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The dust we tread upon was once alive.

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• I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Think
  • Amazing
  • Television

• I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

  

  Radha Mitchell
  • Famous
  • Rich
  • Rather

• In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Culture
  • You
  • Order

• It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And in 'I'd Do Anything,' I've had so much support from folks back home, no matter what side they're on.

  

  Rachel Tucker
  • Home
  • Support
  • See

• I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.

  

  Barry White
  • Music
  • School
  • High

• One of the great privileges of having grown up in a middle-class literary English household, but having gone to school in the front lines in Southeast London, was that I became half-street-urchin and half-good-boy at home. I knew that dichotomy was possible.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Up
  • Good
  • Great

• The only time I've ever really felt envy is when I've watched people make music, which made my time living in the now-legendary Jazz Loft at 821 Sixth Avenue in New York a constant source of agony and ecstasy!

  

  Harold Feinstein
  • People
  • Time
  • Music

• I believe in free trade. I don't support regulating trade prices between different regions. Our point of view is we don't want trade barriers between different countries.

  

  Hans Vestberg
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Free

• When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

  

  Sade Adu
  • People
  • Music
  • Kind

• I'm just really trying to say what I really mean, which is: 'Your eye's on the prize, your eye's on the future. It's nice to know that a lot of wonderful things have happened to your life and that so much of it has been successful. That's great, but the work is really what makes it fun - and that has to be the future.'

  

  Harold Prince
  • Life
  • Work
  • Great

• The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • Mind
  • Voice
  • Themselves

• Athletes can definitely have an impact on society. And it's great that athletes can be a part of uniting the population.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Great
  • Society
  • Impact

• People make the mistake of drinking the Kool-Aid, believing your own hype, letting people tell you you're this or you're that or you're too this.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • People
  • Mistake
  • Drinking

• I love purple because my name is Amethyst.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • Name
  • Purple
  • Amethyst

• I think both of my parents are unique in the way they don't live their lives as celebrities. They're both artists, first and foremost. My mom lives a very private life. So does my father. You don't really see them in the tabloids or anything like that. I think that's definitely a decision you can make.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Life
  • Live
  • Father

• By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, I washed dishes for a living. I had no high-school diploma, I had no agent, and my literary successes were non-existent... but it was the only thing I ever wanted to do, so I did feel trapped.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Time
  • School
  • High

• I admire a lot of people, but in terms of sport I've always loved the mentality of Tiger Woods on a golf course. I always love his eyes when he's setting himself and focusing on his decision; he has a really strong, focused face and believes that he can make the shot.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • People
  • Love
  • Decision

• I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Love
  • She
  • Win

• In my dressing room, you'll definitely find some Starbursts and Skittles. I have a lot of candles that remind me of home, and a humidifier for my voice. I also have some digital Kodak albums where I have pictures of my friends and family.

  

  Trey Songz
  • Family
  • Home
  • Friends

• When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation for the first time. I loved the diverse collection of animated films the festival held.

  

  John Lasseter
  • Time
  • Work

• I had intelligent, high-minded, liberal parents who wanted to make sure my values were just like theirs.

  

  Jennifer Grey
  • High
  • Parents
  • Intelligent

• Redefine the sport in terms of your expertise, in terms of your talent, in terms of your strength, in terms of your flair. Make it interesting. Make it something that people want to watch.

  

  George Elliott Clarke
  • Sports
  • Talent
  • Watches

• People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, to begin with. Socially, they're very adept at listening to somebody's name and repeating it, cleverly in the first couple of sentences so the name sticks to begin with.

  

  Ioan Gruffudd
  • People
  • Good
  • America

• The dust we tread upon was once alive.

  

  Lord Byron