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		Morality and values depend on the existence of conscious minds - and specifically on the fact that such minds can experience various forms of well-being and suffering in this universe.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Harris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olivia Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Danica Patrick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Igor Stravinsky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Quintilian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edan Lepucki 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. N. Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Cussing ain't for everybody. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eric Lynn Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down a job. You need a constant money source to live in New York City unless you're independently wealthy, which I'm not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Adams Cram 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Gilbert 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I hope to do big action movies and strong dramas, and to produce films. I also want to get kids more involved in what's going on in the world and to be politically active. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Caity Lotz