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There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."

I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue.

I cannot conceive of circumstances where Labour MPs are marshalled to go through the lobby to vote against us staying in the single market and customs union with the likes of Jacob Rees Mogg, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove.

I'm pretty rigorous about the drafts I turn in. I don't turn in something that's so ungodly they go, 'What the hell is this?'

When I first saw children's television, I thought it was perfectly horrible. And I thought there was some way of using this fabulous medium to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen.

Everyone who comes to my show has their own struggles. There's so many people dealing with so many things; I love that I get to be part of their healing process by making them laugh.

I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.

I don't try to make one thing. I really try to experiment, even if its just the vocals or the beat. I can't really describe my sound.

More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.

Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?

I think Americans are weirdly puritanistic about psychopharmaceuticals. There are millions of people out there who would otherwise be dead or rocking by themselves in a corner who now lead full and normal lives because of amazing and wonderful scientific advances.

I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture.

Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.

Now, in this U.N. stuff, the commander, although he has troops, they don't really belong to him. They're loaned by the country to the U.N. to be used, but each of these countries provide a contingent commander, a senior guy who communicates directly back to his capital.

If I had been at an assembly line for films, I don't know if I would be the best driver. I think I would have crashed the car.

Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system.

It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters. I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion.

Words without a heartbeat are just great words

I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid.