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I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for

so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world. Lana Del Rey The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe and inlet valve to the compression space and cylinder. Lawrence Hargrave Some people say I'm unique, that there aren't other people with schizophrenia like me. Well, there are people like me out there, but the stigma is so great that they don't come forward. Elyn Saks I enjoy my work too much to force-feed myself with pressure. Wayne McGregor Some 70 percent of Americans donated to Katrina victims. Billy Tauzin I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something. Freddie Hubbard I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell. Edvard Munch So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel. Mordechai Vanunu Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And ...

In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the

themes. What that means is that I end up having to cut out a lot of cool technology that would be really fun to describe and play with, but which would just confuse everybody. So in 'Amped,' I focus on neural implants. Daniel H. Wilson Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them. Hal Holbrook My Antarctic expedition is just about doable, just feasible and that's what is exciting to me. If I knew it was possible, if I knew I could do it without too much bother, I wouldn't be interested. Ben Saunders When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show. Jessica Savitch Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people. Chuck Zito Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is. Hans Urs von Balthasar If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck. Jackie Mason One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry. Karl Wilhelm ...

History has shown that a government's redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private

sector's creation of new sources of it, can prove more destructive than even the most deadly enemy. Victor Davis Hanson As millions of Americans look for work, the Obama campaign and Democrats are attempting to distract attention away from this administration's dismal record. The attack they have launched against Mitt Romney shows just how worried they are about facing him in the general election. Jeb Bradley Ramen is a dish that's very high in calories and sodium. One way to make it slightly healthier is to leave the soup and just eat the noodles. Masaharu Morimoto I'm a huge, huge believer in love. Huge! Chris O'Dowd I always want my books to reach a positive point in the end. Cecelia Ahern I'm not rich, though everybody thinks I am. Emma Forrest When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment. Joaquin Phoenix I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened. Leon Panetta I've read the 'Mortal Instru...

We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got

to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise. LeVar Burton The relationship between the media owner, their relationship isn't strictly with people and audiences. It's also with advertisers, and that's the most relationship in radio; in fact it pays the bills. Robert McChesney I am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in the kingdom knows my name and my books. It's their children I love. Enid Blyton If there's one thing I can't stand, it's not being noticed. Steve Sabol I think the American people in many cases want to transform our energy system. Bernie Sanders Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion. Gary Wolf Normally when one reporter talks to you at a tournament it's no big deal. Bubba Watson Every lover is a soldier. Ovid To a certain extent I suppose a...

When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets

at the box office - even if I can't stay for the movie. Gayle King When I make records, I never listen to stuff after it's done. Ever. David Sanborn Once the World Cup preparations begin there will hardly be an opportunity to do so, since we'll have to put all our energy into the team. We coaches have a list of priorities and dealing with the media isn't in the top five. Jurgen Klinsmann As you get older, you look at things differently. Brett Favre Crime is a job and it's boring. It's also unpleasant. Andrew Dominik First of all, a player has to know what is banned and what is not banned. Lawrence Taylor I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid. Sara Bareilles If it's too fashiony, it's not interesting to me. Jean Paul Gaultier Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious. Herbert Spencer As a rule, one should never place form over content. Manuel Puig

If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would

take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds. Garet Garrett I love Twitter. My favorite thing to do these days is to tweet things that seem very questionable as to whether I'm joking or not. Max Greenfield It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm fed up with the plumbing. And I think it would be good to be a little pop star again. Brian Harvey Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration. E. M. Forster The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living. Harry Bertoia We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work. Kevin Kelly I'm a middle-class former housewife who goes to my daughter's softball games. Charlaine Harris Don't get in my personal life. Timbaland I haven't celebrated coming in No. 2 too many times. Mark Messier I'm all for same-sex marriage. Tori Spelling

Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are

going to hear it via a leak that happens two weeks - if not two months - before it comes out. There's no real way around that. Trent Reznor I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try. Steven Spielberg There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. Jean de la Bruyere Everything I own has some significance to me. Dylan Lauren I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable. Elia Kazan Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age. Bjork Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces! Georg Buchner Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid. Jenny Holzer When someone is denying what they are, then that's when things start to spiral down. will.i.am No one saw the recession coming. Gordon Ramsay

That's the problem with news interviews, you work your tail off to get prominent figures

in the news on the radio, but once they've been on, the event passes, the urgency, the issues you talked about evaporate. Bob Edwards Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, it's about days very wrongly invested in a love affair. Freddy Fender Sarah Michelle Gellar's made some really good choices. She's had some bad breaks. She goes with the independent, interesting young filmmakers and then they get slammed, like 'Southland Tales.' I'm proud of what she's trying to do. It's hard. Joss Whedon You have to develop a very thick skin. Gabrielle Union Courage is action, not talk. Jeff Rich When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food. Phil Collins We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about. Sonia Braga Films are just consumables. Kristin Scott Thomas I'm not a celebrity. I don't call myself a celebrity. I'm an actor. Sophia Bush I wouldn't mind doing a s...

Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal

opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities. Jurgen Habermas Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute 'Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other.' Ernestine Rose I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up. Teri Hatcher Hidden nature is secret God. Sri Aurobindo I try not to take myself too seriously, but I do take my work seriously. Alison Doody Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose. Evan Esar Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can. William Feather Charm is a product of the unexpected. Jose Marti I've always followed the rul...

I'm so not interested in producing, other than doing my own work, producing my own

films. I only do it as favors, for other people to get their films made. Alexander Payne I do believe in ghosts. Freaky things will happen, and I'm like, 'The wind didn't do that! Some spirit did'. Devon Werkheiser There's full consensus in the military that women shouldn't be in person-to-person combat. I don't know if we have enough experience to know whether this is the right approach. But women can be elsewhere. We have mandatory military service in Chile. I pushed for women in all areas. Michelle Bachelet I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality. Goldie Hawn God invented concubinage, satan marriage. Francis Picabia It's unfortunate that music has become such big business. Rosanna Arquette I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it. Ellen Burstyn We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does. Mary Gordon I'm against spending money to record. Grimes I think people conn...

I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that

I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy. Javier Bardem On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance. Jean-Francois Lyotard Although the skills aren't hard to learn, finding the happiness and finding the satisfaction and finding fulfillment in continuously serving somebody else something good to eat, is what makes a really good restaurant. Mario Batali Once the film came out everyone wanted me, including George Michael. Cynthia Payne I also think that I had great mechanics. Dennis Eckersley Teens find out a lot from other teens. Ally Condie I won't do something just for the sake of working. Juliette Binoche I'm a little young for retirement. Joni Mitchell You can talk good ideas out of existence...

I showed my mom the movie then I told her the movie got bought and

that it was gonna be shown in theatres and be on video. Everyone was really psyched about it. Everyone in my little town of hounds started to call me movie star. Jason Mewes Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me. Larry David I have a special child and there are not a lot of services around for that special child, and so we picked out a school that would be a very good school for her. John Raese I'm not a Democrat. Aaron McGruder I think all of us create our own miracles. Michael Landon Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. Vincent Van Gogh I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out of the media spotlight. Jason Gann Casey was the better team and the better team won. Bill Evans This was more than just a cow - this was an entire career I was looking at. Gary Larson I like physical comedy. And I like the old comedies. Patrick Dempsey

When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible

for using them properly. It's not fair of us as citizens to lean more heavily on one side of that equation than on the other. Jesse Ventura I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter. Katey Sagal So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music. Joseph Jarman It's really not the genre for me, or the venue, it's the writing. Kathy Najimy Every writer secretly hopes that what he or she has written will endure. Jonathan Coleman I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist. Elia Kazan I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much. Stan Getz Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people. Tom Hooper A true initiation never ends. Robert Anton Wilson I took my time to find the perfect girl. Joe Namath

FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through

our efforts alone - equally important is the power which every fan of the beautiful game has at their disposal. Sepp Blatter It's very hard to concentrate when your stomach's rumbling. Shania Twain Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. Benedict Cumberbatch Almost any game with any ball is a good game. Robert Staughton Lynd I am not into fashion. I just like being able to buy my mates dinner. James Blunt We didn't really swallow much of the Jesus thing, but we got the vocab. Kristin Hersh You always have to avoid working for the sake of putting yourself out there. Haley Joel Osment I probably seem like not a particularly nice person, not a girl's girl. Sienna Miller I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection. Alex Pettyfer People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits. Rick Wakeman

When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an

instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum. Spike Lee I'm at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasn't competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now I've gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore. Courteney Cox I'm playing 10 feet from Mike Campbell every night. I look across the stage, there's Howie. Tom's in the middle and we're playing all this stuff I love. It's great. Benmont Tench In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl. Zoe Lister-Jones On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing. Victoria Abril I'm always cast in these strange men... that's not me, really. Anthony Hopkins I expected to go into journalism or law. Chri...

Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him.

Today, you're on television all the time. A. Scott Berg I see most of my movies at festivals. Jean Reno I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972. George McGovern God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure. Eric Liddell It's not just we Italians who are caught up in the difficulty. Giorgio Napolitano I'm not a good collaborator in general. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature. J. Paul Getty Read nature; nature is a friend to truth. Edward Young I grew up around jazz. I love jazz. Baz Luhrmann I can be an emotional eater. Janet Jackson

I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a

few people my age who have a strong sense of self, but I couldn't say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I don't know myself at all yet. Kristen Stewart I used to get made fun of in the minor leagues. I'd be 0 for 2, and then in my last at-bat I'd hit a chopper that wouldn't even reach the shortstop, and I'd get a hit out of it. The guys would be all over me, but a hit's a hit. I'll take 3,000 of 'em. Mike Trout I think Alison Krauss and her band are the best today. The same goes for Rick Skaggs and his band. Rick Moranis My parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade. Sanford I. Weill No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed. Julian Casablancas I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship. Adam Lambert My life was really interesting before 'Chic.' Nile Rodgers Sound is the vocabulary of nature. Pierre Schaeffer I've been held responsib...

The deceptive, glossy media images of faces, bodies and social lifestyles, make us hate ourselves

so we will buy a solution to love ourselves once again. Bryant H. McGill To me, being popular means I've got more friends. You've got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I've got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you've got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they're your friend. Reba McEntire I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux. Linus Torvalds San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness. Herb Caen Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me. Martin Niemoller Dance is such a stressful environment. Mia Wasikowska I like to have fun, just stay relaxed. Usain Bolt I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. Jack Kerouac I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way. Dr. Dre Speak less but ...

We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more

and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we leave our fingerprints on broken locks, our voiceprints in bugged rooms, our footprints in the wet concrete. Ross MacDonald I want to give Michael Moore a run for his money. Dinesh D'Souza But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.' Jessie J I want to have as normal a life as possible. Michael Owen As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories. Marion Cotillard I say what I think and I think what I say. Brigitte Bardot I don't want to be above my audience; I want to be one with my audience. Katy Perry I almost never listen to the radio. Bjarke Ingels Theater has always been most important to my psyche. Bill Pullman I eat like a horse; sometimes I think I must have cancer. Lee Radziwill

I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And

then I can be really lazy and ignore everything. Lena Headey You only live once. Trying to do the right thing for other people often doesn't work out, and you have to follow your own path in order to make things work out best for everyone. Alison Pill I was one of the first authors to have an active website. I'm totally obsessed with technology. I'm always looking for ways to connect with my readers. I answer all my fan mail. Jodi Picoult Sometimes I - I try not to read too many fiction or novels. John Mica My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do. Roddy Doyle We will talk about cooperation to destroy the disease as soon as we can. Thaksin Shinawatra Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. Martha Graham London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal. Hope Solo It's important I deliver a great show and a good time. Miranda Lambert I love music and I love to dance. Jami Gertz

I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children.

If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that. Victoria Beckham The dynamic is extremely similar to Gremlins and the hero is very similar, plus the small town atmosphere. It really is in a way the third Gremlins movie. Joe Dante Even having to do the amount of press that I have to do is dreadful and gives me so much anxiety. After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love', now I'll have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said. Chloe Sevigny I've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie. Clive Owen Reform, that we may preserve. Thomas Babington Macaulay The course of Nature is the art of God. Edward Young Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself. Soren Kierkegaard It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me. June Jordan America is a giving nation and very co...

