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The 'Soul Train' legacy and brand are of the utmost importance to me and to

'Soul Train's' millions of fans. After years of offers, I feel the time is now finally right to pass the torch. Don Cornelius We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize. Thich Nhat Hanh Given that the biggest rise in childhood obesity rates are occurring in children ages 3 to 5 years, we must modify our efforts to place an emphasis on prevention versus intervention. Darell Hammond I love being a fashion designer. Roberto Cavalli For the first time I'm free to be myself. Ed Balls I'm not trying to be macho, I promise you. Daniel Craig Many Americans don't have an understanding of the freedoms they regularly enjoy. Dave Anderson I'm really not good blackmail material. Chris Colfer I love watching American League games, you know what I mean? Dusty Baker The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school. Will Smith

If the movies that I'm going to make anyway go mainstream, that would be the

coolest thing ever. But I have set up a plan that I've been working on for a long time. Evan Glodell My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time. Rosanne Cash Before I did 'Rush Hour,' I was a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and I had seen all of them. Brett Ratner On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger. Donatella Versace I'm from the Midwest. Craig Kilborn I do favor guest workers, H1B visas and student visas. Jim Kolbe I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party. Paul Wellstone I'm high energy. Karl Urban Watching my dad, Ralph Lauren, design clothes when I was young, I was always inspired. Dylan Lauren A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news. Nate Silver

Every time you look at a house in Los Angeles, the real-estate agent will tell

you that someone famous once lived there. It always seemed irrelevant to me: Does a property gain value just because Alfred Hitchcock used to eat breakfast there? Claire Scovell LaZebnik I definitely wouldn't shy away from doing another action based project, but I feel like my forte is more like playing real, ordinary people. I'm a girl's girl. Rachael Taylor I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph. Tom Shadyac I've only skied a couple of times in my life. Any skier would say I stink. Bridgette Wilson Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one. William Baldwin My kitty cats could rely on my poker winnings. Nicole Sullivan For the moment, I'm concentrating on my own stuff. Cheryl James Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. William E. Gladstone I love myself and I am a good person. Adam Lambert I just want to be more regular. St

One thing that I think works in 'Casablanca' and which I've lectured a lot about

- in terms of what I've been trying to achieve as a designer - is the film's creation of its own form of reality. Ken Adam I do music for the fans. I want to lift fans up. Timbaland When I was in Congress, I worked with Joe Kennedy to rename the Justice Department for Bobby, and when I retired, Teddy Kennedy sent me this Roy Lichtenstein print of his brother, inscribed: 'Bobby would have been proud of you.' Joe Scarborough Kids love robots. They're this fanciful, cool thing. Cynthia Breazeal Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment. Kevin Kelly When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice. Tyson Chandler I feel most beautiful at night, when I take my makeup off and it's just me. Ashley Greene The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one. Mark Udall In my career the push has always been to take another step, to try something new. Bjorn Ulvaeus I was getting old, man. I was

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved.

It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players. Larry Bird The pharmaceutical industry isn't the only place where there's waste and inefficiency and profiteering. That happens in much of the rest of the health care industry. Marcia Angell There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts. Jackie DeShannon I think I'm past my due date. I just feel it. Liam Neeson New York is nice, but I don't like it as much as I used to. Julia Louis-Dreyfus Being positive may be a character defect of mine. Quentin Blake I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day. Heinrich Heine When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro A lot of people are upset that I'm

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so

books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words. Marcus Mumford It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape. Brett Favre Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car. Jonathan Safran Foer Recorded music is more a marketing tool than a revenue source. Irving Azoff By getting into distribution and production, I am actually widening my base. Ajay Devgan Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon. John Madden I think Barack Obama is a one-term President. Dick Cheney Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in. Katharine Hepburn A lyric has to mean something to me, something that has happened to me.

The Connecticut Center for Science and Exploration will be a building that will connect the

excitement of science to the surrounding streets, river and highway. These forms are ambitious and dynamic. They appear to reach out beyond their physical limits. Cesar Pelli I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I was about 25 and it was a great way to express myself. Dolph Lundgren The safest thing to do was get rid of the second breast. I just want to give myself the best chance possible to live. Koo Stark If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty. Jamie Lee Curtis I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting. Francesca Annis There were so many people who wanted me for their films. Tippi Hedren We sing songs about love because we love the people we sing our songs to! Graham Russell It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other. Jesse Jackson I find this life so interesting. Brittany Murphy If you love somebody let them know every day. Billy Bob Th

