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		The attentive reader may have noticed that the core period of Jasper's Axial age—the lifetimes of Pythagoras, Confucius, and the Buddha—corresponds almost exactly to the period in which coinage was invented.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Graeber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garth Nix 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Surreal fiction is a sophisticated art form. Events happen divorced from conventional logic, as events in a dream may happen. But unlike dreams, everything in the story contributes to an overall coherent point, impression or emotion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nancy Kress 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Mossberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been dancing since the age of two. I don't really remember it, because I was little, but my mom signed me up and would put me in cute costumes. A lot of little girls get into dancing, but I loved it so much that I kept doing it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maddie Ziegler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The Secret River' began because, at the age of 50, I suddenly realised I knew nothing about how my own family had got its foothold in Australia. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Grenville 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				B. F. Skinner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		May books spread the world over! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yann Martel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Earl Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To be honest, I've made a game out of trying to live through my James Dean, Janis Joplin, Freddie Prinze, Jim Morrison period, those demons that we all have that we're either successful or not at making work for us rather than destroy us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Swayze 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samuel Johnson