If I scribbled a few words on a cocktail napkin and showed it to my

family, they'd proclaim it astonishing and more culturally relevant than the Bible. Marisha Pessl There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism. Michael Ignatieff Directly after the show people might have responded better to it, but who really knows. It did what it did and while it seems like a failure to most but it was a success for me and has given me so many opportunities. Justin Guarini When you're 20, we all make stupid and impulsive decisions. Brian Bosworth We're all quite vulnerable human beings really. Andrea Arnold You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. Denzel Washington Make movies. Don't make videos. Videos are evil. Jeff Ament I like to race, not to do laps alone. Fernando Alonso Thank God for some Republican control of one branch of the government. Lindsey Graham The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead; never let up. Rod Laver

The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of

those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people. Jimmy Reid I think it's good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear. John Corigliano There's nothing universal about Indian families except that the family itself is deeply important across the country. It's sort of the fabric and anchor of our country. Mira Nair And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing. Steve Yzerman I'm a very religious person. Chuck Norris I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible. Darrell Hammond Fame makes me feel wanted and loved, anybody wants that. Michael Hutchence If there is a future, it will be Green. Petra Kelly The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it. Irving Paul Lazar Every single lyric I've e...

If you need to put your money in a safe and secure place and you

want it to earn interest, Treasury bonds are safer than putting it in any bank as a deposit or putting it anywhere else, because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government. Jim Cooper I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them. Clarke Peters But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something. Vanessa Carlton Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go. e. e. cummings Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached. Swami Vivekananda My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother? Jackie Collins My parents actually wanted me to join the service. Krysten Ritter The hand check has always been a part of pro basketball. Stu Jackson I've spent my entire care...

With this LP we were all very clear on the approach we wanted to take,

which was to do something heavy, but also experiment with a lot of other things we really like. Phil Anselmo I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose. Taylor Swift I did an internship with Mike (Shanahan) and the Redskins last summer and I knew after a week and a half that it wasn't for me. I think I knew that going in, but I wanted to make sure. Terrell Davis I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels. Ken Follett Magic Johnson was my favorite player growing up. Russell Westbrook I've had some incredibly triumphal things happen in my life. Stevie Wonder We all want Canaan without going through the wilderness. Ravi Zacharias I come from a family of farmers on both sides of my family. Eric Ripert I don't live in France; I live in myself. Alejandro Jodorowsky Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth. Joe Shuster

It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music

videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession. Wayne Coyne I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. Kazuo Ishiguro If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense that people always seem to be behaving strangely. People always seem to be behaving the wrong way, in a different way. You say things and there are silences. Nick Cave If I find myself afraid or scared, that means I'm doing the wrong thing. Jack Hanna We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons. George Wald They've turned this character into a human being. Melinda Clarke I was very nervous at the beginning of Hotel du Nord. Marcel Carne A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point. George Dennison Prentice I don't want this big stardom thing. I just want a good script....

It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't

have hands? They'll think you're cocky. Mitch Hedberg Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse. Samuel Alexander I have experienced a tremendous amount of personal and professional growth, and I feel incredibly lucky that I'm able to make a career out of doing the things that I love. Jose Garces I'm blind without my glasses. Adam Ant Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. June Jordan Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity. Will Durant Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife. Pat Burns I can't think of anything more exciting than trying to be an actor. Leslie Howard The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. Robert De Niro Even if you are divine, you don...

Had the United States not acted in Iraq, Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi would likely not

have declared his weapons programs, submitted to international inspections and voluntarily dismantled its programs. Jim Gerlach Young people are not only rebels. They have a special heart. Gloria Trevi I haven't checked this out yet, but one of our guys told me we have a counselor within 45 minutes to an hour of most small businesses in this country. That's really powerful. I call it our bone structure. Karen Mills I'm embracing many different things, but it's all feel-good. Christina Aguilera In my free time, I love to lay in bed. Elizabeth Reaser Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth. Laurel Clark Why can't a woman be more like a man? Alan Jay Lerner It's too easy to blame other people in football. Steven Gerrard Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way. Rudy Rucker To win you've got to stay in the game. Claude M. Bristol

The first time I jumped from a plane, I screamed like a woman. I was

two miles up and you could hear me clear as day. Now I love it. Wesley Snipes Nobody cooks anymore. To me, to watch your parents cook, and to have a house that smells warm and delicious, is a very vital memory that I think kids don't really have anymore. Tyler Florence Factory farming, like comparable evils throughout history, depends for its existence upon concealment. It depends on people either not noticing or willfully averting their gaze. Matthew Scully Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult. Tim Kaine I like meat and carbohydrates. Gabrielle Union I like Marilyn Monroe; she was super glam, weren't she? Rebecca Ferguson I'm not a fast driver. I've seen what speed can do. Carol Alt It's a sin to swear. Jayson Williams Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile. J. B. Priestley I really only have a few friends. Milla Jovovich

I've made a career writing about fictitious anti-heroes. To create these worlds, I've spent a

lot of time with active members on both sides of the law. And if I had to pick the most interesting of the two, the choice is obvious - we all love the guys in black. Kurt Sutter The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil. Jean Baudrillard I still don't know how to read music. Richard Manuel As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset. David Alan Grier The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no. Rocco Buttiglione My music comes from my emotion, always. Lee DeWyze I just finished a film with Michael Radford called Dancing at the Blue Iguana. Daryl Hannah I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music. Satyajit Ray I was raised with adults. I skipped knowing how to interact as a normal teenage person. Alice Englert I like to look strong and commanding. Zoe Saldana

My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays

in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot. Tommy Hilfiger You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors. Abbott L. Lowell Even the 'Today' programme involves a balance between the worthy-but-heavy items with the worthless-but-entertainingly-light ones. Evan Davis It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. Epictetus Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains. William Shakespeare I crave attention and adventure. Eddie Cibrian I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind. Kevin Pietersen We all want to thank Emmitt for allowing us to enjoy every yard. Michael Irvin Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. Zachary Quinto To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's land...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like

doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean. Jodie Foster It's evolve or die, really, you have to evolve, you have to move on otherwise it just becomes stagnant. Craig Charles I suffer panic attacks which has made me really conscious about my fitness and I have become addicted to jogging. It might sound odd but a lot of good has come out of it. My fans send letters saying they have taken up jogging because I do it. Ellie Goulding I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in. Tony Curtis I have an abacus at home. Conan O'Brien Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing. Wayne Dyer I'm not a mass-appeal artist. Amos Lee I'd like to do a film which is funny. Clive Owen The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating. Sonny Liston I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own. Norah Jones

I've always been very forward-looking, and it was actually kind of difficult to turn my

gaze backwards to look at comics history. Scott McCloud When I found out I was pregnant, I was 22. It was really scary because I was working the music thing, and with a kid coming, you just can't live that life with a child. Crystal Bowersox During the next 90 days, people are going to be more open to the Gospel than in years. It is God's responsibility to make people receptive; it is our responsibility to sow the seed. Rick Warren I'm not good at multi-tasking. Natalie Maines I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice. Elaine Stritch Maybe I was just born to argue with men. Johann Lamont To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation. Helen Dunmore May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country. Zebulon Pike I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue. F. Murray Abraham Marriage is socialism among two people. Barbara Ehrenreich

Mumford and Sons and Adele are both incredible artists and are great for popular music.

