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Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice and Andre... STANLEY KAUFFMANN Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON I think talking about one's love life is always... It's a Pandora's box, best kept in jo... EMMA CAULFIELD What is a Man / Woman who does not try and make the World Better? 'KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ' THE MOVIE They got rid of bottled water. We got thermoses that say 'Grey's Anatomy Season 4' with ... BROOKE SMITH Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice started making musicals that had historical significance, ... They ... EDWARD HARRIS One way or another, we all fight for what we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground? TOM CLANCY, 'THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN' My parents would have their friends over - their friends who thought, 'How can you live without ... JOHNNY GALECKI I thought 'Moulin Rouge' was inspirational, and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' I loved. PIERCE BROSNAN I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't... LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The ... LADY GAGA Floating, falling, sweet intoxication. Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation. Let the dream begin... CHARLES HART The album's not dead for me; I still buy vinyl albums. JIMMY PAGE I think if you take 'Get Ready,' 'Waiting For The Siren's Call,' 'Lost Siren... BERNARD SUMNER On 'Grey's Anatomy,' I didn't have to move too much. I think I ran through the hospi... ERIC DANE La vida es un regalo diario. Valóralo. Al final, lo que importa no son los años de vida, sino la v... PAOLA CALASANZ ''DULCINEA'' One of these days in the next 10 years, I will play 'Evita.' I don't know when or where,... AILEEN QUINN We're not keen on the idea of the story sharing its valence with the reader. But the reader'... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE I think 'West Side Story' is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, musicals ever put ons... KELLY ASBURY With AC/DC, we've always started with rock, and we've just kept it going. The critic's v... ANGUS YOUNG I don't use the word 'renaissance'. It's flawed because in Latin, it's tied to t... JOHN RALSTON SAUL The greats are 'The Shining', 'Rosemary's Baby', 'Don't Look Now', &... KEVIN BACON I'm always very uncomfortable with people. It's something that I get upset with myself for, ... NANCY MARCHAND I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me. J. COLE People are getting away from the whole album experience, it's true. I think that's sad. Mayb... ALEX LIFESON On a spiritual level, it's as though with my sighted eye I see what's before me, and with my... ALICE WALKER I think musicals can be more than what people imagine. That'll be the case with 'Matilda.... BERTIE CARVEL When I was in high school, I was a bad singer. I mean, all my early acting was musical theater, and ... SAM CLAFLIN I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of t... MEL TORME My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It's just that simple. Musica... MARSHA NORMAN Discover how to visit the past and bring yesterday's stories into our lives today GILLIAN HOVELL, 'VISITING THE PAST' It's trippy to think we have an album that's 10 years old. It's even trippier to think w... BEN GIBBARD If you put a much older woman in 'Doctor Who,' they can identify with it. I think it's q... KATE O'MARA I've had friends of mine say, like, they're tired of 'gayface,' and I was like, '... KERRY WASHINGTON I've always liked long hair. My dad's always had long hair, but he always tells me, 'I n... DAVID SEAMAN But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can b... TOM SELLECK The whole concept of treating people with dignity and respect is a concept that isn't a business... GREG BRENNEMAN If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day... CESAR ROMERO I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Sm... ADAM BRODY Considering the 'Tomorrow People' are supposed to be the next step in human evolution, I thi... LUKE MITCHELL Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I... KACEY MUSGRAVES And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written o... ROBERT FROST There's this Method Man album called 'Tical.' It's his first album. I would just lis... MAHERSHALA ALI First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't wri... BARRY MANILOW I can't believe Tina Turner actually was on the same stage. I can't believe I set foot on th... BRANDY NORWOOD It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I&... NEIL YOUNG The Lord seeks to establish status quo before His return. He is gathering His sheep, His birds, His ... HENRIETTA NEWTON MARTIN -SENIOR LEGAL CONSULTANT & AUTHOR I've always had an eye for the oddities in life. NIKKI SIXX For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in... JOHN HAWKES My first albums as a little kid were Elton John's 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,' Simon and... ANN COULTER I have always had a certain aversion to heat. And for me, the name of the game on the stage is '... BOB WEIR I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type ... ED O'NEILL Bjork's album, 'Homogenic,' it's got beats, strings, traditional Icelandic stuff. Th... JASON MORAN I'm a visual writer, so it's fitting that my first brush with 'Red Queen' was an ima... VICTORIA AVEYARD I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: t... DAN HICKS I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose aga... SHERRI SHEPHERD The Weezer 'Blue' Album is a classic. I think My Morning Jacket's 'Circuital' is... CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE 'Evita' is probably about the most difficult (musical) there is in technical terms, because Andrew L... EDWARD HARRIS The first time I really listened to an album and thought, 'This album is mine,' was Kanye... THEOPHILUS LONDON The idea of Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Dracula, all I could think of was, why haven't they done thi... VICTORIA SMURFIT I'm an obsessive musical theatre person, so some of the most formative albums for me were, you k... ALLISON WILLIAMS My father being a soldier, every time I saw soldiers marching - 'Well,' I thought, 'my f... SPIKE MILLIGAN I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON When I'm considering an idea, and there is an element of hubris involved, I generally feel comfo... ERIK LARSON The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew's cinema. ... KEANU REEVES It's in every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align them... LYKKE LI Bonnie and Clyde were almost like a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing 'the government's money.... LANE GARRISON When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story ... JANE CAMPION I have an idea for a Godzilla movie that I've always wanted to do. The whole idea of Godzilla... QUENTIN TARANTINO I love Miranda Lambert; I think she's wonderful. I love the song 'Love Letters' and '... PATTY LOVELESS My mother's eyes were large and brown, like my son's, but unlike Sam's, they were always... ANNE LAMOTT I think that 'Heroes' really is about family. I mean, sure, it's this surreal story, and... DANA DAVIS I figure anytime you put an adjective before 'writer,' it's a way of dismissing the writ... STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES It's a classic album. If it ain't better than 'The Truth,' it's right there with... BEANIE SIGEL
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CARMEN MIRANDA More affectionate than a kiss is a well done hug in someone that you love. Have you ever notice how ... CARMEN MIRANDA Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body. CARMEN MIRANDA Most shows find themselves descending into sentimentality or earnestness at some point but, with ... MIRANDA RAISON I love entertaining people and making them laugh. It's my favorite thing to do. MIRANDA COSGROVE It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get... MIRANDA OTTO I had a similar match last year against Harvard and pulled it out as we won 5-4, so I was thinking a... MIRANDA RANIERI The whole theatre world deeply attracts me. I love rehearsing and having time to make mistakes and l... MIRANDA OTTO Everyone has things that they don't love about themselves but I think that as a woman its much h... MIRANDA KERR While it's nice to appreciate the fashion world... what makes you happy are real relationships a... MIRANDA KERR My mom is a really good cook. I didn't get the cooking gene, but she cooks this really amazing d... MIRANDA COSGROVE Being tall when I was youngerl I was always a bit awkward. As a teenager, I was very, very thin, so ... MIRANDA HART I want to be more physical and theatrical within the stand-up. There might be dance moments, and peo... MIRANDA HART I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work ... MIRANDA OTTO It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends fr... MIRANDA HART Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work. MIRANDA OTTO Thrumpton Hall can be thought of as a venerable old lady, ageing gracefully. But I didn't always... MIRANDA SEYMOUR An erratum is a correction inserted into a book after publication. It's a nice thing to collect ... MIRANDA JULY I have always thought of comedy as an important job and medium, and so I put pressure on myself to d... MIRANDA HART My parents are private investigators for God's sake. MIRANDA LAMBERT We're more of a family style restaurant. ADRIAN MIRANDA I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing. MIRANDA RICHARDSON Junk food drags you down. MIRANDA LAMBERT I'm quite a confident person in many ways, but there's only so much you can hear about being... MIRANDA HART I got stuck up a tree when I was about seven, and my dad had to come and get the ladder to get me do... MIRANDA KERR I always feel this huge responsibility to the script when it arrives, keeping it confidential. MIRANDA OTTO I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, ha... MIRANDA LAMBERT When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinkin... MIRANDA JULY Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there ... MIRANDA RICHARDSON It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things. MIRANDA RICHARDSON I live by the 80/20 rule: I'm 80 percent healthy, and then 20 percent indulgent. MIRANDA KERR And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna. MIRANDA RICHARDSON We humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that a... MIRANDA JULY I choose to live by choice, not by chance; to make changes, not excuses; to be motivated, not manipu... MIRANDA MARROTT It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity. MIRANDA OTTO The smoke was very thick. I could hardly breathe. I helped (other) people out (of the building). ANTHONY MIRANDA Compacting has been a major issue for a long, long time, and it's up to the membership to decide on ... ANTHONY MIRANDA We may never land because of the central core issue that tribes are sovereigns. ANTHONY MIRANDA They just basically want to change the rules. This affects an entire industry where tens of millions... ANTHONY MIRANDA Now, more than ever, it's vital, absolutely vital, that tribal leaders walk the halls of Congress th... ANTHONY MIRANDA My end goal in the piano is to play Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag.' MIRANDA LEEK