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The police officers, so far as discipline, organization, pay, and

orders were concerned, came exclusively under the German Reich police system and were in no way connected with the administration of the Government General. Hans Frank I've never seen an obese person who has said, 'I am well in my mind.' Happiness stops food being a compensation. Pierre Dukan I also helped write the five-page statement of principles that Civic Forum issued in late November. That was the first public expression of what the new government wanted to do. Vaclav Klaus You know, you only get one family, and you have to make it work. Tori Spelling Freedom is a universal value. Jan Peter Balkenende Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol. Serena Williams With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing. Georg C. Lichtenberg I've never been much into picking things apart. Meg White I find doing speeches nerve wrecking. Kate Middleton The importance of logo into today's fashion is u...

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of

bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die. Gore Vidal Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything. Dan O'Brien Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what's going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten. Abdullah II of Jordan It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong. Ben Bradlee It is better to laugh than cry. Maria Grazia Cucinotta I started doing stand-up in college. Carlos Alazraqui I want the big drama. I always said I don't want a wedding I want a parade. Star Jones For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it. Lois McMaster Bujold When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice. Kim Wilde Peer pressure is just that: pressure. Jerry Spinelli

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for

it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down. Donny Osmond Well, it's a little odd, the path I took, because when I was young, I wanted to be a cattle rancher. That was what I knew and that was what I liked. Sandra Day O'Connor Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it. Georg Simmel Nobody else feels the same way about your dog that you do. Daniel Clowes There are few films where you have women really driving the plot. Geoffrey S. Fletcher The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition. George Herbert The point is that knowledge of God is not prohibited under the First Amendment. Roy Moore I've been called crazy many times before. Tom Shadyac Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic. Michael Berryman For me, the dumbest rule is that you can't chew gum in school. Brie Larson

When you cut that eggplant up and you roast it in the oven and you

make the tomato sauce and you put it on top, your soul is in that food, and there's something about that that can never be made by a company that has three million employees. Mario Batali I wake up every morning in a cold sweat, regardless of how well things went the day before. And put that I said that in a somewhat but not completely tongue-in-cheek way. Harvey Pekar We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital. Paul Hawken The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode. Flannery O'Connor First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life. Pat Benatar I think we all have the capacity of evil in us. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Oh I'm a huge comic book movie fan. Kat Dennings God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus. Huston Smith We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and ...

By the time you are 30 you are still trying to make your 15-year-old self

happy but you are a different person. You need to be brave and let go of that. Michael Sheen No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism. Edward Sapir I believe that religious faith schools are highly dubious. Bjorn Ulvaeus It took me four months in Biosphere 2 to make a pizza. Jane Poynter Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales. Walter Ulbricht I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff. Laura Prepon Law is always better than war. Brian Eno Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military. Garry Trudeau Unlike the general public, I rather like most politicians. Andrew Marr In adversity remember to keep an even mind. Horace

When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a

void in the basics category. The editors were always looking for cool, fashion-forward tees and sweaters. So that's where I started. Alexander Wang One of my favorite tools is 'flip it.' 'Flip it' can become your new favorite mantra when you are having one of those mean thoughts. You can choose to flip it and change how you are feeling about yourself in that moment. This is helpful at any age. Elizabeth Berkley Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life. Ian Fleming I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote. Ann Coulter I never liked the men I loved and never loved the men I liked. Fanny Brice By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour. Victor Hugo I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center. Eli Broad I like to do the splits onstage. Gavin DeGraw Comedy always works best when it is m...

Once I'd reached the point where I could squirrel away more than 30 digits a

minute in memory palaces, I still only sporadically used the techniques to memorize the phone numbers of people I actually wanted to call. I found it was just too simple to punch them into my cell phone. Joshua Foer I grew up very nice. But after college, my father said you're on you own. So I was dead broke for years. So I know what it's - I lived on 600 dollars a month for six years. I know what it's like to be dead broke. I feel bad for people who are struggling now. Jon Lovitz When you're in a very specific kind of wardrobe, it kind of dictates your movement; it also kind of enables you - or, I guess, disables you - from certain kinds of movement. Sarah Gadon We need a human presence at the border and a humane presence at the border. David Dewhurst My idea of a romantic night is to watch action films. Corey Hart My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them. Milo Ventimiglia The best way to get along is never to forgive an e...