There's a lot of club music with heavy beats, so to have that Mumford record and hear banjos being used is so cool. Dave Haywood In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns. Jason Schwartzman Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment. Jenna Elfman Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work. Paul Simon I can be quite serious sometimes so laughing is key. Emily VanCamp I guess you could say I've been writing all my life. Anthony Doerr I feel, as a person, very uninteresting. Jeremy Piven Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. M. Scott Peck Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions. Tom G. Palmer People's minds are changed t...

In the animal world, on the other hand, the process of evolution is characterised by

the progressive discrimination of the animal and vegetative functions, and a consequent differentiation of these two great provinces into their separate departments. Wilhelm Wundt You know, sometimes if you work - if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired. Zach Galifianakis It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do. Whoopi Goldberg I left school when I was 14 to work in kitchens. Wolfgang Puck Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off? David Byrne Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods. Michael Herr I like when a guy makes me feel like a woman and a little girl at the same time. Tara Reid As for my brothers, of whom ...

I almost choke on my popcorn when I hear film stars, who walk on red

carpets as much as the rest of us do on zebra crossings, criticising youngsters who crave fame. Julie Burchill It's a very strange phenomenon being hated by people you've never met. Some journalists just seem to hate me and everything I do, and it's disconcerting because I've never met this person. Moby Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it. Rene Redzepi You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can. Daniel Berrigan I was the law and order. Frank Gifford Haiti looks like a bomb hit it. Jim Fowler Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. Jane Austen I feel lucky, happy and philosophical about it all. Greta Scacchi The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public. Junius The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children. Linus Torvalds

As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed

to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace. Rene Cassin What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether. Jeremy Rifkin Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. Barry Commoner Scary monsters are like Hula Hoops. They come in and out of fashion. John Malkovich I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences. Renny Harlin Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him. Gyorgy Ligeti Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape. Mason Cooley If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction. Anthony Mackie It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on...

The packaging has to really sell the product today, because kids can go out and

buy a CD and then 10 kids can burn them. So you have to really be on your toes. Jerry Only I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city. Michael Nutter I miss New York. I like the country and I like the people. However, the U.S. political and legal system is prone to overreaction. Marc Rich Don't get even, get mad. Frank Sinatra Science is the systematic classification of experience. George Henry Lewes Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen. Ron Livingston The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things. Charles Baudelaire An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition. Anna Kendrick It's just fun to be in Paris. Nanette Lepore I was in a vintage pub rock band called Clover in the 1970s. Huey Lewis

It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is

so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?' Ice Cube I'm about to read Scott Turow's 'Innocent.' I've been hungry for this book since he first told me it was in the works. I'm a serious Turow fan. Ridley Pearson I wouldn't tell Jill how I felt. I behaved in such a way that was opposite to how I felt. I must have seemed strong to her. I didn't want to bring her down. Charles Bronson I'm no expert on American politics. Bjorn Lomborg I don't get a chance to be home much. Jennifer Hudson My hair was famous before I was. Christopher Walken I have a blessed life in so many ways. Jeb Bush I have a great faith in God and Jesus. Ernie Harwell The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken. Antonio Porchia Mozart is expressing something that is more than human. Colin R. Davis

I think any time you have a workplace that's heavily weighted to men just by

the nature of what it is, the same way you can say PR or fashion is heavily occupied by women, there's always going to be a little bit of that sexism. Erin Duffy My greatest reward is knowing for certain, as I do with many other acts and artistes, that without Jonathan King being alive and involved, Genesis would not exist, and the guys would have had careers as intended - as accountants and lawyers! Jonathan King Reddit, which calls itself 'The Front Page of the Internet,' is more influential in shaping Internet culture than its comparatively small reach would lead you to believe. Ethan Zuckerman None of this was written to hurt anybody's feelings. Ric Flair Classical ballet will never die. Ninette de Valois If I weren't a matchmaker, I'd be a chef. Patti Stanger Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you. Robert Kiyosaki Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult. William Butler Yeats I was ...

Coming out as a Barbra Streisand fan was way more embarrassing than coming out as

a lesbian. To be an artist of my generation willing to be unhip - artists were supposed to be like cowboys. Deborah Kass If you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that. Jennifer Lopez My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you get older, you start to take away. Jacques Pepin After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made. Tommy Kirk I consider the Stooges to be pop music. Siobhan Fahey Being a chef would be too much hard work. Sophie Ellis-Bextor The idea is that the object has a language unto itself. Anish Kapoor I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll. Johnny Winter My father was 65 when I was born so we didn't have much time together. Joe Wright It's surreal to know my dreams are coming true. Mario Vazquez

For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward

the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make. Edward Kennedy The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first. Mira Sorvino For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played on guitar. Ever. They were intended mostly for keyboards or melodic percussion. Dweezil Zappa You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is. Nastia Liukin I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great. J Mascis It is never too late to regain our credibility around the world. Marty Meehan One cannot imagine Scots music and song without the contribution of Burns. Len G. Murray A clear conscience is a sure card. John Lyly Just beca...

