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Whenever something happens that makes me laugh or if I remember something in the middle

of the night that I want to share, I jot the experience down. Tori Spelling Well, if you look at the programme that we're offering, I think that is a future which is fair for women as well as men. We're still heavily outnumbered - we're still four to one in parliament - but we are pioneers! We are forging a new path. Harriet Harman Obviously there is stuff that I wouldn't play in a club that I play at festivals, and vice-versa, but my sets are still dominated largely by my own music. I think that's what makes me stand out a bit. My music is also festival- and club-friendly, so it generally works out well. Avicii I'd like to win an Oscar. Vanessa Hudgens To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is. Elizabeth McGovern I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion. Idi Amin But over a period of time It's the melodic things that are in my head all day. Jonny Greenwood I got to learn to surf. Sheryl Crow ...

I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That

doesn't improve what I'm trying to do. I figure, once I've done my job, it's none of my business. Johnny Depp Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect. Hilary Mantel I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression. Tom Glazer The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need. Andrew Mitchell Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way. Gwen Stefani I'm closer to Bob Newhart than Rodney Dangerfield. Jim Gaffigan The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy. Enya So the thing is to put out music for music's sake. Josh Homme I'm not pro-government at all, I'm pro-people. Big Boi Composers are not all good conductors. Anton Seidl

So many people treat you like you're a kid so you might as well act

like one and throw your television out of the hotel window. Gerard Way I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life. Lady Gaga I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games. Jason Dohring A quiet mind cureth all. Robert Burton We don't want to turn the TV into a computer. Steve Case You have to be able to unleash your inner goofball with me. Victoria Justice This life at best is but an inn, And we the passengers. James Howell I don't watch reality TV. I'm cool. Dave Attell Just like other ordinary people, I want to have a happy family. Lee Byung-hun I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly. Steve Martin

I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump

on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity. Hope Solo With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution. Kate Millett I had to find a diet that would kick me back into dating shape, because I know that I can't date at size 8. I have to date at size 2. And it's just a fact of nature. Go get your injections and your chemical peels. You gotta look good to attract a man. Patti Stanger What's a soup kitchen? Paris Hilton Islam is a dangerous religion. Michel Houellebecq Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time. Ralph Waldo Emerson Quality is easy to talk but hard to make. Terry Gou Nothing matures a military force quicker than actual military operations. Duncan Hunter TV was my hobby. I loved the glitz. I loved how hot everybody was. Andy Cohen I think the ...

I think humans have always wrestled with the Divine Idea - an idea that unites

and separates, creates and destroys, consoles and terrifies. Throughout human history, it is an idea that seems sometimes to have caused whole populations to rise up and slaughter one another. Robert Winston Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have! Ina Garten The idea of a film staying in theaters for a year is something of a fantasy today. Henry Thomas I'm learning to embrace who I am and what I look like. Erica Durance Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. Seneca Divide your movements into easy-to-do sections. If you fail, divide again. Peter Nivio Zarlenga I have the backbone of an eel. Betty White It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child. Nancy Grace Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit. Helena Rubinstein The evening is really hard for me. I have to force myself not to eat. Carnie Wilson

The PLO and the Palestinian people adhere to the renouncement of violence and rejection and

condemning of terrorism in all its forms, especially State terrorism, and adhere to all agreements signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel. Mahmoud Abbas Washington state's 2nd Congressional District is a major producer of small fruit crops such as raspberries and strawberries. This research center is doing important work to help farmers enhance the quality, yield and marketability of their small fruit crops. Rick Larsen I live in too many cities. Shirley MacLaine He who flees will fight again. Tertullian Courage easily finds its own eloquence. Plautus A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner. George Savile I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith. Peter Garrett There are no rules in live television. Harsha Bhogle There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process. Joy Williams The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth. Leland Ryken

One of the things I find in writing about people who are dead is that,

after a short or long time, no matter how close the relationship was, they become like characters in fiction. Michael Lindsay-Hogg Kinkade estimated that one of his paintings hung in every twenty homes in America. Yet the art world unanimously ignores or reviles him. Me included. Jerry Saltz I'm ready to do womenswear. You've always got to be inspired by something new - women have so much more shape and I'm about finding what to engineer around those shapes. Ozwald Boateng You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you. Taylor Hanson Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them. Peter Ustinov The Democrats never fight about who is more like Jimmy Carter. Marco Rubio I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever. JoBeth Williams No one's ever told me I needed to get a facelift or anything. Kristin Cavallari When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus. Jos...

the original. They kept me in the loop, which was great. They'd be like, 'Hey Kristen Stewart's gonna do it' and I was like, 'Really? Awesome.' Stephenie Meyer I think history is continuous. It doesn't begin or end on Pearl Harbor Day or the day Lyndon Johnson withdraws from the presidency or on 9/11. You have to learn from the past but not be imprisoned by it. You need to take counsel of history but never be imprisoned by it. Richard Holbrooke If you take a reasonable amount of vitamin C regularly, the incidence of the common cold goes down. If you get a cold and start immediately, as soon as you start sneezing and sniffling, the cold just doesn't get going. Linus Pauling I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life. Irene Rosenfeld I have a naive outlook on life. That's who I am. M. Night Shyamalan Every day is an opportunity to fall or hurt yourself. Dianna Agron I get recognized, but I'm not really a famou...

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my

success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation. Andy Murray I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader. Rick Scott I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions. Bianca Jagger I trust the people who are working with me. I delegate. Mario Draghi I'm acting for the pleasure of it. David Morse We didn't lose Vietnam. We quit Vietnam. Alexander Haig The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise. Thomas Sydenham Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star. Paul Dirac Electricity, the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day. Janet Frame Find out what your gift is and nurture it. Katy Perry

There's a constant flow of child actors. It's kind of funny to watch the new

crew come through. I think, You poor little things. You're going to have to struggle for a long time. Tina Yothers Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, it's not going to be enough. And cities that proactively take control of their own quality of life initiatives are going to be the cities that ultimately attract the highly talented young people and create the jobs. Mick Cornett One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. James Buchan I want the world to see my body. Marilyn Monroe Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry. Peter Carey Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying. Alex O'Loughlin I am ra...

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand

that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us. Andrea Dworkin If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough. Shel Silverstein Our family had been shattered, but we now are more united, and the remains of my family and the majority of my mother's family are glad to know the truth about a horrible crime. Sam Sheppard Young people are being elected for School Boards all over the country. Birch Bayh One person's crazyness is another person's reality. Tim Burton As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain. Sheila Jackson Lee Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film. Mike Figgis The premieres are, kind of exciting, especially to Ella, who loves limousines. Kelly Preston Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream. Julia Louis-Dreyfus There...

