way, investing millions in everything from high-capacity batteries to machines that can scrub carbon dioxide out of the air. With a personal fortune of $50 billion, Gates has the resources to give his favorite solutions a major boost. Jeff Goodell I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change. Liev Schreiber Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world. Dan Buettner The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin. Ernie Isley Organisms don't think of CO2 as a poison. Plants and organisms that make shells, coral, think of it as a building block. Janine Benyus I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts. Ellen Barkin My only day off is the day I pitch. ...

certainly affects our lives in so many ways. I would say that certainly the stories of the day appear in the work - I just have never gone so far as to say, well, this particular event could influence a plot of an entire book. Michael Koryta Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. Sarah Bernhardt Trust yourself so that the mistakes you make are the ones you've made and not something you've made because you were afraid to do what you wanted to do. Own your mistakes, then you can own your successes. Jennifer Lynch Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio. Naveen Jain To all those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologise unreservedly. James D. Watson If you...

blame to go around. The question is how to solve problems. It's not bailouts. What made America great? Free markets, free enterprise, manufacturing, job creation. That's how we're gonna do it, not by enlarging government. Scott Brown The ego is a fascinating monster. Alanis Morissette When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen. Bruce Beresford I never liked the idea of giving interviews. One says many things, but when they are published, they become shortened, condensed. The ideas lose their meaning. Raul Castro Normally I don't feel like having a belly full of pasta. Elizabeth Olsen A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. Ruth Benedict The concept of power we admire is power over someone els...

that all of these folks go home every weekend. They used to play golf together; their families got to know each other, go to dinner at each other's homes at weekends - and these would be people who were political adversaries. Robert M. Gates I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Candice Bergen I don't have any tattoos - I live vicariously through my sister, Langley, who has many. If I can't stick to one ensemble, I don't think I could stick to one tattoo. Dree Hemingway One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which it can't. Ken Thompson I came out of independent film, that's my roots. Nicolas Cage When I write I try as far as possible to forget I'm writing it at all. I tell it down onto the page, as if I'm telling it to one person only, my best friend. Michael Morpurgo Yes, I did lock myself in my room for about two years and write some songs and things like that. B...

don't think you can aspire to it, nor can I. Everybody is retouched, stretched, lengthened, slimmed and trimmed. I could look at a picture of myself from the past and think, 'Why don't I look like that now?' It's because I never have! Kate Beckinsale By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. Richard Dawkins Ballroom is two people dancing together to music, touching in perfect harmony. Anton du Beke I grew up in an apolitical household. I never left the country. When I became an adult, I started traveling and became interested in politics, and I probably talked about things in a silly, ignorant way. Jesse Eisenberg I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types. Cameron Monaghan The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading. Nathalie Sarraute Th...

follow suit on at least one of the other members of the dwindling club of sovereign AAAs. If this were to materialise and involve a country like France, for example, it could complicate the already fragile efforts by Europe to rescue countries in its periphery. Mohamed El-Erian Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do. Derek Fisher I've been around the surf culture since I was a kid. I grew up in a beach town in Rhode Island. Then eventually I lived in Dana Point, Calif., a real surf hotbed. Don Winslow No man can lose what he never had. Izaak Walton If you look at all the pictures of women in magazines, everybody's got a forehead that looks like a billboard. Completely blank. Amy Heckerling I could never even entertain the notion that it's an option, to not be an artist. Dustin Yellin People in Seville are very happy, the lifestyle here is very relaxed, you can walk everywhere; it's very easy. Paz Vega I would love t...

only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures for us the true liberty of the children of God, in order that we might do all things out of love rather than out of fear - love for him that has shown us such grace that no greater can be found. Peter Abelard I think it is probably more important to attend specialized conventions for a journeyman writer than any other, but it's useful at all stages of a career, if for nothing else, to find out how the industry is working at any given time. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro I probably lived more of a rock-star life when I was 15. I got in trouble a fair amount. I cared more about hanging out and skipping school than studying. Kristen Wiig How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? Mark Harmon Part of becoming a little bit older and having the opportunities that I have, you want to start giving back to people who have been ...

lost two of my patients to suicide at a time when the virus was doing very little harm to them. I have always thought of them as having been killed by a metaphor, by the burden of secrecy and shame associated with the disease. Abraham Verghese Virtue herself is her own fairest reward. Silius Italicus You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. Edward Norton People often ask where I get my inspiration from, and I always say I have no good answer because, well, inspiration comes from everywhere: people, places, memories. Richelle Mead No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious. Merrill Markoe Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty. Robert Crippen I try to only eat animals that are vegan. I'm probably the oppo...

