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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 pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided

that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause. Bertrand Russell You don't go to your 9 to 5 and share every story with your coworkers, and in the same way, not every YouTuber shares every story with their audience. Tyler Oakley You might have noticed Harry Reid is a little upset with Americans for Prosperity. Let me tell you, when the Democrat leader is complaining about you on the Senate floor, you know you are doing something right. Marsha Blackburn It's such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you don't want to be bourgeois, but you want to be successful. You want to be accepted, but you also want to be going against the grain. You want to be on the outside, but you want to be on the inside. Dan Colen Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono. I mean it's ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much. A...
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When you're writing, you're only a brain and some fingers, but drumming, you're involving all

four limbs, and you're hearing stuff and you're converting your ideas into physical motions, getting physical feedback from things you are touching - it's pretty cool. It's a really a nice contrast to writing. Michael Azerrad The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches. Tony Kushner If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship. Grimes As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year. Matthew Macfadyen On Wall Street, fraudulent schemes tend to thrive during economic booms, and to blow up when times turn tough. James Surowiecki I want a guy who can clean my gutters and kill my spiders - who's simple yet layered. Kelli Garner Politics is the art of controlling your environment. Hunter S. Thomps...
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A 5-acre school each in Noida and Gurgaon is what we have; it costs Rs.

50 crore to buy the land and another Rs. 50 crore to build the property. That's the capital cost alone.Shiv Nadar What is it like to get in someone's head and hunt them from inside their eyes? That's so freaky to me.Brian J. Smith I fell in love with L.A. To me, it is the most quintessentially American city.Jeremy Scott I don't understand how those old bands did it. We worked out early on that if we did three gigs in a row and went out afterwards, we'd lose our voices. We know our limits.Winston Marshall Coos Bay is a sports-minded town. You had to be an athlete to be somebody.Steve Prefontaine When I was in desperate trouble for maybe eight or nine years, I went to a neuropsychiatrist.Gene Wilder The digitisation of money, the rapid expansion of internet access and, of course, the adoption of mobile phones have created the perfect conditions to make it easier, secure, and affordable to save, spend, give, and borrow.Dan Schulman Playing football...
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When 'The Dark Side of the Moon' was a new album in 1973, a friend

of mine walked into my room where I was working with a copy in his hand and said, 'You really have to do a play about this album.' Tom Stoppard I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth. Linus Roache I think 'lunch' is one of the funniest words in the world. Stephen Sondheim Because there's no structural barrier to joining 4chan, the community is really dynamic; for every five people that leave, five new people join, bringing their perspective and culture. A lot of other communities get set in their ways. Christopher Poole Money has never been my drive. I have never seen the shortage of money in my life, so for me, I don't want to buy a silk pillow or a private jet... My drive is to achieve more than what my grandfather achieved; my drive is to make a name for myself, get rid of this 'star son' tag that has been attached to me. Ranbir Kapoor I used to work as a volu...
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For Russians, to whom Pushkin's poem 'Eugene Onegin' is sacred text, the ballet's

story and personae are as familiar and filled with meaning as, for instance, 'Romeo' and 'Hamlet' are for us. Russians know whole stretches of it by heart, the way we know Shakespeare and Italians know Dante. Robert Gottlieb I can't even imagine life without music! Manika There's a bookstore in New York where you could buy scripts, and I got addicted to them because they were easy, quick reads... and the pictures were so vivid. Robbie Robertson I've spent my whole life in airports. I don't come home but every two and a half months, which is pretty crazy. Alison Mosshart I grew up as an athlete doing judo, so I didn't really have a conventional, feminine body type. Ronda Rousey People tend to comment on my feet a lot. In daily life. Toks Olagundoye I do try to stay open and stay as present as you can be. Rhea Seehorn I like being an editor, and I know how to make a magazine. Roberto Civita When I was growing up, Forest Park was...
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Go out and find a copy of 'The Shrinking Of Treehorn' and its sequel, 'Treehorn's

Treasure.' Written by Florence Parry Heide and illustrated by the great Edward Gorey, master of the gothic and the macabre, these books are small masterpieces. Chris Riddell When I set up my first restaurant, I was so inspired by Wolfgang Puck, who is also based in L.A. and is now a good friend of mine, and the way he would engage with his customers and greet them personally. Nobu Matsuhisa A perfect weekend in London has to start on Friday night, by going to the theatre, the Donmar or the National. It's a cliche for an actor, but I enjoy going as much as possible. Helen McCrory I suppose most crime writing is urban. There's not a lot... certainly not in Australia, people don't often set books in the countryside. Peter Temple 'Revolutionary Road' is a fascinating study of the human condition of a fragmenting marriage and the torment that these two people put themselves through in their efforts to try and find happiness and try and stay together, actu...
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our

country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her. Kangana Ranaut I start from one point and go as far as possible. But, unfortunately, I never lose my way. I 'localize,' which is to say that I think always in a given space. I rarely think of the whole of a solo, and only very briefly. I always return to the small part of the solo that I was in the process of playing. John Coltrane I like the Open Window Fresh WetJet scent; it smells pretty good as you are using it. I like fresh and clean smells, so it makes sense that I would also be partnered with Swiffer because that is what they are all about: making your house all fresh and clean. Eric Stonestreet The good news is that I've already outlived two Brontes, Keats, and Stephen Crane. The bad news is that I haven't written anything. Paul Kalanithi I...
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The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class

stories. The film industry has been slow to wake up to that, for a variety of reasons. It still shocks me how few films are written or made in England about working-class life, given that those are the people who go to movies. Stephen Daldry This is a very screwed-up business. Record labels don't sign a lot of bands these days. We just want to find a home and stay there and make records and do our thing and not have to look over our shoulder. Andy Taylor I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out. Christopher Eccleston I vote and I do jury duty. Christopher Hitchens It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say. Henry Fonda I no longer care about the financial system. I gave them my roadmap. OK? Thanks, bye. I've no idea what's going on. I'm disconnected. I'm totally disengaged. Nassim Nicholas Taleb In 10 years, I'd lo...
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I have a great liking for the Chamba folk music, which depicts the beauty of

women and the mountains with a touch of Indian classical music. Mohit Chauhan I think in any profession, in general, you always imagine yourself at the top of it. And I'm not trying to say I'm at the top of my profession, but I've seen what the top people do and what the top people live like. And that's definitely something I want to be a part of. Jacob Batalon On the artist side, we made a significant investment in very young artists from the very beginning of their careers and helped them become global superstars. Troy Carter I'm addicted to 'Game Of Thrones.' Melvyn Bragg Congress created Fannie Mae in 1938 and Freddie Mac in 1970. For many years, these institutions prudently pursued their core mission of enhancing the availability of credit for housing. Jerome Powell I'm a very ambitious person. I've been like this from a very young age. As early as 12 years old, I used to have panic attacks because I needed to know my life plan. ...
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When I was four or five years old, my grandfather showed me how to build

things, paint, saw. Through years of fixing bikes, repairing lawn mowers, I learned how things work. Tony Fadell I believe if religion brings you to a sense of peace, that's beautiful. But I also believe if religion's not your thing, that's fine, too, just so long as you're a good person and you find that one thing that leads you to peace and teaches you to have harmony with yourself and other people around you. Michelle Phan A common criticism of establishment journalists entails comparing them to stenographers, on the ground that most of them do little more than mindlessly write down and uncritically repeat what government officials say. Glenn Greenwald Women account for about 70% of Africa's food production and manage a large proportion of small enterprises. They are also increasingly represented in legislative and executive leadership positions. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala I used to go around the country performing. I was in my 20s; I had no fear. But then I...
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