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For a seriously autistic kid, the best prognosis might be getting into a mainstream school

without being too much of a shadow. For a moderately autistic kid the best prognosis is full recovery. Jenny McCarthy I don't think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you'll never be as good as they expect. Eric Davis Obviously, people who commit crimes should be punished. Even people who steal socks and 'Snow White' videos should probably do time if they have priors, especially serious priors. But the punishment has to fit the crime, and the standard has to be the same for everyone. Matt Taibbi I think words operate like musical notes that the eyeball hears. David Mitchell I try so hard to live in the moment - I don't think ahead very much. Sarah McLachlan Every happiness is a hostage to fortune. Arthur Helps I giggle when I put myself down. It's just funny to me. Pauly Shore I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Kyle Chandler I love kids, so working with the

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's

filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. Don DeLillo The magic words 'on the Internet,' if inserted into nearly any sentence, seem to protect it from normal critical scrutiny. Nathan Myhrvold I want to be really proactive in working with the progressive business community in Australia and also reaching out to rural and regional Australia in order to assist in the sustainability crisis and the food security crisis. Christine Milne I love eating junk food. I'm a huge snacker, chips and candy. Jeremy Lin Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. Suzanne Somers I've always loved jazz. Rita Coolidge Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that. Maggie Grace Football is a sport of emotions, and we have to capture that in our films. Steve Sabol In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe. Tadao Ando I must hurry back

You know, when I was younger I was into all kinds of art - drawing,

painting, all that stuff. But I played drums, played piano forever. Shooter Jennings Consider a clock thermostat, and set it so that you're not using energy when you don't need it, when you're out of your house. Al Gore Sure, I want to be the best actor in the world. But my life is my family, my son, my friends. I don't know how anyone can find fault with that. James Caan I try not to be overly analytical. Diane Lane My father was very big on marriage. Sidney Poitier We don't need a new idea; the idea is called America, and it still works. Marco Rubio Mistakes are the only universal form of originality. Mason Cooley I really don't like talking about diets. Bess Myerson Conventionality is not morality. Charlotte Bronte I don't have any hobbies. Music is my hobby. Ronnie Dunn

I love when you get to work with people you know because there's so much

more trust, and you're much more willing to be vulnerable in a scene with someone you trust. Malin Akerman I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller. Frances O'Grady I loved Belle in 'Beauty and the Beast.' I just wanted to be her. I'm a brunette, so I think I kind of cling to all those princesses that have brown hair. I just wanted to be them. Kara Lindsay I like the U.S. and feel gratitude towards it. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie It's one thing to be a fan and it's another thing to be a label. Gerry Beckley The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them. George Wald Cajun culture is dying. Michael K. Williams I certainly didn't have a nanny. Laura Linney I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results. Im Dong-Hyun All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able

to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. Michelle Obama Dreams from 1991 are becoming reality. We will build good relations between nations and people. We will strive towards mutual respect and equality of every individual, sex, race and national or any other minority. Janez Drnovsek I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures. Akhmad Kadyrov American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer. Raoul Dufy In this business, if you don't pay your debts you're finished. Roger Stone Like most meaningful activities, campaigns are team games. Alastair Campbell I work 90 hours a week. I work 5 to 9, it's not 9 to 5. Angie Harmon A father is a man who expects his son to be as

I lived in Wisconsin for a while, so I keep my eyes on the Packers.

I grew up in San Diego, so there's the Chargers, but outside of that, I'm really kind of lame because I don't have a specific team I pull for. Jimmie Johnson I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise. Jessica Savitch Many applications of the coincidence method will therefore be found in the large field of nuclear physics, and we can say without exaggeration that the method is one of the essential tools of the modern nuclear physicist. Walther Bothe New York doesn't care who you are or where you came from. Roselyn Sanchez I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely. Morena Baccarin The arts don't exist in isolation. David Byrne Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict. Clint Eastwood From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying. Heath Ledger When I started to record, I could sing in pitch, but that was maybe about it. Vanessa Paradis No

Up until the age of 30 I could eat whatever I wanted - I mean,

literally, I never put on a pound; if anything, I was criticised in the media for being too skinny. Patsy Kensit The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me. Emanuel Celler It would be terribly boring to be earnest. Adrien Brody I am shocking, impertinent and insolent that's how it is. Brigitte Bardot Work is a prayer. And I start off every morning dedicating it to our Creator. Joseph Murray I feel very bad about getting things wrong. Martin Cruz Smith I am normal. In fact, I think I might be more normal than anyone else. Jim McMahon I feel like there should be more black head coaches. Lynn Swann So the storm passed and every one was happy. Kate Chopin Being a teenager is hard. Mae Whitman

