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Of course, sometimes when you write personally, you are also writing about society, obliquely reflecting

topical issues, but not in a way that people would expect you to or in the way that someone trying to make a point would. Suzanne Vega 'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures. Michel de Montaigne No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along. Joyce Brothers You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. Napoleon Bonaparte Philosophy is the product of wonder. Alfred North Whitehead To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery. Edward M. Purcell I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge. Stuart Pearce

We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was

playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time. Ray Brown In order to be a star performer you have to have someone to play against. Frank Oz We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing. Letitia Elizabeth Landon To survive, men and business and corporations must serve. John Henry Patterson Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. W. H. Murray I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Thomas Carlyle Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. Conrad Hilton

Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats.

You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words 'abortion' or 'tax hikes' pass their lips. Ann Coulter My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election. Liev Schreiber Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. John Florio We are losing our superstars like Johnny and June Carter Cash and that breaks my heart. Wynonna Judd It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. Charles Caleb Colton A usurper always distrusts the whole world. Vittorio Alfieri The U.N. can meet and discuss, but we don't need their permission. Andrew Card

There should be a background check every time a firearm is transferred. You shouldn't be

able to go to a gun show and buy guns without a background check. There are Internet gun sales, classified ads in the newspapers - and you can buy guns without background checks. Michael D. Barnes The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions. Claude Levi-Strauss If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it. J. P. Morgan The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it. Jacques Yves Cousteau The world is round so that friendship may encircle it. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin I was always the child who wore her emotions on her sleeve. Marcia Gay Harden The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going. Phil Crosby

I think a lot of people have a misconception of what the kitchen is about,

but you know the grueling part of it is also the pleasure of it. That's why I think you have to have a certain mentality to understand what that is and be able to handle it. Todd English Great acts are made up of small deeds. Lao Tzu How blessings brighten as they take their flight. Edward Young Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance. Jean de La Fontaine What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left. Oscar Levant I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent. Erma Bombeck Our greatest evils flow from ourselves. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There are some movies I can watch over and over, never get sick of. I'll

put one of those on and be puttering around the house. Then a certain scene will come on and I'll just have to go over and watch. David Fincher All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book. David Livingstone Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most. Joseph Wood Krutch My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor. Sally Kirkland Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained. Stendhal I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy. Robert B. Laughlin Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. Edward Gibbon

An offensive war, I believe to be wrong and would therefore have nothing to do

with it, having no right to meddle with another man's property, his ox or his ass, his man servant or his maid servant or anything this is his. Daniel Morgan If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. Isaac Asimov It was an argument of rare power and eloquence. William Henry Moody Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I don't have any tricky plays, I'd rather have tricky players. Abe Lemons To recognize negativism as a force of creation is to give up the creative standpoint altogether. Paul Twitchell I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo. Peter Steele

There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the

world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent. John Raleigh Mott Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change. Edsger Dijkstra An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country. Henry Wotton Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. Joseph Conrad I'm 33 years old now. I really want that ring. I got a taste of it here. Latrell Sprewell Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. Leonardo da Vinci The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite. Arthur Schopenhauer

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and

you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time. Suzanne Farrell I feel I have so many projects and I haven't completed them yet. Roy Horn I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace. Frank B. Kellogg Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. Andy Warhol I want to stay in Hawaii a little while. I'm kind of liking it over there. Josh Holloway The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world. Friedrich Schiller I am not bound to please thee with my answer. William Shakespeare

It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their

duties, and that we offer them a quality of life that will enable them to continue to serve and to live comfortably. Carl Levin I'm really excited that I'm able to work again. David Gest The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music. Barry Gibb We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary. Trevor Phillips You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning. Barbara Sher Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. Bill Bradley The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment. Ednita Nazario

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,

so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero That incident ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens! Harry Nilsson We're playing the same songs, the same way, that we have for years. Daisy Berkowitz In my beginning is my end. T. S. Eliot I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks. Pauline Hanson I am pleased that Prince Charles and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles have decided to take this important step. Rowan Williams We plan to support Exchange 2003 as soon as it is released. We already have the prerelease versions from MSDN. Nat Friedman

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering,

not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from. Jose Marti I've been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media. David Brock To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded. David M. Shoup I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life. Geoffrey Rush The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity. Amy Grant I didn't get paid. I didn't even care that I didn't get paid. Ray Conniff It's not just being called to the ministry that counts. James Green Somerville

Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly

overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq. Carl Levin There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress. Mark Twain Depression is the inability to construct a future. Rollo May Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond. Thomas Love Peacock I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different. Glenn Hoddle Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. Chris Rock Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow? Albert Einstein