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind

to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others. Barbara Bush When the weather changes, nobody believes the laws of physics have changed. Similarly, I don't believe that when the stock market goes into terrible gyrations its rules have changed. Benoit Mandelbrot You're forced to think about what your goals are and you clarify them because you're taking this journey with another person and you need to be open with your partner. Sarah Michelle Gellar There can be no criminal intent in resisting injustice. Lysander Spooner I have no desire to play music unless I need music. Carrie Brownstein I take my part in the food chain very seriously. Dominique Swain When we could split the screen, it was like 'Wow!'. Sid Caesar The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park. Christo I like starting. It's pretty cool. Al Leiter I think women are excellent social critics. Laurie Anderson

What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out

another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me. Haile Gebrselassie I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic. Andre Rieu Usually when I'm out doing stuff, I'm just out in the wild, doing the wild thing. I don't really get a chance to just chill out until I come here, in my creative space. Bootsy Collins I just really, really, really hate to lose. Really. Jeremy Lin Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved. Victor Hugo The good old days are now. Tom Clancy I never faced a pitcher with better stuff than Nolan Ryan. Robin Yount Iraq is falling apart. Lindsey Graham All love is vanquished by a succeeding love. Ovid I don't envy men and I certainly wouldn't like to become one now. Louise Brown

A typical 'Larry King Live' is a pastiche whose absurdism defies parody. Wearing his trademark

suspenders and purple shirts, he looks as if he's strapped to the chair with vertical seat belts, unable to eject. James Wolcott I defied the machinery to make me its slave. Its incessant discords could not drown the music of my thoughts if I would let them fly high enough. Lucy Larcom At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics met at the same time in the same hotel. Rudolf Arnheim There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes. Manolo Blahnik If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it. Chuck Zito I would like to be a positive force for young girls. Leona Lewis Politicians, it's in their job description to just lie, every day. Rob Delaney The older you get, the more you realize you cannot win on the Internet. Kevin Smith I may have my personal political thing, but we never wanted it to stain the show. Matt Stone I really love being a cha...

I think size is the most unused quotient in the sculptor's repertoire because it requires

lots of commitment and time. To me it's the best tool. With size you get space and atmosphere: atmosphere becomes volume. You stand in the shape, in the zone. Michael Heizer People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don't understand why they find me so annoying but they do. It is pity, but that is how it is. Ian Hamilton Finlay Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more children under 5 years old every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. Mandy Moore I tend to overwrite; I need a good editor. Wolf Blitzer Temptation to behave is terrible. Bertolt Brecht Cats rule the world. Jim Davis And I think that George Bush really is a very godly person. Pat Robertson Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are. Graham Greene Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones....

With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm

all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me. George R. R. Martin Being 16 years old and getting an electric guitar is never going to get old. There's always going to be kids making music. There's always going to be kids in bands. Dan Auerbach Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway. Liza Minnelli The core of all religions is a belief in a supreme personal god. Frank Tipler It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry. Amber Heard A producer should only be there to enable an artist to be himself. Kip Winger I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get. Lionel Blue Forbid us something, and that thing we desire. Geoffrey Chaucer I shop more than most women. A. J. McLean The golden ag...

It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy

of half the population. We discovered this with women decades ago, and now it's time to realize it with introverts. Susan Cain My mom's collard greens. No one else in the world can make them like hers. I'm not just saying that because she's my mom. She's got some Mississippi secret. I could seriously eat them every day. Santigold I think it affected me physically and emotionally, yes. I did have my ups and downs, but I actually had more ups and downs after the shots were finished and she was pregnant because of the reality of being pregnant with twins. Cheryl Tiegs I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it. Taylor Caldwell The bashful are always aggressive at heart. Charles Horton Cooley Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised. Gilbert K. Chesterton We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope. Conor Oberst I've always wanted to act. Shayne Ward I do...

In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E.

Cheese's some five hundred million. I still didn't feel too bad that I had turned down a one-third ownership of Apple - although I was beginning to think it might turn out to be a mistake. Nolan Bushnell The experienced writer says to the anguished novice: 'Just do it; get something, anything, on to the screen or page, just establish a flow of words, and criticise them later.' You give this advice but can't always take it. Hilary Mantel My dad wasn't the biggest role model, but he was a great musician and I loved him very much. He was a character. Randy Houser Piano is like drudgery. Warren Zevon My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit. David Guterson I am the world's worst diabetic. Sue Townsend I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while. Tom Wilson Men without jobs do not form families. Eleanor Holmes Norton A woman is as young as her knees. Mary Quant I do my job like I br...

Steve Martin is one of the most intelligent, well-read human beings that I've ever come

across. He is equally as funny off screen as he is on. But he also has a very intellectual side, and he's a really nice human being. We actually become good friends. Anthony LaPaglia I try to eat how your mother wanted you to eat when you were young. Heather Morris There wasn't a moment where I got into cars. It wasn't a conscience decision or something that came later, it was there since I was born. I just love it. Eric Bana No matter what, I'm always interested in making music. Chris Robinson I like to challenge myself. Felix Baumgartner When I first started out, I was a bad actor. Harrison Ford I had to work from a young age. Giancarlo Esposito Life is so unlike theory. Anthony Trollope On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare. Scott Turow I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated. Dionne Warwick

In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they

cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of legitimate runners. Joe Henderson When you're the best, and you know you're the best, and your contemporaries know you're the best, that's a terrific edge. Raymond Floyd I came back to work when my children were two months old. At that early age, they seem to have little awareness of anybody but their Raggedy Ann dolls, so it wasn't a matter of them missing me. I was missing them. Jane Pauley I write short stories. I write every day. Isaiah Mustafa The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Douglas Coupland These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. Queen Elizabeth II Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one. Jasmine Guy Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. Benjamin Disraeli I don't have any friends; I just have lawyers. Mike Oldfield To me, my characters are more rea...

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin

Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. David Cameron When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor. Michel Hazanavicius There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood. Cyndi Lauper How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl. Marilyn Monroe The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform. Ryne Sandberg I let people down easy with inspiration. David Hasselhoff I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come. Paula Cole If Senator Obama becomes pro-life then I'll consider giving him my vote. Alveda King ...

You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films

cold, you're not quite sure. It's the same in - I'm trying to think of other directors with a similar sense - David Lynch's films, Tim's films, some of Cronenberg's stuff. Danny Elfman Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking. Gus Van Sant After hurting myself like that, I could not go back immediately to racing. I was in no condition, mentally or physically. That helped me to strengthen myself to go through the hard times that were ahead with my business, and to be successful. Nelson Piquet My mum brought me up on her own. All we really had was each other. Russell Brand Shirley Temple had charisma as a child. But it cleared up as an adult. Totie Fields In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies. Desmond Tutu Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever. Paul Auster My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless. Dionne Warwick To apol...