Osteoporosis is a disease that attacks the bones in your body. It happens to really

almost everyone when they get really old. But for women, after menopause, they can lose up to 30 percent of their bone mass. Ann Richards The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.' Roger Goodell I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-'90s club scene. I had really short hair and started blurring the line a bit. But for me, grade school was about Benetton, Esprit, and Guess jeans. Chloe Sevigny You don't have to convince Muslims of God's existence or importance. Peter Kreeft I've always dreamed of an Olympic medal. Keeth Smart Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic. Pamela Stephenson I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years. Barney Ross I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen. Elizabeth McGovern I'm a cereal girl. I have always loved my cereal ever since I was a kid.

I'm kind of getting more excited about developing my own stuff, or getting involved early

in projects and doing my best to make things that I care about happen. Ellen Page I put myself in the place of the listener when editing my writing. The last thing that I want to do is be preached at and told who to be or what to think when listening to an artist. However, I do want to be inspired. There's a fine line. Macklemore I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination - in terms of providing for my family - is absolutely my goal. Nicki Minaj Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up. Aung San Suu Kyi But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument. Midge Ure When I die, don't let my death stop the resistance. Muqtada al Sadr I'm a natural management guy. I had forgotten that. And I forgot how much I hate it. Keith Olbermann To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it. John Leguizamo Ants have the most complicated s

I'm going to continue doing my thing and work my butt off to add value

for shareholders and as long as they and the board see fit to keep me in this role, I feel enormously privileged to serve. Andrew Mason I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throwing at you because they don't like you. Pee Wee Reese I remember interviewing someone I actually felt bad for, and therefore didn't want to take an ironic stance against him. It actually turned out to be a really funny piece. Rob Corddry I'm definitely the kind of person to wear underwear all the time. Ashley Tisdale Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like. Donald Judd I see Santa Claus and Joseph Smith and Luke Skywalker as the same person. Trey Parker I always wear high heels - I simply feel naked without them. Donatella Versace Economic gross is making us fat. Pierre Dukan Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop. Obi

I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very

close friends so it's very much a professional attitude. Richard Fleeshman It's one of the best leagues in Europe in football. Benfica in my opinion is one of the top 10 biggest clubs in the world. Freddy Adu I call all chefs 'cooks.' They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen. Tom Colicchio Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first. Bill Cosby There's a limit to what I can do with a makeup or with animatronics. Rick Baker I don't judge my success in life as a football player. Tim Tebow I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job! Joseph Morgan If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game. Carl Reiner No man is infallible. Pat Buckley I am having a good time doing nothing. Phylicia Rashad

My family has always called me 'Lay Lay,' and my dad used to always call

me 'Dynamite Termite' because I was really short and small and I hated to be still. I would never stop. Lacey Chabert Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn't let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman. John Dingell Holidays are all different depending on the company and time of your life. Dominic Monaghan I've agreed to do several Star Trek conventions this coming year. Nichelle Nichols I have a Volvo S60R and it's a pretty fast car, the R says it all. Josie Maran I like a lot of soul, but I also put a lot of folk into what I do. Michael Kiwanuka Religions get lost as people do. Franz Kafka What people want, above all, is order. Stephen Gardiner I find it's impossible for me to read Proust. Norman MacCaig In an art school it's very hard to tell who is the best. Daniel Clowes

All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high

alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia. Margaret Chan Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon. John Linder We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and say, I can't imagine there was a lot of excitement about HER going up! Christa McAuliffe My intention... isn't to create controversy. Brett Favre I didn't know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage. Ben Vereen The real secrets are not the ones I tell. Mason Cooley I am really into '70s music, like The Rolling Stones, The Doors and what not. Danny Masterson Everyone does things for love. Sandra Bullock I just love my privacy. Ann-Margret You have to go where the good writing is. Damian Lewis

Doctors are human animals. They want to be loved, they are tribal, they instinctually favor

stories over scientific evidence, they make mistakes, and even small gifts make them susceptible to being biased. Alice Dreger The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization. Joss Whedon It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of general chemistry, the highest scientific distinction that there is today has been awarded for those on catalysis. Wilhelm Ostwald I don't watch my movies. I just get too critical of myself. John Candy I still get butterflies when England are playing. Alan Shearer 'Twin Peaks' is my favorite show of all time. James Roday I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer. Moshe Dayan The Exorcist doesn't get me, but The Omen does. Ethan Embry All men would be tyrants if they could. Daniel Defoe I love playing FIFA on my PlayStation! Tiesto

