by boundaries of age, genre or demographics. I am thrilled with how well this album has been received by people from all walks of life. It is truly living up to the vision we had when we created it. Lionel Richie Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the Universe unfold in front of you in a matter of moments and you will emerge into another space-time created by the singularity of the black hole you just fell into? Neil deGrasse Tyson And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong Kong for another year and a half, interviewing people coming out of China, both Westerners and Chinese. And that was my first real research study on thought reform or so-called brainwashing. Robert Jay Lifton It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. William Makepeace Thackeray There is no good scientific reason to bring back an extinct species. Why would one bring them back? To put them in a t...

see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains. Anna Neagle This is a big deal. My wife and I sat in our home and we watched those young men get slaughtered on the streets of Mogadishu in the absence of a plan. It broke our heart. Dick Armey Consumers are going to have get used to eating less meat - to paying more for better quality meat and eating significantly less of it. Jonathan Safran Foer I have very few friends. I'm an associate of everybody and friend of none. LisaRaye McCoy-Misick So much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it. Trey Parker Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse. Robert Mugabe I'm just fascinated by visiting actual castles in the countryside. Lily Collins People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. Robert Cecil You owe it to yourself to live beautif...

wild, and its all because of the predator: the lion, the tiger, the leopard, all the cats. Tippi Hedren I love horror movies because they're really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions. Margot Kidder I love to ride horses, hike in the woods with Juliette and appraise Longhorns. Janine Turner As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad. Lena Horne When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have. Philip Seymour Hoffman Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film. Jessica Hagedorn Misfortune was my god. Arthur Rimbaud Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly. Jack Horner In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be. Huston Smith Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. Thomas Huxley

left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves. T-Pain I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble. Kristin Scott Thomas I want to do stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, 'There's nothing like live theater, blah blah,' but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great. Anna Kendrick When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly. John Avlon I'm feminine, but I wouldn't say that I'm girly in any way at all. Victoria Beckham I have no desire to coach basketball. Kevin Johnson 'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship. Thomas Fuller I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book. Stephen Fry For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent. Joan Jett I especially love French, Italia...

be occurring because the UK is cutting its deficit too far and too fast. John Redwood There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag. Adrian Edmondson It just is nothing foreign to consciousness at all that could present itself to consciousness through the mediation of phenomena different from the liking itself; to like is intrinsically to be conscious. Edmund Husserl George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip. Ed Rendell I love Alton Brown's show 'Good Eats,' about the chemistry of food. It's really thoughtful. Ina Garten Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide. Bianca Jagger I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance. Lexa Doig The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet. Fred ...

expectation that the global economy and the Polish economy as a consequence could slow down dramatically. Marek Belka I'll be too old to face a difficult championship as the one in America will surely be. Diego Maradona And, frankly, what happens out of Washington is, it creates a wind in my face, uncertainty over Obamacare, uncertainty over their tax policy, uncertainty over the regulatory policy. John Kasich Your traditions change from when you are child to when you become an adult. Katharine McPhee Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress. Sarah Polley I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid. Micky Dolenz They say the camera never lies. It lies every day. Cesar Romero Trash has given us an appetite for art. Pauline Kael I was knocked out by the show, Chicago. Huey Lewis Many contemporary authors drink more than they write. Maxim Gorky

sapiens is that he - she - is an inquisitive species. You can't control science. You have to control the effects of science. Robert Winston Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into. Kathy Bates Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview. Sheryl Crow I would very much like to become a best-selling author. Manuel Puig The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody. Sammy Davis, Jr. Machines take me by surprise with great frequency. Alan Turing The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals. Kit Williams For people who are readers, reading is important to them. Jeff Bezos Congressmen spend between five and seven hours a day on the phone, begging for money. Eric Massa Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money. Ala...

always find that when I'm making a film, I find it a little bit like I'm doing it for the first time. Adrian Lyne I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time. Andre Rieu There's something I've been wanting to say for a long time. I'm a liberal, and I'm proud of it. In fact, I was probably a little more liberal than Hubert was. I just wanted to say that. Muriel Humphrey I like form and shape and strength in pictures. Herb Ritts As a matter of fact I don't like politics. I really don't. I think it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line. Regis Philbin I know that human beings are capable of anything. Ben Okri I'm such a geek, and have always been a real nerd. Aisha Tyler I never put out a vanilla edition of a DVD. Eli Roth I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism. Charles Kennedy Early in 1888 one or two of us got together to establish our own Sheffield Socialist Society. E...

an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails. Billy Sunday We have enough to worry about with what's happening in our nation to worry about what's happening in California. Keep your feet grounded in your own backyard and together we're going to build communities that work. Sher Valenzuela Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds. Joey Santiago If you always been my enemy, it's still that way. Suge Knight Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you. Alan Alda There are lots of ways to work together. Jacob Lew I hate horror movies. Melissa Auf der Maur I believe that if we get out of people's way, the sky's the limit. The sky is the limit. Glenn Beck At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded. Irwin Shaw I am...

the course of doing some productive activity such as gardening, bicycling to work, doing home improvement projects and so on. Andrew Weil After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that has worked a bunch of times, and then one night it'll flop. Aziz Ansari Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics. H. Rap Brown We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? Anna Letitia Barbauld The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature, thrown down from her proper state, and defending herself in vain. Thomas Sydenham Sports are a microcosm of society. Billie Jean King We're not in Wonderland anymore Alice. Charles Manson So the American economy needs the world, and the world needs the American economy. Rodrigo Rato I'm so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia. Hu...

