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		The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dale Turner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Ross 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. Philip Randolph 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. P. Lovecraft 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laini Taylor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vera Wang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Namie Amuro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. W. Apple, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. L. Doctorow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eden Sher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Famke Janssen