This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal

opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country. Allen West Deep down, I know that I am a child of God who has inherited divine capacities; some of them I strive to develop, others are left languishing. I also have a human side. I lose my temper, lose patience and sometimes judge others and myself. Mary Manin Morrissey Oprah is a wealthy person, pack leader of the human world. So many see her as the dominant one, as the authority figure. The way I view her energy, seeing her on TV, is a very calm, quiet energy. You need, in order to gain control, higher energy than your dog. Cesar Millan Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again. Yitzhak Rabin I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective. Anthony Bourdain It proved to me, though, that comedy is so much harder. Jenna Elfman My parents are opposites who balance each other out. Tamara Ecclestone My greatest asset now is my focus. Josh

Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller

had passed over it and squashed it out of existence. Wilfred Burchett I have a condition called Menieres disease which is a problem with fluid retention in the inner ear. It has four symptoms: ringing in the ear, pressure in the ear, fluctuating hearing loss, and attacks of vertigo. Katie Leclerc All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some bourne of which no traveller knows the name, some city, they all seem to hint, even more eternal. Richard Le Gallienne The salary of a member of Congress ends the day that he of she leaves office. Virgil Goode Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective. Jerry Saltz I'm trying to get out of my own way. Lucinda Williams Oh, I don't talk about Jack and me. Some things are too good to share. Lara Flynn Boyle I appreciate Eight is Enough. It made me recognizable. Dick Van Patten If I were white, I could capture the world. Dorothy Dandridge The secr

I don't want to get burned when I'm cooking. To avoid getting hit when pan-frying,

I stand far away and use chopsticks that are almost two feet long. I learned it from my mom, who does the same thing. Eddie Huang It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there. Will Cuppy Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding. Eliot Spitzer But I believe the older I get, I'm wiser and I train smarter. Tyson Gay I think politics come out of psychology. Bruce Springsteen My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria. Nneka This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character. Herbert Hoover I'm better looking in person. Jason Segel Lexicographers are language reporters. Erin McKean What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading! James Boswell

I don't type on the computer or edit. Law students who went to law school

really just a couple years after I did were brought up all on the computers and that's how they do it, but I was still part of the older school. John Roberts I'm not writing fairy tales or object lessons. Junot Diaz Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself. Richard Morris Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower. Richard Rogers I like to say it like it is. Romario No, I'm not religious. At all. I'm an atheist. Matt Smith I been through some junk. It ain't all been peaches and cream. Timbaland My adversary is the world of finance. Francois Hollande The U.N. was there to protect other Rwandese. Tony Greig Nothing is true, everything is permitted. William S. Burroughs

But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because

of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past. Donna Rice I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman. Uma Thurman Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler. Mark Strand I believe religion is important for every person. Dmitry Medvedev It is such a special feeling to win a grand prix. Jenson Button It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner. Giovanni Guareschi It does irritate me when I am described as a controversialist and commentator on Israel. Tony Judt The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. Miuccia Prada I have no plans to slow down. Henry Louis Gates I will thank God for the day and the moment I have. Jim Valvano

Civilisation is partly about restraining the male of the species from engaging in the violence

of the hunter-gatherer period. But it doesn't take an awful lot to unleash it. Niall Ferguson Here are also the two vessels, but the San Carlos without sailors, all having died of the scurvy, except two. Junipero Serra I don't have many people showing up at my door. Very few people come out. When they do, I get a little suspicious. I live way up on a hill, way, way back in the country. Robert Duvall Fighting injustice keeps you young. Gloria Allred At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again. Hussein of Jordan I think it's OK to be confident in yourself. Lady Gaga It's a different world. John Ashcroft I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours. Eli Broad Usually, the best ideas come from having to fix a really hard problem. Jesse Schell A lot of straight people think I'm nuts. Pia Zadora

Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but

your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form. Jeffrey Kluger I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she wanted to do. Or maybe they thought I'd find out that's what I didn't want to do. Claire Forlani I don't feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audience's ability to feel me. Erykah Badu Rice cakes and peanut butter is my favorite snack in the whole wide world. Maggie Lawson Today, and I'm very strongly against tax increases. Donald Trump My message is that God is a good God. Joel Osteen I gallop and jump and ride young horses with intense pleasure. Jane Smiley I'm very cheap. My friends hate me. Tyler James Williams I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful. David Bailey I love my brot

