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(on his children`s names - True and Ocean - and his name and how it affected his childhood) I want those names to be their destiny, for my daughter to be honest and my son to be expansive. I try to be like a forest, revitalizing and constantly growing . . . . Kids would tease me, calling me Little Bush". But . . . I thought being called Forest helped me find my identity.

- Forest Whitaker

Because Shakespeare`s language is so expansive, we`re under this misconception that it`s difficult. But I discovered that it`s easy because it`s so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional.

- Jessica Lange

(On his children`s names - True and Ocean - & his name) "I want those names to be their destiny, for my daughter to be honest and my son to be expansive. I try to be like a forest, revitalizing and constantly growing." As a child, Whitaker admitted that he was teased about his unusual name, but he maintains his name helped him learn who he was as a person. "Kids would tease me, calling me `Little Bush.` But...I thought being called Forest helped me find my identity."

- Forest Whitaker

When we tour the songs, they tend to get more and more expansive, and actually evolve over time until they are something quite different.

- Thurston Moore

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

- James Broughton

It`s amazing to be able to come up over a ridge line and see this expansive newly formed land, and it`s the newest land on earth.

- David Griffin

The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.

- Alfred Hamilton Barr

(Two of the people thought to be at or near the top of the Pirates` wish list to succeed Lloyd McClendon had much different initial reactions to their names being mentioned for the position. Ken Macha headed off any discussion when approached by Bay Area reporters. Art Howe was a bit more expansive.) With the right ingredients, good things should happen there, ... Hopefully, I`m part of the ingredients.

- Anne Colvin Winters

We inherited a site with a large, bunker-like structure and made every attempt to weave it into the narrative of the project. The lower portion of the building, with its militaristic past, represents the first portion of Rabin`s life as a warrior. The upper portion of the building, with its mission of education, its expansive views, and symbolic dove`s wings, represents the diplomat and mediator that he became.

- Audrey Johnson

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

- Graham Greene