Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability.

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there... view

By: George Takei

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Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens... view

By: Sammy Davis, Jr.

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If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it... view

By: Emma Thompson

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The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside... view

By: Kurt Schwitters

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Two young doctors - one from Harvard and the other from Dartmouth - invited me to go to Mecca in my husband's stead. And that is what helped put me back on track... view

By: Betty Shabazz

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People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it... view

By: Lenny Kravitz

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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us... view

By: Al Sharpton

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Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It does not keep its first estate... view

By: John Nelson Darby

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Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart.. view

By: Akhenaton

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Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages... view

By: Robert Fitzgerald

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The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown... view

By: Victor Garber

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This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished... view

By: Jack Kilby

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