were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself. Elisabeth Shue I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture. Ginger Rogers I just feel, in life, I'm searching for something I can rely on, something that's constant and something that's going to guide me through. And I felt that the Northern Star is a very beautiful image of that. Melanie Chisholm I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue. Moliere I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed. Vanessa Hudgens I loathe and detest all this t...

But I've gained about twenty pounds over the past two years, and the more weight I've put on, the more success I've had. If you drew a diagram of weight gain and me getting more work, a mathematician would draw some conclusions from that. Zach Galifianakis I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change. Lance Bass It is giving me a great satisfaction, because I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible. Robert Mondavi I hate gold. I'm sort of a sterling-silver guy. Michael Vartan I read a lot of heavy literature when I'm on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted. Hayley Atwell It pains me deeply to see members of my own party attempting to legislate women's health and contraception choices. Linda Lingle That includes not cutting down the rain forest, and stop polluting ...

the next couple of books, he has so many interesting places to go to, character-wise. I'm ready to dive full-force into it. When I saw the movie actually, it got me energized. 'Let's go get some cameras! Let's go shoot the second one right now!' Josh Hutcherson Kids are really cruel. Teresa Palmer When I was a kid, for me, the '60s seemed so far away. But I was actually born in the late '60s. Lisa Loeb You really just want to know that somebody loves you for you. Sometimes you feel like an ATM machine with a wig on it. Mariah Carey I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away. Paul Wolfowitz In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men. Audre Lorde My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education. Ian Harding It is sad...

war, the landmine was just one of any number of weapons to use in the fighting. It wasn't until they began to think about the aftermath and the legacy of landmines that they recognized the long-term, indiscriminate impact of the weapon. Jody Williams I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity. Mike Leigh Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman. Natalie Martinez I have a sort of long-term plan to direct. I'm pragmatic about it. I realize I don't need to rush it or force it. David Wenham I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either. Francesca Annis Courage is always rewarded. Kenny Loggins All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity. Bryant H. McGill I honestly believe that the next big le...

with a president that did, the military would come back with what I would call the 'bomb Moscow' scenario. They would say it had to be done with conditions that were so extreme, you obviously wouldn't do it. George P. Shultz I think my biggest focus for myself is learning how to continue to get through the trauma that my father has caused in my life. Lindsay Lohan In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we're doing anonymously. Jay Leno Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever. Ieyasu Tokugawa At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able to step out of things and see how things are playing out. Nick Cave Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent. Shah Rukh Khan Goods move in response to price differences from points of low to points of higher price, the movement tending to obliterate the price difference and come to res...

jerks to girls but are hiding soft sentiments. But in the real world most guys who act like jerks are jerks. Generally they are. I spent a lot of high school thinking that horrible guys must be very sensitive and interesting and it's not true. Alice Englert I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires. Todd Barry Things change in different countries as people grow, and as generations change. Shannon Elizabeth Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. Rebecca West I can't even begin to tell you how many casting couches I was attacked on. Not just by casting people, but by stars. Jenny McCarthy The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation. Jan Garbarek The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. Vince Lombardi I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme. Conor Ob...

a thematic rather than a chronological sense with chapters of the history of smells, the history of silence, and the history of light. I have described the book as a labyrinth, and in that sense in complements my description of London itself. Peter Ackroyd When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times. Frank Iero I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it. Lana Wachowski I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium. Brian Eno To me, the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is, inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process. Julia Leigh What to the Slave is the 4th of July. Frederick Douglass Being sent away to school was no different from my biological mother giving me away. Michael Reagan Maybe they continued to agree with Arch...

are, and we're probably the person that you or somebody else perceives us to be, and... frankly, we're probably somewhere in the middle. And I think that it's important that there be a balance with respect to how individuals are - you know, are looked at. Michael Ovitz Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around. Boz Scaggs I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous. Natalie Merchant Look, if the Situationists achieved what they wanted, they would be very unhappy and they would have to be Situationists all over again. It's a never-ending process. John Lydon It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help. Morgan Freeman I'm not into wrinkles. Winona Ryder I think that 'The ...

a dollar you didn't get in spending restraint. Two, if you walk into the Democrats' Andrews-Air-Force-Base, Lucy-with-the-Football trick for the third time in a row - they don't have have a saying for being fooled three times! Grover Norquist I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds. Kazuo Ishiguro I'm really just a country boy. Steven Tyler At this time, it's all still proposed. Howard Scott Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Ambrose Bierce Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places. Liev Schreiber The composition of a common world would be the definition of politics. Bruno Latour I think that glamour is about confidence and really owning the look. Monique Lhuillier Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later. Sargent Shriver Honestly, I just like to make movies. The funnier the better. Allen Covert

even something of a clearing house for investigative reporting - where even low-level leaks would be matched with the appropriate journalists to pursue and report on them and, perhaps, even with appropriate NGOs to advocate on their causes. Evgeny Morozov As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great. Hugo Weaving You must always do what you feel is right. Vidal Sassoon The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar. Bernard Tschumi Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. A. R. Ammons I'm really looking forward to seeing what life brings to me. Rihanna I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me. Tori Amos One thing that has helped me to become patient and cool is that I grew up with sisters. William Kamkwamba Y...

hair and makeup girl, my assistant. They're very calm, they're all about positive energy. There're no drama queens. Everyone wants everyone else to have a positive experience. There are no agendas. I think it creates a healthy environment and there are no boundaries to cross. Fergie You know how if you're born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I've never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down. Monica Ali Some men tend to cling to old intellectual excitements, just as some belles, when they are old ladies, still cling to the fashions and coiffures of their exciting youth. Jane Jacobs Sometimes incompetence is useful. It helps you keep an open mind. Roberto Cavalli For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on. Flea I've got a lot of artistic energy, ...

is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge. Hakeem Olajuwon Evolution never looks to the future. Richard Dawkins Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely. Hesketh Pearson People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all. Neve Campbell I think people imagine going back to a time when they knew who they were and they knew what the circumstances were - if you screwed up it was your fault. Gore Verbinski It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. Joseph Campbell I've always been pretty ravenous about pop culture, ...

inside us, deep in our spirit, that you can turn one way or the other. It's almost always the case that our worst behaviour comes out when we're switched to the mob setting. The problem with a lot of software designs is that they switch us to that setting. Jaron Lanier Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America. Peter Fonda I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom. Adam Jones I feel happy and secure when I'm on my bed with a good book... I forget everything which is terrible in our world. Francoise Hardy I don't think of myself as hot or cool or anything, just a dork. Ashley Olsen If you look at old football pictures, the jerseys were hanging, the sleeves were dangling, but now everything is tucked and tailored. Andre Benjamin I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world. Natali...

Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children. Gunter Grass In order to be the man, you have to beat the man. Ric Flair Message to Obama: Fighting the Clinton machine won't be as easy as picking up favorable press clips. Rich Lowry As a kid, I was super skinny. Amber Riley Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone. Boris Kodjoe I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own. Wilson Mizner The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century. C. Everett Koop In documentaries, you're confronted with re...

by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Steve Jobs The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing. Steven Pinker To give Tinker Bell a voice for the first time in history is such an honor. Brittany Murphy I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started to make that a reality. I just knew that this was my destiny. Marina and the Diamonds The more accurately one can illuminate a particular human experience, the better the work of art. Claire Messud So often in TV, when you have an antagonist who's supposed to be the 'big baddie,' it's so easy for them to become cliched. Michelle Forbes I have this whole new audience now. Katey Sagal My career ...