season, and in particular in the playoffs and the postseason. Derek Fisher I am very impatient. Michael Sheen It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept. Pat Boone It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product. Ayumi Hamasaki There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song. Norah Jones Please call your second witness, and then call your mother, she worries. Colin Mochrie That is a long word: forever! Georg Buchner I don't believe in frontiers, and I don't believe in races or nationalities. Julio Iglesias Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around. Terry O'Quinn What comes from oneself, is nearly from no one. There is only me as ...

up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films. Anthony Michael Hall I've done more crap than I care to remember. I really have. 'Airwolf.' 'Murder, She Wrote.' 'Amazon Women on the Moon.' But you learn from all these bad shows. What you don't want to do and what you don't want to be involved with. Bryan Cranston There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I'll be happy when people can just move on from that, and things can just be 'comedies' and not 'female' or 'male,' and everyone gets an equal opportunity. Kristen Wiig I was born with the gift. Joe Namath We are men of action, lies do not become us. William Goldman Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Francis of Assisi I always feel like music should be a universal language. Melanie Fiona We take our endorsements seriously. Lincoln...

eyebrows raised, and it wasn't easy, that transition, because, you know, I had big shoes to fill and I was very young, 27. Richard D. Zanuck It seemed glamorous when I used to go into work and get to be on a trading floor or see how the business worked a little bit before I ever understood what it was. Erin Duffy Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier. Zooey Deschanel I think there's enough room in country music for everybody. Charley Pride It's like a garden: Whatever you water the most will do the best. At some point, you decide whether you'll water your career or your relationship more. Jewel I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death. Dave Grohl I've made a career of being precise. Arlen Specter I think worship is a lifestyle, first of all. Michael W. Smith Fashion never stops. There is always the new project, the new opportunity. Carolina Herrera It's rare that there's a role that req...

to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do. Jackie Collins When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility. Gilbert K. Chesterton In 2002 Mom and I got a chance to act together in a play called 'Pitching to the Star,' with her brother, Robert Lipton. The three of us on the same stage - that was such a special experience for me. Rashida Jones I don't believe in coincidence. Juliette Binoche Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives. Marilyn Monroe Everyone in life has their challenges, mine have not been financial. Ann Romney Twitter can be great and very bad. LeAnn Rimes I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird. Carly Rae Jepsen It's cool to be healthy. Dick Gregory I got a man cave. I play my music loud. I bought big speakers because I nee...

but what's interesting is it, it takes away the power, from the newspaper magnates, so be it Murdoch or whatever. I mean, it's like the people taking it back. Isn't it? Rachel Weisz Computer modelling for weather forecasting, and indeed for climate forecasting, has reached its limits. Piers Corbyn I don't consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools. Larry Kramer I had love for Breakout; I had love for Bambaataa. I had love for Kool Herc. Grandmaster Flash If we have a purpose in life beyond being a cog in the human machine, mine is to help inspire people and that's pretty cool. I would like to motivate the world. Steve Gleason I'm not right wing, I'm not left wing. I love my country. Sylvester Stallone Funny is only something that others know about you - you can't be funny by yourself. Chris Rock The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stoc...

claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity. Charles Eastman The ministers of Christ should possess refinement. All uncouth manners, attitudes and gestures should be discarded, and they should encourage in themselves humble dignity of bearing. Ellen G. White Canada is a big part of my life. Gail Simmons God has always been hard on the poor. Jean-Paul Marat When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand. John Mellencamp There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. Dalai Lama I am a very emotional person. Criss Angel My husband keeps me really honest. Cate Blanchett The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. Abraham Lincoln Being born again means you have a new concept of yourself. Dyan Cannon

people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different. Rick Pitino I tend to curse in French more often than I do in English. Alexa Davalos I am a kid in the dressing-up box at heart. Dawn French My stockbroker asked me something important today: paper or plastic? Jay Leno I stayed close to my family. My family never changed. Haywood Nelson I can whistle with my fingers, especially if I have a whistle. Mitch Hedberg I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times. Christie Hefner I hope to always be doing some low budget things. Rider Strong I believe life takes us where we need to be. Sasha Alexander The best way to make a steak is grilled over an open flame or pan sauteed in a cast iron skillet. Roy Yamaguchi

it's quick and simple and it keeps your fans interested in what you're doing. Melanie Fiona Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. Jane Addams I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life. Armistead Maupin There are no Kleenex boxes on these loops, just so you know. Mick Fleetwood I don't believe in that kind of pragmatic career ladder stuff. Ben Barnes I am basically a private person. Imran Khan A really good poem is full of music. Eric Whitacre I've always turned my anger inwards towards self-destruction. Mackenzie Phillips When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck. William Shatner The limit of every pain is an even greater pain. Emile M. Cioran

out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people. Michael Clarke Duncan I can't find a job. It makes me crazy. Rickey Henderson My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine. Karrine Steffans Today, they're just up there for the money, just packaged and be gone. Ronnie Spector I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries. Joschka Fischer I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face. Billy Graham I have 137 pairs of shoes and 200 pairs of jeans. Frances Bean Cobain Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales. Andrew Davies I die pretty much every year. I find it amusing. Mark-Paul Gosselaar Fashion faux pas should be celebrated. I enjoy them because it means we're not all clones. Linda Eva...

probably pick up cultural traditions by observation. Frans de Waal I came to believe that my true identity goes beyond the outer roles I play. It transcends the ego. I came to understand that there is an Authentic 'I' within - an 'I Am,' or divine spark within the soul. Sue Monk Kidd A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore. Meghan O'Rourke Boy, we'll get Raymond out and we won't go hungry anymore. Bonnie Parker Even in this day and age, if you're not married, there are people who are like, 'Awww! Don't worry, it'll happen for you someday.' Kristen Wiig Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community. Jill Scott Let some people get rich first. Deng Xiaoping Tax bills create wealth. They help people live better. Nancy Johnson The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so ...

tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing seriously, they discovered that they couldn't compose in the early American rock tradition. Jon Landau It's extremely hard to build a company with a product that everyone loves, is free and has no business model, and then to innovate a business model. I did that with Kazaa, had half a billion downloads but that wasn't a sustainable business. Niklas Zennstrom We've got a bit of growth a bit earlier than expected. Stuart Rose An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor. Javier Bardem Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it. Les Baxter The best way to catch my attention is to throw a Twinkie near my face. Patrick Carney It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing. Neil Jordan Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult. Saad Hariri No one wants ...

we have the soundtrack playing at this big party. I thought that was sort of a cool moment, to actually have the A-Ha video is pretty cool. Will Estes Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it. Alexander Herzen Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college. Ellen Ochoa The sexiest woman musician is Alicia Keys. Pharrell Williams The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it with his or her own eyes, seems to have died. Alastair Campbell You can't sing about love unless you know about it. Billy Eckstine One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough. Brendan Behan Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabb...

African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate. Michael Nutter I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior college and that's where I discovered acting. John Corbett The reason I like my job is that I have this desire to create. I have this desire to create things and build things, and Google has enabled me to build and create things and to build products that are used by people all over the globe. Susan Wojcicki True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me. Gustav Klimt Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist. Jennifer Lawrence Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001. Mike Rogers At the beginning Scully was much more sceptical than she is now. Gillian Anderson A lot of praying helped me a lot. Nik Wallenda C...

all of life - if we look carefully at any experience we will find transparency, insubstantiality, with no solid, unchanging core to our experience. But that does not mean that nothing matters. Sharon Salzberg I come from a very working-class background, so my family would have been downstairs in the past, as opposed to upstairs. People are often quite surprised to hear that, that I'm not actually posh. Michelle Dockery I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them. Nancy Grace I myself have been in therapy. Repeatedly. Amy Brenneman I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there. Martina McBride Nothing exists except through language. Hans-Georg Gadamer Therapy can help you grow. Fears will just disappear. Stephanie Mills I stay away from issues. Terry McAuliffe My knees are ticklish. Juliana Hatfield A man is only as good as w...

lot of radios, appliances and inventions that he had made over 50 years, such as a keyboard called a clavioline, which can be heard on some Beatles songs - it was popular in the 60s. So we had all that at home. Michel Gondry It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. Bruce Lee I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the way I'm doing it they can get someone else. Anthony Hopkins I'm comfortable in front of the camera, but I can't act. Lauren Conrad There are no enemies in science, professor. Only phenomena to study. Charles Lederer The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth. Edward Lazear Love is a choice you make from moment to moment. Barbara De Angelis I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody. Barack Obama I was born in Montreal and came from a lower-m...

off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It's nuts. You know, I can't be a part of it. Richard Dean Anderson I believe that we are still hovering around the realm of Asians playing all types of Asians. I do not see that changing any time soon just because there is a limited pool of Asian actors. Steven Yeun In New York, I'm around a lot of the reasons I started playing music in the first place. I live right behind Matt Umanov Guitars. I live on the street that Suze Rotolo and Bob Dylan were walking down on the album cover. I recognize the history. Steve Earle They don't draft you to sit there and stand on the sideline. Torrey Smith Anyone who wants bookstores to survive is portrayed as a Luddite who goes around smashing up Kindles. John Connolly Old age and the passage of time teach all things. Sophocles I guess I have a strong constitution. Melanie Lynskey New York City...

is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field. Aubrey de Grey I want the white people to understand my people. Chief Joseph The financial crisis in our country is not a passing storm. Given the size of the problems, our national effort will not be completed in 2012. It will take many years and will require the efforts and insistence of several governments. Lucas Papademos It is an honour to fight at the Royal Albert Hall. Billy Joe Saunders You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die. Jack Ma I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was. Barry Manilow Politics makes strange bedfellows. Charles Dudley Warner In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. Mary McCarthy My site has the whole thing - blogs, information, video interviews. William Shatner I do, too, most recently while I was singing karaoke in some weird bar. Radha Mitchell

we shouldn't accept lost time and unnecessary stress when traveling in them. Melissa Bean From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing. Abbas Kiarostami I gotta take notes when things occur to me. Jeff Bridges For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas. Ang Lee But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist. Edward Burns The sane are madder than we think, the mad saner. Anthony Storr I'm actually rather orderly, although the way that I write is not. Joanna Trollope Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist. Larry Wall The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands. Philip Warren An...

built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves. William Westmoreland I have always been the girl who keeps on trying. I try! I try! Kate Walsh Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps. Kirk Hammett When something is troubling me, people know about it. Rachael Leigh Cook TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract. Tom Brokaw I haven't traditionally been a family entertainer. David Walliams I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying. Lillie Langtry I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility. John Hawkes Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty. Malcolm Turnbull Film is like eating to me. It feels completely natural. Roman Copp...

worse. However, this order did contain certain factors which bore within them the seeds of instability. Eisaku Sato On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men. Whittaker Chambers I have seen some crazy people do some crazy things on my variety show. I have to stop and ask them a lot of the time, just how they figured out that they could do the things that they do, some of it is just plain freaky. Steve Harvey What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality? Elizabeth Barrett Browning Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say with respect. Mariano Rivera I have no idea what's next. I simply don't have a clue. Lance Burton You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift. J. Paul Getty One day you are happy and laughing and the nex...

and causes to it. So if we wanted to change women's lives, we need to deal with those root causes. Michelle Bachelet I love playing someone who just skates by and does anything she wants. Holland Taylor In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high. Jane Smiley Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented. Heinrich Heine Festivals are great because you get to just walk around the corner and see a new band that you've heard but not had the chance to check out. Johnny Marr I think my songwriting might be a little more on the darker side maybe. Neko Case History is information. Memory is part of your identity. David Miliband I'm rather inclined to liking people. Aung San Suu Kyi I think when you're younger, you need to socialize and be with people your own age. Bonnie Wright It's no big thing, but you make big things out of little things sometimes. Robert Duva...

satisfactions than my friendships. Westbrook Pegler I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement. Nader al-Masri I rarely listen to commercial radio, and when I do, I'm shocked by how many ads there are, and how annoying they are, and how bad the radio station usually is. Susan Orlean I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career. Garry Trudeau I like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life. Matthias Schoenaerts It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there. Mia Hamm That said, being dyslexic, I wasn't a great reader when I was kid. Richard Ford We'll probably be working on another album in the next few months here. Meg White When you have a kid, money matters. Tony Parsons The...

