I grew up with a lot of people whose whole prime mover was dad rage.

I never really had it - it always seemed so empty. It always seemed to be masking something else, which was really their own lack of initiative.
Robert Downey, Jr.

'A Long Way Gone' says something about human nature that we try, most of the time, to ignore.
Carolyn See

When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one song for half an hour. And as much as I was amazed by some of those guitar players, seeing them prompted me to make a note that that's not something I could do.
David Byrne

I didn't leave Wall Street because the work was against my nature - I do have a pretty good head for numbers. I left because I had this love for writing.
Chang-Rae Lee

You are not a problem that needs solving.
Eckhart Tolle

I truly love Australia; I miss Aussie kids and their attitude!
Nicole Trunfio

My way of viewing the talking filibuster was as a way of doing unanimous consent with your feet. You object by going down and talking.
Jeff Merkley

History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.
Richard Lamm

Because it was one of my favorites from the Arthurian legend, one of the things that I really enjoyed doing was the legend of the crystal cave. In my head, it was fun to imagine what it was going to look like because there was a lot of CGI involved, in seeing visions of the future reflected within crystals.
Colin Morgan

The best stories come out of the truth.
Ridley Scott

I went to the Alabama public schools at a time when my English teachers, all but one of whom was a woman, taught nothing but the classics. They revered the great British and American writers.
Thomas H. Cook

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Priority is placed on the chastity of women. You can be corrupt, or a murderer

and still hold your head up high on the street without problems, whereas if there are any suspicions of your chastity and moral behaviour as a woman, you get lynched. Safak Pavey You have to say now that space is something. Space can vibrate, space can fluctuate, space can be quantum mechanical, but what the devil is it? Leonard Susskind I don't think Russia could start a war by attacking any of the NATO member states. Milos Zeman Like every artist that comes out, you want to make a mark; you want to be a household name and you want to be someone that people are going to look back in ten years/fifteen years' time and go, 'I love this guy Olly Murs. He was brilliant back in the day; he was someone I really, really liked.' Olly Murs Fundamentally, the basis of all modern progress is the efficiency of labor. And the only sure road to restored prosperity is through the thrift and hard work of our people as a whole. Charles M. Schwab May we treasure the divine...

Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others

will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away. Lee Kuan Yew I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point watching somebody tell you what the news is when you could quite easily listen to it on the radio. John Hurt The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. Benjamin Britten Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. Charles Caleb Colton I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money. Bob Hope Every silver lining has a cloud. Mary Kay Ash But in reality we are accompanied by the whole dancing universe. Ruth St. Denis

Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks

the road to social development more than the financial burden of war. War is the arch enemy of national progress and the modern scourge of civilized men. Hussein of Jordan I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use. Dave Sim I feel particularly close to them, because I am now out in the universe. I'm in a position to see nature from another point of view, to be outside the earth and see the big picture. Story Musgrave Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this. Shania Twain It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity. Russell Lynes Remember only t...

In 1969, we decided we had to do certain things technically to

win, and we decided to do them then, even though we knew some of the personnel couldn't do it. In other words, instead of adapting the system to the players, we just installed our system. Then we set out to fill our team through the draft. Chuck Noll Al Sharpton is not important. He's nothing more than a black pawn in a very sophisticated white economic chess game. Byron Allen Art should not be bound by barriers or language. The Hindi film industry is a testament to that. We speak only Hindi, but we premiere in Germany and Japan. Our films do phenomenally well there. We transcend the barriers of language and culture. We welcome you in. I think that's what art should be, and I hope America reaches that place. Priyanka Chopra Main characters should grow and change during the course of a story. Leigh Michaels 'Sweetback' represented an economic tour de force because I had no partners; I own it. Melvin Van Peebles It's not natural to ou...

I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing

not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense. Leon Battista Alberti Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious. Peter Dinklage I've been playing since I was 5, but I wouldn't say that I'm serious about the piano. Kiernan Shipka People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands. Abbe Pierre The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it. Gary Johnson I never realized I could love people as much as I do now. George Lopez When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained. Holly Near If I make two f...

The great myth that many social scientists want to encourage is that there is an

incompatibility between modern technology and traditional religion. This is absolute nonsense. If anything, it's the reverse. Rodney Stark And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach. Travis Barker I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for someone like me to make it. I think teams are actually looking for one player under 6-feet now, because they make things happen. Scott Brooks I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either. Viggo Mortensen When actors first come up, you're auditioning for everything - you're trying to sniff it out like a pig with a truffle and you would do anything! Bryan Cranston I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know. Carla Bruni Yoga helps me be a stronger runner. I can lose ...

I would have to say the most challenging thing about directing is the sheer stamina

because... as a director, you're always doing something. Someone always needs to talk to you. There are always decisions to be made and every day for as long as the movie goes on. So it's a marathon... You don't have to look nice, but it's all day every day. Michael Urie It's been a joy to be a part of other people's journey, to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this business. Christina Aguilera It wasn't that I got pinned against my locker, but I was intensely aware that the things I valued weren't shared by anyone. Girls didn't like me, and I had few friends. Josh Groban We must also win really sufficient and, above all, practical, guarantees for the freedom of the seas and for the further fulfilment of our economic and political tasks throughout the world. Bernhard von Bulow For thugs from the ghetto, violence is a way of life - it's what helps you survive. Suge Knight Now we are using the body scanner to s...

I founded Atari in my garage in Santa Clara while at Stanford. When I was

in school, I took a lot of business classes. I was really fascinated by economics. You end up having to be a marketeer, finance maven and a little bit of a technologist in order to get a business going. Nolan Bushnell A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time. Arthur Koestler But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there. David McCallum Politics at bottom is not all that complicated. It's all about timing. Mark McKinnon When I wrestled in College, my team was very good. William Baldwin Dating and getting attention from boys was something that came later to me. Rachelle Lefevre I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous. Ani DiFranco If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter. Norman Spinrad As a kid, I certainly n...

I think that most people in the Middle East, at least 50%, believe in being sharia-compliant. If

you're sharia-compliant or want to impose sharia law, the United States is the wrong place for you. Steve Bannon The idea we would create some kind of religious test for entry into the country is absolutely wrong. Cory Gardner I've never really been a character on TV. I think, if possible, you want to portray yourself. If you're in a situation where you're supposed to react, you need to react. Daniel Bryan I learned my English from Keith Spurgeon. He had some small children, and I was young, too, and so we spoke the language together, and it was fantastic. Johan Cruyff The pooling operation used in convolutional neural networks is a big mistake, and the fact that it works so well is a disaster. Geoffrey Hinton If you heard 40 times in a day that Newt Gingrich takes the wings off of butterflies, eventually you'd believe it. Kellyanne Conway Once you start worrying, it's hard to stop. Alexandra Petri I always try to do something different and creative with my dr...

I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't

finish high school, but that's always been part of my work. David LaChapelle This thing called the camera, that takes everything in equally, taught me a lot about how to see. Bill Viola There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head. Albert Finney A lot of people still think caring about clothes is a dubious, unserious, frivolous, girlie thing. Jerry Saltz I've always maintained my name will not define my films, my films will define my name. But I wish I was called Steve, or something else. McG A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it. C. J. Cherryh The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually. Walter Ulbricht Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. Alan Dundes...