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I can put a hip-hop beat to reggae. That is, I can have real reggae

in the drums and in the rhythm, and on top of it I can put The Rolling Stones' feeling, anyone's feeling on top. Nobody has ever done this before, man. Ike Turner I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy appetite for life and maybe, yes, you are less measured in your behaviour than you would otherwise be. Nigella Lawson History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy. Hillary Clinton Believe me, you lose more than a gallon of fluids during a race. You could lose between six and 10 pounds during a race, depending on hot it is. Michael Andretti If you can once engage people's pride, love, p...

There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free;

but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices. Algernon Sidney Radio is not a partner in the industry. I think that the music industry has continued to depend upon radio, but has ended up pandering to a medium that doesn't care. Don Rose I supported Bob Schaffer's three races for Congress. But we all had concerns about whether he could win statewide. Then my wife suggested that I get it. Pete Coors A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world. Sigmund Freud Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire. Thomas Fuller I don't get sent anything strange like underwear. I get sent cookies. Jennifer Aniston I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before. Dean Koontz

It accumulates over the years and I've led so many bands of my own now

and forced myself into new situations... You would hope that you play better and better - until you just get too feeble to do it anymore. Andy Summers A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it before it becomes abstracted. Matthew Barney When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions. John Fahey You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. He's 27, I was 29. Robert Conrad I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews. Maude Adams We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did. Roy Wood War hath no fury like a non-combatant. Charles Edward Montague

Another way of judging the value of a prophet's religious experience, therefore, would be to

examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message. Muhammad Iqbal Unfortunately, there are so many people who live their whole life in a place that is safe and protected and simple and they don't really have that strength inside to fly. Andrew Shue The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity. Roy L. Smith When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart. George W. Bush The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet. Isadora Duncan If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Meister Eckhart I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio. Joan Rivers

I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could

not find my way out of whatever it was. I'm not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to disappear. A lot of that has to do with being in the public eye. Amy Grant Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest. Richard V. Allen Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. Hannah Arendt To marry unequally is to suffer equally. Henri Frederic Amiel You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which, for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel. Michael Ondaatje Clean air is a basic right. The responsibility to ensure that falls to Congress and the president. Thomas Carper A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as ...

We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that

policy were to continue, we continue to have countries who are in a security bind, if you like, or perceive themselves to be in security bind to look for acquisition of nuclear weapons. Mohamed ElBaradei What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises. Russell Baker Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away. Earl Nightingale I have always held those political opinions which point to the universal brotherhood of man, no matter in what rank of life he may have taken his origin. Alexander Mackenzie I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not. Chevy Chase Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood. Erica Jong I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffere...

The simple fact is this: they are foreigners inside a country which has rejected them.

Therefore, these foreigners wherever they go or travel they will be rained down with bullets from everyone. Attacks by members of the resistance will only go up. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. Fritz Perls It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means. Lydia M. Child The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi We'll take the cake with the red cherry on top. Navjot Singh Sidhu I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog. Cornelia Funke One eye sees, the other feels. Paul Klee

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor

of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war. Remy de Gourmont A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped. Norman Mailer In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice. Charles Dickens The fans have been really incredible everywhere we've been. You want to make sure you put on the best concert of your life to show them how appreciative you are. Jonathan Davis Well I know I was contracted to Polydor so they couldn't use my name. Jim Sullivan Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life. Charles Lamb Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians. Morton Feldman

Mounting a large rock, I was able to see a considerable body of the enemy

moving by the flank in rear of their line engaged, and passing from the direction of the foot of Great Round Top through the valley toward the front of my left. Joshua Chamberlain This has resulted in more and more people becoming inner-directed and having as their only goal, getting as much as they can get out of the system and putting as little into it as possible. Robert Teeter My webmaster lives in Munich and is a very dear friend of mine. He is doing a great job on the site and it is constantly being updated and always will. Jimmy Carl Black We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes. Malcolm de Chazal We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much. Joshua Chamberlain All their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato; alas good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant. Jane Grey I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adole...

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures

free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted. Ralph W. Sockman I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people can look at as a leader and not as a man or a woman. Julie Nixon Eisenhower The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future. John Maynard Keynes Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away. Bubba Smith But I firmly believe that you can't be emotionally free until you are emotionally committed. Frank Langella There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising. Wynton Marsalis Racial distinctions should...

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests.

We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament. Dwight D. Eisenhower A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men. Martin Farquhar Tupper So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself. Florence Nightingale I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt. Jessamyn West He was always testing you. He was always testing his power. James Jarrell Pickle A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. William Arthur Ward I'm working class, and want people to know I'm not unintelligent and all the other clic...

