. At the time, it didn't look to you like a real fashion trend. Erin McKean New York City has the most beautiful women. Jason Mraz I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot. Bernadette Peters An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas. Thomas Heatherwick Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday. Faith Hill Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia have been profound ethical issues confronting doctors since the birth of Western medicine, more than 2,000 years ago. Ezekiel Emanuel Rock Hudson was not an educated ...

We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though

not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in. Mitch Daniels The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo. Bayard Taylor I'm not a big, three-hour-play, Ibsen-revival kind of man. James Gandolfini I'm not into the Oscar and Emmys as much as I used to be because I'm tired of looking at people who don't look like me. Sherri Shepherd What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round. Jamie Oliver We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they ne...

I've done four other films since 'Submarine,' so that's quite cool. It's just good to

have people respect your work; I've never had that before. Yeah, my life has changed crazy. I'm a kid from a small town in south Wales, I play my Xbox usually and all that sort of stuff, and it's a whole new world. Craig Roberts I can't envisage stopping writing. Antony Beevor We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview. Rebecca Solnit Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands. Zig Ziglar If you're a model, you're paid to be a muse. Lindsey Wixson I love getting paid to ride a horse. Anson Mount The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' Will Smith I don't believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is. Ann Landers The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. George Herbert It is always m...

The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within

10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that it's not going to happen. I'm fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years. David Bowie There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment in which it's being staged; then the audience, the nature of the audience, the quality of the audience. Wole Soyinka Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life. Les Brown Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. William James I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation. Michael Moriarty Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion. Bernice Johnson Reagon I dropped out of school ...

'Downward Spiral' felt like I had an unending bottomless pit of rage and self-loathing inside

me and I had to somehow challenge something or I'd explode. I thought I could get through by putting everything into my music, standing in front of an audience and screaming emotions at them from my guts. Trent Reznor I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me. Lake Bell Having those extra dimensions and therefore many ways the string can vibrate in many different directions turns out to be the key to being able to describe all the particles that we see. Edward Witten But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it. Pat Robertson It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression ...

I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's

meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly of throwing mud until it sticks. One prominent blogger described the elements of a textbook Rovian race as fear-based, smear-based and anything goes. Karl Rove I've watched what happens when a game like 'DragonVale' gets to number one on iOS. Suddenly there's ten other versions of it that hit the store. As a gamer, that bothers me. I don't like those companies. Mitch Lasky Ive done Hay Fever and this one was called Another Time by Ronald Harwood. Jeffrey Jones A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it. Nikki Giovanni I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there for them no matter what. Mickey Rourke All metallics are neutrals. So it i...

When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to

jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die. But, it really is about that shared experience with people. I'm from theater, and that's really what theater feels like. Adam Shankman The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them. Victor Hugo Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness. Stanislav Grof I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson. Anne Stevenson Modeling is not something you excel because you are clever but is based on physical appearance, but then you have to be a businesswoman, like, to keep your longevity. Gelila Bekele People need to heed the message of Chris Christie and get the job done. We don't want the last century, America's century, to be a historical accident. Joseph M. Kyrillos...

During the Obama years, the Republicans have done an unprecedented amount of stonewalling on cabinet-and-below

appointees. I would also argue that their war on judicial nominees has been way beyond what went before. Really, if the president nominated God to serve on the D.C. Court of Appeals, Mitch McConnell would threaten a filibuster. Gail Collins But the idea of taking things and mixing them together is what I do in my music. I take hip-hop, R&B, pop, dance, funk and soul and mix it all together to get my own sound. Jennifer Lopez If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery. Diana Ross Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self. Michel de Montaigne My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it. Slash The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush. David Foster Wallace An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for t...

Economically, many folks don't feel they can afford organic. While this may be true in

some cases, I think more often than not it's a question of priority. I feel it's one of the most important areas of concern ecologically, because the petrochemical giants - DuPont, Monsanto - make huge money by poisoning us. Woody Harrelson Ignoring a child's disrespect is the surest guarantee that it will continue. Fred G. Gosman Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it. Mary Astell The first eight songs we were using someone else's monitors and it is hard to follow the changes when you are jamming if you can't hear those who you are jamming with. John Entwistle My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me. Graham Norton I can cook anything. Daniel Handler When we first started, w...