It's always a dream to be on the cover, it's one of the things an

athlete always aspires to do, to be on the cover of a videogame, but I never thought I would get to do it this quick. Dwyane Wade Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it? Henry David Thoreau I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together. Queen Elizabeth II You are what you can prove you've done. That's how people judge you. Laura Marling You'll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson. Vince Vaughn If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. Chief Joseph People respect nonfiction but they read novels. E. O. Wilso

I started so slowly and had so few followers and then it kind of sort

of snowballed. I still feel an intimacy on Twitter, which I think a lot of us do. It feels intimate, doesn't it? I love it. I never thought I would. Jennifer Ehle The end of all things is at hand; that Satan's kingdom will be destroyed, and Satan chained down for a thousand years, and Christ's kingdom established upon earth. Joanna Southcott I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now. Richard Simmons No one really knows me. People think they know me. Johnny Thunders Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf. Justin Cronin Technology will eventually destroy the way schools are run now. Daniel Greenberg Patience was not my strong point. Lauren Bacall Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps. Bo Jackson My legs tightened up pretty much, and it was a hard last corner for me. Bonnie Blair Freedom has neve

I believe there should be no arbitrary date set for withdrawal and yet no permanent,

unending deployment. No cut and run, yet measured progress in helping a people who want to be free without an illusion of overnight success. Rick Renzi Marmite - like that other little black-jar job, Bovril - is so much a Mark 1 staple-of-Empire brand, so much part of the Edwardian world of enamel advertising signs, the history of grin-and-bear-it industrial food. Peter York I realized that I was about to turn 30, and Batman was permanently 29. And I was going to be damned if I was older than Batman. Frank Miller You can't be fat and fast, too; so lift, run, diet and work. Hank Stram Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity. Lindsey Buckingham Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody. Dick Armey Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries. Roy Ayers Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people. Helen Fisher At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord genera

May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was with

my mother, about the Queen - classic Freudian stuff, shrinks would say. I was eight, and refusing to watch the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast. Alastair Campbell Women are outperforming men in almost every sphere of life in our society and the women of East Indian ancestry are no exception to this rule. They have broken the cultural mould. Kamla Persad-Bissessar Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven? Alfred de Vigny I'm pretty firm in my sexuality and my love for women. Kenny Chesney If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything. William Lyon Phelps I don't know what my future is. Barry Bonds I like things that aren't superficially one thing or another. Edward Norton You can't win if you don't play as a unit. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar It's not fair that there aren

The law in question asserts, that the quantity of force which can be brought into

action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished. Hermann von Helmholtz I do say no to things that I think are completely gratuitous. Amber Valletta The minimum wage is not something that you want to stay on as a permanent basis. For example, if you have a minimum wage job, you don't stay there 20 or 30 years. You don't put your children through college working on minimum wage. John Raese I am attracted to myths. Tina Turner Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun There have to be more important things going on in the world than my past. Charlie Sheen There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation. Allan Dwan I'm currently trying to direct my own material. Tom Skerritt The mentality we have in India is not very sporting. Mahesh Bhupathi I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films. Ted Kotcheff

Before the discovery of quantum mechanics, the framework of physics was this: If you tell

me how things are now, I can then use the laws of physics to calculate, and hence predict, how things will be later. Brian Greene If you believe in yourself anything is possible. Miley Cyrus I honestly don't understand the big fuss made over nudity and sex in films. It's silly. Sharon Tate Quality is everyone's responsibility. W. Edwards Deming Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. John Wooden But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey. Leigh Steinberg If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. Jane Austen I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio. Rita Coolidge People do incredible things for love, particularly for unrequited love. Daniel Radcliffe I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote. William Hague

I'm actually surprised how technical a lot of commercial wine production is. Things are done

very much from an industrial chemistry point of view at certain price points, but that's not the impression you get with wine. Brian Schmidt The secular elites are so terrified of telling the truth about radical Islam. When you talk about the radical Islamists, we have got to get straight and get serious and talk about it in the right way. Newt Gingrich There is a reasonable concern that posting raw data can be misleading for those who are not trained in its use and who do not have the broader perspective within which to place a particular piece of data that is raw. Stephen Cambone I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. Lee Child I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that, indeed, I am a man. Johnny Weir In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me. Mika Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music. Gioachino Rossini I'm a total nerd. I love fantasy. Scott Thompson There's certainly