So every day I'm mindful as I watch the Bush crowd extend their sway into

policies of every imaginable variety, and over almost every square foot of earth, that the control of the American state is a matter of urgency. Todd Gitlin I hate to admit that. I want to win every race, but I know that's not possible. To be in the top 25 is realistic if we have any luck this year. But anything to be in the chase or something like that is very unrealistic. Roger Staubach I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception. Jasper Fforde I can't really remember my life without movies. Elle Fanning Black people, we are not this monolithic group, you know? Joy Bryant Decadence is wonderful. Jack L. Chalker It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you. Edward Norton If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism. Mason Cooley Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace. Alexis Carrel It doesn't matter whet

I couldn't pick up a sword and go fight anyone, let me put it that

way. It's choreography and it's acting. The best sword fights you see look amazing, but it's the acting that sells it more than anything. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters. Christian Bale Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions. Sophie Marceau I am now The Establishment. There's nothing I can do about it. Jason Sudeikis One country, one constitution, one destiny. Daniel Webster I needed to carve out my own place and find out what I was going to do. Rosanne Cash One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Fargo.' Cameron Monaghan Most of my presumptions about a production are usua

I actually went to drama school at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama

in Glasgow, so I stayed in my home town the whole time. However, I see more of my friends now than I did then. It's strange. James McAvoy Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies - an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as 'investment.' Paul Ryan It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am. Elle Macpherson True Yankees are born, not made. Jay Mohr There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music. K. D. Lang I'm like any Brazilian: I like to go out and enjoy myself. Romario I don't have a lot of time to surf the net and see what everyone's wearing. Michael Pitt This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith

Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow,

I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us. Carre Otis This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them. Mario Lemieux As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great. Marian McPartland I don't mind being a permanent nightmare for the United States. Evo Morales I am constantly amazed at their support over the years. Mike McCready When people have passion there's nothing they can't do. Joe Nichols I always hated 'O Holy Night.' It's so operatic and overwrought. Sufjan Stevens The main target for the next years should be growth and job creation. Mariano Rajoy The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich. Maynard James Keenan The p

It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me

within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before. Adrien Brody And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create. Brittany Murphy For me, the reason to make the movie is that if people like the comic, then people would like the movie if it was well made. There are good movies for them, but very few. And I mean that in a true sense. If they love your story for freaking 30 years, then they can do a movie about it. Gilbert Hernandez You have to do things people see or you don't get to do anything. John Malkovich If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack. Edward Norton I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.' Kevin James One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness. Ramana Maharshi I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind.

Americans! They want to go 600 miles an hour, and they don't know how to

walk! Look at them in the street. Bent over. Coughing! Young men with gray faces! Why can't they look at the animals? Look at a cat. Look at any animal. The only animal that doesn't hold its stomach in is the pig. Joseph Pilates We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors on the Internet and, more importantly, giving the parents the tools they need to protect them. Peter Chernin I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels. A. N. Wilson I can still jump on the Tube. I don't want that to change. Lisa Snowdon I'm a goodhearted person. I interact with people all the time. Tim Hardaway I learned at an early age that using the third person will push some buttons. Craig Kilborn Competition is an easy way to get into flow. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi You have to be awake at 6 a.m., when everyone else is asleep. Matthew Ashford I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon mas

If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create

a bunker mentality, the Internet does the opposite. Alex Steffen As proud as we are of this city and as extraordinary as it is, all of south Louisiana and all of the Gulf Coast is a very special place, and the federal government has underinvested in it year after year after year, whether it's education or health care. Mary Landrieu You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it. Neil Gaiman It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill. Aeschylus I grew up on a dairy and beef farm. Candice Swanepoel All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster. Jack Abramoff Even the strongest man needs friends. Mario Puzo He that speaks much, is much mistaken. Benjamin Franklin At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me. Carol P. Christ I am a very selfish person. Lara Flynn Boyle

Well, you know, I feel like it's about a lot of things. The reason that

I made it was because I thought it was really funny and unique and just a different genre. Danny DeVito Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago. Eamon de Valera The walls are the publishers of the poor. Eduardo Galeano I have come up the hard way. Johnny Olson Abel has left mathematicians enough to keep them busy for 500 years. Charles Hermite The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him. Terry Bradshaw Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work. Alan Alda Contradictory to my religion, I think, is journalism. Sydney Schanberg There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world. Diego Maradona I am working on a dress sock line of funky, colorful, cool designs. Rob Kardashian

Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an

Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.' Orlando Bloom My old life - no amount of getting used to it would have made it right. Scott Adams My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm! Dick Bruna Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist. Ethel Merman I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do. Jeanne Moreau I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human. Shirley Knight There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said. Joni Mitchell The Sex Pistols was a part of my life. Just a small part. Steve Jones Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco. Emile Zola I am fascinated in religion and theology and what people believe. Sarah Wayne

