The creative act is also in a small way a suffering act

The creative act is also in a small way a suffering act - we start

out with our ego, this hope of making this thing whatever it be, but so often it eludes us and it collapses and we kind of regress into this mental suffering, we can't find what we're looking for.
Michael Leunig

I'm afraid that the passage of time is mostly lost on me. If you were to open up my head you would see that I'm still brooding about statements, songs and issues from the third grade. The years between 1980 and today went by very, very quickly.
Wallace Shawn

It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in any animal merely statistical - not deterministic.
Richard Dawkins

I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class and giving to the rich, while increasing the deficit, is hardly responsible.
Marty Meehan

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
A. S. Byatt

I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.
Gemma Arterton

Without a computer, every point on a structure has to be calculated with reference to everything else. But by using a PC, I can create complex curves that don't have radii or centers.
Greg Lynn

I won't ever put myself in a bad position so that people can say bad things about me. I make smart decisions, and my friends and my family, they are all there for the right reason.
Derrick Rose

I love the way people talk crap. I hear it all the time. 'Overrated.' 'You suck.' I'll just do something to shut them up, like, 'I'll show you.'
Bryce Harper

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I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of

a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing. Muddy Waters I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure. Herb Alpert How can you not like Britney Spears? Lindsay Lohan It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them. Man Ray Reality isn't the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are. Robert J. Ringer And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our party. It's just starting to get going. Richard Marx I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me. Patrick Dempsey The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks. Charles de Gaulle

My first joke was about a company called Five Star Parking that was all over

Philadelphia: 'Who's reviewing parking lots?' Adam McKay I don't have to try to be perfect because I know that my fans like me for who I am. They like me because I am weird and kind of funky, but still really calm. Bella Thorne It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children. Alan Alda There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd. Tommy Lee My friends and family are amazed I've done so well. I was not a model student. No one expected that I'd build a Fortune 500 company at Symantec. John W. Thompson Before 'Moonrise,' I never thought I would be in a movie where I would be struck by lightning. Jared Gilman The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to...

I have a Tinder account. Now I've done Bumble, and I've tried this other one,

and the way I justified it is that... because I'm on TV, I shouldn't be eliminated from participating in what's going on in the world. But people are always like, 'I can't believe you're on a dating app!' Eric Stonestreet I think to eat cake is very good for us, but it's the size of the slice and how often you have it. Mary Berry I think most politicians have almost no understanding of economics; otherwise, they wouldn't have become politicians. Roger Ver It's very important to go pitch-by-pitch and game-by-game and not getting too far ahead of myself. In the past, it was trying to make up for a bad game and thinking ahead and what do I have to do to fix this. Jason Hammel The U.S. is not a claimant state in the South China Sea or in the China-Japan dispute over the Senkaku Islands. But, of course, the 7th Fleet has been a presence in the region since the Second World War, and it is the most powerful fleet in the region. Lee Hsien Lo...

Though Nathalie Dupree did not remember much about my presence in her class, it marked

me forever. I remain her enthusiast, her evangelist, her acolyte, and her grateful student. She taught me that cooking and storytelling make the most delightful coconspirators. Pat Conroy I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades. Tyler Hilton One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important. Robert Zoellick Here in Tennessee, instead of the big spending, big government, job killing agenda of the Obama Administration, Tennesseans have tightened their belts and are struggling to find jobs that will enable them to support their families. Marsha Blackburn I like a challenge. The fact that these are secret organizations, and also very important organizations that can engage in abuses that are so important to our national security - all that attracts me. Ronald Kessler I think ad networks is an ongoing story. Fede...

The Constitution defends all of us against unreasonable search and seizure. What constitutes reasonableness depends

upon threat. Michael Hayden A lot of times, in our culture and our society, we put romantic love somehow on a higher plane than self-love and friendship love. You can't do that. You have to honor and really fully invest in all these different loving relationships. Delilah I'm really eager to play the BWF Destination Dubai World Superseries Finals, especially after my enjoyable visit to the city. Chen Long I'm an originalist and a textualist, not a nut. Antonin Scalia The experience of watching great cinema - great art - is life enriching and spiritually uplifting no matter whether it's about as difficult as it gets, like 'Breaking the Waves,' or as light as it gets, like 'Jerry Maguire,' 'Election' or 'Toy Story.' Luke Davies For a few months, I'd have a green juice every day, but one day, I realized I'd rather eat those ingredients than drink them. Ellie Kemper Presidents have to learn how to adapt. Every presid...

I've always liked people who know me to like me, because I think I'm quite

likeable. But people who make up their minds based on the image in the papers or a voice on a pop record? They're idiots. Jonathan King I was never really a DJ... I just kinda figured it all out at once as I started to tour. I was making music and producing and I just had to start to DJ as I got more into touring. Skrillex When you live in an alcoholic family or an abusive family, you tiptoe, you don't want to step on any mines. Glenn Beck I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things. Janet Jackson The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. William Dean Howells I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs. V. S. Naipaul Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. Blaise Pascal Of course I know very little a...

I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizen's makes our families

and our communities more safe, not less safe. Mike Pence I put pressure on myself all the time. I felt it so much with 'Sax,' but I had to just let go and enjoy it. Fleur East Those people who think they know the Gospel, and it doesn't have any meaning for them, they're the people we have to find a way to touch, to invite once again to the embrace of Christ. Donald Wuerl Any girl who likes watching movies would like to work in them and would want to do all of that. I'm also one of them. But people know me for badminton and love me for it. So I'd stick to it right now. But maybe after badminton, I'll think about it. Saina Nehwal I don't outline; I listen to a kind of whisper inside the material. Jayne Anne Phillips My favorite subject was English, and I wanted to study English abroad when I was young, when I was a kid, but my mom said 'No, it's too dangerous to go abroad by yourself.' So I gave up. Doona Bae It's a violen...

Too many members of Congress seem willing to give corporate polluters, many of whom happen

to be major political donors, a free pass to poison the air.Sheldon Whitehouse As a player, I was very lucky to have so many good managers in my career. I remember the first two at Lecce: Eugenio Fascetti and Carlo Mazzone. They were very important for me and my growth.Antonio Conte I am going to get world-wide recognition from whoever wants it, and whoever wants to challenge me.Deontay Wilder It's hard to complain when you say, 'We're gonna go to the clip where Helen Hunt and Will Ferrell are on 'Saturday Night Live' making fun of your song.'Isaac Hanson I was a real East Village girl.Drea De Matteo Youthful impatience obscures the endless potential for joy that's standing right in front of you.Greg Gutfeld Everybody needs to find their own path and the best way for themselves to connect to this world.Joanna Krupa I love books that stand the test of time.Harper Reed People get ideas of how to live or not to live from what you do on t...

Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country.

Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather. Dan Rather No person has the right to rain on your dreams. Marian Wright Edelman I was not someone who participated in other people's castles. Stephan Jenkins Age does not matter if the matter does not age. Jean Paul Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film. Frank Darabont Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same. Blaise Pascal One often has need of one, inferior to himself. Jean de La Fontaine

Do whatever rejuvenates you. It might be a cooking class, cocktails with the girls, or

just private time with the hubby. We all have our moments where we run out of steam because we've given everything we've got to everyone else. Whoever decided that was a good thing? It's not. Everyone needs to refuel. Jada Pinkett Smith I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women. Bob Hoskins If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice. Robin S. Sharma The oil market is especially sensitive even to a hint of expansion or contraction in supply. James Surowiecki When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says, 'No.' Julian Castro What's really fun is to write under different names. Tom Verlaine Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself...