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		I hate having to do small talk. I'd rather talk about deep subjects. I'd rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ellen DeGeneres 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ramez Naam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dabney Coleman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Felicity Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Bush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Miliband 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Lineker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pope Benedict XVI 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		French existentialism is an unhelpful philosophy in which to couch modern feminism: born from the ravages of the Second World War, it is a cynical, individualistic school of thought that posits the self and personal choice as the measure of life's entire meaning. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naomi Wolf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity- * * * * * *That is not quickly buzz'd into his ears? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vanity 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The cinema is really built for the big screen and big sound, so that a person can go into another world and have an experience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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				The Platters  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We all should face some failures in life and learn from them. We should accept it and move on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yami Gautam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I hate having to do small talk. I'd rather talk about deep subjects. I'd rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ellen DeGeneres