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		I wrote books to entertain. I'm not trying to teach anything! If I suspected the author was trying to show me how to be a better behaved girl, I shut the book.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Beverly Cleary 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. R. Rahman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't miss acting at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zachery Ty Bryan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Corcoran 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everyone has fond memories of 'The Carol Burnett Show' and the characters we did. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vicki Lawrence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pardis Sabeti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imran Khan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Safina 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karlie Kloss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tavi Gevinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Mansbach