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Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and

that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room. William Shatner My hunch is that pop culture began to stagnate the moment Americans started to love the past more than they did the future. Graydon Carter Words for mental processes are all derived from physical things. Robert Smithson I'm not satisfied with the explanations I get from tv or from school. Erykah Badu The business of America shouldn't be subsidizing business. James Surowiecki I've always been told that women know everything. Is that not accurate? Steve Berry I do Pilates two to three times a week if I'm lucky. Usually just two. Sarah Clarke You've got to give something back. You can't just sit there. Prince Harry My main problem has been staying healthy. Chan Ho Park Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs. Desmond Morris
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I was the kid who always hung back and then dropped the jokes when you

least expected it. Timing was everything. My mouth sort of developed over time. Jeff Ross It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind. Chris Messina Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand. Mitch Daniels I'm really a pacifist. Oliver Reed The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory. Nick Mancuso You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it. Lou Reed I like definitive things. Jerry Seinfeld No, I did not offer to resign for a second. Michael Isikoff I never looked at people or singing as commodities. Pat Benatar I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go. Grace Jones
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I love the fact that so many of my readers are intelligent, exceptional, accomplished people

with an open-minded love of diversity. Suzanne Brockmann I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing. Kevin McCloud Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before. Sammy Davis, Jr. I don't want to be seen as this math-rock geek. Marnie Stern I really admire Werner Herzog and Spike Lee. They're amazing documentarians. If you took away all the narratives, they'd just be amazing documentarians. Ava DuVernay I wrote my own verses. Anything I did, I wrote myself. Brandy Norwood For a straight man, I seem to have to kiss an awful lot of men! Dominic West Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children. Carol Bellamy I always feel at home doing a little bit of action. Isaiah Mustafa I have a constant sort of melancholy approa...
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The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind

a partisan result here in the Congress. Mitch McConnell When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11. Patina Miller After the Soft Boys I just didn't want to work with any more guitarists. Robyn Hitchcock Every time you get something, give something away. Wendie Malick You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself. Jane Seymour Don't let the secret recipe die with the inventor. Nathan Myhrvold I hope I am a psychotherapist's dream. I've spent enough hours in therapy. Sia Is a faith without action a sincere faith? Jean Racine I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting. Teri Garr I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death. Billy Corgan
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I've had a lot of experience in independent film, and about how to choose. You've

got to be very discerning about where you put your five bucks, and where you cut and what you don't cut. Ethan Hawke I go four- wheeling in my truck. I also like to fish, cook, do stuff around my house. I even studied fencing for awhile. Luke Perry I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter a studio; it's always had a certain magic to me that has never worn off with familiarity. David Knopfler I try to conduct my life with a little levity. Sheryl Crow Somehow, magically, I've become an electronic musician, and I have a recording studio that looks like the bridge of the Enterprise. Moby We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more. Aung San Suu Kyi I can make a song up about anything: garbage, the weather, things in the news. Marvin Hamlisch As sustainability becomes more and more of a concern, we're going to see more plastics. Greg Lynn Physics is experience, arranged in e...
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I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily

the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy. Kaya Scodelario Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics. Ken Burns I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do. Sheryl Crow A writer is supposed to have anonymity. Joss Whedon For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive. John Lydon My costumes were made for sex appeal not for women. Brenda Holloway The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude. Riccardo Muti I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on. Sasha Alexander I want to stay true to who I am by trying to be in the moment. Alyson Hannigan Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity. Jessica Simpson
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The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes

think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress. Helene Deutsch I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle. Bobby Orr Speech is the small change of silence. George Meredith I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me. Jim Hodges Tears are the noble language of the eye. Robert Herrick I'm generally a pretty friendly person. Rashida Jones Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles. Edwin Louis Cole My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons. Victoria Abril The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters. ...
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And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at

a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices. Ginni Rometty You can't wrestle forever. It's a very physically taxing job. There's no doubt about it. Physically, and more importantly, mentally. Chris Jericho When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance. Georg Brandes Motivations are too tangled and complex. Russell Banks I'm always going to love my father. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing. Mae West Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. Samuel Butler I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life! John C. Reilly You can't legislate good will - that comes through education. Malcolm X Nowadays when I walk around, I g...
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When I was at Hartford in Connecticut, where I lived during the war, I published

several pieces which were well received, not only by those of my own colour, but by a number of the white people, who thought they might do good among their servants. Jupiter Hammon The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together, we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons to kill one another. Frank Darabont I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision. Laura Marling First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode. Anthony Michael Hall You women will live as if father is still alive and in the next room. Warren Jeffs The bottom string is tuned to an open G. Jules Shear I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't. Harry Dean Stanton I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975. Eric Bogosian...
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I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of