In theater or movies you see either 'I'm religious' or 'I'm an atheist.' I've never

seen too much discussion of 'I believe there's a higher power but I'm hesitant to reach out to him because I don't know if I'm worthy of his attention.' Zach Braff Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. Octavio Paz I mean, you still can't jump offstage and go read a book. But I'm getting better at it. It is something you can manage. You can still give everything you have to the audience onstage, and have something for yourself. Andrew Bird I have a lot of shoes. Cynthia Nixon I'm not a singer. I'm a musician, which is different. Tracie Bennett The only thing an adult can give a child is time. Chuck Jones A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook. Francis J. Grimke I'm definitely addicted to purses. Raven-Symone Reverence is fatal to literature. E. M. Forster I've made my peace with being in the spotlight, definitely. ...

I've stayed away from Twitter for a long time because I sort of didn't trust

myself with such an intimate but very public way of relating to the world, but I feel like I've studied it enough. Elizabeth Reaser Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him. Gyorgy Ligeti At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction. David Nicholls I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish. Anthony Kiedis Real talent shines through regardless of how many others there are around you. Paloma Faith We can make a difference. We can save lives. We can stop the genocide. Kendrick Meek I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks. Taylor Dayne Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape. Idris Elba I don't think love for technology itself breeds change. Evgeny Morozov I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees. Pablo Neruda

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but

it is somewhat beauty and poetry. Maria Mitchell I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest. Sam Waterston All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen. Keenen Ivory Wayans We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in God. David Brainerd Smash the control images. Smash the control machine. William S. Burroughs I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt. Chili Davis Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes. Bradley Whitford I'm not good at accepting help. Patricia Heaton I think I'm just more adaptable now, so danger, overall, seems less dangerous to me. Heather Donahue If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right! William Shatner

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with

composers. I think that has driven everything I've done. Robert Moog Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out. Dan Farmer The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy. Mitt Romney There is no art without Eros. Max Frisch The next step in my life is hopefully meeting a nice guy and getting married. Tara Reid In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all. Nigel Dennis The thing about me is I have a great little acting school. I teach about 125 students. Luke Ford 'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems. William Shakespeare A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless. May Sarton Contentment is the only real wealth. Alfred Nobel

By 2025, we can expect the world to be completely digital. Paper books will be

a thing of the past. Education will be delivered through analytics-based assessment tools and adaptive learning platforms. Osman Rashid Christians and non-Christian voters alike have become far too comfortable slinging rocks at the expense of making any real political or social progress. Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick It takes me forever to actually finish something like a ten-page essay. But, when I do, I usually love what they are. It's a complicated relationship. Chris Abani I feel like the second child feels like they have to do everything faster. Tori Spelling You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped. Alan Rickman The future is always a dystopia in movies. Alex Cox Sometime I write a song off a central idea, instead of emotion. Ken Hill My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns. Bret Michaels It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did. Madeleine Stowe I don't pick my roles by...

I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions

to deep socio-political insight. Zadie Smith I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. Thomas Carlyle No data on air propellers was available, but we had always understood that it was not a difficult matter to secure an efficiency of 50% with marine propellers. Orville Wright The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself. Oscar Pistorius No, I'm not at all adventurous. I'm terribly cowardly. Roger Moore We need above all, I think, a certain remoteness from urban confusion. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands. Katey Sagal I'm not psycho... I just like psychotic things. Gerard Way It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you. Frank Dane Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you a...

These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify

our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What do you do?' is the first question we ask each other at parties, as if a job title could express a fundamental truth about our personality. Tom Hodgkinson Domestic employees are at the whim of their employers. Ai-jen Poo In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee. Lana Del Rey I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. Halle Berry When I found out Cusack was involved, I liked that a lot. Ray Liotta I'm not a big traveller. Patrick Chan I'm just very amused by five-year-old humor. Kesha I think it's good to meet smart people and talk. Ron Silver Let us nurture the practice of family values, by embracing policies that value families. Benjamin Todd Jealous Making art is different for everyone. China Chow

I have seen lonely people of advancing age, yet as constant as angels, keeping faith

to those they loved who fell in wars that current generations, not having known them, cannot even forget. The sight of them moving hesitantly among the tablets and crosses is enough to break your heart. Mark Helprin One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair I don't know how to speak to celebrities. Every time I talk to Alan Menken, I say something stupid and I have to apologize. Kara Lindsay Work isn't really work for me. John Kluge Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right. Rutherford B. Hayes I really don't have a guilty pleasure. Ann Marie Buerkle I nicknamed everyone in the gym. It was easier than remembering their names. Joe Gold My father is a very theatrical and dramatic person. Viva Bianca But I like it when my...

I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't

give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star. Jenna Dewan People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. Will Rogers The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. Christopher Nolan I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than nope or yup. Dashiell Hammett Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing. Norman McLaren Girls are soft and pretty. Adam Sandler The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind. Mason Cooley I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been. Jose Saramago When you get as lucky as I got, you have to work as hard as possible to earn that luck. Daniel Radcliffe I think health is another exceedingly important thing. Joan Collins

I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But

it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys. Joe Frazier 'Donny and Marie' was a great experience. I tried so hard to be a great talk show host but it's all about relaxing and enjoying it. Marie and I finally figured that out. I would have liked it to continue but I'm kind of glad it's over because of the phenomenal workload. Donny Osmond It really gets into your system. All baseball players have this internal clock around February when it starts to kick in and the juices start to flow. I think underestimated how much I was going to miss it. David Cone Kafka is still unrecognized. He thought he was a comic writer. Leslie Fiedler We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO. Aleksander Kwasniewski I dished out and suffered my fair share of bloody noses. Peter Storey Most people's jobs are rooted in reality. Mika I walk slowly into myself, through a forest of empty suits of armor. Tomas Transtromer From...

Switching over to a hybrid car is one of those right things, but, unfairly or

not, it still has a reputation among car enthusiasts as something you have to pedal really fast when you're on the ramp merging into traffic on the 401. Linwood Barclay Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out. Jim Lehrer I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all. Steve Jobs I am terrible at making food. I love eating, but I can't make anything. Nicola Formichetti Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you. Delmore Schwartz I don't even know if I exist offstage. Morrissey We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans. Robert Mugabe I don't know why people thought I was retiring. Billy Joel Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talkin...

