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I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen.

The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade. Gary Sinise Why should I have my picture taken when I can get paid for it? Pearl White I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything. Kenneth Edmonds There was the joke about Switzerland being an island surrounded by land. This was never true. Samuel Schmid Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death. Curt Schilling College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil. Ruby Wax Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end. Alphonse Karr

The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I

want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. Ludwig Wittgenstein It'll certainly give the pigeons something to do. Pat Cash People who never get carried away should be. Malcolm Forbes I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog. John Pilger Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress. Ludwig Bemelmans Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything. Dave Matthews You know what, life is full of temptations. Smokey Robinson

A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them

to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride. Nancy Lopez I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all. David Lynch This bikini made me a success. Ursula Andress I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people. Dean Kamen To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. George Santayana Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. Henri Frederic Amiel I have tremendous respect for film composers. John Corigliano

You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I

want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve. Edward VIII First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical. Nicolaus Copernicus Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. Publilius Syrus Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity. Christian Nestell Bovee All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. Ralph Waldo Emerson The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands. Abdullah II of Jordan I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure. Mae West

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society

because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today. Albert Camus I killed many a quarterback. I felt like I scored when I took their head off. Harvey Martin Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value. Sidney Hook The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. Blaise Pascal Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men. Novalis I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been. Billie Holiday The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'. Maxim Gorky

But my point is that you design something in the end that precludes any unhealthy

trading practices that are not going to serve your environmental or your economic objectives but now is not the time to do it. John Anderson If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding. Kjell Magne Bondevik Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things. Frank A. Clark I think Democrats often hold the unconstrained vision, and Republicans focus more on the Rule of Law. John Fund Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king. Thomas Hardy To measure the man, measure his heart. Malcolm Forbes Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage? Steven Pinker

Declining overseas admissions costs us not only much needed revenues for colleges and universities, but

much more importantly, we lose the best opportunity we have to introduce foreign students to all that America has to offer the world. Richard Lugar Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. Aristotle There are no right answers to wrong questions. Ursula K. Le Guin A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way. Marcelene Cox Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that. Vince McMahon All around the world one heard or read that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. Peter Schuyler

A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they

respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration. Richard Schickel Don't forget this club nearly went out of extinction last year. Alan Smith I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it. Wanda Jackson Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is. Jean-Jacques Rousseau A man in debt is so far a slave. Ralph Waldo Emerson I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match. Arthur Miller The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out there's a

certain acceptance that sets in; you're no longer a threatening personality. They become more willing to accept whatever you present. Doc Severinsen Man is by nature a political animal. Aristotle Every now and then, a lot of bands doing the same kind of music will organically sprout up at once. Kathy Valentine Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on. Beau Bridges Adolescence as the time when an individual 'recapitulates' the savage stage of the race's past. G. Stanley Hall Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. C. S. Lewis Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. H. L. Mencken

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon

others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world. Orison Swett Marden Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards. Michael Bergdahl I get sidetracked very easily. Heather Donahue Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens. Tom Ridge Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away. David Allan Coe I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools. Jack Black Love demands infinitely less than friendship. George Jean Nathan

The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights.

I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory. Evita Peron I bear a charmed life. William Shakespeare Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. George Eliot It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty. Florida Scott-Maxwell Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual. Natalie Clifford Barney Nothing, like something, happens anywhere. Philip Larkin Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty. Edward Gibbon

Typically, historical black colleges and universities like Delaware State, attracted students who were raised in

an environment where going to college wasn't the next natural step after high school. Michael N. Castle I love making independent movies, and that's pretty much what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my years. Milla Jovovich Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance. Al Spalding I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from. Eddie Izzard This is your silly web browser doing that. The file is correctly named. Rasmus Lerdorf I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs! Christopher Dodd There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. Peter Nivio Zarlenga

I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled

youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they'll need to really pay attention to it. Gerry Cooney There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory. Philip Levine Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes. Thomas Dewar My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother. Broderick Crawford The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. Erich Fromm I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically. David Cross It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago. Richard M. Daley

I want to do everything right now! This very minute. I am

impatient, but yes I have goals. To be a real well-respected actress whom people know they can rely on to do a good job... whether they like me as a person or not! Lynda Carter In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. River Phoenix Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. Oscar Wilde Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey Well-building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight. Henry Wotton In Greece wise men speak and fools decide. George Santayana

I think we can find a formula that would be to everyone's satisfaction, which would

make it possible for Croatia to take some more steps and for Europe to accept us into its midst, and for the talks to start. Stjepan Mesic Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family. Bo Bennett Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent. Laurence J. Peter The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do. Billy Higgins I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself. Michael Badnarik I throw better than anybody in college and I can throw with anybody in the pros. There, that's what I think. Dan Marino We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect. Alanis Morissette

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In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain

in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.' Alan Alda But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic. Paul Bettany If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News has, we'd all be speaking Cokelish today. Steven Weber I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. Peter Ustinov I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off. Jack Paar Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind. Imre Lakatos My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro. Brandi Carlile Every em...

I repeat that the distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle,

and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over, one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon. Jules Verne What I love about 'The Chew' is that we have these celebrities come on, and you get to see them in a different light, cooking or enjoying food, when we usually don't see them in that setting. So it's a lot of fun for their fans to see them be normal people and having that commonality of food. Carla Hall I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, 'Here comes another Bon Iver album!' I just want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that'll take a while to figure out. Justin Vernon The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture. Alvar Aalto I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family. Renzo Piano ...

My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh

and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was! Lynn Johnston Mies van der Rohe's architecture and modern architecture in general suffered from not only being repetitive, but not explaining to the populous what the different rooms were for. Charles Jencks I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making a more important contribution. Paul Lynde At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just did what was in our heart. Ben E. King The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures. John Woolman My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever. Lee Child My grandmother gave birth to 13 children and I come...

The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy,

territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel. Natan Sharansky The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. Michel de Montaigne You can give some kind of spark of life to a comic that a photograph doesn't really have. A photograph, even if it's connecting with you, it seems very dead on the page sometimes. Daniel Clowes In my opinion, if we have not achieved peace, it is because people forget its most fundamental aspect. Before we talk about peace among nations, we must settle our peace with God. Sun Myung Moon So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.' Tommy Cooper If somebody plans to carry out a series of murders... then this is obviously an evil and pre-meditated attack and in that case, there coul...

I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the

series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.' Terry Pratchett So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body. Annabelle Selldorf The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community. Julia Ward Howe I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me. Lawrence Welk Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing. Adriana Lima As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it. Nuno Bettencourt I'd just rather have a really sharp, interesting, smart gay son than some big d...

The calls that I have received from President Bush and Vice President

Cheney, the fact that there are other people that are suffering every bit as much as I am, and that our whole nation is going through a tragedy together, I think we have to think about those things. Ted Olson In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene. Steve Buscemi Thousands across America are glued to their web cast to hear this. And actually, I've never met one human being who said that they had seen one of those. Spencer Abraham When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes! Ken Hensley I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later. Susan George Someti...

In the lexicon of the political class, the word 'sacrifice' means that the citizens are

supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it. George Will Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are more important than whether or not I'm going to be governor. Bill Scott You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. Shirley Chisholm Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. Dick Cavett If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals. Lou Holtz I feel that my whole life is a contribution. Pete Seeger Then the war became a real problem and along with other shortages, they started to have paper problems. Gil Kane

I just try to keep the same people I've had around me from Day One.

Keep it a real small circle because if you do that, not too much is going to go bad for you. Kevin Love I may not be as visible as I used to be, and by that I mean being in the clubhouse or on the field. But I'm just as invested as I've always been. Billy Beane I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with 'Porgy and Bess,' the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places. Maya Angelou I steal things from people, characteristics, and I just stock them in my head like a library to use for characters in the future. Luke Mably To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems. John Eccles I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is. Rachel Zoe Write that novel. Start that business you've always wanted to. The ultimate high of life is the commitment to...

I am totally, completely, 100% in love with fashion. I would wear Chanel gowns to

the grocery store if I could. I'm a huge fan of Chanel and Versace, and I actually have always dreamed of designing my own line one day. Ksenia Solo History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to cherish, what to disavow, and what to do next, which is why it's worth trying to know where things come from. Jill Lepore Men know something that women don't know. Never ask directions of a stranger. Craig Brown It would be unthinkable to have a top-ten list of multiple narrative novels that doesn't include David Mitchell. 'Cloud Atlas' is the most obvious choice, but I have opted for Mitchell's slightly lesser known debut, 'Ghostwritten.' Susan Barker I think there's a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I've come into it. I've enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there...

The types of melodies I tend to write kind of have this bittersweet quality; they're meant to be

  uplifting but kind of have this melancholy vibe to it. Washed Out I would be concerned if one of my children were constantly watching nothing but horror films or indulging in gothic literature without the balance of other types of art and entertainment. I do think that's a danger. Scott Derrickson In recent years, Republicans have argued that Congress is a more responsible policymaker than the executive branch. But when it comes to regulation, Congress is often much worse, and for just one reason: Executive agencies almost always focus on both costs and benefits, and Congress usually doesn't. Cass Sunstein I've done acupuncture, and I believe in it. That's the first place I go if I'm having any particular pain anywhere. Renee Elise Goldsberry People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production. Laura Harrier Confidence and belief in yourself and your vision is absolutely paramount. The fashion industry is tough - be prepared t...