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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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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds

which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential. H. P. Lovecraft I got scars on my face that tell some kind of story. I'm looking in the mirror, and I got one scar that's really two scars - half from a baseball bat and half from playing football in college. I'll tell you, though, after a while, your face gets so wrinkled up you can hardly see them. Kris Kristofferson One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas. Benigno Aquino III Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting. Aaron Ashmore Knowing that my ancestry had all been quite wealthy and owned their own businesses probably left me with the ambition to replicate what they'd done. John Caudwell I designed the miniskirt that caused so much havoc in the ...
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If Sunday is the Lord's day, then Saturday belongs to the Devil. It is the

only night of the week when he gives out Free passes to the Late show at the Too Much Fun Club. Hunter S. Thompson Pantera revolutionized the sound and the approach to heavy metal. It's been regurgitated. Once you up the production on a product and not just the playing but the actual production, then it's going to up the ante. Phil Anselmo I've been truly blessed. I've been a fly on the wall of history. I've been just so many lucky places just by chance and serendipity, and obviously a huge portion of that serendipity had to do with my relationship with the real president, Ronald Reagan. Arthur Laffer Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy. This art requires an appreciation of semi-consciousness: the beautiful and necessary prelude to sleep - a special pleasure in itself that is all too often neglected, under-valued or looked down upon. Michael Leunig I personally am very active with the women's prison associati...
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When you find a song that you love, you just have to do it -

why would I try to match it? When I wrote more of the songs in the '90s - 'Nick of Time' and other songs I was surprised I came up with - it was because nobody else was saying what I wanted to say. Bonnie Raitt When journalists and politicians speak of a dwindling middle class that's under economic assault and a poor community that's getting bigger, they're talking about Ferguson. Independent of the racial demographics and dynamics of Ferguson, Missouri, there's a 'Ferguson' near you. Jesse Jackson It's become impossible to enjoy most quality television shows because the hurt or endangered women device is so frequently used. Jessica Valenti I was 65 in May, and when I have just shaved, I see my father. I realise that I now have the same facial idiosyncrasies he had: little twitches here and there, mouth and nose movements, even the way he would tilt his head. Rick Wakeman It's how the '70s were for movies, the 2000s are for TV...
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I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of

my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an inedible, glutinous pudding served in containers we called 'coffins.' As a vegetarian, I had a lump of loathsome cheese and some bread. Robert Winston As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All of a sudden, something said to me, 'Put something like that on a record, and it will be the biggest thing.' I didn't even know you called it rap. Sylvia Robinson A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being. John Drinkwater While there have been terrific advances in the state of technology around heuristics, behavior blocking, and things like that, technology is only a part of the approach to solving the problem with the more important aspec...
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When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I

talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a real fan - because I am proud to be one. Indra Nooyi Abandoned homes are everyone's problem, afflicting communities all over the state. Eric Schneiderman I know how to deal with jet lag, and I know just how much rest I need and when I need to take naps. When you walk on stage, you need your brain working at its highest and most fully-functioning, so it's not always easy, but I sort of figure it out. Joshua Bell It's all about being comfortable, being easy and having you be able to wear something and not having it wear you. It's classic. Every time I've tried to be bold and crazy, I feel like a Japanese animated cartoon character. Jennifer Aniston Silverstone is challenging, but it has a good feel. It's one of the quickest tracks of the year, with legendary corners like the...
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I remember someone saying to my mom that it must be so glamorous to have

a child acting in movies. They had no idea how hard it was for her. Douglas Booth The No. 1 thing is the product. The goods have to be good, but I care about how you feel about it. Mickey Drexler I'm much more interested in lesser-known eccentrics and characters and performers. Like Matthew Buchinger, who was born in Germany in 1674, had no arms or legs and yet did magic, and had 14 kids, and made the most extraordinary calligraphy. Ricky Jay A career for me is something like building a bridge. You know, where to put the lifts. You have a plan. I have a blueprint for each film, but not for my life. Claire Denis I'm terribly nostalgic, but I'm with the Elizabethans who thought nostalgia was a disease. It's a dangerous place to be because you can get caught up in it. Mark Gatiss I deal with the human psychology and evil. They are my twin issues. Greg Iles I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath t...
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I remember, at MIT, we had to write an essay about something mathematical that you do

 in your extra time. I basically wrote about how dance, to me, was geometry: it was all shapes. Payal Kadakia I know everything that I do is going to be more powerful and touch more people in a positive way than if I go out there and cause havoc. Trevor Jackson I think I've had an illustrious career. Paul Pierce For me, it's always the same: worrying about how I can get better, the techniques I can do. Robbie Lawler Jean Thompson's short-story collection 'Who Do You Love' is a beautiful book, but a hell of a sad one. Jeff Giles You know what's funny? There's times when you catch a ball and really didn't even see that ball. You're like, 'That couldn't have been all me.' Calvin Johnson I wasn't a fanboy of horror. I didn't grow up on horror movies. I grew up loving all movies. I still love all movies, but I particularly love scary movies - as much for the culture around them as the movies themselves. Jason Blum I always sang in scho...
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The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart

credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power. Major Owens Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared. Dennis Prager The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it. Alphonso Jackson Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not. John Kenneth Galbraith Everything in this world has a hidden meaning. Nikos Kazantzakis I never really did any disco dancing. Barry Gibb Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful. Jerry Cantrell
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The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities?

Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer. David Guterson I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a sport is clean. If one in 100 players is doping, in my eyes that isn't a clean sport. Andy Murray Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it. Jeff Tweedy Veterans are driven by the same frustrations that the public has with what is happening in Washington... the fiscal irresponsibility and the financial crisis that our country is facing. Pete Hegseth Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity. Jose Saramago Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, ...
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You remember France, it's the country that financed the American Revolution... OK, it was in

their self-interest, but still, they made it happen. Let's face it: without the French, there would be no America... in other words, without them, there is no us. Richard Belzer I do recall at one point being part of WWE and other guys taking the risk of stepping away, and a lot of guys don't do it because of the fear that it's not going to be the same. Rey Mysterio People didn't know where they could trade. When everybody owes each other IOUs that can be in multiple places at once, that's how the system couldn't tell any more who owned what and who owed what to whom. Blockchain could have prevented 2008. Patrick M. Byrne I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism. Rupert Friend I think that when I was first starting out, even after I was on 'Gilmore Girls,' when things were going pretty well, I was constantly focused on what's next, how can my...
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