You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not

quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself. Alan Alda It's critical to show that we can meet our commitment to students with disabilities without raising taxes and without increasing the deficit. In the past, there's been strong support for full funding and I'm still hearing that from many of my colleagues. Jared Polis People who think they are free eventually end up slaves to their own desires, and those who give their freedom away to the only One you can trust with that freedom eventually get it back. Philip Yancey But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner. LeBron James We live in an anaesthetized society. Tony Snow Like a good general, I treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me. Michael Dukakis But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter. David Sedaris I don't want to retire. I still want to play. Peyton M...

Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times

you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is. Demetri Martin When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. Xun Kuang My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex. Vivienne Westwood Women have been funny for years. Beth Behrs I'm looking forward to being a mom and a wife and a business owner. Melanie Roach My children are the most important thing in my life. Columba Bush He's 85 and he's met another woman. Still, at 85, why ever not? Christine Keeler When I go home my mother still makes me take out the garbage. Nomar Garciaparra Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy. Jerry Rubin A presidential speech is always the work of many hands. David Frum

It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise

taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all. Thomas Sowell I've followed the lives of great musicians and have learned that you don't have to always write in pain. You have all of your past experiences, feelings, and thoughts that you can turn on when you need them and turn off when you don't. Kaki King Non-bank financial institutions provide credit that is essential to U.S. businesses and consumers. Henry Paulson Write what you know. Colson Whitehead In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Louise Brooks Sometimes, I tell them more than they wanted to know. Marjory Stoneman Douglas Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words. Francois Rabelais There's almost a T-shirt feeling to wearing my evening dresses. Tadashi Shoji There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy write...

We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not

ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, we're all doomed. Dean Kamen I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too. Anne Enright If you remember one thing from talking to me, remember this: I am just a girl who makes noises - and I'm incredibly lucky that people happen to like those noises. Joss Stone I'm the most private person. Ashley Olsen STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive. George Takei I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life. Elie Wiesel The food in south India is the food that I really love because it reminds me of home. Aarti Sequeira I am ashamed the law is such an ass. George Chapman I'm a person who has life and wants to live, and always have. Whitney Houston 'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when

working with a director who knows little tricks - correct music, slowly pushing in - that stunning performance will somehow become even better. I've always seen it as a symbiotic relationship. Matthew Gray Gubler When I go to a restaurant and they say, 'We're fully booked,' I say, 'It's Roberto Cavalli,' and they say, 'I will check'. I love it! Roberto Cavalli No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. Muhammad Ali Jinnah On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians. John Fogerty My whole life has been one of seeking experience. Jerry Kramer People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me. John Bonham Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living? Bob Marley The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job. Sam Brownback I'm trying to be entertaining without being mean. Tina Brown Touring for two year...

Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking

obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son. Darrell Issa I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?' Harrison Ford Many European guys go to the N.H.L. at a young age, even without knowing English. But they quickly adapt to new conditions, another game, a new country. They are also young, receptive, can move mountains. Jaromir Jagr It can never be satisfied, the mind, never. Wallace Stevens I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town. Yvonne Strahovski One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Jean de la Bruyere All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy. Robert Cray Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion. Leon...

I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked

my way up the corporate ladder to become vice president. Moving to Burger King was an important moment in my career. Herman Cain There's definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did. Grimes At the beginning of 'The Hills,' I couldn't watch myself because I'm very critical and would pick myself to pieces. But with movies I feel like it's different because you're playing a character. So it's like watching yourself but not watching yourself. Audrina Patridge I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before. Gus Van Sant To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings. Cardinal Richelieu I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters. Beverly Cleary I've acclimated to the music-while-exercising thing. Anthony Kiedis Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me. Andrew Jackson I'm constantly falling deeper in...

Forget about someone's resume or how they present themselves at a party. Can they blog

or not? The blog doesn't lie. Nick Denton My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy. James Lafferty I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that. Brian Wilson I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats. Chad Smith I think the blues will always be around. People need it. Johnny Winter Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature. Paul Ricoeur Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life. Vikram Chatwal Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk. Dean Karnazes I mean, yeah, I want to lose some weight! I'm doing the best I can. Billy Gardell I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. Martin Luther King, Jr.

When people move from one extreme set of views to embrace another equally batty picture

of the world, they expect us to applaud their choice, as if the fact that they have rejected one form of nuttiness somehow validates the screwball views they hold now. Simon Hoggart When I was bald, I went through a period where I seemed to do nothing except TV programmes about being bald. Gail Porter I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore? Cass Elliot Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by. John Bercow A star needs all the rest she can get. Lorna Luft Every song that I play I wrote by myself. Noel Gallagher Raising five boys is a handful, trust me. Barbara Bush There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing. Willem Dafoe I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter. Janine di Giovanni Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught. A. N. Wilson

A lot of things people see as innovative are faddish and fleeting, and I'm simply

telling you, staying power like broadcasting has is more important in the end than the latest app you can download. Gordon Smith Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go. Jose Bergamin Fast food is the one thing everyone can relate to. It's depressing, but also interesting, that people desire to eat the same sandwich in every single city in the world. But the biggest bummer is when you see a Subway in Berlin. Just devastating. Patrick Carney My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea. David Alan Grier You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready. Bruno Mars I've been racketeered on. Randy Quaid Those who do not love me do not deserve to live. Muammar al-Gaddafi I have always tried to move on from disappointments as fast as I can. Shane Warne We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football. Michael Strahan Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris. Patti Smith

I once had a boyfriend who couldn't write unless he was wearing a necktie and

a dress shirt, which I thought was really weird, because this was a long time ago, and no one I knew ever wore dress shirts, let alone neckties; it was like he was a grown-up reenacter or something. Susan Orlean I would like Obama to be tougher on going up against the Republicans, I don't think he should try to be so moderate. Rose McGowan I think for far too long there was this perception, or I guess I would call it a misperception, that our locker rooms in the NFL are extremely homophobic, and that could not be further from the truth. Scott Fujita I would love to go back as Leela in this new series. Louise Jameson I get my inspiration from everyone when I need it and how I need it. Picabo Street I don't understand how you can be a decent writer and not know people. Sloane Crosley I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order. Lyndon B. Johnson The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story....

