I am a simple man who comes from a village, and villagers like us speak

our mind. Now, in the process, if unknowingly my words came across as disrespectful or insulting, then I am deeply sorry. I don't want to hurt anyone.Arijit Singh

I've always been interested in peak performance, why some people do better in life than others.Daniel Levitin

When I went to the prosecutor's office, I wanted to be one of the good guys that the defense could trust. I'd try fair, clean cases, pull no punches, no below-the-belt stuff. Honorable. Because that's the kind of prosecutor I wanted to deal with.Marcia Clark

We are influenced by the ideas we hear and the people we meet.Robin S. Sharma

Fighting in the UFC means that I'm at the top of the sport, and it means that I'm able to pursue my goal of being a champion in the UFC.Donald Cerrone

I don't think I extend my hatred to other people's outfits.Alexa Chung

You have to be yourself.Young Thug

I am retiring from startup investing. It's hard to leave all this behind right when things are going so well.Chris Sacca

I know I didn't want to get caught up in the cycle of drugs and violence that was around me. Deep down inside, I felt there was something better outside the situation I was in.Michael Oher

I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics.Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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I do everything I can to have a diverse career because I just want to

have options. I know that I can do Hamlet or I can do Stanley Kowalski, you know. Sam Rockwell I've been pretty good about keeping my nose to the grindstone. I feel like I won a lot of matches from hard work and persistence, even maybe when I had better options as far as shot-making. Andy Roddick When I want to render these fine nuances, I do not find them in the subject, but in the nature of women in real life who seek unhealthy emotions and are too stupid even to understand the horror in the most appalling situations. Gustave Moreau There are those who leave without our needing to detain them; we have said all there is to say. Richard Eyre I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy. Lea Michele Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor. Herb Caen I honestly think that's one of the greatest motivators of art - the fear of not making great art. Jason McCoy The two citi...

You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character;

otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific. David Oyelowo As conservatives, we support free market principles and believe the private sector provides solutions that the government cannot. Mike Pompeo It is very important that people see there is a bright future, and we can re-engage that entrepreneurial spirit of the trading nation for which the U.K. has always been known - that dynamic, creative spirit. Theresa May When I began making electronic music, the only thing I was thinking about was creating music that I really liked. I didn't think about what effect it would have; I was busy doing it. Jean-Michel Jarre I worked with Herb Ritts on the Marky Mark shoot, and then Steven Meisel, and then they'd start sending limos for me, and I was like, 'That is so embarrassing. I'm not getting in a stretch limo by myself to go to a shoot.' That whole New York thing of, 'You are fabulous! Turn up to a Meisel shoot in a limo and you're fabulous!...

There's a book out called 'How Money Walks' written by Travis Brown.

He's followed annual adjusted gross income from 1992 to 2011. Approximately $100 billion has moved to Florida from all over the country. Number two is Arizona. Where does it come from? It's come from New York; it's come from New Jersey; and it's come from California. Rick Scott China itself has said repeatedly that they will and have been conforming to international law. Benigno Aquino III I did not intend for there to be an incisive historical lesson in 'North and South.' Basically, it's just a good, juicy story. David L. Wolper When I went to the all-Ireland final - Kerry against Dublin - I couldn't get away for an hour and a half with people coming up and wishing me all the best. Not one of them said, 'Martin, when did you leave the IRA?' But every one of them knew I was in the IRA at one stage. Martin McGuinness The answer to neofascism is stopping neoliberalism. Putting another Clinton in the White House will fan the flames of t...

I am not really into paintings, to be honest, but for me, the art I love is when I see

singers putting their heart into their song, actors giving the performance of their lives, and books and movies that make me feel something I never thought I could; there's art in everything as long as it's made with soul. Sara Sampaio I've always had a reluctance to meet my heroes. Steven Van Zandt Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed. Clint Smith I don't want to be in the spotlight, ever! I don't know why I got in this profession! Ana de Armas I've never been in trouble with the law. Glenn Gronkowski Writers can express ideas and emotions that are important to them but have no other means of expression. Some of these ideas may be fantastic, and some of the emotions may be given clearer voice in fantastic fiction. Brian Stableford The Internet removed geography as a significant obstacle that formerly prevented out-of-the-way places from being active players in the New Economy. Greg Gian...

I saw my dad doing it and thought to myself, 'I can do that.' I would be backstage

watching him and running around the country with him singing to children. He would sing songs that taught children really good morals: like, 'Teaching Peace' was a song he used to sing to kids a lot. Andy Grammer I wanted to be an attorney all the way up until I was 17. Mark Foster I am not bothered about if my role in a film is small or big. Because if the character I am offered is sensible, I would do it even if it is small. Nithya Menen He's known as Sting. I have my own personal name for him, but that shall remain a personal name. Trudie Styler I wanted to play for United; I wanted to play at Old Trafford. It was always my goal. Bastian Schweinsteiger I grew up in a very middle-class life. I'm grateful for it - it has given me a lot of stability. Carrie-Anne Moss I am a human being: sometimes I am happy, but sometimes I am not feeling that great or not in a mood. Shaheer Sheikh The first time I heard the Mars Volta, I had a feeling I was experiencing something that...

That's a huge part of being a human being: looking for love and finding a

partner in this world. When you constantly play characters who don't have that life, it feels incomplete and not totally human. John Cho I think the whole narrative of blockchain without bitcoin will amount to very little. Fred Ehrsam When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst. Taylour Paige I like things with upside. That's how you make money. Stephen A. Schwarzman I was forced away from the plantation because I wouldn't go back and withdraw, you know, my literacy test after I had tried to take it. I wouldn't go back. Fannie Lou Hamer When a president makes life and death decisions, he should draw strength and wisdom from broad and deep experience with the reasons for and ...

I think there's something kind of good about growing up in a place you know is not the cool

place to be. I think it's good for your head. Paul Rudd Look at the American history of slavery. Can you say that hundreds of years later that has been eased? That pain has not yet been eased. Anohni I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. Alex Rodriguez As a mother, you're only allowed to talk about the 'good' moments - not the ones when you've had enough and want to be on your own. Or just want to be a woman, not a mother. Leila Slimani I've played good guys for most of my career, and when I came out to California, I thought, 'I really would like to find some wonderfully intelligent bad guy to play.' Joe Morton Environmental justice, for those of you who may not be familiar with the term, goes something like this: no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other. Majora Carter We cannot afford to have the confidence of th...

I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the

West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the part of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish secular democracy. Alan Dershowitz Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? Henry David Thoreau I've started to show the consistency in majors I had in regular tournaments back in 1998-2000 when I was contending nearly every week. Lee Westwood I always felt an outsider. J. K. Rowling I'm definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working - if I ever stop working. I like the idea of keeling over in my tomato vines in Sardinia or northern Italy. Anthony Bourdain I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it. Jamie Lee Curtis Never underestimate or mock peace. Boris Trajkovski If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress. Jack Kemp Clearly, those of us women who pla...

I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial

voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily. Marisha Pessl A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner. Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America. Walter Russell Mead I don't really get nervous, ever. I just have a good time. Logan Henderson If there is some art involved, I'd like it to be that it came through the cracks of daily work. Martin Mull If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack. Wendell Phillips Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom. Paul Greengrass At first I...

If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not

patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes. George Muller Soy sauce is really a multi-purpose seasoning. Martin Yan The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves. Maria Edgeworth All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women. Voltaire I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say. Elizabeth Gaskell I'm just this kid from Toronto who got his start. Hayden Christensen We need leadership, and we need it now. Byron Dorgan