I loved Disney. 'Fantasia' was my first, favorite Disney movie. And it just kept going.

I loved 'Bambi.' I loved 'Cinderella,' 'Lady and the Tramp' and 'Snow White' and even 'Mary Poppins' which wasn't even fully animated - it was just a little bit animated. They were such a part of my growing up years; I was just very connected to them. Anika Noni Rose Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool. Malcolm Mclaren The general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You'd think the industry was run by a feminist cabal. Hanna Rosin I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted to stay. It was really a great working environment. Caroline Dhavernas The first writers are first and the rest, in the long run, nowhere but in anthologies. Carl Clinton Van Doren It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, beca...

The Broadway audiences are very vocal and seem very engaged. For certain shows, especially with

a show like 'The Heiress,' the audience's reactions sound like 'The Jerry Springer Show' sometimes. That seems to be a very New York thing. Oh, there's also the entrance round of applause here, which we don't get too much in London. Dan Stevens I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used. Kathy Acker The young people today are the 21st century. Martin Scorsese I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth. Michelangelo Antonioni I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right. Lawrence Summers In Hollywood everything is so documented. If you go for a drink with somebody, it's passed around the world so quickly. Catherine Zeta-Jones Only that in you which is me can hear ...

Kids today aren't listening to music audio-only. They're picking up a CD and looking at

the lyric sheet and wondering why the pictures aren't moving around. Who wants to do that? It's like Bam Bam Flintstone hanging with the dinosaurs vs. Elroy Jetson who's flying around space. If I'm a kid, I wanna be kicking it with Elroy. will.i.am My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford to eat chicken just once a year, on Christmas. George Weah There's no wrong way of doing art. It's an expression of the individual. Swizz Beatz I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War. Rosanne Cash Serial killing is not about sex at all, but about power and control and revenge on society. Pat Brown Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician. Victor Pinchuk Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary. Melanie Laurent I held a variety ...

I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the

future of entertainment - how were we going to get films online? While the inspiration for Box didn't come from that experience directly, it was very obvious that bigger businesses had a lot of slow processes and cumbersome technology. Aaron Levie The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply. Will Self A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place. Stanley Weiser The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility. Nicholas Hoult Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even more beautiful. Jock Sturges Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision. John Naisbitt There is a European Central Bank, of course, established and it has the structure similar to the F...

Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance

between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which I think can be too harsh, and what I see as a tendency in the West to be too permissive and indulgent. If I could do it all again, I would, with some adjustments. Amy Chua I believe that God wants us to show respect. Victoria Osteen If you don't have eyebrows, you don't really have a face. Saoirse Ronan I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it. Spike Jonze The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them. Bjorn Ulvaeus It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career. Carlton Fisk In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that. Mary Oliver In running, I can internalize that intensity. I can handle it because it's me...

No one has done a study on this, as far as I can tell, but

I think Facebook might be the first place where a large number of people have come out. We didn't create that - society was generally ready for that. I think this is just part of the general trend that we talked about, about society being more open, and I think that's good. Mark Zuckerberg Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions. Berthold Auerbach Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life. Joyce Meyer You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.' There are still so many combinations that haven't been done yet. Grimes I love traveling. I love just going about on my own, feeling I have no roots. Tom Jenkinson Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next. Henry Ward Beecher I deliberately decided to write a kind of guide to leather bars for straight p...

Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are

the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic we are: that we will never be loved, happy or valuable unless we have the body, the face, the hair, even the personality that will apparently be ours, if only we buy their products. Beth Ditto This guy kept telling us that rock was the big thing, everyone's talking about the big thing, our band was the big thing. So he made us change our name to The Big Thing. Can you believe that?! Terry Kath I spent 11 years at 'The Daily Show,' and I learned everything there about how to write funny, how to write funny on topic. David Javerbaum Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. William Penn Light is everything in photographs and has to be considered in all situations. Catherine Opie I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm terrified that they might end up with someone like me. Antonio Banderas On a s...

It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that

created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated. Jane Goodall I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate. George Murray Exercise is like an old friend: You may not be able to see that friend all the time, but you're not mad when you see them, you're happy, and you get right back into it. Bethenny Frankel There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it. James Weldon Johnson I'd love to design bridal dresses. Lauren Conrad I was four years old when I saw 'Star Wars', and it has been significantly important throughout my entire life. Seth Green You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way. Bruno Mars When I was a kid, I had this idea that I woul...

