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		I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ellen DeGeneres 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malcolm Gladwell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garry Disher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Quentin Blake 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Money is our madness, our vast collective madness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				D. H. Lawrence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mahershala Ali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carice van Houten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm used to doing my jobs like a couple of photo shoots a month and a bit of presenting here and there, but the majority of my days are with the baby. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abbey Clancy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to write about a woman finding her self-respect, valuing herself, and liking herself again. But what one desperately wants now is to write a proper novel. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate O'Mara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				W. Somerset Maugham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you have been vaccinated for polio, mumps, measles, chicken pox, hepatitis, or rabies, it may be too late for you to stand your ethical ground: You have already benefited from fetal-tissue research. This is, after all, a practice that's been legal since the 1930s. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Katha Pollitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				F. Sionil Jose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zbigniew Brzezinski