I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will

make young mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future. Andrew Wiles You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution. Huey Newton I always find something to keep me busy. Amy Sedaris One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors. Jacques Chirac We spend more on cows than the poor. Gordon Brown One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future. Lars Ulrich Over the next four years, I will continue to listen to different views and accept different suggestions. Chen Shui-bian

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I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out

on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards. Suzy Bogguss Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. William Shakespeare To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing. John James Audubon As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. Norman Wisdom Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives. Louise L. Hay We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism. Huey Newton Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape. Frank Moore Colby

'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all

students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms. Dianne Feinstein You couldn't have done this without killing an Arab prince. Michael Scheuer I'm a horrible public speaker. Bill Condon Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil. Charles Simmons The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets. Wayne Dyer It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind. Lucretius How can you practice dancing in an airplane? There's a law against it. George Murphy

'The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the

strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic because it's one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, if not the greatest, and they took the religion out of it and tried to turn it into a popcorn movie. Chris Weitz If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it. Martina Navratilova I saw Ronnie Hawkins play near my hometown, Port Dover, Ontario, and I saw him play there on New Year's Eve and the following spring I booked myself to be his opening act on maybe five shows, and he hired me after the first night. Rick Danko You sort of have to become what you're wearing. Pharrell Williams I believe in status symbols. Brooks Stevens The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road. Laura Ingalls W...

I really want to move away from the old model in which you have to

rely on people giving $10 after a humanitarian crisis to a newer model where people give money but also their time and their skills, whatever they have, to the causes that are personally meaningful to them well before the crisis moment presents itself. Chris Hughes At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible. Yannick Noah Soldiers of the American Revolution fought that 18th century war with heavy muskets. In the early 20th century, we kids fought it every Fourth of July not only with exploding powder and shimmering flares, but with all of our senses. Paul Engle Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud. Russell Brand You don't have to invent the wheel, but you might want to be the company that invents the rims. MC Hammer The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. William Cobbett Men need to live and breathe women. Adam Levine I am a lover ...

That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't

tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me. Kelly Lynch I haven't spoken English with native speakers in several months. I've been speaking Arabic. John Walker Lindh Today you can't go by the titles of the shows to know what the content of the show may be. Donna Douglas It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in. Friedrich Schiller We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it. Willie Nelson We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny. James H. Douglas, Jr. It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find. Gerald F. Lieberman

The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax

was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed. Alan Keyes In the time honored tradition of email, just ignore the question. John Dobbin The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study. Kenneth L. Pike All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly. Thomas Aquinas Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it. Wayne Dyer A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. W. H. Auden I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. Sigmund Freud

I probably haven't even seen ten of the films I've done. I don't get a

joy out of it, and I don't go to the movies. Robert Sean Leonard I can't switch time zones any more. London is one of my favourite places, but I'm always so zonked that I can't appreciate it. It's like a six-inch sheet of glass between me and Charing Cross Road. Douglas Coupland My job is to let everybody know what I stand for and to let my light shine. I want to show others the way I live so that hopefully they follow. I can also tell about my experiences as a Christian so that I may help bring others to Christ. LaDainian Tomlinson Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value. Ice T If we admit it or not, skiing is a little bit of show biz. Willy Bogner, Jr. The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes. Amy Grant Involvement in Afghanistan, I thought, was totally warranted. We were attacked, we attacked back, but after six months of being in Afghanistan, I though...

It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed

to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition. Ted Nugent We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion. Farley Mowat Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers. Max Muller Honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas. Gabriel Macht First fight. Then fiddle. Gwendolyn Brooks I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation. Lech Walesa I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood. Zoe Tapper When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive. Henry Rollins Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore. Alan Bennett Everything about mediocrity...

It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than

they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters. Alice Hamilton What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? Jackie Kennedy In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. Charles Baudelaire In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent. George Canning Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid'; the player who is finally left with it has lost. Evelyn Waugh Life is ten percent what happens to yo...

My mom got me into some commercials, and I basically, I guess, just got out

of my shell I was in at the time because I can't remember. I've just been blessed ever since. Bailee Madison I was always at heart a novelist and wanted to tell a bigger story, so I wanted to create people who told other kinds of truths than literal truths. Aminatta Forna I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to. Natalia Kills We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles. Stephen Covey Online harassment, especially gendered online harassment, is an epidemic. Women are being driven out; they're being driven offline. This isn't just in gaming. This is happening across the board online, especially with women who participate in or work in male-dominated industries. Anita Sarkeesian John Kennedy won the first televised presidential debate among those watching it, while Richard Nixon won among those listening on...