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		If you're filming a scene on horseback, if you're trying to control an animal that's much larger than you and trying to get it to do the exact same thing so you can match things up, that can get tricky, especially if the horse gets tired or angry or something.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Portman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vera Farmiga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				LaToya Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Instead of getting angry at somebody for opposing you on something, you're just praying for them. You just pray blessings on them, blessings on their family. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tabatha Coffey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are her crown of glory. And when these dear children quit her to reap their eternal reward, the mother retains precious memorials of them and holds up their example to her other children to encourage them to follow their glorious traces. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sabine Baring-Gould 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zubin Mehta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victoria Abril 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's kind of a catch-22 now because since the 'Da Vinci Code,' I have access to places and people that I didn't have access to before, so that's a lot of fun for somebody like me, but I'm always trying to keep a secret. I don't want people to know what I'm writing about. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Brown 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Isaac Hayes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fisher Stevens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small town, so I hardly ever saw him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				W. G. Sebald 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nancy Kerrigan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Ah yes, the paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the ideal state of innocence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Emma Donoghue 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't go to school much, so I taught myself what I knew from reading. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Doris Lessing 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love Twitter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Jenkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have two pages, that's the whole credit card agreement. The terms are clear and flat and easy to see so anyone can read them. So you could lay four credit cards in front of you and say, 'Oh, that's the one that has the highest rate, that's the one that has the really scary provision that could hurt me.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elizabeth Warren 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you're filming a scene on horseback, if you're trying to control an animal that's much larger than you and trying to get it to do the exact same thing so you can match things up, that can get tricky, especially if the horse gets tired or angry or something. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Portman