I continue to be inspired by makeshift structures, including my own kids' forts and temporary architecture of all sorts. Janet Echelman I feel like a turtleneck dress that's long-sleeved and covers your entire body but is tight fitting is so much sexier than boobs spilling out, you know? So I guess I'm more into being classy sexy versus apparent sexy. Shailene Woodley I play the baritone horn - which is like a mini tuba, and is the least sexy instrument you can choose, and I generally say I don't play one so I don't have to acknowledge it. I also play fife. Steve Carell 3-D movies can make me nauseous. Sara Paxton I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through. Larry David I am determined to go through the horror of this world. Brian Epstein Yes, it's my real name. I had to pull out my passport twice today to prove it. Neon Hitch The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate t...

It's strange to open up and talk about me as a young lad, my relationships, marriages and what not. Tony Iommi I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do. Bill Mumy Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out. William F. Buckley, Jr. You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God. Joseph Barber Lightfoot The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests. Ben Foster My life is art. Its how I express God. Lisa Bonet Hopefully everybody will just let me get on with my life. I'm going to. Paul Gascoigne But in the end, music is ultimately an aural art, pure and...

United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories. John Henrik Clarke In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote. Billy Corgan I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations. Galileo Galilei I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that. Taylor Hackford I love music and I love musicians and when I hear something that's great, I always say it's like you go to a movie and you can't wait to tell your friends about it. Zach Braff While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in. Dean Rusk Does anyone remember laughter? Robert Plant I certainly have been guilty of trying to sw...

universal themes in the show, and he made it so funny. We knew he was onto something if he could keep it up and, thankfully, he did. James Denton It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance. Thomas Paine Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination. Andrea Dworkin I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show. Lance Bass I have to stay in soaps to pay my bills to Kodak. Michael Zaslow I might just stop talking again and not do interviews. Prince I can always tell when people have had plastic surgery. Sheryl Crow I have never designed a language for its own sake. Niklaus Wirth If you don't want to play clean football then go up into the stands. Diego Maradona I don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say. Christina Aguilera

I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don't feel safe, I don't feel the house is completely safe, if I don't have one hidden somewhere. That's my thinking, right or wrong. Brad Pitt Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other. Novalis If I'm in a room full of intense people, I'm pretty normal. If I'm in a room full of people who aren't, maybe I'm intense. Ken Leung Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning! Nafisa Joseph I'm very proud this show has been accepted for this length of time. Robert Stack You aren't famous until my mother has heard of you. Jay Leno I'm such a kid at heart. Amy Winehouse I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer. Samuel E. Morison I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do. Edward James Olmos Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things. Gary Cole

it easier to go for a fast walk or a jog in Central Park. I wear sensible shoes because my ballet dancing left me with a bunion on one foot after all the pointe exercises. Sarah Brightman Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles. Jawaharlal Nehru I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode! Patrick Dempsey Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer. Alan Parsons My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner. Jack Dee My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it. Nomar Garciaparra The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are. Conrad Hall I began cutting up fish when I was a little kid. Masa Takayam...

liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun. Ali Larter From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside. Tyra Banks Some of Jimmy Stewart's performance in 'It's A Wonderful Life' is some of the most disturbing performance he ever did, when he falls apart and when he breaks down. David O. Russell As a kid, I loved any fantasy. Chris Hemsworth I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists. Pat Buckley I have made mistakes. Mikhail Baryshnikov A specialist is a man who knows more and more about less and less. William J. Mayo I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter? Peter Fonda My dream job has already happened. Kathleen Quinlan I always said it was to be dumb enough to ...

soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under. Henry L. Stimson There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. Orlando Bloom I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things. Ben Whishaw I still can't shake the Nebraska off of me. Andrew Rannells I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey I could only have dreamed of. Michael Owen It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be. Steven Seagal I am desperate for change - now - not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now. Michelle Obama When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team. Richard Roeper I don't like the sound of my voice. Megan Fox I guess I'm just a natural warrior. ...

books if I hadn't grown up in the computer age. I think I'd be a very different writer. I find myself cutting and pasting, changing things around and deleting whole paragraphs constantly. Megan McCafferty To have all your life's work and to have them along the wall, it's like walking in with no clothes on. It's terrible. Andrew Wyeth There are days when I'll write for 15 minutes and have to give up and move around, and I'll write another paragraph and give up again. On other days I get intensely - focused on the process, sit down at 8 A.M. and won't get up until 8 P.M. Rick Riordan If you do not believe yourself no one else will. Sheryl Swoopes My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian. Jessica Mauboy Love is a big word. I believe in Love. I believe that God is Love. Pauley Perrette I read good. I was an English major. P. J. O'Rourke Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living. Julius Boros ...