The problems that the world faces - from nuclear proliferation to climate change - can't

be tackled by the West alone. They need a coalition of not just West and East, but they need a coalition of Christian and Jew and Muslim. David Miliband I've never formally trained for pain management, but I have a good understanding of how to conquer it. I just analyze the pain, feel it in the moment, and then mentally become numb to it. Criss Angel I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally. Rafael Nadal I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to. Mike White I am a really writer-oriented actor. Kevin Costner For me, New York is comfortable, not strange. Karl Lagerfeld I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely. Corin Nemec I think situations are more important than plot and character. Harry Mathews I really, really want to go to Paris. I've never been. Kristen Wiig I tend to read non-fiction. Gary Oldman

We made history when President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor, a proud Latina, the first Hispanic

Supreme Court justice. And as the President likes to say, 'Every single one of them wasn't just the best Latino for the job, but the best person for the job.' Charlie Gonzalez Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game. Gary Gygax We live trapped, between the churned-up and examined past and a future that waits for our work. Anna Freud I think it is nice to get older. Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark I don't direct movies for a living. Tommy Lee Jones It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation. George Stigler All I ever wanted to do was be on Broadway. I mean, remember, I grew up in a trailer. Steve Kazee I was the first voice of Baltimore television in 1947. Jim McKay I think no matter what age you are, you know when you love something in your heart. Cindy Busby I wanted to be the best in the world. Emerson Fittipaldi

My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if

I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment. Yanni I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always. Arsene Wenger As I get close to my election, I want to spend more time in my district and focus on my reelection. Henry Cuellar The man of science is a poor philosopher. Albert Einstein But I dig myself, and especially if my wife digs me, I dig myself more. Johnny Damon I can get a dance party started pretty much anywhere and anytime. Claire Danes I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me. Lady Gaga I was a loser in high school. Seann William Scott If God exists, what objection can he have to saying so? Lemuel K. Washburn In this house, we obey the laws of t...

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I

realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours. Ed Sheeran Yeah, at first people were talking about me. But now everyone is wearing their clothes more fitted. Dwyane Wade It is important what you eat now, what you do now. If we were interested in a sustainable planet where other generations have a right to a decent future, we would not live like this. Sebastiao Salgado I'm still very much a kid inside myself. Prince Harry I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself. Miguel In my personal life, I am very contemplative. Antonio Banderas You can only do so much theatre. Victor Garber Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever. Arthur Keith I don't actually like touring. Jeff Lynne Everyone changes all the time. Ken Livingstone

It there any nation that acknowledges its errors and its sins and its crimes and

the things it has done that are not consistent with its principles more than the United States? No, there is not. Bill Bennett Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth, it backed me up and shielded me, it shook me and scared me and showed me the way; music opened me up to living and being and feeling. Carrie Brownstein After being in one movie, it didn't seem like that would be my life. I had done several jobs, briefly. I'd been a shipping clerk, I worked in a copy shop, I didn't think the acting was going to go on and on. Wallace Shawn I'm a lyric man - I'm always looking for meaningful songs. Tom Jones I do consider myself as being French, I suppose. Kristin Scott Thomas Things work in cycles. Joan Jett I don't like cruises. Period. My biggest nightmare is being stuck on a boat. Joe Flanigan I'm not really in the excuse business. Bill Parcells People want to see big, escapist fare. They don't want to b...

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that

vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time. Janet Jackson I feel completely alone - it's like melting, I am the structure, and I am also Alain Robert. Alain Robert Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them. Jack Kingston Obviously an actor draws on his own experience. Christopher Walken Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work. Brian Lumley Historian - a broad-gauge gossip. Ambrose Bierce Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine. Honore de Balzac I believe in magic, psychics and all that. Molly Sims I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in. Melanie Lynskey We've gotta guarantee all of our kids an education. Geoffrey Canada

But in my college years it got to the point where my friends and I

didn't do anything without consuming a massive amount of alcohol before we went anywhere or did anything, and you know that. Jim Coleman I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours. Clint Eastwood I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned. Bill Bryson I know I'm late, but I've finally joined Facebook! Chelsea Clinton Walt gave me a VIP tour of the studio. I remember people doing voices. Paul Winchell I never fall down. I always fight. Gianni Versace A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get. John Hawkes If I shoot it, I'm gonn...

Unlike many in the conservative camp, I accept theories of global warming, and accept that

man-made activity has played a part in global warming. My differences have only been on what the solutions should be. Bradley A. Smith People have nannies and big cars, and they want to go to Maui for Christmas. When there are those kind of stakes involved, people get ruthless. Amy Sherman-Palladino If you think and feel what you're supposed to think and feel, hard enough, it'll come out through your eyes - and the camera will see it. Andy Griffith Everything I've ever done in my life has been a fluke. Willard Scott I've never scratched, or punched, or slapped anybody in my real life. Leelee Sobieski Television is intensely personal. Jessica Savitch Every child, and every person, deserves a chance to make something of themselves. Gever Tulley Just call me Mr. Cain. And in 2013, they can call me Mr. President. Herman Cain You know, a statesman is a dead politician. Arlen Specter Women tend to double-speak - I'm definitely guilty of that. R...

Every Palestinian family feels the effects of the international embargo. But the more the pressure

on the government grows, the more support we receive, both from the Palestinian street and from the Arab and Islamic world. Ismail Haniyeh Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit. Rita Dove Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage. John Milius Life is too short not to do a little practical joking. Krista Allen I've been described as a grizzled political veteran. Joe Klein I'd love to play some kind of fop. Robert Carlyle I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap. Sting What makes me unique is that I'm normal. Scotty McCreery I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. Kirk Douglas What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer. Shane MacGowan

The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't

have that kind of personality, and it's a terrifying thing to say. Jerry Seinfeld The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. Maria Montessori Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion. Sharon Salzberg One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion. Wietse Venema Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was. Victoria Principal Charlie Sheen is who again? Denise is engaged? Neil Patrick Harris Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends. Stephen Ambrose And die of nothing but a rage to live. Alexander Pope Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way. John Milius Well, a nucl...

When I was a college student and I got interested in linguistics the concern among

students was, this is a lot of fun, but after we have done a structural analysis of every language in the world what's left? It was assumed there were basically no puzzles. Noam Chomsky There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat. Sylvia Earle One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. She's 9 and it's really a good film for all ages. Sigourney Weaver This land may be profitable to those that will adventure it. Henry Hudson I want to get more muscly. Nicholas Hoult I always tell my kids make your vocation your vacation. Chynna Phillips What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? Jean-Jacques Rousseau You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill c...