I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly

the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing. David Cassidy When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. Pierre Corneille Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger. Thornton Wilder May God bless Trayvon Martin's soul, his family. Bobby Rush Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day. Heston Blumenthal Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name. Mignon McLaughlin Cooking is always very romantic! Matthew Morrison Everything must come from the heart, must be lived. Pina Bausch Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies. Matt Bomer

I read an article that said one in five Americans thinks Elvis is alive. I

want to find those morons and get them registered to vote for me. Pat Paulsen You start at a young age, going on auditions, and you think you did a good job and expect to get that role, and you don't, and it's a letdown, a disappointment. So you tell yourself to just do the work and disconnect, because you have no control over the outcome. Michael B. Jordan I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie. Natasha Henstridge You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas. Sol LeWitt Live music is healthy. John Lydon Mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of. Evan Davis I was 40 when I did my first movie. Danny Aiello Life is short. You have to be able to laugh at our pain or we never move on. Jeff Ross Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole ...

I know what it's like to finish the laundry and to look in the basket

five minutes later and it's full again. I know what it's like to pull all the groceries in, and see the teenagers run through, and all of a sudden, all of the groceries you just bought a few hours ago are gone. Ann Romney If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time. Wentworth Miller Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here. Donna Shalala An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose. A. P. Herbert Society is at odds with itself. Clint Eastwood I quite enjoy science fiction. Lexa Doig I grew up in a dysfunctional family. Melissa Gilbert The man on the street, he knows who Beethoven is, he knows who Mozart is. Joshua Bell It is the Democrats who get the e...

Since I was a child, death is definitely something that I think about every day.

But I think that everybody does. You try and avoid it, but it's such a big thing that you can't. Damien Hirst I don't do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it's a logical business decision. James Dyson I can lick my elbow. I know that's supposed to be impossible, but I can do it! Kate Voegele Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests. Bashar al-Assad I wish I were more disciplined. Jeff Bridges I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter. Mel Brooks A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties. Anne Stevenson Follow me if I advance! Kill me if I retreat! Revenge me if I die! Ngo Dinh Diem There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide. Rahm Emanuel I think there are many more stories still to be told about women. Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and

I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it. Zack Snyder Now on 'Bachelor Pad' it is true colors - no best foot forward anymore, everybody is really themselves. Jake Pavelka I'm one of those women who likes to chat and share knowledge and pass it around. Jennie Garth A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse. Sanya Richards-Ross It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman. Federico Fellini I had never made any plans beyond basketball. Sheryl Swoopes There's a small club of women who are willing to age. Debra Winger I don't think I've ever made any good financial decisions. Roger Moore With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year. Gro Harlem Brundtland My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer. Taylor Caldwell

Watching Jodie on this is incredible; it's the perfect role for her. It's so intense

and so emotional. She just jumped right into it and is so professional. Erika Christensen I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed. Shirley Manson You learn to understand it, but if you step back, you do think it is either strange or unfair. But I know that if you don't score, play well or win, you are wrong to have a helicopter and fly home each week to see your kids. You are wrong to have a business outside of football. Michael Owen I am the head of the Socialists, but the party is not my property. Evangelos Venizelos Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it. Gene Simmons I always try to be a reliable friend. Diego Boneta For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Wal-Mart. Amanda Hocking I'm about being the best. Frank Ocean If I ever completely lost my nervousness ...

But to make a long story short, I decided that I was going to run,

and I announced that I was going to run for president in Florida, I would be the favorite son from Florida, and that would stop Johnson and Kennedy from dividing up the state. George Smathers In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great. Charles Sturt It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know. K'naan Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely. James Taylor Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something. Kenny Chesney We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive. James Hillman Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache? James Branch Cabell I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey. Toni Collette I cannot do politics under someone else's control. Mikhail Prokhorov The best cinema is about ethics. Alexander Pay...

What's really interesting about actors, is that we all have opinions on how people's careers

look, but I think you never have any idea of your own, or what other people think of you. Eddie Redmayne Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy. Ray Stevenson Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays. Nicholson Baker Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing. Hugh Grant I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences. Dana Spiotta I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination. Scott Adams The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine. Plato I'm not that interested in working with impervious people. Liev Schreiber This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia. Wade Boggs I wasn't born a superstar. Missy Elliott

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations

in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity. George Soros The U.S. will lose its status as the superpower of the world financial system. The world will become multi-polar. Peer Steinbruck Every day I've got to get up and make a decision. I have an opportunity every day to affect young men and the coaches that are around me, the entire organization and the entire community. Mike Singletary Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything. Dave Chappelle I love getting dressed up doing the whole premiere look. Josh Hutcherson They put me in the drama class, and that's the path I've taken. Joe Mantegna For me, art is such a wide concept - anything can be art. Sebastiao Salgado Oh, I'm online all the time now. I'm not an outdoorsy type. Kevin Smith People change, they grow. Jacob Young When...

When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into

its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down, the building must stand by itself with no trace of the means by which it was erected. That is how a musician should work. Andres Segovia People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming. Gwen Ifill I'd like to teach kids how to write songs. This will be my first year so I'm just as green as some of the rest of the folks. It's like a music camp and I get to hang out with some of the past contestants. Bo Bice But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that? Lara Flynn Boyle I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement. Peter Hain I'm a private intellectual, not a public one. Nassim Nicholas Taleb I was in college in the '60s, and the whole feminist movement had swept me up. Laura Schlessinger ...

We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did

have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small. Ann Veneman I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better! Joanna Baillie My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life. Gareth Bale Hempseed produces no observable high for humans or birds. Jack Herer For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end. Peter Greenaway I don't know why it's still a taboo to be a feminist. Gemma Arterton The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries. Barack Obama There's an electrical thing about movies. Oliver Stone I carry lots of guilt. Rod Stewart As far a...

If you could do 'Moving Too Fast' and 'Nobody Needs To Know' really, really well,

you kind of knew you would make it someday, somehow! Jeremy Jordan Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company. Roy Ayers I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft. Fede Alvarez We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it. Barry Diller I secrete jokes like the pancreas secretes... whatever the pancreas secretes. Marshall Brickman I could come up with 50 stories that I am thinking about. Gay Talese We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do. Bill Moyers Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed. Liang Chow Black Eyed Peas is a chameleon group. will.i.am Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction. Natalie Clifford Barney

I actually don't see that strong of a connection between my background as a rock

'n roller and my early films. In a way I think your musical identity in film work is determined by the jobs that come your way. Cliff Martinez Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel The collision of mobile and social platforms and the need to build these companies from the ground up - whether it's a game, a healthcare application, an education application - building these from the ground up is what allows entrepreneurial activity to be unleashed. Jim Breyer I didn't go to college. Shelby Lynne I associate creativity with independent music. Miguel As a modern employer you have to treat people well. James Dyson Got through it without fluffing, that's the main thing any actor can hope for. John Leeson You can always become better. Tiger Woods Network operators need reasonable leeway to manage their networks. Edward Felten If you're ...

