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		Barack Obama is not a man of The Gut, and it is driving official Washington crazy. This is a good thing, because resisting The Gut is what the Constitution is all about, especially in its war powers, which this president is conspicuously contemplative about exercising, at least in every context except launching drones.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Charlie Pierce 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I'm being driven crazy by people who are obsessed with limiting the scope of government, but feel perfectly free to demand that government get involved in women's most personal choices. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gail Collins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nate Parker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hari Kondabolu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vernon Wells 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hannah Arendt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natasha Trethewey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, and he's always going to do it to very high standards, and he's always going to be on the side of right. He's always talking about 'what right looks like' - just a phrase he would always use. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Keane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Antonoff 
			 
			
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		My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Norman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Generally speaking, I don't think people know a great deal about the Viking culture, apart from the label that is usually attached to them, either pillagers or deviants who came and brought back loot to Norway. It was an incredibly sophisticated, complex and layered culture. They had their own laws, many of which protected women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabriel Byrne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I can't stand on a podium and beat my chest saying I'm the best. I just think I've been the luckiest of all. Yes, I'm talented. The movies that I've chosen and the way they've fared have also helped. I've always done films I would love to watch. I have stayed away from films which I thought were depressing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kajol