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'Jamie' is what my mother gave me, and that takes the onus off of being

big. Somebody thinks, 'Oh, Jamie - how threatening can he be?' James Cromwell I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability. Edward Burtynsky The Kobe craze really annoyed me. Most of the practitioners had no real understanding of the product and were abusing it and exploiting it in terrible and ridiculous ways. Kobe beef should not be used in a hamburger. It's completely pointless. Anthony Bourdain But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be. Liam Neeson I really like performing for people. Dan Harmon The story behind every song is individual to itself. Kelly Jones Quick. Name ten dead redheads. Douglas Coupland My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back. Francis Picabia I pray as much as possible. Tinie Tempah But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people. Dan Abrams
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And we had a DJ - my childhood friend from Chicago came to be the

DJ at our party out in LA. It was a party, rockin' and rolling, and it was dancing and fun. For me it was different; just to have family with us. Jami Gertz I'm obsessive enough about getting fit, it's ridiculous. I'm 40 now, and I've got to stop doing it soon. I have to start getting fat and old! Daniel Craig There was a time when I didn't like myself at all. I thought I was a cruel joke. But now I've come to realise that maybe I am not cute, but I am beautiful. CeeLo Green Golf is hugely important, as it keeps me going. Bruce Forsyth Brazil has no future as a China with fewer people. Roberto Unger I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself. Len Goodman With Indian migrants all over the world, money transfer is a big business in India. Lloyd Dorfman I can never predict what's going to happen. Bryan Ferry I was big and fat and had weird parents. Richard Griffiths I've been on the road I think probably three...
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Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand

in hand with their clients. And it is a service that must not simply be about making bigger and bigger deals that reap rewards for only a small group of executives. Felix Rohatyn History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S. Army had fewer than 100,000 men in uniform. That weakness invited Nazi aggression in Europe and the imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. Frank Gaffney I was a big Jersey meat-and-potatoes kind of guy before I got here. Scott Wolf I don't think I am narcissistic. I think I have low self-esteem. Lorraine Bracco I had a happy childhood. Alastair Campbell What a crazy idea to put me on a family show! Howard Stern Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. Jackson Pollock I would like to do something modern and possibly funny. Dan Stevens Change in my work happens not in revolutions - it's more evolutionary. Wo...
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Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities

of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite. Sri Aurobindo I'd always somehow felt slightly as if I'd been born in the wrong country. Christopher Hitchens Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.' Lee Pace I still love a variety of kinds of music. Gloria Gaynor I'm not really the nurturer type. Maura Tierney I'm very forgiving so I forgive most things, really. Tory Burch I can't work without my family being with me. Bethenny Frankel I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder. Alicia Keys I'll take anything and slap it on a canvas. Matthew Lawrence Race, redemption and healing - that's my thing. Bebe Moore Campbell
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You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you

don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you. Adepero Oduye I was in 30-plus clubs when I was 14 years old. T-Pain What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation. Albert Camus I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift. Shelley Fabares I didn't get hurt in the contest. I hurt it the next day. Jimmy Piersall I do believe in happy-ever-after. Tamara Ecclestone Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist. Ted Lindsay I don't really consider myself to be famous. Victoria Justice Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery. Walter Winchell I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period. Steve Martin
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That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with

those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me. Daniel Okrent Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of them and it became trendy and then it became a style. Bill Laswell I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are. Christopher Eccleston We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital. Dino De Laurentiis You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star. Martin Amis But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects. Vincente Minnelli I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much. Lionel Blue I'm not into the whole showbiz scene. Samantha Mumba I followed the rules, and I was a high achiever. Daniel Gr...
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I've had lots of friends who've gone through 'Battlefield' situations in their relationships, so when

