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I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.

I work really hard at these books, and when colleagues write nasty reviews of them, I take it very personally.

I like good food, and I'll eat until I'm full.

As long as your ideology identifies the main source of the world's ills as a definable group, it opens the world up to genocide.

It's what all writers dream of, that our work finds a measure of immortality that long outlives the words of any critic.

I've always been happiest being part of a team.

When we talk about kids earning commission for chores, we always have at least one parent who argues that children should do chores because they are part of the family. I agree, but if you don't...

I remember on the 'Midnight Special' seeing a video with Meat Loaf. I think it was the 'Bat Out Of Hell' video. It was like this raging huge fat guy, and he's really sexual, and he's really sweaty,...

How quick are we to learn: that is, to imitate what others have done or thought before. And how slow to understand: that is, to see the deeper connections.

One of the important things about familiar form and metricality is that it draws attention to the physical nature of language: the spell-binding nature of it and the ceremony of articulation.

I'm looking to try to do more out there and just taking advantage of the opportunities that I've been given.

When you're doing a television production, or you're with a company, there is some stress; there is pressure to perform, and it's a little tougher, but it also comes with the benefits of having huge...

The 'New York Times' is my homepage because it forces me to go right into the news.

I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.

I have to be obedient to my fans and come on back and give 'em everything that they want.

If the purpose of the wall was to destroy Berlin, Herr Ulbricht and his cohorts have erred sadly. Berlin is not only going to continue to exist - it's going to grow and grow and grow. Its ties to West...

I'm good at many, many things, but the one thing I've never been good at is relationships.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

If I had intended for 'Minecraft' to end up on consoles, I wouldn't have developed the game in Java. The decision to port the game to consoles came from a combination of player requests, a desire to...

As citizens, I'm asking you not to leave any child behind. I'm asking you not to be color blind, but to be color brave, so that every child knows that their future matters and their dreams are...

We're asking that the Compton citizens have a zero tolerance policy against violence.

The things that people won't totally accept come in all shapes and sizes and forms, and I can relate to that in my own youth.

I have been to Guantanamo. It's a model prison. Is it ideal? No. But we live in a very un-ideal world.

I have this idea that you can use glamour and still have it represent something that matters.

I'm always in contact with my manager at Arsenal, who has been a big part of my career, and I'll always talk to him.

I put on the tuxedo, and it's like putting on overalls - they're my work clothes. Then I go to work. I'm relaxed. I do my job.

When I was growing up, I was an '80s baby, so I remember the Sega Genesis and the first Nintendo. I grew up in a time when we first started playing video games on a computer screen. Now there are...

I value my looks very much, so it's equally important to take good care of my skin - that's a pivotal part of my face.

Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s.

I reject the idea that any job is too hard or too dirty for American workers to do. American workers just expect and demand to be paid a decent wage.

Men act out like they're horrified by marriage, but when they find the woman of their dreams, they love it.

You know, this might surprise people, but what I really want and what I'm really working toward is a Chanel suit. I'd really like to have one that I could wear forever - a really classic one.

Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion.