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Many of my works fall into the category of 'Zeitgeist novels'. Yet

I hope that they aren't only reportage, but also attempts to convey the sense of the present to the future. Will Self It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one. Alan Rudolph From a personal standpoint, playing someone judged negatively by her friends is not difficult. Darby Stanchfield My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants. Martin Lewis Perl All of my characters have a glint of madness. Nicolas Cage Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content. Mason Cooley I'm just a simple country girl. Dolly Parton My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. Ben Harper No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud. Bernard Ebbers I like writing historical fiction. Philippa Gregory
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I just put myself in a hotel and was smoking coke for a while. Then

I met up with the wrong people. I ended up getting in a hassle. I had to call the police and get myself arrested or get attacked, ripped off and got to jail. So I called the cops on them and myself. Marc Wallice I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me. Elizabeth Gilbert I have very simple ambitions. If I can just not be boring, I'm ahead of the game. It's hard in television. I think you get enormous reward from the audience. Just give them something they didn't see coming, and you get enormous points. David Nevins Do all you can to make your dreams come true. Joel Osteen I just planted the family vegetables yesterday. You name it, I grow it. Steve Zahn Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry. Georges Braque Stay small and control it yourself. Bruce Oldfield I don't go see big, silly movies. I like small things about regular folks, you know? Bobb...
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Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck

for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school. Marilyn vos Savant I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out, you have given other people the power to hurt you by exposing you. Ayelet Waldman KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask. Carlos Santana Great necessities call out great virtues. Abigail Adams Critics called me 'egregious' - I had to look that one up - and 'creepy', but now I don't read them, I weigh them. Craig Charles I prepared for the part by drinking, but I was sober when I was performing. Nora Dunn My cell phone is my best friend. It's my lifeline to the outside world. Carrie Underwood We recognize the need to adapt to a changing competitive environment. Sumner Redstone For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed. David Mitchell What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas,...
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I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from

the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way. Anne Rice I was always handsome under all the fat. Robert Iler But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in classic musical form. James Weldon Johnson I'm a human being before anything else. Freida Pinto You don't make solo albums to have hits. Ron Wood We are all naturally xenophobic. Jim Harrison How can you stop writing? Tony Hillerman Love is not in our choice but in our fate. John Dryden Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there. Woody Allen I like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one. David LaChapelle
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What I like about the 'Underworld' thing is that it's a mix of cool genres,

as well as creating its own message. Theo James To do so, we are creating a Fairness for Switzerland Committee that will not only disseminate some of the facts, but also protect a relationship that is important to all of us in North America. Peter Munk My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me. Venus Williams I sometimes feel that we are losing an intuitive sense of our own bodies. Toyo Ito When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent. George Henry Lewes I like to stay in the moment. Shaun White It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry. ASAP Rocky The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range. Mark Boal Do noble things, not dream them all day long. Charles Kingsl...
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Sometimes I feel like there are people just waiting for me to fall. The funny

thing is, I can't give them anything. I have just never been a partier, even in school. Jordin Sparks Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists. Otto Schily I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language. Patti Stanger Usually I spend my holidays with my family. Mike Shinoda I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. I'd go out with a board under my arm and think, 'I can't do that in Cranhill.' Billy Boyd Working with special needs children is hard. Laura Linney I pitched and I played the outfield. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at. Dan O'Brien I came from a communist country where there are no luxury cars. Robert Herjavec Folks, this is perf...
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The blues style - moody or rollicking or boastful or bashful - developed in the

