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		I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kazuo Ishiguro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maimonides 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Landon Donovan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Danica McKellar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. S. Byatt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds and universes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. P. Lovecraft 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's really hard to get a coffee with someone. I have to call my agent, my agent calls their agent, their agent calls their manager, the manager calls back, the actor sends someone to the manager... then you get, 'Yeah, yeah, I'd love to have dinner at six,' and all I wanted was coffee! It can take, like, six days to get coffee. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Espinosa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Some people are very identified, say with their country or maybe with their worshipping style , whatever it is. All these misidentifications have to be given up. It is very difficult for people because they are so conditioned and as long as you have conditioning you cannot rise above your mind, which is a myth, you cannot. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nirmala Srivastava 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When it comes to a love story, you're like, 'I've been in love before.' So it's closer to you than the other stuff, and for me, that can be less comfortable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Emory Cohen 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Ricketts 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kazuo Ishiguro