you should take it. Then for the side effects of that drug, then there's another drug, and so on. So we're all taking more drugs, and more expensive drugs. Marcia Angell In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise. Preet Bharara I think if I weren't so beautiful, maybe, I'd have more character. Jerry Hall Even a poor man can receive honors. Sophocles Emmanuel Lewis was amazing to work with. I'll love that guy to the end of time. Corin Nemec The paparazzi don't care about me. Nicholas Hoult I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie. Seann William Scott We can't make any statements here. We can't talk about the internal politics of Paraguay. Alfredo Stroessner I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable. Kristin Scott Thomas Ultimately what I...

at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas. Judy Biggert I could have gone professional, but I'm not giving up on my dream. Rau'Shee Warren I am an optimist. I think, as bad as life sometimes gets, there is so much joy and so much good stuff, that there is a balance. Amanda Holden I'm more apt to cry at something beautiful than at something sad. Teller We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great. Bernadette Peters People are always so surprised when I want to do dramatic stuff. Kristen Wiig I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage. Anne McCaffrey I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. Eminem I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it. Yelawolf So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. E. M. Forster

with safety; I merely assert that the power is, in point of fact, in your hands. And for such a power, what a responsibility to God and man! Jay Alan Sekulow I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that. Charlie Kaufman What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I hardly knew? Probably, I would have looked the other way at best or become another apologist for evil at worst. Lionel Blue The Pacific Northwest depends on inexpensive renewable energy from our dams. Cathy McMorris Rodgers They should invent some way to tape-record your dreams. I've written songs in my dreams that were Beatles songs. Then I'd wake up and they'd be gone. Alice Cooper You know, you really do choose your existence in a way. Jennifer Jason Leigh The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in...

the greatest rapper ever.' I'm trying to prove that voice right. Danny Brown I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law. Wilfred Owen It's a new perspective where I got a role in and they are just spewed out of my mouth. Kerry King To experience life you have to kind of face a lot of fears. Carrie-Anne Moss The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process. Meryl Streep Maybe we all change over time. Elizabeth Edwards Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you. Ray Dalio I'm not slick. I'm not polished. I think my strength is in reacting. Billy Bush Honestly, what keeps me grounded is my faith and my value system. Alyson Stoner We have major fiscal problems on our hand. Chaka Fattah

but that's such a little lie. Both of them are about obfuscation and masking oneself. David Rakoff I'm a born-again Christian, but that's not the coat that I wear. It's just how my heart's been changed. Tony Vincent I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars. Mark Knopfler Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable. Phyllis McGinley Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge. Michele Bachmann The secret is not to care what anyone thinks of you. Julie Burchill Metro was really a star-builder, no doubt about that. You were wrapped in cotton wool. Peter Lawford For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends. Aeschylus How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! Jane Austen King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it. Adrian Belew

so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly. Lady Gaga When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition. Kenneth Grahame There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death. Jessica Hagedorn I know exactly what I'm doing on the ice, and I'm in my element. Apolo Ohno When I first came along in the business, they didn't really like the idea of my name being Raquel. Raquel Welch People don't understand the logistics of advertising. Susan Wojcicki I like to keep my Twitter pure. I don't want to sell my followers anything. Peter Facinelli As an actress I take roles I find interesting. Emma Watson My fa...

both mentally and physically. Brooke Burke I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. Susan B. Anthony It all started in Michigan. My dad got a job in Michigan, so we all moved up there from St. Louis. I kind of hung out in the summer and had nothing to do, so I sort of got into acting. And then I was going to Grand Blanc High, doing the acting thing and hoping it would pan out. Evan Peters Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another. E. M. Forster Hunger also changes the world - when eating can't be a habit, then neither can seeing. Maxine Hong Kingston Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary. Thomas Middleton Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support. Ryan White I refuse to be stereotyped. Marissa Mayer An artist cannot do anything slovenly. Jane Austen I couldn't think of anything else I'd rather be doing. Jamelia

don't really get to be a husband. You don't really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can. Eric Bana I have a daughter and a family. Kim Clijsters The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King, Jr. All of us write wish fulfillment. Lee Child The body, in 'La Belle Noiseuse,' was the source of the artist's creativity. Emmanuelle Beart Producing is just a big learning experience. Ashley Tisdale I also dance to music that makes me feel sexy in front of a mirror. Alannah Myles I'm a blessing to whoever gets to really know me. DMX I buy some art but I don't like to talk about it. China Chow I'm very comfortable in a room with thousands of people. Rob Bell

doesn't work. By just maybe the power of example and some laughs, maybe somebody might go take a walk. Liza Minnelli Our ability to find humor in the world, to make connections between previously unconnected notions, to create new ideas, to share in a common culture: All these essentially human acts depend on memory. Joshua Foer Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you're opening a restaurant. Bobby Flay Let the whole world hear that we reject America. No, no to the occupier. Muqtada al Sadr I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. Helen Mirren I'm not a novelty act from the '80s in most parts of the world. George Michael I started writing songs at 17. Miranda Lambert Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation. Gertrude Stein Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score. Frank Leahy My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. ...

large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply. Kelly Miller Whether the task is fixing health care, upgrading K-12 education, bolstering national security, or a host of other missions, the U.S. is better at patching problems than fixing them. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if you really stop to think about it. If $8 an hour seems right, why not $20 an hour? If it's coming by order of the government, why stop at any level? Why not just say everyone should get what Gates gets? Malcolm Wallop My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating. Kim Yuna The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence. Peter Senge Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andy Rooney I'm not happy unless I have a pen in my hand, it's really that simple. Anthony Horowitz From that day on, I ran from spot to spot. Enos Slaughter I tend not to dwell too...

