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		From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brian Lamb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favorite thing about playing a vampire is the stunts. It's just a new, fun thing to do. Especially as a girl, being able to be all dolled up in heels and little outfits and be able to kick boys' butts, I think it's a really fun, make-believe world to play. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Candice Accola 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund Burke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Humphries 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Rockwell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Cook 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saint Patrick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Woodhull 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paris Hilton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abraham Verghese 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Arthur Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Waterston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jesse Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are many hours and minutes between now and tomorrowand in any one of them-even in a minute,the house falls. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Miguel de Cervantes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The people that I was working with made it all good for me - made it important to me - made it special. I will miss everyone in the Steelers organization. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joe Greene 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brian Lamb