Delta around 1900 and was, for a time, exclusively African-American. That isn't the case anymore. Tim Cahill You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you. Oscar De La Hoya I don't spend much time listening to the records when they're done. Usually I let go of it. Especially in the Eighties and Nineties - they were like product, almost. Joe Perry The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire. Kiri Te Kanawa The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces. Howard Staunton Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan. Jack Black I like being misunderstood. Lil Wayne Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability. Jose Manuel Barroso What you had at the time was a dictatorship with ...
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As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult

to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise - security, quality and worms. Ben Horowitz We worked personally with a lot of great VCs. They just work incredibly hard at supporting entrepreneurs and their companies. Marc Andreessen I had studied violin from age 7 to 14. Amar Bose The joke or the pratfall is easy for me to do. Sandra Bullock I don't think I'm particularly sexual, no more than anyone else, though I am very creative. Rhona Mitra I've found great solace in finally taking care of myself and others. Nile Rodgers I really like children to watch my movies. Jackie Chan I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it. Stefan Edberg America does not like people being not nice to dogs. Rob James-Collier I feel like every project I've ever done has had music involved in it somehow. Ashley Tisdale
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When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust

you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves. Preston Manning You know in 1982, the year we came in tied for 3rd, we probably had a better team - I mean as far as talent. When we came back the following year and won it, our pitching staff was a little more experienced and it was such a thrill. Roger Clemens All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater. Jesse Tyler Ferguson We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet. Krist Novoselic I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done. Mick Jagger I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it. Mariano Rivera There are two languages: one as things seem to us and the other of knowledge. Yehuda Amichai People always seem to see echoes of their ow...
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Somebody says, 'Do a Tom Bodett, a folksy kind of thing,' and it sounds like

something out of 'Hee Haw,' very insulting. They turn wry humor into disparaging sarcasm, and you get what amounts to insulting advertising. Tom Bodett Before I was known, I would go on stage and pretend I was other people. Once I pretended I was mentally handicapped. It was really wrong. One time I was a bad magician. And one time I pretended I was a Christian comic. Andy Dick I think when it comes to pop I'm past the point of curiosity. I admit to a full-on obsession with it, and I think it's getting worse, actually. Carly Rae Jepsen Nothing outside of my child is important. Sarah McLachlan I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything. Elizabeth I I feel the most pulled together when I'm going for the tomboyish thing. Julie Bowen Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. Carrie Fisher I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear. Bibhu Mohapatra...
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The vast majority of debt that Anglo maintains is owed is strenuously disputed. However, I

cannot now pay those loans which are due, following Anglo taking control of the Quinn Group of companies, which I and a loyal team spent a lifetime building. Sean Quinn For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love. George Eliot I'm forming a charitable institution for education. Amar Bose I'm happy with what I've achieved. Sofia Vergara I feel very fortunate that I played for the four organizations I did. Nolan Ryan I got everybody on my side through comedy. Ruth Buzzi I wore dresses all the time. I like to wear dresses. Willard Scott All I can say is that I'm getting married in the future. I've narrowed it down to that. Tiger Woods Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time. Elaine Stritch Prom was awesome. I had such a great time at prom. AnnaSophia Robb
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The calls that I have received from President Bush and Vice President

Cheney, the fact that there are other people that are suffering every bit as much as I am, and that our whole nation is going through a tragedy together, I think we have to think about those things. Ted Olson In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene. Steve Buscemi Thousands across America are glued to their web cast to hear this. And actually, I've never met one human being who said that they had seen one of those. Spencer Abraham When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes! Ken Hensley I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later. Susan George Someti...
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We can't fool ourselves that they will ever be enough to overthrow Capitalism. If we're

serious about that we need to organise ourselves in our workplaces and communities, making the links with other workers internationally. John Blair I'll never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him aren't so painful any more-not so raw or so new. Robin Gibb When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything. Cindy Sheehan We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people. Thad Cochran I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission. Tom Hayden Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease. John Witherspoon ...
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I was a Scout years ago, before the movement started, when my father took me

fishing, camping and hunting. Then I was sorry that more girls could not have what I had. When I learned of the movement, I thought, here is what I always wanted other girls to have. Lou Henry Hoover I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given, the possibility to be a student working in the world. Anthony Braxton You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. James A. Baldwin It now becomes clear why the Bush Administration has been vigorously opposing congressional hearings. The Bush Administration has been engaged in a conspiracy of silence. Cynthia McKinney I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater. John Hughes Just what you want to be, y...
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The idea of physical strain and discipline, the question of how and when you leave

that life behind - they're things I'm familiar with on one level or another. Katie Kitamura In politics, you've got to have a fallback in our line of work because your career can be over in an instant. Not that I would make much money playing a harmonica. Tim Kaine I get a stack of scripts, like, once a month, and most of the time, you find these placeholder girls that are there to provide a bounce for the male character. So we know he's funny because she's serious and she's mad at him. We know he's strong because she needs saving. So really, her job is to validate this personality trait of our hero or male. Amber Heard Germans have an understanding of history and cannot allow themselves to forget it. It may be a curse, but in some ways, it's a blessing. It makes them cautious. Simon Rattle If the angel Gabriel came to me and said, 'Look, I'm willing to take your soul now and give it back to you at any period of time in the history of...
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If you... scaled down human beings, scaled down society, if you land with a group

of little boys, they are more like a scaled-down version of society than a group of little girls would be. William Golding I've been performing since I was a child; my mother would have to pull me aside and tell me that I wasn't onstage. I was a cheerleader, president of choir, and in the school play. Aja Naomi King I am a very strong supporter of our government's view that it is important to engage with all countries around the world - very much including Russia. Chrystia Freeland I was wrapping up my stint on 'Daredevil' co-writing with Andy Diggle during the Shadowland story, when Marvel asked if I was interested in doing something else with DD but a bit different. When they explained the purpose of the 'Season One' books, I was intrigued - I'm a big advocate of books for people new to the medium - and said yes. Antony Johnston Spike Lee gave me the greatest reaction to the fact that I was this athlete-meets-artist, because I think he saw ...
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The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who

have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs. Freeman Dyson I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh. Norman Wisdom I am proud to be an American, and proud that such beliefs are at the core of our country and its citizens. John Linder I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. Christopher Hitchens I think it's not inaccurate to say that I had a perfectly happy childhood during which I was very unhappy. Joss Whedon People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people you want to disappoint. Joel Coen I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music. Chuck Mangione Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take ...
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I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly

would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology. Major Owens The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment. Daniel Bell I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum. Anita Baker I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics. George Crumb An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame. Bo Bennett HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask fo...
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A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the

need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood. Leo Rosten I can't discriminate? Oh, that's ripe, coming from a straight white man. What's the matter, baby doesn't feel like he belongs? Well why don't you try a place that was set up just for you? Like the world! Lea DeLaria First of all, we were never not speaking. It's gotten so blown out of proportion. It was a very straightforward difference of opinion. I think because we were so private and refused to talk about it, these stories just got out of control. Julie Nixon Eisenhower My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again! Ben Elton It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors. Sam Levenson On gym days, I don't get to my de...
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It was really great to also see the response that people were having to 'Treme'

'cause you're in a vacuum when you're on a TV show. You see the response online, you read about it and all of that, but actually to be live and have that many thousands of fans come out, it's really wonderful. Wendell Pierce I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part. Eric Bana I only watch MSNBC for the news. Andre Leon Talley I married my wife because I love her and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. Michael Schiavo In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away. Tahar Ben Jelloun If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind. Robert Anton Wilson The individual who signs the check has the ultimate power. Jerry Rubin You've got to make it a good example for those kids regardless of how much you mess up. Fantasia Barrino Anything to do with the land, I love. Chris LeDoux ...
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It's not a country of articulate people, sophisticated people. There's too little subtlety. Men and

women don't enjoy each other very much in Australia. I don't find very many men sexy in Australia. Of course, I'm married and out of it, but still. Judy Davis We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering that message to our international trading partners. Mike Johanns Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God. John Hines You know, this is a business where only 15% make a living wage and only 9% of those are women. But I figured somebody has to be that 15%, somebody's got to be one of those women. Marcia Wallace Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures. Paul D. Boyer The dread of criticism is the death of genius. William Gilmore Simms A mask...
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