his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat. Mac Davis Games is probably the biggest industry today that has gone really social, right. I mean, the incumbent game companies are really being disrupted and are quickly trying to become social. And you have companies like Zynga. Mark Zuckerberg I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent. Ellen Page I have been accused of never saying no. William Shatner I really liked the Seattle movement. Axl Rose Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. Colin Powell I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting. Sarah Sutton It's not going to be enough, until I get out of my chair and walk. Matt Nagle My mother was predominately a stay-at-home mom. Andrew Rannells I've been a musician longer than I've been an actor. Minnie Driv...
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You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story

that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson. Christina Ricci The fact is that we take music very seriously. Peter Garrett The whole Indian thing, I always say it's really the American holocaust. It's something we need to look at. Skeet Ulrich Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause. Gregory Bateson I feel there is so much more we can do in improving education, making it accessible and understanding how technology can be a part of the solution. Jim Breyer I really started trying to get my act together in August of 2002. Ethan Suplee I don't want to share my worries - that's for me to know. Nicholas Hoult More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me. Elvis Presley Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your money out of your child. Maggie Gallagher It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it? Lucy Maud Montgomery
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We have record high temperatures and record high energy prices across the country, and we've

seen the dangerous effects caused by extreme temperatures in the past. Louise Slaughter We should all live in central or southwest Queensland in Australia, which is geologically stable. Or Kansas or Nebraska, because it's relatively geologically stable. I am sure there is no emergency plan for Topeka. Simon Winchester He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was such a pleasure and I thought we must find another writer. Simon Callow I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true. Truman Capote On my parents' scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered. Amos Oz As a painter, it seemed easier to sort of disappear. Troy Garity I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that. Earl Campbell People think I have an interesting walk. Hell, I'm just trying to hold my gut in. Rober...
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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international

regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction. Abdullah II of Jordan Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy. Shaun White When you're creating a character out of nothing, you have to make all the guesses as to how they walk, how they talk, how they think. It was all there on the table for us to pick and choose for Murrow. David Strathairn Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses. Simon Greenleaf Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet? Dennis Rodman I eat next to nothing. Karl Lagerfeld I've been dancing forever; since I remember, that's what I've been doing. Tyler James Williams Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays. Karl Kraus If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya. Paul O'Grady When my sister and I were growing up, she was made out to be the goody-goody ...
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If you're in a company, you're dancing from 9 a.m. till 7 in the evening,

and then you go home and get in a hot tub and get some Epsom salts and try to get your body goin' again. There's no social life, no anything. Neve Campbell People are ruthless, man. Kat Dennings Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time. Joni Mitchell Music is like my security blanket. Yoko Ono Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life. Werner Herzog Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers. Leonardo da Vinci My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem. Gwyneth Paltrow You know a good board when you see one. Anne M. Mulcahy I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul. Steven Tyler Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surpr...
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I feel a lot older than I am but at the same time I don't

want to play too old on T.V. I still want to be young. I still want to be 20 and enjoy this period of my life where I still have that flexibility. Leven Rambin I really love Beyonce. I like to look to her because we look similar; we have similar features about ourselves. So whenever I see that she's using a new product, or a new hair color, I like to look at her. because I know that if it looks good on her, it's something that I could try. Amber Stevens I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there. Dennis Eckersley Once I dive in, I dive in all the way. Carly Fiorina I love to shut out the world sometimes and hibernate. Poppy Delevingne Looks like she's been slapping the kid again. Dashiell Hammett To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war. George Steiner One thing you cannot control is nat...
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Do whatever rejuvenates you. It might be a cooking class, cocktails with the girls, or

just private time with the hubby. We all have our moments where we run out of steam because we've given everything we've got to everyone else. Whoever decided that was a good thing? It's not. Everyone needs to refuel. Jada Pinkett Smith I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women. Bob Hoskins If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice. Robin S. Sharma The oil market is especially sensitive even to a hint of expansion or contraction in supply. James Surowiecki When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says, 'No.' Julian Castro What's really fun is to write under different names. Tom Verlaine Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself...
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Think of it: television producers joining with newspapers to tell stories. It's journalism of the

future. Advertising will follow the crowd - the 'crowd' being viewers and readers, of course, which could bring revenue back into journalism. Bill Kurtis I've always known that I'm a little out of vogue. Kevin Costner And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake. Sanford I. Weill I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it. Nancy Reagan Mothers are all slightly insane. J. D. Salinger To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd. Wendell Berry I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen. Rosa Parks These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly. Mark Lawrenson I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me. Ted Rall I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge. Adam Jones
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I have a Tinder account. Now I've done Bumble, and I've tried this other one,

and the way I justified it is that... because I'm on TV, I shouldn't be eliminated from participating in what's going on in the world. But people are always like, 'I can't believe you're on a dating app!' Eric Stonestreet I think to eat cake is very good for us, but it's the size of the slice and how often you have it. Mary Berry I think most politicians have almost no understanding of economics; otherwise, they wouldn't have become politicians. Roger Ver It's very important to go pitch-by-pitch and game-by-game and not getting too far ahead of myself. In the past, it was trying to make up for a bad game and thinking ahead and what do I have to do to fix this. Jason Hammel The U.S. is not a claimant state in the South China Sea or in the China-Japan dispute over the Senkaku Islands. But, of course, the 7th Fleet has been a presence in the region since the Second World War, and it is the most powerful fleet in the region. Lee Hsien Lo...
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If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic,

so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place. Neil Patrick Harris The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves. Louis Leakey Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent. Jared Sparks I honestly, sincerely love what I do. Mary Hart I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me. Mike Myers We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has. Clint Eastwood George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement. Paul McCartney I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear. Florynce Kennedy I toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a lawyer just because I like to a...
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Forget about someone's resume or how they present themselves at a party. Can they blog

or not? The blog doesn't lie. Nick Denton My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy. James Lafferty I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that. Brian Wilson I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats. Chad Smith I think the blues will always be around. People need it. Johnny Winter Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature. Paul Ricoeur Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life. Vikram Chatwal Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk. Dean Karnazes I mean, yeah, I want to lose some weight! I'm doing the best I can. Billy Gardell I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of

a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing. Muddy Waters I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure. Herb Alpert How can you not like Britney Spears? Lindsay Lohan It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them. Man Ray Reality isn't the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are. Robert J. Ringer And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our party. It's just starting to get going. Richard Marx I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me. Patrick Dempsey The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks. Charles de Gaulle
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My first joke was about a company called Five Star Parking that was all over

Philadelphia: 'Who's reviewing parking lots?' Adam McKay I don't have to try to be perfect because I know that my fans like me for who I am. They like me because I am weird and kind of funky, but still really calm. Bella Thorne It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children. Alan Alda There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd. Tommy Lee My friends and family are amazed I've done so well. I was not a model student. No one expected that I'd build a Fortune 500 company at Symantec. John W. Thompson Before 'Moonrise,' I never thought I would be in a movie where I would be struck by lightning. Jared Gilman The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to...
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Though Nathalie Dupree did not remember much about my presence in her class, it marked

me forever. I remain her enthusiast, her evangelist, her acolyte, and her grateful student. She taught me that cooking and storytelling make the most delightful coconspirators. Pat Conroy I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades. Tyler Hilton One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important. Robert Zoellick Here in Tennessee, instead of the big spending, big government, job killing agenda of the Obama Administration, Tennesseans have tightened their belts and are struggling to find jobs that will enable them to support their families. Marsha Blackburn I like a challenge. The fact that these are secret organizations, and also very important organizations that can engage in abuses that are so important to our national security - all that attracts me. Ronald Kessler I think ad networks is an ongoing story. Fede...
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You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognise it, how to

control it, and ways to eliminate it so that the whole surface looks felt and born all at once. Helen Frankenthaler I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes. Natasha Henstridge In film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there's so much that's against you on a film set. Ben Whishaw Even at my peak, I never went too over the top. Pauly Shore I'm the quiet bass player. Colin Hanks When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself. George Lopez A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. Elia Kazan I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression. Margaret Fuller To me, Darth Vader is the epitome of evil. Manu Bennett I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can. Rufus Wainwright
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Photographic memory is often confused with another bizarre - but real - perceptual phenomenon called

eidetic memory, which occurs in between 2 and 15 percent of children and very rarely in adults. An eidetic image is essentially a vivid afterimage that lingers in the mind's eye for up to a few minutes before fading away. Joshua Foer One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday. Paul Dano In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe. Aravind Adiga I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers ingesting spoon-fed images. Michael Haneke Even The Impostors, as silly as it is, is a very intimate film, in a way. Stanley Tucci There's no doubt I'm emotional. Sidney Crosby Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth. Francis Picabia I can only be who I am. Enya The South African government, unlike a lot of ...
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