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand,

as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. I really believe I'm no different from anyone else. I just had a few challenges I had to learn from at a very early age. Dave Pelzer When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one. Gustav Mahler I was planning to remain an amateur for a while. Tracy Austin I've been to North Africa many times. Martin Scorsese You have to know composition to be a good improviser. Roscoe Mitchell Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film. Jesse Ventura I got married really fast and really young. Nicole Kidman America is good enough for us. John Sergeant Wise I almost find it very attractive when a woman has no idea who I am. Josh Henderson

We all know that we have to get off of fossil fuels. And we know

that the world is going in that direction. And we have to do it fast. Josh Fox We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project. Yusef Komunyakaa Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist interpretations of scripture. Mohsin Hamid I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver. Carly Fiorina I'm pretty confident. Libby Trickett I love to work in all sorts of different situations. Laura Linney I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball. Tim Hardaway To find a prince, you gotta kiss some toads. Foxy Brown For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible. Jill Scott I suck at golf and a variety of other things I go out and do with my friends. Jimmie Johnson

It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As

I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years. George Andrew Olah I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me. Rickey Henderson In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade. Evan Davis In the West, you take people at their word. Ken Salazar Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art. Clara Schumann All architects want to live beyond their deaths. Philip Johnson Most people care what people think about them... we all do. Rachel Weisz I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan. Billy Corgan I do so much work that I don't have a lot of time for my life! Leighton Meester I'm not a babysitter. Adam Lambert

One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my

favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines. Bear Grylls The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal, and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of Geology and Anthropology. Helena Blavatsky The big lesson of Reagan is: To think that he was some sort of simple figurehead and didn't do the thinking and simply read a script in front of him woefully underestimates him. Ronald Reagan was an extremely intelligent person with a real V8 engine under his hood. Eugene Jarecki Dignity: the doomed man's final refuge. Max Frisch Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly. Hillary Clinton I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue. Daymond John In America, everyone's always hiding their age. Marina Abramovic I truly ...

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a

spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality. Alanis Morissette If you see me at a restaurant, blow me a kiss, wave, blow me another kiss, then walk five steps backward. Todd Barry Whichever character I'm using and wherever I am in my mind dictates what kind of story I'm going to tell. Gilbert Hernandez Admit it America - 2008 was our national 'oops' moment! Rick Perry I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue. Earl Butz When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here. Bill Kreutzmann I never follow anybody's path, what they've done. Famke Janssen Well, first of all, I'm worth every penny. Howard Stern As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab. Kendrick Lamar I don't like being the center of attention. Jessica Alba

I was never considered cool throughout my teens: a very important time to be accepted

by someone, especially your peers. Yes, I had all the screaming women, but the guys hated my guts. Donny Osmond The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind. Madeleine Albright I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, it's probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased. Jack Nicklaus When I ask for help with my creativity, I get it. Julia Cameron I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced. Daniel Day-Lewis Time only has value when it intersects with energy. Jim Loehr Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does. Isak Dinesen I write with as much objectivity as I can. Ernest...

That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I

was sort of tied up in a paper bag or in a gunny sack with a rope around the neck of it, and all of a sudden with the acceptance of that first book everything sort of spilled out! Robert McCloskey I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union. Vera Farmiga The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation. Jacques Delors When you have a dark side, nothing is ever as good as it seems. Pink After 87 pictures in 47 years, I knew when to quit. Joel McCrea I don't believe in praying to win. John Wooden I spent all my youth with horses. Guillaume Canet Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone. Jimmy Durante Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart. William Dean Howells New York is a wo...

Most of the time when people work with an artist, they don't give them what

they need for the future, they give them what their last album sounded like. So it's like, 'Oh, One Republic needs a song, why don't we send them 10 that sound like 'Apologize?' Benny Blanco I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them. Gore Verbinski Atari showed that young people could start big companies. Without that example it would have been harder for Jobs and Bill Gates, and people who came after them, to do what they did. Nolan Bushnell Death does not exist. Edith Piaf I'm big on research. James L. Brooks I've been overweight all my life. Roberta Flack Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets. Bernie Taupin I have found having my dad as my North Star has worked well for me. Tony Parsons Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved. Mickey Rourke There is nothing more dangerous ...

The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative

is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons; or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act. Charles Hodge I have so many themes I want to explore, so many questions I'd like to raise and develop, and hopefully, I'll get to do just that. Catherine McCormack I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they're as much part of our history as the rural barn. Antony Gormley We all take losses and it's about getting up and coming back. Mike Epps I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself. Ted Nugent God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision. Charles Stanley The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player. Lionel Messi If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season. Valentino Rossi Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight. J...