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes,

basically. I go back and forth. Once every six months, I'll have a day where I eat more chocolate than has ever been consumed by a human being. Jim Carrey I'm more interested in books than people, and I always expect everybody else to be, but they're not. A. S. Byatt I don't know whether there is anyone else at all who remembers my noble father with such sadness. Egon Schiele Time itself comes in drops. William James People kind of stumble their way through life a lot of times. Mike White This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare. James Forrestal I have no privacy anymore. Felix Baumgartner I think women love to read love stories. E. L. James No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran. Sugar Ray Leonard People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was. Namie Amuro

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I love the game, it's the greatest game on earth, that's why I can't understand

all of this talk about trying to make the game better. People talk about the high strike zone and changing this and that. Why? To speed up the game? That's the beauty of baseball. There is no time element. Eric Davis My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin. Page McConnell I never set out to write prayers at all. But there was a span of time when I didn't find it easy to pray, but, when I went to write one of the things I had to write, a prayer would come. Gloria Gaither You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services. Gijs de Vries A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues. Otis Rush I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom. Brenda Blethyn The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. Harriet Ann Jacobs Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others. Dou

I'm a filmmaker. I'm always searching for the truth in everything I do. I demand

it from my writing partner and my crew, actors, and so hopefully, we're making people think. Lee Daniels Art brings a message into a room. It should make us perceive in a new way - either through color, form or narrative content - something we had not perceived before... and perhaps reveal something to you about yourself. Gloria Vanderbilt We all have choices we have to make, and with those choices come certain sacrifices. Hill Harper I'm so happy to be Tiffany Trump, happy to be in the family I'm in. Tiffany Trump The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics. Daniel Barenboim Once you go down a road, you take it through to the end. Peter Jackson I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views. Condoleezza Rice You can't get any better than TV on HBO, ABC and BBC3. Chris Lilley If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a habit of identifying the a

I don't think men are that attracted by glamour. I think women are attracted by

glamour. I think men are attracted by a sense of friendship. Joanna Lumley I drive my family nuts because when I watch something on TV, I'm likely to watch it with a bass guitar. But I don't plug it in! Steve Capus I had always been a really peculiar child. My mom would tell you I grew up roughing it with the boys and playing with action figures and toy cars and stuff, but I also had an Easy Bake Oven... I find it amazing that in a really weird way, people are mad that they can't figure out my gender. Shamir When I'd hear something that sounded like I could follow it - most of those big band jazz tunes are blues anyway - I would hum it and play with the fiddle while I was humming. Johnny Gimble A lot of artists go in the studio and say, 'OK, whaddaya want me to do? Is it gonna be a hit? I'll do it. Is it gonna get played on the radio? I'll do it.' So they start makin' these songs, and they fall in the same tempo, same category, same this,

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom

Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again. Chester Brown The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway. Arianna Huffington Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do. Andy Summers I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back. Zsa Zsa Gabor We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party. Mahatma Gandhi The networks found themselves having to compete for an increasingly Balkanized audience. Roger Mudd Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks. Eric Sevareid

I went to Briar Cliff College initially, and then I transferred to Georgetown University, because

I was a Russian major, and I was one of two girls accepted that year. This was September 1969 - well, that would have been 1970 - into the School Of Languages And Linguistics in Georgetown. P. J. Soles My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble. Natasha Lyonne Style without content is bad style. Louis MacNeice The pinnacle of the fulfillment I can ever experience for my spirit and soul is to hear from the Lord, when I see Him face to face, 'Well done my good and faithful servant.' Nick Vujicic My job is to do. My job is to make women beautiful. What do I have to say? Alber Elbaz Hollywood is all made up, anyway. Especially the stories and angles that people want to pin on you. Nick Nolte That's one of the things you get when you're playing golf. You get bad backs, bad necks. Tom Watson I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists. Pearl Cleage The market alw

I think it helps a lot when they tell people that Teri Hatcher likes you.

If you're Teri Hatcher's boyfriend, suddenly you're hunky I guess. I've spent 40 years being average and now I'm Teri hatcher's boyfriend and here we are. I've been really fortunate. James Denton Moreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body. Emanuel Swedenborg I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people. Richard McKenna The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they

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

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

I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where

you're not trying to win or lose; you're not trying to get a higher score - you are having unbelievable amounts of fun as you learn about yourself and the world. That's what games can do! Warren Spector If I wake up in the middle of the night and have an idea, I want to go to my computer and be able to do it. So I hired someone at Guitar Center to come over to my house and teach me Logic music program, and I learned it over a couple months. Rachel Platten To do this job, you really have to love what you're doing. Edward Kitsis I don't get recognised until I'm on stage, and then I can walk off and forget about it. It's great. Rick Astley Whatever age you think I am, you're probably right. Vanessa Ray I love coming of age stories that have struggle. Aaron Paul In an era of global value chains, worldwide sourcing and the never-ending search for new markets, we must be careful to avoid the proliferation of regional standards. A multilateral

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

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

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

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