"People are like almanacs, Bonnie - you never can find the information you're looking for, but the casual reading is well worth the trouble."
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"I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy"
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"Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force."
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"I am not embarrassed to say that when I was at my worst I took anti-depressants because I think people need to hear that. I think if you are in a dark place where you can't pull yourself out, you may need to ask for help."
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"Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it."
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"To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes"
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"There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched."
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"All the criticism is ultimately a blessing in disguise. Because now people know about Malawi [due to the child adoption]. And now people know about the orphans there. And hopefully it's gonna turn around. And a positive is gonna come out of the negative."
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"The one thing I don't understand is when people make comments who are clearly not fans of mine. I think, why are you here? Why are you wasting your time? It's fascinating."
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"Younger people are generally more adventurous - they're more open, more fun - have you met many guys my age? Guys my age are married or divorced or grumpy, fat and balding."
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"I've gone from having a huge fan base to losing a huge fan base to having a kind of fluctuating fan base. I've always had a core of fans who've stuck by me but, depending on the kind of music I do, I end up appealing to certain groups of people and alienating others."
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"People want to hear the dirt. But this is not really anything I want to talk about."
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"I'm sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle."
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"People who have nothing better to do than talk about my hair color have no lives."
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"As much as I think I've inspired people in the world, I'd like to be more involved bringing about world peace."
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"To me, the most important thing - aside from meeting people's physical needs, whether that's education, health care, clothing, food, a roof over their heads - is changing the mind-set and educating people. And most of all, most important, is empowering people and making them self-sustaining."
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"I want people to be moved, to feel called to action. That's what I want to do."
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"My work gives me a sense of purpose that I never really had before - it gives me a lot of joy, and it would be wonderful to invite other people to get involved."
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"I'd love to be a memorable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, comic, tragic way. I'd like to leave the impression that Marilyn Monroe did, to be able to arouse so many different feelings in people."
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"People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you."
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