We Americans love original ideas. But truly, there are already plenty of good ones out

there, ours for the taking. If I were too proud to copy the ideas of others, I likely wouldn't have even a fraction of my current success. Mohnish Pabrai The organized workers of America, free in their industrial life, conscious partners in production, secure in their homes and enjoying a decent standard of living, will prove the finest bulwark against the intrusion of alien doctrines of government. John L. Lewis Well... I had braces and I had to wear headgear! I loved my braces, actually. For me, they were like a piece of jewelry! Instead of the silver or pewter I had gold braces. It was so much fun, I loved them. I got to change the colors and stuff and I had the rubber bands. Jordin Sparks The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling. Helena Bonham Carter I've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw. Joe Pantoliano Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big. Jenna Bush So much emotion goes into writing...

As a general thing, I've always been drawn to characters who appear to be one

thing on the surface, but are actually something else underneath. Michael Sheen I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame. Howard Coble If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had some great new idea for line breaks and I used it in a poem, but it's really not right for that poem, but I wanted it, that would be distorting. Sharon Olds People don't have fun making music all the time. Ken Hill Each day provides its own gifts. Marcus Aurelius I tend to absorb a lot of what other people are feeling. Elisabeth Hasselbeck I have a theory that most people in Hollywood are from Texas. Emmanuelle Chriqui I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents. Gloria Swanson I just hated school. I don't like to learn. Don't teach me anything! Christopher Mintz-Plasse I'm getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald R...

It's just really important I think for fashion to be affordable, because everyone should have

the opportunity to wear cute things and be happy and comfortable in what they are wearing. That's definitely how I like to shop and how I like to think about clothes and fashion. Lea Michele If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen. Carlos Ghosn Even when I was making the first 'Paranormal Activity,' I didn't tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I just kind of found that there was nothing to gain by announcing to the world that you're doing something. Oren Peli There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. Saint Augustine I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next. Jonny Lee Miller I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute. ...

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think.

Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life. Carrie-Anne Moss But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering. Daniel J. Evans I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms. Stephen Stills The more people say nice things about me, the more I feel it's false. Jesse Eisenberg If I make a new bag I love, I don't keep it. Judith Leiber I hope my kids learn to put themselves first. Steve Nash I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected. Jimmy Carter It is true that too much belief can be bad for your health. Terry Eagleton It only seems as if you're doing something when you worry. Lucy ...

Sometimes we pray in our heads and we never get a real opportunity to solidify

what it is that we're praying for or what we're praying about. So once you write it down, it's like a flow. It comes out and you solidify the thought or the idea or the request. Iyanla Vanzant I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do. But I do find it a bit bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up. Mandy Moore Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one area of my writing that I think I've got surer at as I've evolved. Graham Swift When I first came here, Hollywood was very closed-minded. Tia Carrere Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting. Charley Pride I'm not in charge of my life. Jennifer Weiner Water really does great things for my skin. Jackee Harry I haven't leaked anything to anybody. They are wrong! W. Mark Felt Is victory sweet because your side wins - or is it ...

As many know, and especially those who may have young sons or daughters at colleges

or universities, the last thing you want to hear is a call that perhaps one of your children was injured or, even worse, lost their life in a tragic fire at a dorm or campus housing. Vito Fossella This thing with everyone knowing you, it's weird, because people have this one-sided relationship where they look at your picture and feel they know you more than someone they actually know. I don't really know myself that well. Robert Pattinson Life is a terminal condition. Were all going to die. Cancer patients just have more information, but we all, in some ways, wait for permission to live. Kris Carr I would like to restore your right to drink raw milk anytime you like. Ron Paul I just happen to admire everyone that we work with. Pharrell Williams There is such a thing as bad publicity. Joyce Brothers Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men. Maya Rudolph At my age, I don't think anyone is untouched by cancer. Bryan Cranston My he...

I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money, because I

fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up. Judd Nelson I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier. Oprah Winfrey Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story. Adam Carolla Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there! Carlos Castaneda So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up. Maurice Strong The Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle. Neil deGrasse Tyson I think I was made to live in New York. I love it. AnnaSophia Robb Those who own much have much to fear. Rabindranath Tagore We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint? Jessamyn West

My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia.

For the meagre sum of £10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that's what my father chose to do. Hugh Jackman I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see. Andrew Stanton I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech. Jeff Dunham I just want pieces of the world. Jada Pinkett Smith I tend to not really care for re-makes in general. Mainly they are horrible. Curtis Armstrong And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. Kevin Smith I don't believe in having body doubles for a film. Nicole Kidman You are what you wear. I wear something different everyday. Corey Haim Companies that change best over time know first...

I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It

turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct. Renny Harlin I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face. Rafael Palmeiro I think all of us who have been in Afghanistan on the ground multiple times know that what we're doing there on the ground is just not sustainable. Bob Corker I know nothing about letting go. John Hodgman I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else. Eric Clapton I was a big J. Geils fan, a Steppenwolf fan and a Savoy Brown fan. George Thorogood I love boxing. There's something fierce about using your body's force that way. Sophia Bush Italy is a divided country without a center. Christian Lacroix I am curious, I love making discoveries, travelling, speaking with people, go shopping. Maria Grazia Cucinotta My journey as a player is complete...

The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak

that you cook is actually boiled on the inside. Nathan Myhrvold I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally. Gordon B. Hinckley You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget. Tom DeLay Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. George William Curtis My soul is still Irish. Ciaran Hinds At the moment of death I hope to be surprised. Ivan Illich Look at the man go, its like trying to stop a water-buffalo with a pea-shooter. Sid Waddell The gods are watching, but idly, yawning. Mason Cooley When people are putting pressure on me I just completely ignore it. Zayn Malik I don't see myself as a diva at all. Bebe Neuwirth

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given

credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself. Alexander Graham Bell Folks, if you give people things for free, don't blame them for taking them. Rob Woodall 'Which is stronger, politics or love?' is like asking, 'Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling?' They are two sides of the same thing. Mohsin Hamid Nutrition makes me puke. Jimmy Piersall People would pay money to work at CNN. Larry King When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split. Raymond Chandler A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making. Harsha Bhogle You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship. Connie Sellecca Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development. Elizabeth Blackwell Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy. Frank Sina...