The guy keeps making speeches about redistribution and maybe we ought to do something to

businesses that don't invest, their holding too much money. We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists. Everybody's afraid of the government and there's no need soft peddling it, it's the truth. It is the truth. Steve Wynn As usual, my timing is bizarrely good. Jamie Oliver My novels tend to come about from a fusion of two big ideas, creating a critical mass that then fissions, throwing off hundreds of other particles, riffs, tropes and characters. Will Self Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself - it is the occurring which is difficult. Stephen Leacock I loved the late Gilda Radner. I love Carol Burnett and Lily Tomlin. Tracey Ullman The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays. Ville Valo I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, ma...

The reaction to 'Aftermath' has been far worse than to 'A Life's Work,' yet I

find I'm perhaps a little less touched by it. In both cases, I've coped artistically by believing the criticisms weren't right. They upset me, but they didn't challenge my understanding of how to write, nor of how morality functions in literature. Rachel Cusk I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person. Lana Parrilla At the end of the day, I think that I'm making music for me as that 12-year-old kid in front of my boombox every day. I try to think about, if I'm that little kid, what would he like? Danny Brown I can't see where there is anywhere left to move. If you don't have a recount it's hard to receive any more votes. Robert Torricelli I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors. Aristotle Onassis I don't know anyone who enjoys going to the hospital. To help remedy this, I got an idea to create what a Laugh Room in the pediatr...

I'm coming into places with some people who just want to hear what I did

before, with some people who want to hear me with a band, but I am just at the moment sticking to my guns and saying, 'You know what? I want you just to hear this for a minute. I want it to be in the context of me and a guitar.' Beth Orton My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end. Noel Gallagher I'm not a big horror movie fan. I am afraid of them; they scare me. Alan Tudyk For a while I was thinking about moving the mouse with my hand. Matt Nagle I've dealt with many challenges in my life, with my family. Sean Faris I think audiences are quite comfortable watching something coming into being. Brian Eno I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison. Jeffrey Archer When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt. Hope Davis Some people are really good at their jobs, some people are really bad. A...

I basically have needed to go to the piano and give voice periodically to, you

know - I'm always afraid to describe it as a kind of therapeutic process, but nevertheless it was a type of unloading that had to occur due to my personal life with my mother's health or just my professional trials and tribulations. Rufus Wainwright Retailing has gone from an information-scarce to an information-rich environment. Erik Brynjolfsson It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic. Johan Huizinga Let me just say, I've seen a pub or two. Don Johnson Despite our differences, I know that both Republicans and Democrats love America. Marco Rubio The purest expression of the doctrine of Liberalism was probably that of Benjamin Constant. Francis Parker Yockey People care about my fame, not me. But that's fine. I have my own life. Josh Hartnett If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce. Jay We...

Well, we don't think for a moment that either the U.S. or Australia are out

to damage the New Zealand economy, but if there were a sustained period in which they had a free-trade agreement and New Zealand didn't have that same arrangement with the States, that could be both trade- and investment-distorting. Helen Clark I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer. Lisa Hannigan I think smart is sexy. I like smart people. People that are comfortable with themselves I think is very sexy. My cat is really sexy. Gina Gershon The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited definition. Issa Rae I am a sufferer of endometriosis. I didn't want any young women to go through what I went through. I thought that people should know about it. Padma Lakshmi If everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world. Michael Schenker I was never a struggling actor, for which I fee...

There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused

to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good. Jude Law I love to cook. But I'm a bit rubbish. I tend to start something and then dip into a book or have a conversation and come back and everything's burnt. Isla Fisher Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism. George W. Romney You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it. Luke Bryan I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity. Werner Herzog I never, ever used my son for publicity. He'll have his say one day if he wants i...

I still run into people in the business who skip over any other credits I

have and say, 'I loved 'Hey, Dude!' This was back in '88, '89, '90. It was a goofy show about kids working at a dude ranch in Arizona. We did 65 episodes; I wrote 13 of them. We didn't know what we were doing, but it was writers' boot camp. It was great. Graham Yost Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists. Jose Mourinho What people don't realize is that China papered over its last two credit bubbles, those in 1999 and 2004. The banks were never bailed out - they just exchanged their bad loans for questionable bonds from quasi-state organizations. James Chanos I don't shop online. I'm always scared to put my credit card on the Internet! Kristin Cavallari Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain. Elizabeth Bowen I've struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me. S...

Probably the reason it's a little hard to break away from the album format completely

is, if you're getting a band together in the studio, it makes financial sense to do more than one song at a time. And it makes more sense, if you're going to all the effort of performing and doing whatever else, if there's a kind of bundle. David Byrne I had 13 weeks off and I would pack up the family and drive to some mountain retreat where we could be together and fish all day. I loved it. I needed it. Perry Como Atheists are pious people. Max Stirner The relationship between a client must be 'we.' Billy Baldwin In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure. Dick Schaap Managers will tell people what to do, whereas leaders will inspire them to do it, and there are a few things that go into the ability to inspire. Jeff Weiner As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person. Madonna Ciccone I definitely want to embra...

No one really knows what I'm really like, and you won't unless you spend a

day with me, or if you're my friend. No one ever knows what anyone is really like. Read all the interviews you want on them, it's just the media talking and you can't really get to know someone that way, obviously. Avril Lavigne Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me. Valerie Simpson I've reached a place with my work where I'm ready to concentrate more on life. Dana Delany Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop for the past 10 years. It's the way we advertise our music to the public for free. Wale The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts. A. E. van Vogt Major organizational changes create uncertainty. Irene Rosenfeld I'm always shocked w...

Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we

all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms. Jon Meacham When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets. Park Chan-wook I always laugh at these rock n'rollers where you can't understand them. Mind you, it's not because they're inaudible or indistinguishable; it's because they're too obscure. Harry Connick, Jr. I am confident Pakistani government will provide me with adequate security, unlike the government at the time that sabotaged my mother's security in Pakistan. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Finally, fighting for gay rights, speaking out in various places and making friends, men and women, was great. George Weinberg There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. ...

I watch reality TV, but unless you have been part of that crew, unless you've

sort of been immersed in that culture in what's happening, unless you have been in that concentrated moment, you wont believe it unless you're there. And with 'Ton of Cash' we just hope that we captured all of the best moments. Dhani Jones If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again. Bill O'Reilly Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead. David Copperfield So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started. Rod Taylor I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language. Loretta Lynn I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships. Tracy Austin Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind. Arthur E...

When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one

really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not. Chris O'Dowd You want to know my real pleasure? Food. I love chocolate. I can't get enough chocolate. I can't help it. But my biggest pleasure of all is exercise. I really get off on exercise. Brian Wilson My half-suppressed Canadian years, my whole childhood and youth, rose like a corpse from the bottom of the sea to confront me. Ross MacDonald I really don't look at myself as just one thing. I'm kind of scattered and like to have my hands in a lot of different projects. It makes me who I am. Jessica Simpson Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Don Miguel Ruiz The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Jus...

I think straight couples have a schedule: You're together for two years and then there's

the 'where is this going?' question, which wouldn't necessarily be good for everyone, but I think it's pretty healthy for relationships, for there to be a presumption that there is a decision to be made. Nick Denton I'd never played a cop before, and this particular role with what she is going thru, especially during the first season, covering her alcoholism to her on the job performance, was a great opportunity for me as an actress. Nancy McKeon I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn't find my way into the fictional world... When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts. David Guterson I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video. ASAP Rocky Oh, she didn't schlep me. I schlepped her, actually. I was the one who wanted to be an actress. Ellen Muth Wanting something is not enough. You must h...

We're losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person's mood, to

read their body language, how to be patient until the moment is right to make or press a point. Too much exclusive use of electronic information dehumanises what is a very, very important part of community life and living together. Vincent Nichols I feel like when I went back to my original hair color, a little bit of an edgier side came out. Ashley Tisdale The phrase 'work/life balance' encapsulates a depressing outlook. Tom Hodgkinson I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird. Paul McCartney I'm encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations. Sugata Mitra You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip. James M. Barrie But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was ju...

