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		I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Roland Gift 
			 
			
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		When I was coming up as a kid, there were programs that kept me out of trouble and on the straight and narrow in South Central Los Angeles, and I always felt that when I got to a stage where I could provide similar opportunities to kids then I would do that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Moon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more often is to see that they completely feel that they had no choice in the matter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamzin Merchant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		By 1865, all Southern women - the happily and regrettably single, the perpetually engaged, the wives and widows - had tired of the war. The Confederacy was shrinking, and the morale of its remaining men shrinking with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Abbott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vera Farmiga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harmony Korine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samantha Shannon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think a great first date would be something different... not like movies or going to dinner... going rock climbing together... doing an activity and then going to dinner, so that you guys share an experience, and then you have something to talk about, and it's not the same old thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeline Zima 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
				Olusegun Obasanjo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had no idea 'The Dream Weaver' would be so successful. Everything just fell into place with that album. I pioneered a number of ideas with that album and subsequent tour. The all-keyboard approach with no guitars was a new one, and I was one of the first to use a drum machine in concert. It was an amazing time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups... but they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Sorkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think France is a racist country, I really don't, but we do still have many problems with our immigrant past, and there's a shame that goes with that, that works both ways, in the host and in the post-immigrant generation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vincent Cassel