I joined MySpace in September 2003. At that time no one was on there at

all. I felt like a loser while all the cool kids were at some other school. So I mass e-mailed between 30,000 and 50,000 people and told them to come over. Everybody joined overnight. Tila Tequila Poverty and the rule of race that is called apartheid drive the Transkeian migrant from security on the land to work in the cities, and then back again. Ruth First Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune. Olivia Munn See and keep silent. Francis Walsingham My childhood was endless - from eight to 18 felt like hundreds of years. Karl Lagerfeld I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical. Michael Stipe I don't go to McDonald's anymore. After I saw Super Size Me... no way! Scarlett Johansson I was the all-American face. Debra Winger No notes. You speak from deep in your heart. It's easy. Manny Pacquiao I have to grow with my audience. Ice T

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly

learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at. Emily Mortimer When I was starting to get noticed as an actor in the 1970s for something other than the third cowboy on the right who ended up dying in every movie or episode, Burt Reynolds was the biggest star in the world. Bruce Dern The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Tokugawa Ieyasu I'd rather make music than tour. Bob Seger I don't vote and I got nothing to do with it. Prince 'Glee' has made me feel beautiful. Lea Michele I'm one that likes to collaborate. Christina Aguilera Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn. Henri Bergson I don't even attempt to sing. Joe Mauer Exclusive homosexuality is not very common in nature. Frans de Waal

One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social

organization and economy and even culture that is, on some level, functional and in some cases, remarkably resilient. This is kind of amazing. Geoffrey West 'Doctor Who' was my first telly job, and before that I did a lot of theatre in education, children's theatre. Sophie Aldred For me, I've always taken being on a set as my school, because I've been working since I was ten. Ethan Embry I got my first handgun license when I was 22. Miranda Lambert Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Jose Ortega y Gasset Ultimately, I'd love to be able to work in film. James Van Der Beek I always watch the work I do. Tamara Tunie People who know Paul Ryan say, 'He will be president one day.' Mark McKinnon As people get older and fall out of the spotlight, people's memory of them changes. Seth Green Women are complicated. We all know that. Candice Swanepoel

Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the

Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers. Barney Ross The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union. Dan Lipinski I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads. Ahmet Zappa I believe if two people want to commit to each other, God bless 'em. Jeanne Phillips The unknown is always frightening. Naveen Andrews Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does. Imelda Staunton I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful. Kesha Galleries, and they're all the same, and rightly so, they sell work. Kim Weston I don...

What's great about documentary, it seems to me, is that it can be experimental filmmaking.

You have a license to do a lot of diverse things under the umbrella of 'documentary.' Errol Morris But probably for the last ten years or so, I've been fitting in animation work into my other projects. Dave Rowntree People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell. Michael Jackson Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing. Layne Staley I've always dressed like a dude. Cat Power Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity. Ellen Key I love to sleep late, and I rarely have the chance to. Izabel Goulart Why do Jewish divorces cost so much? They're worth it. Henny Youngman For me, what makes life enjoyable is having a shared culture and shared references. Michael Sheen Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God. Ernest Holmes

Like Canada, we very much wanted the United Nations to be a relevant and effective

body. But once those efforts failed, we no longer saw things from a multilateral perspective. For us, now, it is much more basic than that. It is about family. Paul Cellucci I wasn't like those girls who give birth and are back on the runway. It took me probably six months to gain 45 pounds and I would say it took me double that time to lose it. Padma Lakshmi It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. - Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary. Gerrit Smith Religion needs a baptism of horse sense. Billy Sunday I just finished Meet Joe Black with Hopkins. Claire Forlani Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. Claudia Black I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me. David Hockney Really young kids are into guitars. Charlie Simpson A ...

It's not trickle down economics. The problem that the president has is that he's rudderless

on the economy. I mean, he doesn't quite know what to do. It's a wake-up on Monday and try to figure it out. It takes time to turn a supertanker, so you need to know where you need to go. John Kasich Heaven knows, I've exposed myself in my novels through the use of fantasy and imagination... now my new book is about what really happened to me... not my heroines. Judith Krantz I am an armor officer. I grew up as a part of the team that helped to field M-1s and M-60-A3s to the army back in 1980s. It's still a magnificent tank, and we designed it for the Cold War and Central Europe. Eric Shinseki It always seems impossible until it's done. Nelson Mandela Dance must have a precision without fault. Arielle Dombasle I definitely am a Twihard! Janel Parrish Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. Diane Wakoski Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it. Dominic Cooper I did climb about 80...

You have to apply yourself because you'll never get a better opportunity than the one

you have right now. Having said that, people know by now if they like me or not. I don't need to prove anything. Sophie Ellis-Bextor I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way. Pete Cashmore I love how Jamie Oliver makes seasonal, local foods in a rustic way, without a lot of fuss. Sara Ramirez Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours. Ninette de Valois I don't think my music's as traditional as people make it out. George Strait I really love to make movies. Sean Penn Challenging leaders is as American as it gets. Rick Santelli To be here today is just beyond my wildest dreams. Rick Yune Giants versus Jets Super Bowl. I'm telling you, that's all I want to see. Jesse McCartney I feel energized w...

People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like, 'No, families mess up

kids!' I grew up in Hollywood, and I'm perfectly fine. If my children want to go into the entertainment business, I won't stop them, as long as they're passionate about it. Tori Spelling I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times and then move that off and try something new. It's a great workshop for me. Kate Clinton I was kosher until I had my Bar Mitzvah, and I parlayed officially becoming a man into telling my father I wanted to eat cheeseburgers. Zach Braff Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up. Rachel Corrie Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard. Kristen Wiig I love '80s movies. Josh Peck I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both. Catherine Helen Spence If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die. Gordon Ramsay Kids will tease you for just about anything. James Badge Dale Roger Federer...

After we were hit on September 11, 2001, we were in a state of national

shock. Less than six weeks later, on October 26 2001, the U.S.A. Patriot Act was passed by a Congress that had little chance to debate it; many said that they scarcely had time to read it. Naomi Wolf The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers. Steve Coogan Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place. The emergency no longer existing, lynching gradually disappeared from the West. Ida B. Wells The mall is my life. Brandy Norwood I see myself starring in and producing major feature films. Amy Weber I don't keep secrets because I'm no good at them! Miley Cyrus Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature. George Henry Lewes I'm a health-food junkie, so all of my food is a splurge, money-wise! Zoe Lister-Jones I've enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will. Betty White To be vulne...

I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with

Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of her obviously, and was very taken with her charisma and her confidence. Peter Berg I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live. Freeman Dyson I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could. Maurice Sendak Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves. Phyllis Diller A nation is an organic thing. Peter Brimelow A good book written for children can be read by adults. Norton Juster People think of me as a mannequin, all show and no substance. Brooke Shields We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable. Constance Baker Motley You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it. Chuck Berry ...