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build

and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer. Thomas J. Watson It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend. Asa Gray I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can't just walk around free like we did; life has changed. Johnnie Cochran Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive. Carolyn Wells The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. Christian Nestell Bovee What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost. Tryon Edwards The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship. Frederick Forsyth

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you

become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that. Diane Arbus Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable. Craig T. Nelson Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others. Davy Crockett We are keeping New Jersey one step, several steps, ahead of terrorism. Richard J. Codey An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. Lao Tzu I went to a urologist - he told me I could go at any time. Jay London Born in a cellar... and living in a garret. Samuel Foote

It's... a hard thing for a director, to think you came up with a shot,

something from your mind, and someone died while doing it. It's the worst thing you'll ever have to live with. It was very hard for me to get back on the horse again. Michael Bay I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences. LeVar Burton It's a surer way to a woman's heart to be interested in what she's thinking than what she's wearing or not wearing. Tina Louise If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck. Jeff Foxworthy It takes 10 million failures to find the right stuff. George Lindsey I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right. Charles Evers Even a secret agent can't lie to a Jewish mother. Peter Malkin

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander

Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.' Barbara Jordan It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity. It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners. Mary Wollstonecraft Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time. David R. Brower I believe in the greatness of our democracy. Chen Shui-bian It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I had that thing of wanting to prove I was a tough kid. Scott Caan I think quite often a fate worse than death is life, for lots of people. Tom Baker

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'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 ...

If we were to use the success of 'Need You Now' as the barometer for

every other song, then we'll probably be highly disappointed. That song will probably undoubtedly be the biggest song of our career. We can hopefully have success for 20 years, but we may not ever have the success of that one particular song again. Charles Kelley It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities. David Chipperfield My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears. Yelawolf Rebecca Black might sing like a robot, but that's just proof she has evolved beyond us. Her vocal is just a slightly exaggerated version of the robot glitch-twitch stutter that's been mainstream pop vocalese for the past 10 years or so. Rob Sheffield To survive, the GOP needs to invite people in, not shut them out. Eliot Spitzer 7 Mile is like an Ave. Back in the days it was poppin' in the summer time. Obie Trice ...

'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

Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn't

right to be governor of Texas, why should he be president? Dick Cheney I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be a composer, and after that I never changed my mind. Gyorgy Ligeti Your kids are going to do well in the workplace of the future if they can bring creativity, if they can bring some innovation, if they can bring some entrepreneurialism. Dalton McGuinty It wasn't until I got involved in 'Doctor Who' that I started doing dramas on television. John Barrowman Well, television is grueling. The hours are grueling, it's hard work, and there's a lot of pressure to get it done without a lot of rehearsal time. Evan Peters The natural gas industry has worked long and hard to smear Josh Fox, the director of 'Gasland,' and has failed. Jeff Goodell I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress. Marat Safin I try not ...

First of all, this whole idea of this one percent versus the 99 percent, it's

a false statistic. There's nobody that is wealthy saying, let's go get the people that aren't. First of all, there's no versus. He's creating a false class warfare in a country where there is no class structure. Jon Lovitz I kind of cherish at least the idea of Midwestern candor and openness. But I couldn't live there. James Polshek There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves. Richard Rorty The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness. Thomas Francis Meagher As actors we give so much of ourselves away so I like to keep my personal life to myself. Teresa Palmer If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world. Simon Cowell When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S. Navy. Bertrand Piccard I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in di...

The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence,

its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative. Benito Mussolini I don't think aggression works like thirst or sleep. I think aggression is more elicited by particular situations. I think it can be mitigated. Steven Pinker I'm the son of a pediatrician, and I do believe that the most important resource we have is our kids. And I think the most important thing for America's future is to invest more in our children. Ezekiel Emanuel People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then. Michael Hirst Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations. James Madison If you ask around, it's pretty easy to find someone who has a bank account overdraft horror story to tell. Carolyn Maloney I don't think it's possible to have a wedding without it being stressful! Debra Messing I come from a ru...

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

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...

History is merciless. History doesn't care if we pound our society down a rat hole.

It's up to us to make more intelligent choices about how we live! James Howard Kunstler I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player. Steve Largent When you're guest-starring on another show, it really requires you to jump through hoops in a way, because you're servicing the stories of the main characters. You have to be able to portray a lot of different elements. You show up and get on board and get on their journey; you have to be flexible as to what they need for the role. Kim Dickens Temptation's something you have to deal with even if you're not famous. It's harder when you're famous because it's a lot more in your face, and that makes it a little more difficult to walk away from sometimes. Denis Leary Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to...