There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're

down south, up north in Maine, if you're out west in Portland or Seattle. Tom Colicchio I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it. Zooey Deschanel Most of my thoughts, you couldn't print. Jim Rogers When I decide to do something, I do it. Terry McAuliffe I like to prove things wrong. Millard Drexler Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people. Alex Haley I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working. Lana Parrilla Spin-offs were never really my thing. Danny Masterson People only speak to get something. David Mamet I wanted to be a comedian. Kelly Slater

Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up,

we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost. Allen Klein Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. James Thurber You know, I love acting. Anne Archer Themes around education and learning run through my work. David Almond I want to reclaim who I am. Elizabeth Edwards I don't think of myself all the time. Norman MacCaig Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown. Loretta Lynn I think that a lot of people just don't understand creativity. Swizz Beatz It's nice to have some anonymity and still be low key. Melanie Fiona Mobile is a lot closer to TV than it is to desktop. Mark Zuckerberg

Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find

that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene. Lauren Graham I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends. Elizabeth David So it must be my mental, because sometimes when I start on the tee, I still worry about whether my ball is going to hit right or left. Yani Tseng In real life I'm a tall, blond Christian. Gilbert Gottfried I have been a part of this development, so I am very proud of it. Jim Otto Knowing how people will use something is essential. Donald Norman I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews. Fidel Castro My power is the ability to control water molecules and form them into ice. Shawn Ashmore I don't want people to think I'm a hypocrite. GG Allin My curves are not crazy. Henri Matisse

So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of

self-improvement. I know we can continue to improve. There is no issue. But at the same time, our absolute level of output is fantastic. Steve Ballmer My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children. Toni Morrison The best thing you can give me is your time. The easiest way to get me angry is to waste my time. Lorene Scafaria Invest in a feather duster - the possibilities are endless. Anne Rice I've never met anyone normal. Michael Sheen Nothing wrong with making money. Adam Levine I have to admit it: I'm not a huge fan of the cloud computing concept. Jamais Cascio I have a great legacy, tarnished somewhat by the move. Art Modell Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam I'd like to get the word out there, the word has to be spread. Chita Rivera

Having that amount of nominations makes me a little nervous, because you feel that the

bar is really high, the expectations are really high, but it also feels great. Lee Ann Womack As a Zionist youth leader in the 1940s, I was among those who called for a binational state in Mandatory Palestine. When a Jewish state was declared, I felt that it should have the rights of other states - no more, no less. Noam Chomsky We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats. Sarah Palin I don't mind tracksuits. At the track. John Malkovich Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world. Mike Jackson Singing is incredibly physical. Hugh Jackman You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you. Hillary Clinton The nature of the game is pain. LL Cool J Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy. Samuel Rutherford I'm still a novice student. Ang Lee

Here we were supposedly changing the world for the better in the Sixties, but as

we get 40 years further down the line, we realise that some of those changes such as the drugs probably weren't all that great or sensible. It was all about social experiments. Steve Winwood Honestly, I just assume that whatever is going to happen to me is going to happen. There it goes: someone is there, someone isn't there. This girl is here. This food is here. I think the clever people are the ones who do a little as possible. Kevin Ayers Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint. Vernon Howard You may hate gravity, but gravity doesn't care. Clayton Christensen The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness. Richard Eyre Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man. Irrfan Khan It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life. Matthew Ashford Middle -age is the time of life, that a man first notices - in his wife. Richard Armour I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual. Luke F

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Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform,

or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value. Anita Roddick The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of life. Without it there would not have been the chemical materials to allow life to evolve here on earth. John Polkinghorne I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game. Rafael Palmeiro I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous. Susan Collins When I was 12 years old, I was hanging out with 23-year-olds. I was into cartoons and Pokemon, and they're all talking about girls. It was a strange way to grow up. Shaun White I read everything. I've always got a b

You have to understand: the narrative that people have about business and capitalism is that

they are fundamentally selfish, greedy, and exploitative. Of course, I don't agree with that narrative. John Mackey Sometimes, you just have to clear your head and get out to see other things. It is very important to be nourished. I love to go to museums and galleries, I like to see theatre, film, dance - anything creative. It doesn't promise you inspiration, but it nourishes your creative soul, and that's good. Marc Jacobs When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit. Martin Scorsese Folk music is music that everyday people can play, and it inspired a lot of people to make their own music. That trailed into making your own pop music, and that's why garage bands started springing up everywhere. Arlo Guthrie I'm a real nature lover, so whenever possible, I like to get to the