I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to

get ready, I think I would have rather been watching. Linda Evangelista When I was a kid and the carnival would come to the shopping centre, I'd go down and talk to all the people running the rides. I like that whole lifestyle, moving from town to town in a nomadic existence. Randy Quaid My government will make efforts to realize the farming potential of rain-fed and dry land areas by ensuring healthy participation by all stakeholders and convergence of various government sponsored programs. Pratibha Patil No nation can meet the world's challenges alone. Hillary Clinton Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse. Philip Zimbardo Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do. Johnny Mathis Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. Henry Miller A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor. Donella Meadows I don't vote. I don't do no voting. Kendrick Lamar I...

If at the end of the day, people look at it and say, oh, yeah,

I liked his stuff, or for the most part I liked his stuff, or I've enjoyed watching some of the things he's done, that's all I can hope for. Joe Mantegna Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this. E. Stanley Jones I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others. Simon Sinek Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac. Felix Dennis Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely. Russell Banks What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance. Mason Cooley Never stop listening to your audience. David Copperfield It's an unusual situation for me to be working and making a living. Martha Plimpton Germany stays and falls with the success of the policy of Hitler. Hjalmar Schacht I think you always take pride in how you play. Curtis Joseph

In my opinion, it is easier to avoid iambic rhythms, when writing in syllabics, if

you create a line or pattern of lines using odd numbers of syllables. James Fenton I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depression, my scholarship came to an end, and it was necessary to work to supplement the family income. Jack Steinberger As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive. Rodney King No man will work for your interests unless they are his. David Seabury There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. Anthony Trollope I drive an Escalade. Tory Burch Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America. Louise Erdrich Every single song that I've listened to is in my memory forever. will.i.am Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Victory is the child of preparati...

If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like

I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique. Mark Spitz The duty of youth is to challenge corruption. Kurt Cobain I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to read that didn't excite me and didn't even remotely connect to the realities of my life. R. A. Salvatore I think I'm a romantic person, yeah. Antonio Banderas I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east. Nelson Mandela A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers. Hilary Mantel Christianity is part of the Common Law of England. Matthew Hale Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic. Hu Shih I'm very interested in the language of photography in relationship to painting. Catherine Opie What does old look like? Sometimes I am wrinkled, sometimes not. Maxine Hong Kingston

When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was

- my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time. Matthew McConaughey I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my religiousness as good - I think religion is good for children, especially educated children, because it allows for imagination, a whole imaginative world apart from the practical world. Yehuda Amichai Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising at the same time. Marisha Pessl People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press. Bob Schieffer Well lately I have listening to a lot of movie soundtracks. Mike Lowry Everything starts from a dot. Wassily Kandinsky I am a still friend with Dave Crosby, he's a weird duck but I like him a lot. Peter...

I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know,

when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger. Jeff Zucker I don't let guys do hickeys. That's like a dog marking his territory or something. Eliza Dushku It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe? Isaiah Thomas One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love. Tobias Wolff I wake up every day with a smile on my face. Henry Ian Cusick You know, I'm worried about Szymborska. I wish she would stop smoking. Wislawa Szymborska Look at my face. Does it look like I can take a good hit? Ronda Rousey I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough! Michael Bloomberg I'm not invited to any exciting parties and my life hasn't really changed. Karl Pilkington I'd rather share the glory of a hit than star by myself in a flop. Kate Jackson

Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted

an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him. Ron Paul I've always wanted to have the ability to do what I want to do. And there are so many things that I want to do because I love acting, I love directing, I love producing, I love being a mother, I love being a wife. If I had to choose one, just would put me in the crazy house. Jada Pinkett Smith Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking. Michael Nesmith I want to see the economy rebound. Bob Corker Everybody has to look after their own economy and follow the rules. Tarja Halonen When I'm home, I like a cozy, comfortable, calming space. Stacy Keibler I've always been wary of marriage. Cynthia Nixon You have to be resilient. Gabrielle Union Learners are encouraged to discov...

If I'm excited about it, I'm pretty sure an audience is going to enjoy it.

If I'm bored with an idea, you can bet they're going to be asleep. So I try to only do things that I'm fairly excited about. Robert Rodriguez In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program. Jon Postel 'Looper' was so brilliant, and it took me forever to finally see it, but the way that movie ends and the message behind that is so selfless. Hayley Williams Simply put, I'm glad that manga as an expressive form is expanding. Natsuki Takaya Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth. Jean de la Bruyere I aspire to be useful. Anthony Foxx I'd do a show about garbagemen if it was good! Cynthia Nixon Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart. Emanuel Cleaver Hot dogs and Red Vines and potato chips and French fries are my favorite foods. Betty White Not all things are to be discovered...

The world we live in is not purely visual. For me it's totally poly-sensorial so

the tactile, sensual aspect of living in the work that I do is brought to the fore. Ross Lovegrove Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. Aldrich Ames As all Americans head forward into the new reality globalization has created, they want leaders who will level with them and help level the playing field. John B. Larson Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing. Robin Wright It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey. Sidney Crosby Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie? Andy Rooney There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object. John Keats I personally don't think of myself as either an optimist or a pessimist. Nick Bostrom I had long hair when I was a teenager. Beck Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. John Dryden

The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an

awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it. Bear Grylls It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies. Tony Snow If you put this in the context of Detroit in '64 or '65, the economy was booming. Everybody had jobs and there was a whole nightclub culture where bands could work. Wayne Kramer I'm very phobic about flying, but I'm also drawn to it. Martin Scorsese I'm actually, for the most part, a complete agnostic politically. Edward Witten I'm a big fan of 'Mad Men.' Bryan Cranston You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy. Jerry Seinfeld I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream. Vincente Minnelli When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma. Christine Lahti It's incredibly, incredibly difficult to get a movie made. J...

You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come

and they make a movie. And they're two really different art forms. Ayelet Waldman I never thought that I would have to play an Indian, well half French, but an Indian woman in my life. Marion Cotillard Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914. A. J. P. Taylor The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war. R. Lee Ermey Everybody loves a deal on a restaurant or skydiving or laser-hair removal. Andrew Mason My awards are lovely. I love to show them off. Doris Roberts We have lasted this long close together, so we must have something going for each other. Linda McCartney Except for me, no one in my family could draw. Joseph Barbera Some of my instincts are reprehensible. William F. Buckley, Jr. I ran for president in 1996. Arlen Specter

It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists.