And what could be a hotter ticket than the improbable triumph of 'The Book of

Mormon,' the musical-comedy moon shot of the season? Its creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, of Comedy Central's 'South Park,' are the most unlikely Rodgers and Hammerstein team ever to bowl a thundering strike. James Wolcott I do jokes about what's funny, and both sides are funny. Mark Russell I'm definitely one of those chicks who want to be in a relationship. I need somebody who can make me laugh and entertain me. Aly Michalka When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do. Grace Slick I just saw Jensen the other day. They are gonna be in the States at the same time when we are doing the tour, Se we'll see if we are going to see somewhere. Kerry King I'm living the dream. David Petraeus Well, we can't all be Terry Bradshaw. Tony Romo The first time I met Michael, we saw each other on a TV show. Rick Dees Everyone responds to kindness. Richard Gere Like most people, ...

If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that

Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I've always been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true. Yohan Blake When people don't like the film, I can take a bullet. I don't mind you talking about me, but I'm protective of my actors, because they bared their soul for me. Lee Daniels I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being the 'party girl'. I hate that. I bust my ass when I'm filming and when I have time off, yeah, I like to go out and dance. Lindsay Lohan Spin Me Round was number one all over the world, everywhere. It changed the face of pop music, no question. We took technology further than Trevor Horn. Pete Waterman The crowd do...

Obviously, my life and my job in 2010 is very different from Peggy's experience in

the 1960s. I exist in a world that enjoys more equality between men and women. But I don't take any of that into my performance. I just want to play the character as who she is as an individual - scene to scene. Elisabeth Moss You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances that are available today - so from that standpoint, playing with a cast on my arm was a fortunate event in my life. Bob Cousy I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated. Anna Deavere Smith Forty is brilliant and I love it. I'm happier now than when I was 20. Richard Hammond The thing is, I wasn't surrounded by lots of people who were helping me build a career. Annabella Sciorra Eddie Izzard is absolutely brilliant. I would love to write something for him. Bruce Vilanch You're not too smart, a...

If one accepts Hezbollah's self-description as a resistance movement, in which case one must, in

light of the fact that Hezbollah never ceases to provoke, view Israel's mere existence as a continuing act of aggression, then Hezbollah has indeed shown that it can initiate conflict, resist, and survive. Mark Helprin In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only as good as the compromise made between the artists involved. Viggo Mortensen The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with. Ellie Goulding The fans of 'The Hunger Games,' of the book, are very passionate. It's funny: Even at my concerts there are people holding up 'Cinna' signs. Lenny Kravitz If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG. Bill Gates Strong brows give me character. Diane Kruger There is no more important value than upholding the right to life in all circumstances. Sean Brady Maybe they say they ...

In the mid-1980s to the early 1990s I was writing songs not because I particularly

liked what I was doing, but because I was desperately trying to get back into the charts. I really didn't enjoy it. I didn't like the music I was making, I wasn't proud of it, like I have been before or since. Gary Numan I tried to make every bit of it as creepy as I could. And I had the same response you do. I feel the same way. The hospital scenes, that procedure was so real. William Peter Blatty I've been a fan of Metallica and friends with those guys for a long time and that was just great - half Alice In Chains and half Metallica playing together. Jerry Cantrell I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business. Dick Van Dyke I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world. Linda Evangelista Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs. Jeff Lindsay I am proud...

The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of

treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style. Terry Pratchett I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders. Tyra Banks Folk musicians have a lot of the same self-importance, but they're way more cruel and jealous than rock musicians - I know this for a fact because I used to be a folk musician. Christopher Guest I just didn't want to admit that he was dead. Lindy Boggs Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism. Jonathan Mayhew I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this...

But you really - I always think that a director has got to adapt to

whatever the needs of the actor are. You know, so if you take someone like Eddie Murphy, who is not a big fan of rehearsal. You know he comes out of stand-up. He comes - it's all about capturing the moment - in the moment, you know. Bill Condon The science fiction world has a lot of people doing seriously imaginative thinking. Paul Krugman I like to feel sexy. I know my husband thinks I'm sexy. I think he is too. But I don't go out half-naked with 'sex' written across my back. Catherine Zeta-Jones The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably is going to be just like today, for the most part. Kevin Kelly I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics. Im Dong-Hyun In fact, there are more homeowners today than ever before in the history of our Nation and more minority homeowners than ever before in the history of...

