I’m one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero – The pursuit even of the be…
The pursuit even of the best things ought to be calm and tranquil.
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Every time I copy something I can draw it for the rest of my life. But research is so painful – I mean just opening up a magazine looking for a picture of a car or looking out the window looking for a car is just hard!
Fergie – There are so many different people that I…
There are so many different people that I’ve emulated vocally. In the rock world – Sebastian Bach Vince Neil Freddie Mercury Robert Plant. They all had amazing vocal talent.
Stephen Malkmus – We were delighted to have Nigel …
We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he seems to dominate most interviews without being there.
Bono – So what we’re talking about here is human r…
So what we’re talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live period. And what we’re facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.
Teddy Thompson – I used to listen to my dad a lot …
I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him as well because my parents were divorced and I didn’t spend that much time with him. And I used to put headphones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and I found that quite… bonding with him in a weird way.
Voltaire – The best way to be boring is to leave n…
The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.
Andrew Gross – ‘Blind Curve’ the book I’m working …
‘Blind Curve’ the book I’m working on now sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation – an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story the hero doesn’t get off as easily as I did.
Sherman Alexie – My father is an amazing man….
My father is an amazing man.
Andrew Coyle Bradley – In approaching our subject …
In approaching our subject it will be best without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama to start directly from the facts and to collect from them gradually an idea of Shakespearean Tragedy.
Mary Douglas – Mormons… are so strong they can h…
Mormons… are so strong they can handle wealth they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command.
Arne Duncan – There was nothing more important I c…
There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.
Walt Whitman – Now I see the secret of making the …
Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
Bryan Callen – Guys want a 500 horsepower car. I’d…
Guys want a 500 horsepower car. I’d rather have one horsepower – in a horse. That’s macho. You go to pick up your date and you show up on a horse.
Chris ODowd – Beyonce is the most amazing woman in…
Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world.
Catherine Keener – These days there are a lot of p…
These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place because those people generally don’t know what it’s like.
Nick Rahall – A resilient people cherishing libert…
A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.
James Belushi – I don’t know if there is a gene fo…
I don’t know if there is a gene for comedy but my dad was a very funny man. He just didn’t know it. He was a naturally funny character and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did he would say ‘What do you think is so funny?’
Colin Powell – Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the…
Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
Margaret Mead – A small group of thoughtful people…
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.
Gael Garcia Bernal – Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu i…
Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He’s the one I first worked with. He’s amazing.
Jack Hanna – I had a very famous trainer tell me o…
I had a very famous trainer tell me once ‘You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal ever.’ They are always going to be wild no matter what anybody says.
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The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers a common world without controlling owners a world of opportunities and equality. This is a utopia that we have been dreaming about and is a world in which each and every one of us are protagonists of a destiny that we have in our hands.
Melissa George – From about eight years old I was …
From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes and I’d use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.
Alexis de Tocqueville – Those that despise people …
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.