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He has all those different aspects to him, so I can more or less decide

as a performer how I'm going to deliver a line in a particular scene, or play a particular scene in total. Paul Darrow I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to stay healthy makes for a more peaceful planet. Henry Rollins I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves. Diane Sawyer I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application. Tony Gilroy You can actually have a pitch button, you know, to get people on pitch. Helena Bonham Carter Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe. Angela Carter Sometimes, leaders' failures can cost these young people's lives. Hussein of Jordan Age for me is just a number. Haile Gebrselassie You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere. George P. Shultz I grew up a massive Beatles fan. Dominic Monaghan

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they

do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution. Angela Merkel I try to avoid the temptation with time as a total indicator for what my possibilities are for the marathon. It's the not the best indicator, but it's more how you feel, how you cover the distance and how you are able to do the training afterward. Ryan Hall The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. Carl Rogers I've been playing squash almost daily for 38 years. Arlen Specter I did some good things as a rookie. Earl Campbell We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again. Sarah Palin To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part. Robert Duvall Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs. Mason Cooley New Agers have always told us that we create our own realities. Mind over matter. Ariel Gore I'm not a very skeptical person. John Malkovich

Talking about covers, whether visually or sonically, if a particular combination of notes struck a

chord in your heart in a way that you want to be a part of it by covering that song, then there's nothing wrong with it. Ville Valo People kill for love. They die for love. Helen Fisher We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with the best gags and things like that, out to cabaret clubs and things in the north of England for six weeks. And we became a big success. Neil Innes We should be increasing research and development into our fossil fuel program. Tim Holden I think there's a lot of problems with being a two-party system. Meg White There are a lot of women who live with pot-bellied pigs. Catherine Zeta-Jones I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it. J. J. Abrams I love to play the guitar. I also love photography and fashion. Emily Osment The best way of removing negativity is to laugh and be joyous. David Icke I like being married, but it was never something I felt I ...

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing

and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places. Louise Brown In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives. Bjarke Ingels Turns out, Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder, occurring once in every 800 births, and no one really knows why it happens. It just does. John C. McGinley I've come out of a small jail and entered a bigger one. Chen Guangcheng You hit 41 and you don't burn calories like you used to. Sam Rockwell Good servants frequently make good masters. Jupiter Hammon Bobby had faith in my ability as a singer. Julie London I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power. Michele Bachmann The weather is perfect. The gods are shining on us. Frank Shorter I really didn't think about song writing. Adam Rich

The early part of my career I really struggled, getting turned down again and again.

I was in debt, and it was horrible. And then my family hit such highs in their careers, I asked myself what I was thinking going into the same profession. Joely Richardson I am incapable of speaking of myself and of my life and the states of my soul, I am discreet to an almost pathological degree, and there is nothing I can do against that. Milan Kundera I thought Google was the coolest place. People there were so smart and they were all doing these really interesting things. I just felt really lucky to be a part of it even in a small way. Ben Silbermann I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids. Rachel Bilson The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis. Arthur Adamov If you live long enough, lots of nice things happen. George Halas I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed. James C. Collins Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar. Kathie Lee Gifford Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind. James ...

One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was

a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair. Dan Castellaneta Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi. Barbara Corcoran There's nothing worse than a bunch of jaded old farts, and that's a fact. Robert Plant So many white kids, English kids - we had no culture. Robert Plant Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. Niels Bohr I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters. Ben Stiller Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family. Jerry B. Jenkins I love being by the ocean. It stills the voices in my head. Chris Weitz I rocked the cradle of love. Billy Idol Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does. Shirley Manson

I think a lot of people like hidden-camera shows where they think they're spying on

somebody who doesn't know they're looking at them. And nobody takes it seriously - you either enjoy it and get a laugh out of the reactions or not. Betty White They're a different generation, those kids; kids that are under the age of twelve. They're not that impressed by rock music, you know what I mean? They're like, it's cool and everything, but whatever. They're just as impressed by YouTube. Frank Black Going to the theater is such a joyous experience. My dad would take my sister and me to plays when we were very young, like six or seven years old. Julia Roberts Sex is the great equalizer. Nick Mancuso Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside. William S. Burroughs I'm trying to build something where people will go every day. Max Levchin Hispanic children now make the largest group of children in poverty. Mario Diaz-Balart I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.' Gui...

The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis

of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows. Roy Moore We havent really paid much attention to thought as a process. we have engaged in thoughts, but we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process. David Bohm I made my name and reputation DJing in hip-hop clubs in New York. 'Celebrity DJ' is a term that I hated. To me a celebrity DJ is someone that's on 'Big Brother' or in some kind of B-movie who gets a gig to DJ even though they're not talented enough to do it. Mark Ronson One is born to be a great dancer. George Balanchine I just live one day at a time. Rick James I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out. Carla Bley When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money. Jerry Reed I've never cheated on a woman. Corey Feldman Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs. Norman Lear I ...

That's why 'Gangnam Style' works. If someone handsome uses that phrase it's just awkward. But

if someone like me uses it, it's funny. Psy I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories. Stephen Hawking I'm an artist. Artists don't need permission to work. Regardless of whether I'm acting or not, I write. I write when I'm tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface. Chadwick Boseman A lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write. Joan Jett I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head. Charles Olson I love 'Breaking Bad.' I think that's my favorite show. Lyndsy Fonseca A good writer is always a people watcher. Judy Blume I was born in a blender. Lorna Luft To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt. Diego Maradona...

Most chick singers say 'if you hurt me, I'll die'... I say, 'if you hurt

me, I'll kick your ass.' Pat Benatar It's been really good to have a goal and go after it. That feels good. Shannon Miller The scary thing is that in my lifetime, 95 per cent of the world's rhinos have been killed. Mark Carwardine I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems. Madeleine Albright I think I can help others just by my example. Pat Summitt I'm going to keep on dealing with the supernatural in a lot of ways. Anne Rice Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form. Thomas Mann I don't fight. I don't believe in it. Avril Lavigne Well, I'm a Texas boy, and we have denim in our blood. Caleb Landry Jones It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now. Gary Johnson

I would say my biggest mentor has been my father because he always has been.

Actually both of my parents have always been ones to encourage me to be myself and stay true to myself and not fall into what other people want me to do. Nicole Richie My kids love Ibiza and we feel committed to it because we keep coming back to the same area. People recognise us in shops now and we have a social life here. We cook at home and have friends around. Neneh Cherry I pine for a return to the type of old-school journalism and the tough newspapermen and women of the Thirties. Heather Brooke All my life I've been looking for diversity. Max von Sydow When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out. Stanley Tucci To find someone who loves your children like you do is really rare. Goldie Hawn I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love. Nia Vardalos It's funny - in elementary school, I went by Amber. I never liked Tiffani. Tiffani Thiessen I don't have a problem with my temper. Tommy Lee What...

The essence of religion is the knowledge of God which is eternal life. That and

nothing less than that is religion. Everything else is on the surface, is superfluous save for the needs of men. Annie Besant Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars. Oscar Robertson When you're used to looking through a stills lens and you have to capture an emotional moment, and that picture is not moving and yet it has to have impact, I think that's the first influence on my style. Gavid Hood Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin. John Philpot Curran You don't need a silver fork to eat good food. Paul Prudhomme Most of my cliches aren't original. Chuck Knox I prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things. Michael Schenker More and more women are going online. Jesse Schell I didn't want to lose my subjectivity and my objectivity about my work. Vincent Gallo

I think it is a huge honor to get to go play for the troops

who have been working their tails off for several years, some with several tours under their belt. Joe Nichols Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don't view myself as a political person. I'm just someone who desperately wants to stay alive. Larry Kramer I felt grand juries were illegal and coercive. Bernadine Dohrn We can't afford to be killing one another. Nelson Mandela I've played in a lot of big matches and you learn from them. Li Na No matter where you're going it's the wrong place. Tobe Hooper If you like something, go for it. Elie Tahari Kids can amuse themselves with almost anything. Allen Klein Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more. Chaka Khan But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts. Daisaku Ikeda

As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are

classically trained. It's about the work and only the work. George Hickenlooper Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation. Richard Dreyfuss Noises and smells, those can bring back powerful memories. I remember when I was going to school one Fourth of July, and there were a lot of fireworks going off. I knew that I was in Richmond. I knew that I was a college student. But I thought people were shooting at me. Kevin Powers I've always had an aversion to looking sexy, but I've grown out of it. Kristen Stewart New York is in my soul. Julian Casablancas I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films. Ted Kotcheff The whole world is out of step, apart from me. Mark Thomas I eat meat. I don't go to the gym. Alice Englert There is no correlation between happiness and amounts of money. Kesha When my parents separated, I was very grateful. Christopher Durang

My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps

me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. Rick Derringer The other girls were so comfortable with their bodies and it eventually rubbed off on me. Brooke Langton What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself. Roland Barthes I have two beautiful dogs that I cherish. Bradley Cooper Really, I could care less if there's a Second Decade record. Michael W. Smith Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. Zora Neale Hurston Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book. Patricia Reilly Giff When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident. Nawal El Saadawi Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person. Andy Murray Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless. Haley Reinhart

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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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...