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		The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write stories and show people what's in them when they read them, not tell them all about it ahead of time.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kurt Busiek 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yoko Ono 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabourey Sidibe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zooey Deschanel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samira Wiley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naveen Jain 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Isaac Asimov 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him and tell his children, 'Go to college. Get that education - it is so important. Don't do like I did.' I had all this singing on my mind, and I just didn't have time for it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Lynn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor Hugo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a published writer, or to try to become a published writer. It's a very public way to fail. And I was kind of scared, so I started out as a ghost writer, and I wrote for other series, like Disney 'Aladdin' and 'Sweet Valley' and books like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				K. A. Applegate 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our music attracts the people that we rap about and make music about, and they come out and actually do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I like America, and I think probably the American people like me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fernando Alonso 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Either somebody has equal rights, or they don't. And certainly in the Irish constitution, marriage is genderless. There's no mention of a man and a woman. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andrew Hozier-Byrne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's, like, your classic journey from a drama school. I went straight to the three-year acting degree, and I waitressed throughout that to support myself and for the first six months after I graduated. Then I started to get commercials here and there, and then I got a couple of roles in Australia and then a more regular role on a TV series. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yvonne Strahovski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What I find very attractive, what I find sexual, are people who are unapologetic for who they are and comfortable with themselves. And I think with those two things sexual energy does come out because you're not hovering or censoring yourself, you're just being who you are. And being who you are is a very attractive quality in a person. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Katherine Moennig 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's not that complicated. If you hear something and it makes you want to hear it again, that's the ticket. You have to be lucky enough to find geniuses, welcome them and get out of their way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jerry Moss 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write stories and show people what's in them when they read them, not tell them all about it ahead of time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kurt Busiek