On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we

are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged. Martin Sheen I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination. Brad Pitt An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist. Stephen Stills I'm just a story teller. Doris Lessing Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's. Desmond Dekker You know when civilization began? With the invention of the mirror. Shimon Peres Look your significant other in the eyes, make that connection. Kendall Schmidt I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort. Don Johnson He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life. Pierre Corneille I'm not a social retard, but I prefer to go unnoticed. Tracy Pollan

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny -

Did you ever try buying them without money? Ogden Nash I just feel like with independent movies... they're really free to do whatever they want. They're not afraid to make a statement about anything, and there's not a huge studio behind them making sure that everything is wholesome and politically correct and all that. Emma Roberts I love to be comfortable, but I also love to play up the glamour. Jessica Simpson I'm not God - but I am something similar. Roberto Duran I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative. Bill Hicks Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy. Rodrigo Rato Florence and art is something that is part of my life and is part of myself. Roberto Cavalli My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. Jamie Zawinski The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire. Michael Mandelbaum Recognition of belligerency as an expression of ...

There is definitely something that has to be said for me liking the action, Lara

Croft type stuff. I really want to explore that side of me. Katie Cassidy The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity. Lewis Grizzard I love working out, but I need my brain to be someplace else as my body does the work. Jordana Brewster I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. J. Michael Straczynski I would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets. Roger Moore Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera. Kim Weston Love is too young to know what conscience is. William Shakespeare I'm a vegetarian, but I don't expect other people not to eat meat. Bjorn Lomborg Sex is like money; only too much is enough. John Updike I'm married to a very generous woman. Steven A. Cohen

It is apparent that Christianity and Islam must come, and come immediately, to a closer

understanding, and it is equally apparent that their unity if achieved, will be the most effective defensive measure against Communist expansion. Aly Khan I think every writer of detective fiction writing today has been influenced by Mr. Parker. I'm of a generation that followed Robert Parker, and it was impossible to read the genre and not be influenced by him. Robert Crais When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers. Tom Glazer I'm not adopting a baby. Cynthia Nixon It's just what it is. It just all happened in my stride. Jessi Colter I won't deny a song or a melody. I can't deny it. Fred Durst One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills. Earl Wilson It's hard, the green screen; it's a different way of working. Rodrigo Santor...

Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving

with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice. John Mellencamp It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning. Stanley Tucci Since we had little money and few documents, we had nothing. Alain Resnais I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines. Paul Prudhomme North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons. John Bolton All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs. C. Z. Guest We learned the value of resea...

Tacked above my desk are photos of artists I admire - Hopper, Sargent, Twain -

and postcards from beloved bookstores where I've spent all my time and money - Tattered Cover, Elliot Bay, Harvard Bookstore. J. R. Moehringer I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it. Sophie Ellis-Bextor Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself. Michael Bolton People are still emulating the old fashioned criminal. Shia LaBeouf From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world. Andrei Platonov My teammates are the best. David Ortiz Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard. Gina Gershon We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor. Barney Ross Even between the best of friends, mistakes and misunderstandings can happen. Avigdor Lieberman I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read. Annie Dillard

The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not

fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents. Annie Dillard I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling. Frida Kahlo Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software. Greg Egan The prize seemed to change my professional life very little. Philip Warren Anderson Fate is written in the face. Federico Fellini People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life. A. N. Wilson My ideal travel companions are my family. Pharrell Williams I just want to be written about as a normal artist. Robert Mapplethorpe When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy. Salman Rushdie I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challe...

So many nights I'm up there on stage and I wish everybody out in the

audience could see what I see and feel what I feel. Kenny Chesney I don't really live by plans. Andrea Corr In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress. Gene Tierney When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. Martha Beck Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us? Soledad O'Brien I like songs that go to different places and then come back. Sean Lennon You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide. Vance Havner Bring back Sally Jesse Rafael! That's all I'm asking. Jacob Young Events are not a matter of chance. Gamal Abdel Nasser We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do. Charles Barkley

In Russia, writers with serious grievances are arrested, while in America they are merely featured

on television talk shows, where all that is arrested is their development. Neil Postman He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires. Booth Tarkington I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net. Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care ... it is another story altogether. Abraham Verghese We are treated with such generosity of spirit. Michael Zaslow I found out that smoking is the leading cause of statistics. Matthew Gray Gubler Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots. Jessica Savitch Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics. Rachel Kushner I have the same group of friends I've had since I was three. Sienna Miller At least I had tha...

They've been talking about Pi, which I haven't seen, they've been comparing it to Usual

Suspects, Sixth Sense, and Fight Club, and I didn't see that either. Joe Pantoliano When you say you are a gamer and you are a celebrity or a former celebrity there's a grain of salt that everybody takes that with. Curt Schilling I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost. Guillermo Cabrera Infante This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life. Tom McCall I want to play characters that are interesting to watch. Ben Barnes I do have a lot of Australian friends. Simon Baker I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles. Mia Wasikowska We live in a celebrity-obsessed society. Kelly Reilly My feeling is that if you can cook, I can teach you how to do television. Bobby Flay I have four children and I have seven grandkids. Dick Van Dyke

I like to play board games a lot with my girl, things like that. We

attempt to cook. And even if it goes wrong, it doesn't matter because it's the time you spend doing it that's important. Sam Worthington We are ready to say that we rule the entire Elgin enterprise as irrelevant to the present. Melina Mercouri If you love large, you've got to hurt large. If you've got a lot of light, you've probably got an equal amount of darkness. Sarah McLachlan Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends. Sol LeWitt But, I didn't get my first break until I was 17. Stephen Dorff It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness. Lisa Bonet I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas. Jill Abramson Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy. Richard Morris I've got to be comfortable when I'm on stage. Teyana Taylor I just like to look beautiful sometimes. Ryan Reynolds

