Design, to me, is part psychology, part sociology, and part magic. A good decorator should know what's going on in someone's marriage and how their kids are doing in school.
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PAT GILLICK The cinema should be human and be part of people's lives; it should focus on ordinary existences... CLAIRE DENIS An asteroid impact is a preventable natural disaster. It's in part preventable because we have t... CARRIE NUGENT I think the important part is picking clothes that are flattering to your figure, and obviously I wa... DANIELLE PANABAKER Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens. SAMMY DAVIS, JR. Liberals have invented whole college majors - psychology, sociology and women's studies - to pro... P. J. O'ROURKE My favorite part of a roller-coaster ride is when you're going up and you're slightly scared... GINA GERSHON What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight sui... OLIVER NORTH She has been more than a mother than me - not much, but definitely more... She's been an unsolic... CARRIE FISHER Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to li... IAN MCKELLEN That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know. TALIB KWELI It's a great stretch for me to do my game show. It's very hard. It's not me at all. The ... BEN STEIN A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role. JOHN KRASINSKI I think part of that is to create an environment where it's like real life, where you don't ... RADHA MITCHELL We could definitely make a flying car - but that's not the hard part. The hard part is, how do y... ELON MUSK What I try to get beyond is playing music at people and, instead, to play music with people because ... AL JARREAU For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exc... JOHN SEXTON It's part of the magic of 'Game of Thrones,' all the secrets. FAYE MARSAY The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all. ARVO PART Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God. ARVO PART I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. This one note, or a si... ARVO PART I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colo... ARVO PART Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough whe... ARVO PART Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my... ARVO PART And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like this, you know that it'... LAWRENCE KASDAN It's part of the human character to want to know what's over the next hill, to want to know ... ELLEN STOFAN The best part is it's a dream come true. I've always wanted to be a working actor, and the g... SCOTT FOLEY The good part of having six kids is, there's always one who wants to hug you and say, 'Daddy... JOHN MCENROE We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. 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HELEN GARNER Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their ca... WAYNE GRETZKY It's important not to lay in a bubble bath drinking champagne. It's important to take part i... LENA OLIN And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; ... WILLIAM TYNDALE I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't want to be known always as the ... ZACH BRAFF I'm really hopeful about the future of space exploration and human spaceflight. Civilization as ... ALAN G. POINDEXTER That's a very critical phase in customer service because you can start to really understand what... SANJAY KUMAR Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist&... JACK WHITEHALL What's positive is moving from a place of growing in faith to really feeling more grounded in fa... DAVID GREGORY Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it's my passion, my love, and it's a part of me. BETHANY HAMILTON No American should live in fear of going to work or sending their kids to school. Let's end the ... CHARLES B. RANGEL There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust. SCOTT WEILAND It's very clear that there's a lot of double standards going on. Should there be a 30mph spe... JAMIE OLIVER You know how they say that old people with Alzheimer's, they kind of go back, and they revert to... RICH MOORE There's something about being in front of a live audience that's fun. It's a really inte... STEVEN WRIGHT I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one li... LAURA BUSH There's a sound with Motley Crue, and it comes with Vince's voice, which is such an importan... NIKKI SIXX My parents always asked me what I thought, listened to my opinions, articulated their diagnoses of o... 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NATE RUESS I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering abou... NATE RUESS My girlfriend is a fashion designer. She has her own company called Rachel Antonoff. She is doing a ... NATE RUESS We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the ... NATE RUESS Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I h... NATE RUESS My mom is probably the only person shorter than me that I'm scared of. Still to this day. She... NATE ROBINSON When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told... NATE ROBINSON We're a competitive family - we compete in everything we do: playing cards; if we're walking... NATE ROBINSON I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it. NATE ROBINSON I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me. NATE ROBINSON I am a diehard Seahawks fan because I'm born and raised in Seattle. NATE ROBINSON Fans are awesome. NATE ROBINSON The NBA is all politics. It's about who you know. NATE ROBINSON I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for... NATE ROBINSON Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do th... NATE ROBINSON I've got the best shoe guy in the business. NATE ROBINSON I've seen my mother struggling, everything that she did to raise me and my brothers and my siste... NATE ROBINSON As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them ... NATE ROBINSON Mike D'Antoni was a cool coach, but he was just a bad person. He can coach. He was just mean for... NATE ROBINSON There's so many kids in the world who are told, 'You can't do this, you can't do tha... NATE ROBINSON Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9. 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NATE HOLLAND Lake Pend Oreille is definitely my favorite place to be while in Sandpoint. I love to get out on a b... NATE HOLLAND I've lost fights before where I'm landing more punches and I'm moving away from the guy.... NATE DIAZ I want to fight the best guy. I always want to fight the best guy. NATE DIAZ Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn'... NATE DIAZ Me calling out Roy Jones is disrespectful. NATE DIAZ I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in se... NATE DIAZ I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre.... NATE DIAZ There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I... NATE DIAZ Money talks. I want the biggest fight. Whoever I've got to fight - the biggest show, biggest pay... NATE DIAZ If I had been thinking business since I was 21, I'd be a rich man right now. NATE DIAZ I can always do five, five-minute rounds, any day, even if I was drinking yesterday or doing whateve... NATE DIAZ People like to talk a lot about me, about how I have anxiety or social disorders. I'll admit to ... NATE DIAZ I'm not sure what the UFC's agenda is when it comes to me. It's their show, their press.... NATE DIAZ I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of the... NATE DIAZ My parents moved around Stockton and Lodi. I had a lot of anxiety about jumping into another classro... NATE DIAZ I don't love to fight; I don't want to fight. NATE DIAZ I'm fighting hard; I'm training hard. I'm still walking over people and stepping over pe... NATE DIAZ If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to... NATE DIAZ If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the ... NATE DIAZ People don't understand: I've had 37 fights, three to five fights every year, for 17 years. ... NATE DIAZ I don't come and fight for fun. I don't do that. I don't like to hurt people for fun. NATE DIAZ I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around p... NATE DIAZ I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be deal... NATE DIAZ Once I turned pro, I was like,' OK, this is not fun and games now. This is me. I'm going to ... NATE DIAZ I always took a fight; I always took everybody. I fought everybody. NATE DIAZ I'm trying to stay focused on what I'm doing. I don't want a whole lot of things going o... NATE DIAZ It cost me a lot of money to have a vacation, basically. It's nice to step back and see there... NATE DIAZ I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term. NATE CORDDRY I moved on from dice baseball to 'MLB: The Show' on PlayStation. NATE CORDDRY