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HAYES There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard... EDDIE MARSAN Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actu... CHRIS MATTHEWS The thing is, I live a very public life, and I have to keep things personal, or else I have no perso... HAILEY BALDWIN I think that 'City of Heavenly Fire' is definitely a book where all the characters are teste... CASSANDRA CLARE To make a library it takes two volumes And a fire. Two volumes and a fire, And interest. The interes... CAROLYN WELLS I will tell you that I'm a bit of a snob. I love film, and I would like to work in film, and I... KELLY MASTERSON There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. ... RACHEL CUSK Redemption is something you have to fight for in a very personal, down-dirty way. Some of our charac... JOSS WHEDON Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that. KATE MULGREW The ancients saw work as a necessity and a curse, ... The medieval Catholic church bestowed on work ... JOANNE CIULLA Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. A... STEVE CARELL I tend to be a person who starts with the presumption that I should trust you until you abuse the pr... PENNY PRITZKER I do love writing. It doesn't come to me as readily as I think acting does. I think acting is in... DAVID DASTMALCHIAN Fire itself is very beautiful, and there's an attachment to fire that firefighters have. MATTHEW DESMOND It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as ... EMILY ROBISON They must minimize or not allow the use of a personal guarantee. Unfortunately, that is very hard to... BOB BALDWIN I think something very simple that everybody can do is they can participate in medical research as s... GEORGE M. CHURCH Talking Heads, for me and Chris, was a very personal thing that we shared with a lot of people. In a... TINA WEYMOUTH With all the attention given to the personal computer, it's hard to remember that other companio... ELLEN ULLMAN The creation is a very internal process, and publishing the book is a very external process. It is n... ELLIOT ACKERMAN It?s mostly a creeping fire. A slow-burning, not-very-hot fire, but I?m sure there are trees that ar... BRIDGET BOHNET For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and ... BEYONCE KNOWLES There is something very unsettling about being with someone when they die. People say it's peace... GEORGE CLOONEY There is a tradition that sees journalism as the dark side of literature, with book writing at its z... EDUARDO GALEANO I can't speak in too much detail about a book or story I'm working on because I find that it... DAVID B. COE The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of co... MARGARET MAHY As long as women are in the work force making their own money and decisions, men are going to have t... PATTI STANGER
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My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades. TUCKER CARLSON Bush takes personal pleasure and pride in working with Democrats. I don't know how successful he'll ... TUCKER CARLSON I have a low opinion of the things Jon said, but I'd like to give him a chance to explain it in an e... TUCKER CARLSON To be a feminist, you could cut your hair really short. You have to be really angry about something. TUCKER CARLSON You will admit that at least 40 percent of any vote in a Democratic race is humorless feminists. TUCKER CARLSON I can't wait to work for Rick Kaplan. He's a great producer. I would host an infomercial if he would... TUCKER CARLSON Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no t... TUCKER CARLSON Canadians are so easily wounded. TUCKER CARLSON The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among... TUCKER CARLSON It's hard to be ambitious if you're content, isn't it? TUCKER CARLSON This assumption is mostly true-most people accused of a crime are criminals-but not always. I was ac... TUCKER CARLSON I care about John Kerry. TUCKER CARLSON There is no five-second delay on Crossfire-if you say it, people will hear it. Things can get heated... TUCKER CARLSON There's no way to spin it: Allowing women to get shot to death, or blown up, or mutilated and disfig... TUCKER CARLSON There are legitimate, even powerful arguments, to be made against the Bush administration's foreign ... TUCKER CARLSON No one settles in for a long career in TV! It is just the nature of business-no one is indispensable... TUCKER CARLSON People say the economy is going well and their lives are fruitful and happy, so then they say they'r... TUCKER CARLSON