mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century. Bjorn Lomborg Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes. Sandra Oh If school principals have given up on the important things and are focusing on discipline, they are creating a certain, diluted reality. In an organization that functions properly, discipline should be a marginal issue. Itay Talgam For somebody who has injured their brain, every single thing they say and think will be the subject of their own questioning. Richard Hammond I want to stay hungry. I really believe my resources are best used to help projects that make the world suck less. Alexis Ohanian You don't become a Republican until you lose all your baby teeth and fall down a lot and get the croup and then become angr...

more opportunities and the platforms that we are being given are better. We have more job security and TV is allowing different levels of dance to come through to the forefront. People can now take their abilities and turn them into brands and make these top dollars. Laurieann Gibson I can work for the Lord in or out of prison. Charles Colson My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do something that I hadn't counted on. However, I always insist on dragging them back to the straight and narrow. Colleen McCullough I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture. Taslima Nasrin The more auditions you go on, the more you will learn not to take it personally. Paula Abdul Our belief is that it is a basket of well-diversified companies that are playing the Internet, but are not direct Internet companies. John...

of the motion picture business is that you can make a little movie like 'Driving Miss Daisy' or 'Rain Man' and go right through the roof. This business is still about creative juices, and size is no guarantee of that. Lee Rich I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day. R. Kelly I wouldn't want to be President now! Pat Robertson Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro? John Thorn Oh, I'd say I like a meal as much as anybody. But I find a certain kind of foodiness silly, gluttonous and embarrassing. Jonathan Safran Foer I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well...

going on tour, and trying stuff out on stage, having fun with it, and not taking it too seriously. If I had a ballgown at home, I'd wear it onstage. If I found something in a charity shop, I'd wear it. That's where it grew from - just wanting to play dress-up. Florence Welch By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme. Eamon de Valera I'm very interested in structure, how multiple stories are assembled in different ways; that is what memory does as well. Nicole Krauss I read a lot of F. Scott Fitzgerald. I love 'Tender is the Night,' and its atmosphere of doomed romance. He was one of the greatest prose stylists, with a wonderfully clear but lyrical quality. David Nicholls To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing. Janet Erskine Stuart I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, an...

for $5,000 called 'Brothers Justice,' that I also wrote and directed. And during the press of that, people kept saying, 'What's next, what's next?' And my best friend Nate and I - Nate produced it - we kept saying, 'Oh, we're gonna do a car-chase movie next.' Dax Shepard I love doing TV. It's such a breakneck pace, you know. It's kiss and go with your leading man. You meet them in the morning and go right into a clinch. The filming is over before you know their last names. Paulette Goddard I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time. Karen Armstrong You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle! Bert Kalmar If you don't like what someone has to say, argue with them. Noam Chomsky Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been. Eugene Ionesco I love dark chocolate, but I will...

barely look at the work on display and are just there to hobnob. Nothing wrong with that, except that none of them ever come back to look at the art - but they will tell everyone, and actually believe, that they have seen the exhibition. Charles Saatchi I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema. Mohsen Makhmalbaf The woman poet must be either a sexless, reclusive eccentric, with nothing to say specifically to women, or a brilliant, tragic, tortured suicide. Marilyn Hacker At the very least, we want everything to go on hold for a while because there is this feeling that we're heading down a path in a way that we never, ever intended when we were 18 and dreaming of what life would be like. Jonathan Coleman The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche. Adrian Lyne For though we often n...

is in as many schools as possible across this country and across the world. I think that it's a lost art form because kids aren't as exposed to it as maybe they used to be, or should be. I was exposed heavily to jazz and that's why I love it. Chrisette Michele I don't even know how to spell 'legacy!' Ronnie Dunn I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality. Amber Tamblyn After so long being thin, it was terrifying being heavier. But I am a naturally curvy Hispanic girl. I don't deprive myself. Demi Lovato A quota is always something artificial that can only last for a certain period of time. Jacques Santer We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs. Carol Moseley Braun The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger. Juan Marichal We must stop criminalizing mental illness. It's a national traged...

The music on them is fascinating. It's not something you hear on CDs or would really ever play in bands. You listen to it and are like, 'What is happening?' It's this blizzard of notes in weird time signatures, and they're trying to teach you that. Fred Armisen There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia', but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event. R. D. Laing I went through this delayed-adolescence thing. I didn't want to be tied down to a family. Randy Quaid I have a lot of obligations. Isaac Mizrahi All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues. Mose Allison It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do. Greg Lynn Marriage is a religious and state issue. Jim DeMint If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life f...

even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know. Macaulay Culkin I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors' appointments or bringing their infants into the office. Hillary Clinton During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed. Jonathan Kozol Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried. Paloma Faith Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the mos...

Esiason Foundation onto the Internet, and have selected ClickThings as a partner because of the advanced technology it offers small business, and its understanding of the entrepreneurial spirit of the small business community. Boomer Esiason I would never send my kids to a single-sex school. Alexandra Wentworth I remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ. Willie Aames I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car. Daniel Radcliffe You know, my first album, some of those jokes I'd done for twelve years because I couldn't throw 'em out. Ron White However, we do not lack anti-terrorist laws. I do not believe that the recent London bombs were the result of any deficiencies in our legal system. Kenneth Clarke I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there. Jessica Lange I want to continue to be me and share with people. J. R. Martinez I still love music - that's never...

next few years of work, where it was hit or miss. I was on series that would get canceled, then I would be a movie that wouldn't come out or do as well as I hoped. You learn that you have to just keep plugging away and never take anything for granted. Michael Weatherly Willow and I definitely talked about doing a collaboration. She really loves rock music, so she wants to come on and get crazy with me on a track. Which I would love, because she has a fantastic voice. Jada Pinkett Smith If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough! Shel Silverstein A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many. Marilyn Monroe In the U.S., HBO is a very aggressive service. Reed Hastings I thought I had a talent for alienating people, but I have no idea what it is that doesn't go over. Nellie McKay My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skill...

the thing I plugged into much more. It was a little before my time and I think it was sort of grappling with these intellectual ideas that were a little advanced for my young mind. At the time. But now I have a much deeper appreciation for it. Zachary Quinto I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will lead you to heart surgery and things of that nature. Merle Haggard Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant. Alan Dundes I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like a pillow into which I could sink as I entered the second half of my life. Deborah Copaken Kogan For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able ...

go to a World Cup again. I've got to accept I'm not in the current squad and just think, 'If I get it, it's a bonus and I'll give it everything.' But it's hard to do when you've been thinking a different way all your life. Michael Owen I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring. Francesca Annis I don't have a big hang-up about my body. Tim Heidecker I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done. Thierry Henry Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come. Paul Cellucci As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me. D. B. Sweeney Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy. Colin Mochrie Two minutes l...

I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got my work 40 yards from my home. I don't mind being criticised, but where are they criticising from? Which hut are they criticising me from, exactly? Jay Kay So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals. Shirley Knight In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that. Terry Gilliam Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country. Bainbridge Colby Number one house rule of pool: don't lose in your own house. Mark Zupan I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid. Natalie Portman Eventual...

do it forever, don't get me wrong! Travel away from my family, are you crazy? But do you know what it does for these mom-and-pop restaurant joints? It changes their lives forever. I mean, their businesses will never be the same. Guy Fieri Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young. Dustin Clare You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire. Garth Brooks Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies. Elizabeth Bowen When you increase the cost of energy, jobs go elsewhere. Heather Wilson Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage. Tim Ferriss Entertainment can be a more powerful driver than poverty. Sugata Mitra There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about. Shirley Knight A b...