is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago. Marc Wallice I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it's big problem - one that extends beyond our ideological differences. My big concern is that Mitt Romney wants to become president for no other reason than because there's a possibility he can win. Jennifer Granholm When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation. Al Franken Deep down, I happen to be very shallow. Pat Paulsen I just cannot have an offer on the table and just let it go. Peter Bondra The success of any stand-up act comes out of life experience. Howie Mandel I have one of the original 'Ghostbusters' guns in my house. Jason Reitman I avoid looking in the mirror. Marina Warner I look forward to proving something to myself and others. Eric Lindros Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind. Randy Newm...

how bad I am at the drums, how awkward I look, and I'm like, yeah, I agree with most of those things. Patrick Carney I don't want to be able to see the audience. Bobby Darin One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life. Athanasius I'm obsessed with getting married, but I don't even have a boyfriend. Marlen Esparza A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman. Warren Farrell Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Hermann Hesse Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant. Orson Welles I've always made music - pretty much since I was born. Sky Ferreira I don't get involved in record label politics. Leona Lewis The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry. Derek Harold Richard Barton

No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me - a plane journey to the next tournament. Monica Seles It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women. Elizabeth Wurtzel Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic. Zoe Saldana I'm not a biographer, I'm a novelist. Barry Unsworth Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again. Delmore Schwartz When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking. Sarah Jessica Parker I would like, certainly, to do different things. JoBeth Williams I'm a reflection of the community. Tupac Shakur The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance. Lyndon B. Johnson I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything. Demetri Martin

given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments. Zig Ziglar I am a glutton. I'll eat whatever is there. Pizza. I love hot dogs anywhere. I've got nothing against any of that. If I feel like eating, I eat. I don't feel guilty about it at all. Jacques Pepin Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. Ella Maillart There's certainly more work for me in TV these days. Aidan Quinn The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels. Vicente Fox Video games lend themselves completely to 3-D. Howard Stringer Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. Paul Wellstone Jackie Robinson is a true legend. Sidney Poitier If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man. Little Richard Well, I like chocolate stuff; I don't like any of that other gross sugary candy. Cam Gi...

form need not therefore prove its failure as a long lyric poem, with interrelated sections. Hart Crane Well, I think on second units it's all about execution. Because you come in there, you don't have to worry so much about the studio and all the other actors and all that. David R. Ellis I mostly get takeout, I have to admit - I don't know if that's something to be ashamed of. I'm not much of a cook. Janeane Garofalo The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter. Lenny Bruce In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order. Walter Rudolf Hess I have problems with machines which aren't gestural. Luc Ferrari As long as artists can make something, artists will continue to survive. Victoria Legrand I move ahead, I live. George McGovern I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alter...

weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital. J. R. Martinez I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me. Haley Joel Osment I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films. Bruce Bennett Oil is a very important component of economic growth. Maria Bartiromo Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. Abbie Hoffman There is no happiness outside of ourselves. Bryant H. McGill When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person. Daphne du Maurier I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need. Carl Karcher I eat more vegetables than the average vegetarian. Robert Atkins It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it. Judi Dench

not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids. Shirley Jones It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format. Donald Norman I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that? Mick Jagger White Americans have a short memory. Sherman Alexie I'm not going to deny the fact that I've tried pot. I hated it. Lindsay Lohan The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them. Victor Hugo I have one weakness: I love meat loaf. Jackee Harry The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous. Antonia Fraser Fashion is part of our culture, and it's about more than just a pretty dress. Joan Smalls There's so much more important parts other than pole vaulting. Jenn Suhr

going to get caught, but I was so desperate I didn't care. It was a cry for help. Cory Monteith Drug companies say they need to charge ever-higher prices to cover their research costs, but they spend far less on research and development than they do on marketing and administration, and afterwards they actually keep more in profits. Marcia Angell We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a living and growing body of knowledge; but art on the contrary has many times run its course to an end, and exhausted its vital power. George Edward Woodberry They are feeding the world that will devour them and their children. Barbara Amiel If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable. Georges Courteline There is no 'i' in team but there is in win. Michael Jordan What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be...

nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing. Jay Inslee My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. Queen Latifah Rosa Parks inspired many. She will not be forgotten. John Shimkus I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous. Katherine Jenkins I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season. Peyton Manning I have long been a fan and enthusiast where art is concerned. Donatella Versace Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration. Duncan Sheik I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing. Mark Cuban In love, we have to dare everything if we really love. Alain Delon Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera. Mason Cooley

The focus on celebrities can be detrimental because people could be thinking of other things, but it's a part of the culture and it's what sells. Andre Leon Talley I was very productive as a senator for my state. Carol Moseley Braun Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way. Laura Bush I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy. Amy Lee 'Boldly going where hundreds have gone before' does not make headlines. Neil deGrasse Tyson I believe every religion captures a piece of the truth. James Van Der Beek I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles. Matt Cameron I hate negative ads in general. Ed Rendell You don't have to fight for your life anymore. You're starting a new one. Eric Brown ...

most important part of working in the theater. Harold Prince Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely. Mandy Moore There's been some research in cognitive science, I'm told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it's white noise. Christopher Hitchens I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity. J. K. Rowling So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that. Donna Leon It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else. Jerome Cady You have to develop your whole game to completion. Isaiah...

are not delimited, not organisms with fixed attributes in the manner of the other creatures, but are instead participants in a reality that utterly exceeds our powers of description. Marilynne Robinson The first novel I wrote was a monster - clocking in at 180,000 words - but it died a death, a death it deserved. It was called 'The Gods First Make Mad.' It was a good title, but it was the only good thing about the book. I didn't let that put me off. Wilbur Smith I don't have a problem believing in God and Jesus. But in Genesis one has to wonder about these sentences that just go on and end without finishing. The thought is unfinished. Where did Adam go? What is he doing? Hello? There has to be some pages missing. Bill Cosby In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.' Viggo Mortensen In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day. Travis Barker I think people think we'...

