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		I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Sorkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sadie Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements of time, the unknown, cause and effect, fear, scenic and architectural beauty, and other seemingly ill-assorted things) which persist in clamouring for expression. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. P. Lovecraft 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camila Cabello 
			 
			
				Fifth Harmony  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Anything that's given to you can be taken away from you at any time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malik Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beau Willimon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Garth Davis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zachery Ty Bryan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time Fathadh Canaan, that got the sway over the whole world from the rising to the setting sun, and that took hostages of the streams and the birds and the languages. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gregory 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Generally, you want to raise capital either when you have to or when it's really easy. If the company desperately needs money, and they can't figure out any other way, then they need to raise money. Or if someone's offering you easy money on good terms, you should take it because you can use it for good things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Altman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Florence King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine Peyroux 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Artistic development made me who I am. Somebody took the time to help me find what it is that works for me as an entertainer and who I am as a music maker. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Usher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carlos Ghosn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joanne Rowling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have been into social work since 45 years, and at an average, every day for one or two hours, I have been engaging in social discourses. It is not a small thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Narendra Modi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the hardest things for me to do is watch myself. The first time I see it, I am obsessed with my left ear or my right ear or some other physical attribute, or the fact that I'm 60 or whatever shallow ego thought is running through my head. I'm just destroyed that I'm not Cary Grant or whatever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Being a good writer doesn’t make you a good reporter, it takes hustle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Carr 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everything in business is to get you face to face with people to respond to your offer. You have to realize the Internet is merely a door opening, and it has to be followed up by aggressive sales activity by the business owner. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brian Tracy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was honored to start a small business and to borrow an enormous amount of money and to build piece upon piece, place upon place, building upon building and product upon product, throughout the United States and eventually Europe and facilities around the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jon Huntsman, Sr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Christina Ricci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm from New York, I'm 53, I have my moments when I'm a nice guy, and more frequently I have my moments where I'm a middle-aged aggravated person. For years I was always the nice guy, so in life I had to pretend to be the nice guy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Schneider 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Sorkin