I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it

wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was getting a lot of rejections. I just got very lucky and it happened quickly for me. I don't feel like I'm a prodigy or something. Anthony Doerr You don't have to worry about whether the car is set up right or not, you know it is, and it's down to you. Ultimately, that's what every driver wants. Bobby Rahal The drawings in 'Portal' were actually me scribbling that stuff... I had a funny moment when I realized that someone gotten 'The cake is a lie' tattooed on themselves. It was really interesting to see my handwriting tattooed on another human being. That... that's odd. Kim Swift We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union. Guy Verhofstadt You've got to believe you can get a result from the game. Gary Speed All good art is an indiscretion. Tennessee Williams I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Patrick Carney I...

When the word 'nostalgia' was coined in the 18th century, it was used to describe

a pathology - not so much a sense of lost time, but a severe homesickness. Nicole Krauss Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way. John Elway I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests. Haile Selassie I don't feel guilty in having pleasure! Paula Radcliffe I am basically a religious man. Cyril Cusack I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati. Adam Weishaupt The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great. Al-Waleed bin Talal I am a professional. At the circuit I am calm. At home I am very different. Jean Alesi I do believe some people can naturally act and don't know it. Andrea Arnold I'm lucky to be in a prof...

I'm very bad at having heroes. I don't rate anyone particularly highly because I'm so

snide and competitive and not very nice. Jenny Eclair I don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they? Ben Whishaw Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through. Edward James Olmos I've always had a desire to play a cop or FBI agent. Tricia Helfer I've been working in boutique hotels my whole life. Geoffrey Zakarian I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me. Ron Silver I love funky styles. Not preppy or rock, just funky! Vanessa Hudgens Space excites me. My dream is to go to space. Karen Gillan There's always pressure on the second album - this one has to be the big one. Niall Horan I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist. Elfriede Jelinek

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full

of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils. Plato The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them. Tom Berenger I'm a performer. I've tried everything there is. Gene Pitney Everything sells. Like integrity. Like democracy. Like truth. Like deeds. Steven Weber You can only go forward by making mistakes. Alexander McQueen I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy. Laura Linney My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska. Kate Millett I am a believer and a conformist. Georges Rouault I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film. Jackie Chan Every day is a new experience and I take it as it comes. Zac Efron

We have a society in which one of the greatest things you can do is

a platform to see victim status, and one of the qualifications for that is that you have these exquisitely tender feelings about things and sensibilities which are easily offended. Brit Hume The solo years have been more meaningful to the audiences than the Smiths years, but the press in England only write about me in relation to the Smiths era. Morrissey It's been a continuity right from the beginning - that longing to weave together perceptions, to affirm the richness of us as human beings both as performers and audience members. Meredith Monk What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being. Jeanette Winterson I don't care about revenues. Jack Ma I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album. Alan Jackson Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop I have absolutely no musical talent of my own! Danny Strong I became disillusioned with dance when I was 16 and started focusing on acting. Teri Polo Th...

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold

of religion. That's a good thing. Steven Weinberg The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election. Ed Gillespie I've been lifting weights since I was literally 15 or 16 years old. My muscles are short and powerful and built to lift heavy weights, not to be graceful and glide around a dance floor. Jake Pavelka I'm disappointed about how my career ended. Rickey Henderson Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most. Ozzy Osbourne There's theater in life, obviously, and there's life in theater. Charlie Kaufman I've never been able to understand where great artists come from. Harold Prince Gianni created the whole thing. I came later and helped him. Donatella Versace I've never really known what glamour is. Tommy Lee Jones When I make a picture, I make love. Alfred Stieglitz

See, I'm a believer that people are born with a sense of cooking. It's something

within them that really gives them the ability to create and to understand flavors. Roy Yamaguchi I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw some of the great talents of all time in the local area where I lived. David Cassidy If I get two lines in the script, I somehow turn it into 20. I've got a bit of a bad habit of doing that, of just embellishing my little moment. Rebel Wilson Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. Kanye West In baseball you train the whole body, except for the hip and eyes. Rickey Henderson Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion. Gordon B. Hinckley I used to think it was good to kind of work within your limitations. Beth Orton Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos. Maynard James Keenan I'm lucky - I can do two things at once. Renee Fleming I was in Kashmir last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters. Albert Brooks