I'm trying to steal from the real people. John Hawkes If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great. Elizabeth Meriwether I'm the chairman of the intelligence committee. We don't only get formal briefings, but we collect our information from the intelligence community in a variety of ways. Mike Rogers Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people. Thomas Jefferson Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist. Steven Seagal I am deeply concerned about America. Todd Akin Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns. Quentin Tarantino The world is its own magic. Shunryu Suzuki I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it. Idris Elba The measure of a superhero is always his nemesis. David Lyons

What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington,

but there's still waste in the military budget. Rand Paul My mother actually does most of my shopping for me. I love fashion, but I don't really love shopping. Danielle de Niese I don't feel particularly attached to Israel - 'nationalism,' as Noam Chomsky said, 'is not my cup of tea' - but I feel no particular need to demonize it. Norman Finkelstein Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility. E. F. Schumacher If they don't think, people act senselessly. Andrei Platonov We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws. Elton Gallegly But I do think its necessary to have debates. Geraldine Ferraro I'm always astonished by the confidence my readers put in me. Mary Karr I dress to kill, but tastefully. Freddie Mercury I've lived through what seems to most - and myself - many lives. Linda Blair

And here in Los Angeles, once again, I'm going to go down and be a

witness. There's a guilty plea. I don't mind being on the witness stand, but I think they mind it a lot. Patty Hearst If you make a record, you should ask yourself, 'Did it make someone cry, in a good way, not a bad way?' There should almost be subjective emotional criteria for evaluating work, instead of just profitability. Moby I used the stormy gray and heather brown shadows from the Lilac Rose Eye Palette to create a soft smokey eye for Veronica Beard's Spring 2013 show. The look was dramatic but delicate. Bobbi Brown We women have to stick together. Chelsea Handler I feel bad for everyone I've gone out with. Fred Armisen Bullfighters are Seville's heroes. Paz Vega The right to kill another person is not a right that I would agree with and support. Tom Tancredo I love putting the music together. It's like art. Erykah Badu The most important thing is to not waste your money. Gareth Bale Beyonce is the most amazing woman in t...

I never stopped making pictures. There were times when more of my income was coming

from other sources, and I had to devote more time to television and movies and records. Martin Mull For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff. Steve Case There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her. Carly Simon I don't just preach; I put my money where my mouth is! Tom Leykis I want to be in shape. Rosie Perez I've been fooling the public for years and I'm really good at it. Janice Dickinson Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be. Lady Gaga If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week. Matthew Goode The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past. Mason Cooley I like laughter around me. Mireille Enos

We need to do teacher training to educate them about what temperament means. Shyness is

painful and you want to help a child with shyness - but the underlying temperament of being a careful, sensitive person is to be honoured, valued and respected. Susan Cain Frankly, it is clear that we would be better off in the long run without federal funding, and the challenge right now is that if we lost it altogether, we would have a lot of stations go dark. Ron Schiller I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look at the street go by while my mother went shopping. Jonathan Winters I think everyone still thinks I'm 13. Jamie Bell I would love to play Magnum P.I. Mike Epps The time has come for professional jurors. Joseph Wambaugh A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life. Giorgio Morandi I'm actually a good cook. Jessica Simpson I write out of my intellectual experience. Tom Stoppard I should have just become a manager. Drea De Matteo

The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same

success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at having discovered such simple means of relieving the tedium of a long discourse. George Combe My son, he is the reason I got involved. It's been a joy to be around him and teach him the stuff that I know, and to the other kids as well. When he started playing I wanted to be involved in his hockey career. It's a lot of fun for both of us. Mario Lemieux We repeat today that we are with the establishment of a Palestinian state on any liberated part of Palestinian land that is agreed upon by the Palestinian people, without recognizing Israel or conceding any inch of historical Palestine. Ismail Haniyeh I have a strong moral sense - by my standards. Rex Stout My goal isn't to shock. Taylor Momsen First of all, Vince McMahon doesn't argue - he tells you! Ric Flair A nutritionist helps me eat healthily at home. Leighton Meester So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean...

My life is storytelling. I believe in stories, in their incredible power to keep people

alive, to keep the living alive, and the dead. Tim O'Brien It's very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and what you are doing... if you begin from the point of view of being a victim, you've got it half-made. I mean intellectually. V. S. Naipaul Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us. Adam Clarke The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge. Meister Eckhart A global democracy works only when countries trust one another. Armstrong Williams I judge people on how they smell, not how they look. Jennifer Lopez I'm one of those people who figures that it will eventually sort itself out. Daryl Hannah I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. Sam Kinison If presidents can...

Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that

crap. No, you're an actor - tell the story, and when it's told, there's another one to tell. Clarke Peters When you have beaten guys a few times, you don't want them to think they know how you are going to play them. You have to try and find different ways of beating them. You have to do things they don't expect sometimes, put something unpredictable into your game. Andy Murray Michael Arndt, that guy - you're just supposed to say nice things about other writers, but I worship Michael Arndt. Damon Lindelof 'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women. Madeleine M. Kunin I don't care if my jokes are appropriate for a kid. Drew Carey My childhood, I would say, was a bit sad. Columba Bush I always wanted to be the outlaw. And that's to a certain extent how I've lived. James Frey You never want to be the grumpy guy, although I do have quite a grumpy face. Jimmy Carr To achieve the impossible; it is prec...

He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world,

such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation. Francis Scott Key I think I did a lot of really stupid stuff really quickly in my twenties and that sort of led me to want to sort of just relax a little bit. Relax a lot. Jemima Kirke The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed. Brian McKnight The public can only be really moved by what is genuine. George Henry Lewes I was in detention a lot. Jake Lloyd Women are extremely important shapers of my own life. Tony Hillerman It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved. Francois de La Rochefoucauld This isn't a little debate society. That's high school stuff. Sydney Schanberg You'll be tested every single day. John Ratzenberger This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career. Al Jourgensen

Why are video games so violent? The ones I've seen remind me of the 4th

of July, with everything exploding, buildings, cars, airplanes, men and women. Kill, kill, and kill for sport and entertainment. Madeleine M. Kunin We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years. Rick Perry I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference. Chloe Grace Moretz Nothing personal - I am just doing my job. Manny Pacquiao I'm not a madman. Ray Nitschke I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq. Vladimir Zhirinovsky Well, I don't like to get involved in these philosophical issues very much. Murray Gell-Mann I grew up in North Carolina, and I grew up on wrestling. Ken Jeong Well there are those who think you can only succeed at someone else's expense. Boy George If I can feel freedom then I can create. Marc Newson

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