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Jacques Cousteau on Atlantis and Cognac - "We're going to investigate every single one of these hypotheses, and we'll tell you what we think is the truth about it" - Jacques Cousteau in 1978
"We're going to investigate every single one of these hypotheses, and we'll tell you what
"I’m very interested in how people adapt to extremes” - Oliver Sacks on July 28, 1996
“I don’t feel any compulsion just to stand under the spotlight night after night unless I
"If God didn‘t want me to sing it, he wouldn‘t have given me the talent to do it“ - Stevie
"If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the rule.
Marlene Dietrich in 1969, as interviewed by Jay Kent Hackleman
"It’s okay being a woman now. I like it. Try it some time.” - Nora Ephron, 1975
“I‘m never going to become rich and famous” - Bob Dylan in 1962.
"I don‘t think that there‘s a girl around that would fit in with what we do."
"Sometimes when it all comes together ... you become the film you’re making."
"The key was somehow to know what was important and what was not important."
Buckminster Fuller in 1965, as told to Studs Terkel
Dame Stephanie Shirley in 2010 from an oral history at the British Library.
"When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan." - Jane Goodall, 2002
"Everything in my mind works like a search engine set for the image function."
“Any man who really has faith in himself will be dubbed arrogant by his fellows”
"There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction.” - Garrison Keillor, 1994
"Nothing means anything" - Kurt Vonnegut on November 8, 1970
"I‘m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming." - Bill Murray
"I'm sorry, I‘m a coward. I didn’t want to die." - Patty Hearst in 1982
"I don’t know what the ‘big time’ is" - Tom Waits in 1988
“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.”- Hunter S. Thompson
Dustin Hoffman in 1971, as interviewed by Milton Hoffman.
"My singing i'll just say it simple as possible: it's just godly." - Michael Jackson
"I was not the son he wanted to have." - Tim Gunn
"In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly." - Janis Joplin
"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell." - Fidel Castro
"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his face." - Farrah Fawcett
"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know." - Jim Morrison
Dave Brubeck in 2008, interviewed by John Dankosky.
"If I knew how it was going to end, I probably wouldn't write it." - Tom Robbins in 1994
Re-animated excerpts from an unheard 1991 interview with Robin Williams.
"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing." - Maya Angelou
Conversation with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Simon Critchley on Dec 22, 2012.
"On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free."
"It's all true, folks: all you need is love." - John Lennon, 1969
"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on." - Johnny Cash, 1996
"My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into." - Heath Ledger
"When I looked in his eyes, he was there. He was home... I had a dad." - Carol Burnett
Tupac Shakur in March, 1994 as interviewed by Benjamin Svetkey.
Louis Armstrong as interviewed in 1964 by Michael Aisner and James R. Stein.
A classic lost interview with the "Godfather of Soul", James Brown.
Interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio, 1985, Washington, D.C.
Larry King recalls a moment of "radio interruptus". From a lost 2001 Esquire interview.
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