I was singing the song I put myself in their position and tried to imagine what they were going through. I got so, so into it and I think you can tell. Jordin Sparks I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own. Marina Abramovic To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius. Minna Antrim Such as we are made of, such we be. William Shakespeare I don't know if you can catch my vibe, but I'm a pretty laid-back guy. Adam Pally Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it. David Guterson A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know. George Wald I want to play until the end. Gabrielle Reece History is written by the victors. Winston Churchill I don't name sources. Nelson DeMille
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The partnership over the 28 years we had the company afforded him the opportunity to

experiment and live his life as an artist and a label honcho and do what he wanted to do. It afforded me the same opportunity. Jerry Moss I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger. Judy Collins They had certainly exasperated them, and could not disperse them, as after every charge - and some of these drove the people right against the shutters in the shops in the Strand - they returned again. Walter Crane My artistic spirit is not nurtured by blogospheres. Danai Gurira I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out. Chuck Palahniuk Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy. Mark McKinnon Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act. Marcus Tullius Cicero If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well. Venus Williams Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks. Stokely Carmichael I went onto reality ...
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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience

that reveals the human spirit. e. e. cummings Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us. Harry Emerson Fosdick Deep down, I reckon the sweetest moment will come when it's finally all over. When, at last, I know that I can stop fighting. Of course it'll also be a little sad. The sweetest moments, y'know, always come with just a little sadness. Evander Holyfield I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings. Ang Lee Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant. Danny Boyle When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great. Matthew Goode Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth. Suzan-Lori Parks What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories. Amanda Burton English culture is highly literary-based. Peter Greenaway Father of four. I like the sound of that. Frederik, Crown Pri...
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I've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily

with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before. Jemima Kirke Ever since the Beatles, the concept of lovable mop tops, it's a bit of a fantasy, but it's a lovely idea that people make wonderful music and live a wonderful life being friends together. Sadly, life isn't quite like that. Nick Mason We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance. John Cale Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself. Baruch Spinoza The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway. Christie Hefner I like to let things breathe. Kendrick Lamar The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise. Benjamin Franklin I love jewelry, I love bracelets, necklaces, but most of all I'm casual. Helena Mattsson I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. Ellen Page Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be. Martha Beck
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I actually worked in the general market for many years writing steamy historical romance, and

I had more freedom in the Christian market than I ever did in the general market to write about any issue that I needed to write about. Francine Rivers Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity. Cathy McMorris Rodgers On second thought, I think I am more crazy than my goat. Remedios Varo Anything that is non-violent is OK with me. Jasmine Guy I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college. Bill Parcells Our show is about starting over. Jai Rodriguez Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today. Darrell Issa It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business. Gertrude Stein Now more than ever, America needs an agenda for real change. Rick Larsen Luckily I have never missed a day's filming or work due to asthma. Kevin McCloud
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I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the

things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar I don't have a TV or watch movies. I don't like to be broadcast to, I want to participate. Pete Cashmore I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing. Jessye Norman I am my own main rival. Dayron Robles Truth is on the side of the oppressed. Malcolm X Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. Julie Andrews Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. Democritus Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself. Stedman Graham People need to understand that in Washington, the process is the punishment. David Frum I fell in love with Dorset and ended up living there for a while. Julie Harris
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As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to

be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen. Marvin Hamlisch And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same time having membership strength and only making change for a limited group of workers is not what our country really needs for people that work. Andy Stern I suppose when I was writing 'V for Vendetta' I would in my secret heart of hearts have thought: 'Wouldn't it be great if these ideas actually made an impact?' So when you start to see that idle fantasy intrude on the regular world... It's peculiar. Alan Moore I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell. Aravind Adiga I do like the research part of writing, I must admit. C. J. Box One cannot become a saint when one works six...
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It is not entirely true that a TV producer or reporter has complete control over