It is of great importance to note these meteors, even the small ones, as very

little is yet known of them; and every observation, if carefully made, will some day help to show what they are. William John Wills In our social contract, we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help. Arlen Specter Lynch is not as strange as his films. He's a complex guy with a very interesting view of the world. But he's very accessible, with a good heart. Kyle MacLachlan Anyway, I'd get bored with just doing music! Santigold Music critics are part of the world, and I am part of the world. Chuck Eddy Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling. Honore de Balzac The jests of the rich are ever successful. Oliver Goldsmith I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere. Ray Davies I am an Israeli-born American citizen. Guy Oseary It takes a lot to become a foster parent. Rosie O'Donnell

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court,

an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect. Harold Pinter I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I'd take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse. Claire Danes Quickly you learn it's way better to have fans talking and caring about you than not. Eric Stonestreet You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired. Faye Dunaway I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple. Tim Cook To affirm that God is God is to want to live in a particular way. Miroslav Volf 1% of the population has all the money and the other 99% have nothing. Ron Perlman I had to do what I had to do to keep my family alive. Period. Art Modell You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you. Edward Burns I vigorously deny hitting Ms. Sheridan. Marc Cherry

I love my lifestyle now, but at the end of nine months, you're toast. You

are toast. It's like running a marathon. You can't think while you're doing it. Especially when different directors come in who are not part of the posse, the circle. Christopher Meloni The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours. Mitch Daniels You don't kill your way to peace. Imran Khan We are grateful to God. Muqtada al Sadr I like to go to openings when I'm in it, or friends are in it. Kathleen Quinlan I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people. Henry Paulson Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible. Robin Morgan You have to be serious-minded in business, but not take yourself seriously. Diego Della Valle My hair is my identity. Ethan Zohn I'm trying to sell every audience something; that so...

I think I have a very good reputation amongst the gay population and among the

whole country because I stood up on the issue of gay rights. It is not easy to stand up on that issue when you are single and male in New York City. I did it anyway. Ed Koch For the most part, I think that people enjoy seeing a movie where they can just have fun. Agnes Bruckner For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity. Chad Hugo I do like to move and get physical in my movies. Nicolas Cage What I enjoy most is that every day I get to play a new character. Karlie Kloss I don't know how to thank everyone for all their help. Oxana Chusovitina I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word. Al Sharpton I'm totally crazy, I know that. Maurice Sendak There just aren't that many Jesus roles around. Jeffrey Hunter I have discipline; I look after my voice. Julio Igles...

Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's

history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody. Steve Wynn We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and enable our own operations. Cofer Black Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in. Jerry Saltz I have examined the stomach contents of seven aardvarks. Louis Leakey I think there must be some other life forms, even if they're microscopic. Liam Neeson I love men who have a lot going on in their lives, like I do. Hilary Duff I like my body so much more now since having my baby. Nelly Furtado They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers. Samuel de Champlain When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT. Walter Salles ...

If I take the theory as we have it now, literally, I would conclude that

extra dimensions really exist. They're part of nature. We don't really know how big they are yet, but we hope to explore that in various ways. Edward Witten When I am training, I don't want any disturbances. I have to be focused, not losing sight of my targets. I cannot evade the fact that I am now well known and I have made already some money, but you can learn how to deal with it. David Rudisha Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you? Herman Cain Kisses are a better fate than wisdom. e. e. cummings I'm a fairly private person. Ben Whishaw Hang 'em first, try 'em later. Roy Bean A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother. Hesiod Few things are as essential as education. Walter Annenberg I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of. Tommy Shaw I never made a good movie. Dick Van Dyke

I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of

defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a bigger budget for State. Robert M. Gates Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings. Richard Holbrooke Grade 9: I was too small for football, too shy for drama class, but I did have a passion for music. And so, with a mouth full of braces (and a glorious mullet), I accepted that the trombone would be a fantastic scholastic counterpart to my extracurricular loves: country music, and the guitar. Jason McCoy There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity. Tony Wilson I didn't watch a lot of TV growing up; I watched more films. Taylor Momsen Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources? Jean-Paul Sartre I wanted to do new things with dance, adapt it to the motion picture medium. Gene Kelly I think God has a tremendous sense of humor. Rainn Wilson When you're older and wiser a lot of the ego has gone out...

I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco

State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop. Thom Gunn It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others. John Eldredge My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory. Carly Fiorina Celebrity nowadays is so fleeting. Aubrey O'Day I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered. Kathleen Turner I'm on the very blackest part of the black list. Alexei Navalny It's a very good feeling to be around a man who thinks women are juicy. Lee Grant Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm. Jelly Roll Morton Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence. John Foster Dulles I've thought about going back to ...

When people ask how have I kept on top, I have to say with the

help of every photographer, make-up artist and hairdresser I've ever worked with. Linda Evangelista The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world. John Linder I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president. Jon Huntsman, Jr. The Tonys are also kind of like a homegrown party. You know everybody. Amy Ryan People take reality for granted. Teller If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself. Rachel Roy I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe. Neil Gaiman I give away thousands of paintings for free. Banksy I am serving the Lord and helping women save babies. Norma McCorvey I don't want to preach to people. will.i.am

If you look back at the history of creativity in clothes - the French Revolution,

the First World War and the Second World War - they have all been creative reinventions, the moment new forms of luxury come into play. Christian Lacroix I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible. Chloe Sevigny Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were. Les Wexner Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum. Jack Nicklaus That knowledge which is popular is not scientific. Maria Mitchell I think I could have worked for the Clinton administration. Judd Gregg There's no one defining moment that kills you or makes you. Sinbad Intolerance has been the curse of our country. James Larkin I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged. Stephen Sondheim If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Amy Winehouse

My contract with my teachers is fair, and is two pages. The union contract is

200 pages. You cannot manage your business when you cannot make any decision without going back to 200 pages worth of stuff. Geoffrey Canada Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life. Lawrence Welk There's what we expect bears to do and then there's what they do. Sometimes the two don't match. Joe Clark All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses. Ian Dunbar It's hard being gay in Edwardian times. Rob James-Collier If a liberal News channel were launched it would fall flat on its face. Paul Weyrich If there is no God, there is no hope. William G. Boykin The world is still very bigoted. Katherine Heigl My life has been wonderful. Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think. Christopher Walken I'm doing what I want to do. Nancy Reagan

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