People feel feminists are aggressive, men-hating women with a little moustache. I think it's got

a bad reputation because when feminism came into being, we were facing so much opposition that we had to be strident and aggressive.
Twinkle Khanna

When you cut your life into a film - 90-some minutes of film - you end up taking snapshots and vignettes of the highlights of it - marriage, divorce, death, success, fame, loss. The up and the down and the up again.
David Cassidy

My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
Mahershala Ali

We record when I have a hole in the schedule. Sometimes night, sometimes afternoon, sometimes morning - we fit it in when we can. I prep for episodes all the time.
Jocko Willink

My favourite moments at Dreamforce are when people come up and thank me randomly. It's a selfish time for me, as I get lots of positive feedback.
Parker Harris

The girls I dated liked or disliked me, whether I weighed 140 or 150; and six-pack abs had no relevance on their love or repulsion.
Greg Gutfeld

The opposite of speculation is to be present to the world simply as it is.
Jeff Kober

I really believed music was going to be a big part of my future, and that's why I took a truck driving job, so I could maintain my singing job at night. I put about 30 hours a week just for singing, going between two churches. And in order to afford that, I had to take a full time job so I could do my passion.
Danny Gokey

Exiles see double, feel double, are double. When exiles see one place, they're also seeing - or looking for - another behind it.
Andre Aciman

You can never predict a hit or a flop, but it's about what you are happy doing as an actor. Every actor comes with his or her own mindset.
Yami Gautam

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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and

ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus. John Ortberg Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience. Vincent D'Onofrio Surely, it's one of terrorism's intended effects, to literally stun our morale, to blow up strength and will along with buildings, and the reaction is hard to counter. Caroline Knapp The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested. Al Gore Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history. Conrad Black I know so many people who actually just watch television on their computers now and don't even really watch their TV anymore. Busy Phil

To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain

a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to evict oneself from the realm of reality. Ayn Rand We don't want privacy so much as privacy settings. Meghan Daum I was always curious about the anxiety a person would feel when you open your mouth and you have an accent. You could have a Ph.D. or be a lawyer, but as soon as you say something, you may be diminished in the eyes of someone else. Dinaw Mengestu One important lesson is this: It is okay to try and fail at something, but it isn't okay to not try. Parents need to encourage their kids, and it all starts in the home. Bill Rancic I see a really good tag on a building, a man passed out in the middle of the street, a couple hugging, a cop arresting a panhandler. I'm interested in how all these things are happening in one block. Barry McGee I like loud snare, and I like really treble-y guitars, and that's just never going to change. Kathleen Hanna Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs

If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good

citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. Arthur Capper Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state. Norman Lamm I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I'd like to see them again. And I'd love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there. Dave Eggers The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there. Ben Affleck Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships. David Ives When you are 20, 40 looks really old. When I was nearing 30, that seemed like a major milestone. Catherine Zeta-Jones I'd like to meet a nice girl and leave all those 'hottest bachelor' lists behind. Jesse Metcalfe Only 10 per

America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbornly

rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril. While Republicans tailored their platform by and for the pale stale and male, among us, Obama and Democrats are embracing America's diverse mosaic. Christine Pelosi The more irrational of us are worried about the millennium ending - as if a date would really matter. Sting I think it's important to be honest with yourself about what you want and it's important to be honest with your partner about what you need. Alison Brie A great pickup line is one I don't even notice. It has me connecting with you, laughing, having a good time. And that definitely gets my attention. Jennifer Morrison I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time. Bruce Cockburn In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Annette Funicello Once you find you can't walk as far and as

Mercury emissions will continue to harm the environment and to endanger the health of children

and pregnant women, until this Administration puts public health before politics. Mark Dayton You know, there was not much wire work for any of us actors to do because the extent of what they did was so huge. I mean, they wouldn't just throw you from this table to that wall. Julian McMahon It's a play where something went wrong, 'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long. If you sit there, my friend, From beginning 'til end, Then your bladder better be strong! Allan Sherman Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer. Ovid Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them. John Walters I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people i

It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond

never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra. Helen Fielding What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children! William Morris Hunt A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them. Renny Harlin This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition. Gertrude Stein The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics. Shimon Peres Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart. Krist Novoselic On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience. Anthony Quinn I don't care about my image. Jean Dujardin I don't date my girlfriend because she's a model. I date her because I love her. Adam Levine Life is o

I did a couple comedies to balance myself as an actor and balance how audiences

see Donnie Yen as an actor, and I would even say as a celebrity or icon, to some fans. I want to show that I'm not Terminator. Donnie Yen When I think of Sherlock Holmes, I think of a guy who can wander into the confusion of life and sort of pluck out answers at will. Graham Moore It's madness to hand in a script to a director, leave them alone, and for the director not to want the writer there with rehearsals and the shoot. Peter Morgan There are times when external circumstances can overwhelm us, and we do things we never thought. If you're not aware that this can happen, you can be seduced by evil. We need inoculations against our own potential for evil. We have to acknowledge it. Then we can change it. Philip Zimbardo My strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being mysel

Even though God loves us, we still have a problem: sin. It's important for us

to learn how to confront sin and overcome it, because while God loves sinners, He hates sin. And He hates it because of what it does to us and how it keeps us from the abundant life Jesus died to give us. Joyce Meyer Mass killing has very clearly not been eliminated, nor has the 'international community' developed a response that will avert it or bring it to a quick end. Elliott Abrams I miss Brighton enormously, enormously. There is so much I miss, including rain. I miss the verdant countryside. Cate Blanchett I'm asked all the time, 'Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?' And the answer to that is, 'No.' It's sort of a loss to stop a 10-year project, which is an imaginary project in the sense that it's a work of my imagination. Bob Shacochis I love TV, don't get me wrong. But with film, you're just banging out this one product, and you're not waiting on another script. You have your script. It's great in that wa

Venezuelans have a deep democratic conviction. If the government hotheads ventured out to stir violence

they would encounter the armed forces. I don't believe the armed forces respond to a political party. Henrique Capriles Radonski I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes. Joyce Maynard It wasn't until I could get out of Stanford that I could sit down and think about my life, to do the things that most kids do, which is to ask who am I, what do I want to be when I grow up. I never got to do Dan Pintauro. Danny Pintauro Now I'm giving up a little in the week-to-week tournaments but reaping the benefits in the majors. Lee Westwood In every community, whether large or small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times. Donna Shalala I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade. Perry Farrell Passion and standing up for things can help create a sense of unity. Bu

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is

the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals. Keith Henson Being nervous is not something you should be ashamed of. Nervous means you care, you really want to do well. Paula Creamer The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies. Koichi Tanaka I really lack the words to compliment myself today. Alberto Tomba When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it. Alessandro Nivola In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude. Marya Mannes I don't want to be a one-hit wonder. Ruben Studdard A hungry stomach cannot hear. Jean de La Fontaine The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled. Michael Ondaatje I wasn't going to have fun doing a teen movie again. Heath Ledger