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		I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Hyde Pierce 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Valentina Zelyaeva 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irv Kupcinet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It does make me sad that there's a lot of great songs out there, and they're not going to see the light of day because they're competing with these tailgate songs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zac Brown Band 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carlisle Floyd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Becky Lynch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the public doesn't trust us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Yates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Felice Picano 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tatiana Maslany 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Heughan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fareed Zakaria 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				B. Carroll Reece 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wallace Stevens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Although among heretics and schismatics there is the same Baptism, nevertheless, the remission of sins is not operative among them because of the very rottenness of discord and wickedness of dissension ... Baptism was in them, but it did not profit them outside the Church ... Outside the Church, Baptism works death because of discord. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Saint Augustine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sushi is one of my favorite foods. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dylan Penn 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		All wisdom does not reside in Delhi. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. Chidambaram 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Hyde Pierce