Women's Leaders Network, and the Joyce Banda Foundation. Under the foundation, we have a huge program that targets women to teach them about HIV and other diseases and to give them economic empowerment. Joyce Banda Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it. Tom Shadyac We have been in Victoria for 3 years now after moving here from Vancouver. Victoria is a great place to live and we plan on staying especially as the kids are now in school. Jonathan Brown I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards. Mathias Rust In each colony in 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations, - the local and the general. Albert Bushnell Hart I'm a guy who...

agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic. David Bowie But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song. Travis Barker At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did. Sean Combs I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I'm slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them - because I can't understand how you can explain a process that I find so baffling. Kate Atkinson There came a time when I felt I was not going to be satisfied with life unless I could write. James Salter I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily...

their ads were Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards, and me. They said I was more liberal than these guys, and that if I went to Washington I'd be supporting their agenda. I found that extremely difficult to overcome. Brad Carson I just play the guitar and write songs. John Denver Let lying dogs sleep is something I always say in reference to the Smiths. Morrissey I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful! Tom Verlaine Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there. Sergio Aragones I don't like tofu. I'd sooner eat a sponge. Sylvia Browne That's the show. it's like 5 minutes of science and then 10 minutes of me hurting myself. Adam Savage I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boile...

their follower count increase and mistake that for friendships. It's great to have followers, especially if you want to sell albums, promote shows, or promote your friends, but you still need to get outside and talk to other human beings. Patton Oswalt I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God. Martha McSally I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, that's a total lie. I always think about what's in front of me. Julianne Hough The opportunities which the present position open up for a lasting and radical solution of the most vexing problem of the Jewish state are so far-reaching as to take one's breath away. Moshe Sharett It's gonna be a lot of zeroes in that contract. You gonna think it's alphabet soup or something, all those zeroes in there. Deion Sanders Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the p...

it. You always bring people that you know or that you've met and sort of - this is what I do, I mean, I don't know what anyone else does - but people that you know or that you've met that have affected you in certain ways, you bring into it. Jamie Campbell Bower My very addictive personality and all sorts of strongholds are a thing of the past for me. Yet at the root of every single one of those issues was insecurity, something I had battled since childhood. Beth Moore I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back. Dee Dee Ramone And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product. Freddie Mercury There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival. Salma Hayek Whenever people get to see you, it's a great thing. Once peo...

SEALs who taught us all these moves like how to disarm people: if there's a bar fight and someone's got a chair or there's someone with a gun behind our head, how to disable them and take them down in a swift move. Kellan Lutz I just love dancing. Usain Bolt Because it's dance music, you can't really have a lot of changing in there. It's really not for me because there's too much repetition. I like more diversity. Ikue Mori I've just taken the decision that I'm going to now go full time back into the theater. Trevor Nunn There are very few good ways to get publicity for a dictionary. Erin McKean Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him. Bob Woodward I want to be a mom who listens. Tori Spelling I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice. Manny Pacquiao Switching to the outfield was the b...

and the First World Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think - I believe - it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral component. Vladimir Putin In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame. Friedrich Nietzsche I actually have never been to a gym. I haven't had time. I have been working for the last 25 years. I just don't have time to put on a little outfit and go to the gym and work out and clean up and come home. Suzanne Somers A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot. Taraji P. Henson It's not like I don't have my own wants and dreams anymore - it's just that the kids come first. It's primal. Angie Harmon I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe. William Howard Taft Boys are so much less matu...