I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should

play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way. Francis Ford Coppola When I need to think of, like, a peaceful scene or something, I think of my back garden in summertime. And whenever I hear the lawnmower next door, I always think it's really peaceful. Ed Westwick Everyone in the gay community doesn't think alike. Ang Lee Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as they age grow ever broader, the answers are seen to be more limited. George Wald Kids can make fun of you for having the wrong shoelaces: that's just kids. But I don't think I had any trouble making friends. Mark Ronson The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love. Theodor Reik I am still working with music, but Gordon and I n...

I know I have this level of celebrity, of fame, international, national, whatever you want

to call it, but it's a pretty surreal thing to think sometimes that you're in the middle of another famous person's life and you think to yourself, 'How the hell did I get famous? What is this some weird club that we're in?' Kevin Costner For years, it's driven me crazy that women don't have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but I always felt... misogynist streak is too strong a term - but a dismissiveness. Paul Feig I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff. Robert Orben Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don't remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic. Frank Bruno If you're religious, it gives you a perspective. Martha Beck I think almost every political ...

I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it

was the easiest audition I've ever had. I got the script on Friday, went to the audition on Monday and got the part on Tuesday. I was shooting the pilot a week later. I didn't have time to be nervous - it happened so quickly. Wentworth Miller I don't like the term 'ensemble.' It's bland to me. Lorenzo di Bonaventura The economy is a very sensitive organism. Hjalmar Schacht I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There's regular people there. Drew Carey Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. Aristophanes To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying. John McEnroe People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system. Max Hastings Our economy is creating jobs and giving businesses the conditions they need to invest and succeed. Dennis Hastert Of course I regret not having been able to...

Here in Israel, we want the boys back home, we demand it from our government,

who often pay a steep price to get hostages back. But we need a happy ending. We don't want to deal with those days after release, their post-trauma or reintroduction to society. Yet coming home is only the start of their journey. Gideon Raff I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time. Mireille Guiliano The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large. Martin Van Buren I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left. Vivienne Westwood You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. Ken Thompson I was probably cool around the end of 2002. Martin Freeman In football, you can always maim a person if you wanted to. Lawrence Taylor Reese Witherspoon is my ...

I remember when we first bought Teleflora, I made a very expensive mistake when I

produced a brochure with the slogan, 'The way America sends love.' The bouquets and prices I pictured could not be duplicated by the florist - they were too expensive. I had relied on people I thought were in touch with the marketplace. Lynda Resnick You're always being cast for what you've been in last. Christoph Waltz And perfect happiness? Man, that's a... the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm. Jamie Foxx I don't know what I am. Morrissey You don't have to turn on the TV set. You don't have to work on the Internet. It's up to you. Ray Bradbury My view on candidates on money is unless it's proven that the donor stole the money, the campaign keeps the money. David Frum I'm the luckiest broad on two feet, I'll tell you that. They say once a woman passes 40 she doesn't get any good parts, so I'm blessed. Betty White In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful o...

Obama and the Democrats are not focused on the moderates. They're focused on getting their

base out, and they're trying to expand that base by forming sympathetic, empathetic alliances with the downtrodden, and there are a lot of downtrodden because Obama has made them that way via his policies. Rush Limbaugh My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings. Joe Eszterhas I wasn't sure if I wanted to put that out there so blatantly, so that before you listen to me you know that I'm Asian. But I thought it was sort of cool to embrace the Korean half of me, which I love. Priscilla Ahn I don't think my parents know what I do. John Malkovich Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers. Charles Eastman I like to act with people that know what they're doing. Ed Harris I always have a lot of personal g...

The less lines, the better. I am the silent film actor, but not in a

slapstick sort of way. Film is an image-based medium, so whatever you can say without the words is far more provocative and punctuating. If the lines are not funny or if they don't advance the story, sometimes it's hard. I hate talk in movies. Callum Keith Rennie The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing. Emma Bonino I didn't know who was on the team, but I saw every eye as I walked down the aisle. It looked like a thousand eyes were staring right at me saying, 'Who is this young punk?' I just kept my eyes straight ahead. Al Kaline Taking B12 is the price of getting to be vegan, the way wearing a helmet is the price of getting to ride a motorcycle and giving up alcohol for nine months is the price of getting to have a baby. Victoria Moran Having people I love around me - friends and family - is great, but I don't necessarily need a relationship. Olga Kurylenko Characters are an extreme form in Shakespeare's theater. Michael Tippett Ideas a...

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