the contents of programs. The interests and inclinations of the audience have as much to do with the what is on television as do the ideas of the producer and reporter. Neil Postman No matter what you're going through, as long as you have some specific emotion, whether it's positive or negative, it is all stuff that you can use on stage. Reeve Carney President Bush's war on Iraq is viewed broadly in Islamic communities as an attack on Islam, and thus the President has alienated a large part of one fifth of the world's population. John Olver There's nothing like a good pair of heels. Bridget Moynahan My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio. Robin Thicke Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes. Jawaharlal Nehru If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write. Laurence Housman I don't have a stack of scripts. Bob Newhart My worst habit used to be smoking bu...
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Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations

and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration of socially conditioned responses or habitual reactions. Henepola Gunaratana I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different. Rafael Nadal Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me. Claude Nicollier I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy. Marian Keyes For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before. David Copperfield I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end. Samantha Barks When a writer dies you get a higher standard of obituary. Arthur Smith There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory. Imre Lakatos If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do. Hermann Hesse To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity. Iain Sinclair
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The most important thing in imaging for me is the dynamic range. The dynamic range

means the tones that you can capture from highlights to dark and the bits, the depth of color that you can capture. Emmanuel Lubezki The butcher, baker, and candlestick maker have been around a lot longer than supermarkets and Wal-Mart. Joel Salatin If I'd been offered 'Spider-Man,' I probably would have done it. I don't think it's bad to go and do those things. Ben Wheatley We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them. Peter Benchley It's true, I used to be so shy. I used to never talk, just sit back and do my thing. I was never bullied, though, and it was never like it was something that needed to be 'fixed', like being shy is a bad thing. Kendall Jenner One of my favorite films is 'Late Spring' by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art. Michael Arndt 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' is a great classic by Paul McCartney and John L...
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In talking about the impact of ideas in one field on ideas in another field,

one is always apt to make a fool of oneself. Richard P. Feynman Some employees are protected by union or personal contracts that limit reasons for dismissal. Bill Dedman As a restaurateur, my palate is one of my most important tools. Joe Bastianich A pattern is a guide or a model. Patterns are used in sewing and knitting, in wood and metalworking, and in a wide variety of other productive pursuits, activities, and jobs. Patterns help to avoid waste and unwanted deviations and facilitate uniformity that is appropriate and beneficial. David A. Bednar I don't have any other skills. Some artists say that to mean that their embodied passion for art gave them no choice. I say it, very specifically, to say that I really didn't have any other options. Rashid Johnson Comics is still my first love. But I always did other kinds of writing, too, so I think of myself as a writer first. Warren Ellis I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little w...
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I'm the kind of person who likes to hang out and observe what's going on

in the streets, or in certain places. I used to do that a lot. But having to become an international superstar, I can't do that comfortably! But it's all positive, you know. Jimmy Cliff Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the good. Pope Benedict XVI I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was it. And because I was looking for that taste I feel at the doorsteps of the organic, local, sustainable farmers, dairy people and fisherman. Alice Waters The only biography I read was about Al Bell, of Stax Records. I wanted to follow in the footsteps of Al Bell. Juicy J I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous....
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I absolutely love 'Four In A Bed.' Before I started filming, and I was unemployed,

it was the focus of my day. Four B&B owners go to each other's B&Bs, have a meal and stay over, and then pay what they think the room was worth. At the end of the week, they sit down together and open each other's envelopes, and they all start rowing. Kimberley Nixon I realised that if I wished to write about the dark and not allow for hope, people would recognise it as false - because hope is the nub of what we are. Richard Flanagan When you have so many things, and you have no idea why, you think, 'Maybe I'm supposed to do things for other people.' Nikki Sixx My mom has always been kind of my backbone. She keeps me strong. She is a mother, a friend. She is really everything to me. Aerin Lauder We have people in our lives who help us evolve along the way. If you're lucky, you find someone who evolves along with you, and that's what you call a long-term relationship. Richard LaGravenese Carl Icahn, corporate raider by trade, is creativ...
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Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors,

agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity. Terry Waite I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. Robert Louis Stevenson The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle. Charles Baudelaire The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. George Santayana I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed. Lionel Barrymore She said, and I'm not kidding, 'Is this a speaking role?' I wasn't quite sure how to answer that one. Peter Bergman
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Christ has conquered death, not only by suppressing its evil effects, but by reversing its

sting. By virtue of Christ's rising again, nothing any longer kills inevitably, but everything is capable of becoming the blessed touch of the divine hands, the blessed influence of the will of God upon our lives. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin I only met Margaret Thatcher twice. The thing that I thought about meeting her was how extraordinarily intelligent she was. You really had to be on your game; otherwise, she'd make mincemeat of you. Salman Rushdie I had a pretty untraditional high school experience. I've been acting since I was very young. Dan Byrd The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph. Stephen Hawking It's all about having fun and shooting something that you like. Where it goes afterwards is up to the movie gods. Devon Bostick I do see an interest in writing for Twitter. Lydia Davis I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway. Taylor Swift Those scenes on the beach on 'Lost' were so much fun. ...
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To be honest, there are so many things I learned in acting school beyond the

method; it was a safe place to practice. So acting school was about exercising that acting muscle and doing it every single day - and having people tell you that you're bad every single day! Which pushes you to work even harder. Jane Levy I gave up writing for seven years (very biblical) and picked it up again, still clueless and still seeking the exotic, when I was twenty-one. David Bergen I like a lot of sports. Especially football - it's my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups. Rafael Nadal Not in our make-up, to be sure - not in the pose which is preceded by the tantaras of a trumpet - do the essential traits in our character first reveal themselves. But truly in the little things the real self is exteriorised. Ameen Rihani Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own talents. That's what I wanted to prove. Willie Nelson I was never in the bu...
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I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of

a career that both delight me and seem to please the public. Michael Palin I think Deborah Harry has a really sexy, cool and quite playful sex-kitten kind of style I really like. Bat for Lashes We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we would be like plants set in shallow soil. Our souls must take root - almost literally. Joyce Carol Oates I'm not afraid of IED's, bullets, mortars. Amanda Lindhout Women's sport is genuine, it's pure and it's raw... we don't do it for the money. Jessica Fox I like reading, writing, hiking, camping, free running, surfing, rock climbing, long boarding, and so much more. Nolan Gould We want to protect freedom of speech, but it is not unlimited freedom of speech. There has always been rules around defamation, slander and libel, and in Victoria, we have effective rules on racial and relig...
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The definition of swagger, in my opinion, is you have to have that arrogance, that

confidence that you are the best out there at all times. Keyshawn Johnson For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you. Halsey I was offered the opportunity to narrate the Catholic bible, and it was something I really wanted to be involved with. John Rhys-Davies If the Scottish people decide to opt for independence, it would not be a good idea for Scotland to maintain a very rigid link to the pound. Mohamed El-Erian Offset and Skillfeed are examples of products launched in 2013 that have expanded our opportunity with both large enterprises and across new content types. Jon Oringer Most music careers slowly but surely go down. Malik Bendjelloul Every so often, I'll get an idea from a dream, but most of the time, ideas come to me while I'm toiling away at the keyboard just like every other writer. Jeaniene F...
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I'm not from that world where you get on your feet and somebody gives you

a suggestion and you improv your way through things. Kevin Dunn Any fiction writer who assumes that a character is typical no doubt runs the risk of stumbling into cliche and stereotype. Alice McDermott Vacuuming is great. I do the laundry. I love washing machines. I'm the maid in my house. Denis Leary Error is part of the game. I never, ever second-guessed myself on a call and don't believe good umpires ever should. Doug Harvey Everybody jokes about that old story about the world only needing five computers, but when you think about it, that's where we're heading. Matt Mullenweg The force that keeps the planets revolving around the sun would be glad to handle the circumstances of your life, if only you would ask him to. Marianne Williamson I'm moved by a lot of different kinds of music, whether it's pop music or R&B or straight-ahead jazz or free or opera or music from all parts of the world. David Sanborn Tons of comedians have said, ...
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