But they are always works of art. Are there no artists who have done erotic pictures? Egon Schiele I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried. Hillary Clinton Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere. Eli Roth I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk. Willie Stargell I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair. Diane Sawyer My work... is my legacy. Patrick Swayze I don't get star-stuck. I love Angelina Jolie, though. NeNe Leakes Music can be a source of escapism. Danielle de Niese You must change in order to survive. Pearl Bailey I'm very passionate about what I do. Kevyn Aucoin

yourself, especially in this business. And now I feel like I'm in a really good, positive place in my life. Ashlee Simpson I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive. Rita Dove I suspect millions of people from my generation probably have comparable stories to tell: if not of sports simulations then of Dungeons & Dragons, or the geopolitical strategy of games like Diplomacy, a kind of chess superimposed onto actual history. Steven Johnson Christianity isn't the only group that has fundamentalists. Tony Campolo Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it. Alexis Korner I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money. Barack Obama I'm from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants. Billy Corgan Ever since I first started ...

business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener. Daniel H. Pink I wanted to do my part to help preserve that golden age of travel... I step aboard The Patron Tequila Express railcar, and I go back in time to the days when a long journey was something fun and very special. John Paul DeJoria If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures. Sherman Alexie There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one. F. Murray Abraham In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare! Homer However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent. Robert Winston Milk Duds kept me going. Nora Dunn Nowadays you ca...

alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind. Sarah McLachlan We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn't available anymore. Rue McClanahan I'm not just a rapper. I'm an entertainer. That's the difference. LL Cool J I want my shows to be very classic and timeless. Matthew Morrison I'm really happy in Liverpool and the club feels such a family. I feel great, I have a nice house and my family have been here from the beginning so they could help me. Royston Drenthe I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since. Marilyn Monroe Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble. Benjamin Franklin I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day. George Herman A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself. Thomas a Kempis In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will rejec...

in your own hands, life is what you make it, don't accept your limitations, jump before you're pushed, leap before you look. Louise Mensch Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have dedicated too much of my life to writing, and have therefore neglected other aspects of my being. Elizabeth Gilbert You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me. Hope Solo I'm very stubborn. I feel like I'm going to play this season. Candace Parker To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun! Bill Rancic You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you? Ed Koch I have a wife, a son, and I've had some practical life experience. Alex Meraz Yes, I have this crazy honk of a laugh. Jimmy Carr It...

That's probably why it's so scary, because they scared me. Grace Jones I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment of pause on April 4th - he was just a statue to me. I wanted to make him a little bit more real to me as a human being. Katori Hall Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it, and by the enthusiasm and faithfulness he puts into it. Lucy Larcom Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. F. Scott Fitzgerald Something happens to us all when we experience something as a unit that doesn't occur when we're on our couches or holding our little portable DVD players. David Ogden Stiers I'm not a pastor; I've never been on staff at a church. Donald Miller I always change my hair, but I don't like haircuts! Leighton Meester If we d...

can easily be set right if we have the will to do so. Dada Vaswani In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs. Yossi Vardi The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food. Cyril Connolly My life is littered with bad decisions. Will Forte I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think that's the trick. Brad Paisley I want a woman to feel the cut of the scissors in the clothes. Giambattista Valli The older we get, the swifter time seems to pass and the quicker memories seem to fade. Brian Sibley I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide. Bianca Jagger I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom. Alan Dershowitz All men that date me have to know that their name may end up in a pop song. Kesha

the spiritual nature of the human soul, and formed some probable conjectures, that man was designed for a future state of existence. David Brainerd What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors. Marlo Thomas Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting. Tom Waits Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor. Allen Klein Man is to man either a god or a wolf. Desiderius Erasmus Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small. Barney Ross I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year. Hermann Maier My mom reminds me that all things are possible. Amandla Stenberg I work hard, but in spurts. Tim Ferriss Existence precedes and rules essence. Jean-Paul Sartre

friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and incorporate it into their work, and some ignore them. Scott McCloud When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it. Paul Theroux I don't plan to write another science book, but I don't plan not to. I do enjoy writing histories, and taking subjects that are generally dull and trying to make them interesting. Bill Bryson A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize. Jack Klugman And I know when I was younger, and still, I always marvel at what I feel is different from what I'm told that I'm supposed to feel. Andrew McCarthy I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character. R. Lee Ermey I graduated in 1930 and I went up to the Ya...

an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs. Hamid Karzai I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director. William Shatner If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special. Jim Valvano We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them. James Carville My songs always speak of love, that's the way I like them. Mireille Mathieu I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him. Henny Youngman I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time. Olivier Theyskens People want to make a distinction between what's commercial and what's art. Kathleen Kennedy When your dad's a cop, calling 911 is really just like calling Dad at work. Ryan Reynolds I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount. Bara...

decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership. Steve Case I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life. Gabourey Sidibe So all of these things are going on that make you wake up and realize you are a mortal person. You can choose to cruise through your life, but if you do, you're going to open your eyes at some point, and it's gone. Kathy Mattea There is no such things as 'best' in the world of individuals. Hosea Ballou I look at my career and it's still hard for me to believe the way things turned out and how things happened. I've been so blessed. John Elway No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime. Mason Cooley There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get. John Grisham ...

