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		Twitter and Facebook are brilliant tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Keller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Candice Olson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ina Garten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tacitus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', that were made into movies. And I love those movies as much as I love the books. That's really rare. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tatiana de Rosnay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laraine Day 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				B. F. Skinner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Zevon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Padma Lakshmi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ice Cube 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maeve Binchy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is such a gift to be able to write songs in general, but when you can share it with somebody, it is just such a pleasure. It is such a happy moment when you finish a song, and you are just like, 'Wow - that was great.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valerie June 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I believe the universe has great plans for us. When you are young, you don't learn that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Newman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. H. Lawrence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Lazar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Shepard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wish I had more confidence. I think that's probably my Achilles' heel. If I had more, I probably would have felt emboldened to make more interesting music earlier on, or really go for it in an artistic or songwriting sense. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		For those of us who aren't great with people, we figure that silence is always the safest bet. If you're an introvert, you spend so much of your time wishing that other people would just shut the hell up that you figure you're doing everyone a favor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Wong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place. It's an isolated city in that respect because you're driving to places alone listening to the radio. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jason Schwartzman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Washington establishment think Republicans win elections by you don't stand for anything, you keep your head down, you don't rock the boat. You know what? Every time we do that, we get clobbered in the polls. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I fall into a city, I fall into a scene, and I just don't want to get distracted and enjoy myself too much. There's too much work to be done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andrew Hozier-Byrne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nicht jene, die streiten, sind zu fürchten, sondern jene, die ausweichen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Twitter and Facebook are brilliant tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Keller