Democrats were simply hoping to win some political points by getting their outlandish rhetoric published

in the newspapers and heard on the talk shows. John Doolittle My mom has given me my sense of style. She has taught me how individual style is so beautiful, what you appreciate on someone else might not be good for you. For her, style is all about being comfortable, and she has an innate sense of sophisticated style. Bibhu Mohapatra I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense. Taylor Lautner You can't treat your voice badly and expect it to stay around. Cissy Houston Coldplay I really like a lot. David Grey, I'm obsessed with. Jennifer Love Hewitt Who am I to blow against the wind? Paul Simon What God chooses for us children of men is always the best. Karl Barth I work hard and I don't come from a rich family. Holly Madison I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them. Samuel Beckett We have lost contact with...

You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared. You

go through the emotional roller coaster at what it's like to compete at the Olympic level and you let that run through your whole body. Bode Miller We are a very close family, and I love them very much, but I'm definitely the odd one out. I live a completely different kind of life style. I always was different. I felt like a fish out of water; I really never knew who I was. Janet McTeer Some people who know me might say, 'He's not a great example of a nice person; he's a malicious, tough and ruthless guy.' But when the day is done, as long as I've held to my values and been true to my family and my God, it won't matter what anyone else thinks. Dave Checketts Most artists think they're frauds anyway. John Milius I don't like denial. I don't like repression. C. K. Williams The early bird catches the worm. William Camden Immortality... Is that a super power? Mark Wahlberg The roof might fall in; anything could happen. Dashi...

Further, Japan is the second largest donor in Iraq after the United States, with over

$5 billion dollars for humanitarian, infrastructure and reconstruction projects. Michael K. Simpson Act because you love to act. Mae Whitman We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place. Chris Chocola I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War. Robyn Davidson I like vintage a lot. Kesha The reality is, like any band, you can never quite quantify who does what. Nick Mason Whenever I climb I have to also entertain. Alain Robert To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit. Rogers Hornsby The mind is everything. What you think you become. Buddha This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great. Amelie Mauresmo

I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner

table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat. Bear Grylls I don't want to be a vampire. A lot of other people do and I think it's that dual nature - we have, you know, terrifying/intriguing. Stephenie Meyer Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being originally, and still primarily, a poet. Vikram Seth Baseball has undergone and absorbed a whole set of dislocations. A. Bartlett Giamatti I'm happy; I'm a happy person. Brian Wilson I'm really ambitious. Jourdan Dunn Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness. Jean-Paul Marat I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me. Zola Jesus Learn to invest in the best quality you can afford and wear pieces in different ways. Michael Kors I was not a big comic-book reader. Brad Bird

After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a

simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way. Lee Konitz Cross cultural experience teaches us not simply that people have different beliefs, but that people seek meaning and understand themselves in some sense as members of a cosmos ruled by God. Jeane Kirkpatrick Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground. Phil Bredesen It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds. Kay Granger I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes. Jessica Savitch I can't really even name a person I like in hip-hop music. Angel Haze Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate. Phil Ramone There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face. Irvin Kershner I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union. Aldrich Ames When I throw a punch, I mean it. Gina Carano

It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach

the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written. Joseph Franklin Rutherford You don't say to a university professor who is immersed in a particular subject that they should get a life. They are encouraged to enjoy their subject and to pass it on. Magnus Magnusson I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. Colin Firth Love and friendship exclude each other. Jean de la Bruyere I weirdly do consider myself an optimist about love. Aziz Ansari The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. Henry L. Stimson Churches should not be directly involved in politics. John Leo Leaking of classified material is a concern. Robert Mueller It is very easy to love alone. Gertrude Stein And what is so rare as a day ...

Economic distress, political pressure, and social obloquy already drive us from our homes and from

our graves. The Jews are already constantly shifting from place to place. Theodor Herzl In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world, the sub-continental world, but it's not a conversation, it's a monologue. It's always from one point of view. 'If we don't tell our own stories, no one will tell them' is my mantra. Mira Nair I would have to say that Canada definitely produces the best wrestlers; I don't know why. I think Canada is a big wrestling country, and there are a lot of guys who are interested in wrestling in Canada. Chris Jericho There's lots of things that can be solved with cash. Danny Boyle My roots are more in he Beatles, Zeppelin, the whole 60's side. Pat Mastelotto As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity. Michael Johnson Confidence is very sexy. You could be not cute at all and have such confidence. Kirsten Dunst The enemy now began to appear from the mast...

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