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		Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Keith Emerson 
			 
			
				Emerson, Lake & Palmer  
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zadie Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Bush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Mann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frances Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ziad Doueiri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				B. B. King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samantha Bee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Birth was the death of him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Beckett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Beatty 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No one has ever suggested that tax exemption has converted libraries, art galleries, or hospitals into arms of the state or employees 'on the public payroll.' There is no genuine nexus between tax exemption and establishment of religion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren E. Burger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been that celebrity on the red carpet, and I appreciate that something hasn't got to just look good from the front, from the back, it's got to look good at all angles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Beckham 
			 
			
				Spice Girls  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Watch nature, because it is your greatest teacher. It moves and flows and moves on again. There is an incredible beauty out there in the mountains, in the forests, to teach you it's silence, it's beauty, it's humility. Stay aligned to that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Stuart Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Keith Emerson 
			 
			
				Emerson, Lake & Palmer