I've become wary of interviews in which you're forced to go back over the reasons

why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you've done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive. Peter Weir With this first novel, I am just above the foothills, but I see the path to the top, and it is my desire to write compelling stories about everything that I find of interest. Guy Johnson Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain. Paul Daniels Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration. Barbara Smith I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it. Michael Phelps Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there

The only thing that being killed off on 'Graceland' helped me with on 'Game of

Thrones' is that it made me available to actually do the job. Pedro Pascal I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers. Christopher Lee In a television interview, I said that diversity in our children's books should include the adventures of disabled children, travellers and gipsies, LGBT teens, different cultures, classes, colours, religions. It shouldn't be a token gesture, nor do such stories need to be 'issue-based'. Malorie Blackman It sounds so cliched, but I've always been kind of different. I always liked being around weird kids. Cecily Strong I actually didn't really go to college. I enrolled and never showed up. Being on a college campus where we shot some of the scenes in 'The Goodwin Games'... it did make me wish that was an experience that I had. Adam Rodriguez It's very liberating to cut your hair. Pamela Anderson I always joke that they're all like my children,

Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy

about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt. Or just as bad, they think being a better person is all God requires. Kevin DeYoung I pay attention to how every makeup artist does everything. Gigi Hadid I had a brilliant trip to Mexico with my friend Ellie during my gap year. We thought we were being really cool and going off the beaten track while all our friends went to Thailand and Australia. The first beachside bar we walked into - there were two girls from my sixth form in there. Emily Berrington There is a qualitative difference between being a minority and being a majority. Majorities are stronger under psychological pressure because numbers count. But only if they are aware of it. Peter Abrahams I've realized that the most important thing I can do to look good is just treat myself well, whether it's getting a nice, long massage or just lying low and not going out every single night. Kim Cattrall Living organisms are created by chemistry. We are hu

I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the '80s, where there

wasn't texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I'm not well suited to the world of modern technology. Matthew Rhys I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth. Randy Newman When you break a sweat you just feel great. You've got your endorphins going. You feel better. You look better. And if you aren't able to get a workout in, try to find a steam room somewhere. You just look and feel so much better after a sweat. Nicole Scherzinger I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys. Edie Falco I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body. Gianni Versace I have always been a Malibu Man, like all actors. Nick Mancuso Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. Paulo Coelho My

On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the

war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I've got some deep issues with the president. Lincoln Chafee Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion. Charles Colson If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do? Christiane Amanpour Trips to the dentist - I like to postpone that kind of thing. Johnny Depp Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. Marcus Valerius Martial They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks. Andy Van Slyke He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Herman Melville Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal. Voltaire

The thing I really love about film is there's a really big sense of teamwork,

and everyone has to do their job to the best of their ability to make the film work in the first place. Sarah Snook To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the first moon landing when we got there, and we'd probably be welcomed by the Chinese. But we should return to the moon without astronauts and build, with robots, an international lunar base, so that we know how to build a base on Mars robotically. Buzz Aldrin One of the first papers I wrote at the University of Wisconsin, in 1977, was on stem cells. I realized that if I changed the environment that these cells were in, I could turn the cells into bone, and if I changed the environment a bit more, they would form fat cells. Bruce Lipton Nobody is offered a World Cup. Abby Wambach Archaeology holds all the keys to understanding who we are and where we come from. Sarah Parcak I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off,

I had almost forgotten to tell you that I have already been to the Parliament

House; and yet this is of most importance. For, had I seen nothing else in England but this, I should have thought my journey thither amply rewarded. Karl Philipp Moritz Most of the time I feel stupid, insensitive, mediocre, talentless and vulnerable - like I'm about to cry any second - and wrong. I've found that when that happens, it usually means I'm writing pretty well, pretty deeply, pretty rawly. Andre Dubus III Looking forward, it might prove constructive to examine the true historical record of an issue prior to assuming the worst of anyone's motive and deconstructing and questioning anyone's Democratic bona fides. After all, we liberals got feelings. Gary Ackerman I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms. Sarah Vowell The waltz can be sad and at the same ti

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW

status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. John Yoo It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it. Miguel de Cervantes Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. George Schultz An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion. George Chapman I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better. Daniel Johns Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life. Lord Byron It was terrible on dates, because I could never eat when I was on a date. Robert Barnes