of Falling Leaves (November), they made a treaty with Red Cloud that said our country would be ours as long as grass should grow and water flow. Black Elk Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born. Hector Hugh Munro Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. Franklin D. Roosevelt I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest. Aaron Paul There is no harm in repeating a good thing. Plato I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front. Henry L. Stimson Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of. Stephen Ambrose Only when I am by seawater can I truly breathe, to say nothing of my ability to think. Thomas Bernhard I am not here to accuse the media of anything. Ken Starr But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term. Mary Augusta Ward

lips. I am not now, nor have I ever been, 'happy.' Larry David My style is difficult to contain in a sentence; it's ever evolving. Generally I'm drawn to clean cuts and avoid patterns. I tend to choose structure and block colors, but these are all just loose guidelines. Daphne Guinness Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability. Samantha Power What is food to one man is bitter poison to others. Lucretius I don't write any kind of sequel or remake. Bong Joon-ho It's difficult when you're successful, to admit that you need help. Chris Martin Most Republicans call the show 'The Left Wing.' Allison Janney I didn't live in the world of disco or the world of the Eagles. George Thorogood Slavery is illegal everywhere, but it exists all over the world. Lisa Kristine I was convinced that the world was in the departure and paging. Peter ...

because I was identified with that image of the Seventies. David Cassidy You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all. Lily Tomlin The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand. Grover Norquist If I see someone down, I'll try to give him a good laugh. Joe Cowley I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out. Brad Grey I am a connoisseur of products. I check out everything, I try everything. Tracee Ellis Ross It's just me and my 6-month-old puppy. I am not dating anyone. Bridget Hall People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts. Paul Hindemith Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level. Victor Garber If y...

policy rather than politics. Third, there's collaboration between environmental groups and the natural gas industry. Bill Richardson I go outside, and I'm wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, 'What's wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.' Kristen Stewart Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials. Benjamin Haydon When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother. Rodney Dangerfield A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another. Sidney Poitier I don't go clubing. So, I don't smoke or drink. Ashley Tisdale So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain. Leon Uris I have a birthmark on the inside of my left knee that resembles an upside-down sea ...

writing is a form of getting to the community and being alone, and it's the best of both possible worlds. Ariel Dorfman The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone. The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort. Adolf Loos If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team. T. Boone Pickens Nothing in medicine is so insignificant as to merit attention. Thomas Sydenham I'm not a big sports fan. Harlan Coben I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York. Amy Ryan Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments. Benny Goodman The thing is, I haven't changed at all. Doris Lessing I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself. Steven Adler All the world loves a clown. Cole Porter

eventually I found my own voice. My songs are so brutally honest, it would be alien to sing in any accent other than my own. Don't get me wrong - I can imitate singers. I can do bar mitzvahs and weddings. Ellie Goulding The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates of its fortress and make peace. Mahmoud Darwish I'm very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time. Rick Mercer You can kind of feel when things are going to work out. Keenen Ivory Wayans I've learned a couple of things. And one of the things I have learned is that every experience has pluses and minuses. Petra Nemcova I'm a big believer of daylight in the studio. Geddy Lee I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. Ben Hecht Liberty is worth paying for. Jules Verne I, in the end, make art for myself. Anish Kapoor You write about what you know. Larry Davi...

the direct talks back on track. William Hague Our family was on the lunatic fringe. My mother was always completely irrepressible. My father made crowd noises into a microphone. Annie Dillard I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself. Lenny Kravitz I was involved in some peaceful protests. Todd Akin I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word. Camryn Manheim I am such a political person. Madeleine Albright My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday. Etta James Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don't. Geoffrey West The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy. James Dyson Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design. Stephen Gardiner

name on the list of people responsible for the show. Pierre Salinger Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type. Colin Quinn We used to get published a lot. And there was this vodka advertisement... it embarrassed me a lot afterwards. Robin Day Be first and be lonely. Ginni Rometty I haven't written anything in four years. I'm sort of dried up. Thom Gunn One of our priorities should be to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Tim Holden I'm not at all overextended... I'm very, very hands-on. Mark Burnett I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching. Peter Eisenman I have such trust complexes. I'm close to, like, two people. Taylor Momsen Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio. Huey Lewis

I'm pretty sure some of my experiences and love for gaming contributed to a few of the factors that are in 'Legend'. Marie Lu Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie. Colleen Atwood Nothing is ever a barometer. Nothing is ever for sure except that this band has been around forever. Steven Tyler Love is such a confusing word. You think I'm joking but I'm not. Michael Showalter I never had trouble getting an agent. I went out and got my first couple roles, and literally within six months I never had to have another job other than acting. Dean Norris No one who errs unwillingly is evil. Sophocles I'm still happy, I like this life. Li Na It's a brave new world. I'm 42 years old. I certainly wasn't out in high school. Rick Mercer I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint. Jim Henson I don't know how we had about eighteen international stars in it, all playing James ...

is on my side. It's easy to make a fuss when you're right. That can be the tagline of my life: 'It's Easy To Make A Fuss When You're Right.' Ayelet Waldman And in order to succeed in later life, you need creative skills because look at how fast the world is changing. Robert Sternberg If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric. Adam Jones Never apologize, mister. It's a sign of weakness. Frank S. Nugent Always in all my books I'm trying to reveal or help to reveal the hidden greatness of the small, of the little, of the unknown - and the pettiness of the big. Eduardo Galeano The public doesn't particularly care for advertisements. John C. Malone I'm a takeout kind of girl. Whole Foods prepares most of my meals. Jenna Ushkowitz At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match. Sachin Tendulkar I'm not sure a world run by women would be any better. They're ...

choirboy or something, but I wouldn't exactly describe myself that way. Chris O'Donnell More than 20 years on, sustained competition, informed customers and the rapid growth of new technology provide the necessary environment for substantial deregulation. Stephen Carter What they can expect always is that they're going to be made to think. Peter Maxwell Davies I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio. Ronnie Spector As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies... is you fall in love with moments. Kevin Spacey I've tried to lead a progressive, activist government. Dalton McGuinty What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet? Brendan Fraser Exchange is creation. Muriel Rukeyser Out: Reading is fundamental. In: Feeling is fundamental. Michelle Malkin I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner. John Guare