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		I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about a different place, if you have a relatable core of humanity, people will go along with it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kumail Nanjiani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that's been taken away in the Western world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Caitlin Doughty 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With the release of her fourth album, 'Red,' in 2012 and a handful of highly publicized romances, Taylor was criticized by the press and other entertainers for such sinful acts as dating people and writing songs about it, gaining a reputation as boy-crazy and love-ridden. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tavi Gevinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iggy Azalea 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Isaac Asimov 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that are presenting it so, you know, people come to know this strange version of a human. It can be pretty weird because people think I'm digging through dumpsters and smell like crap all the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mac DeMarco 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Kirn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		As a young physician in the mid-'80s, caring for people who had contracted H.I.V., I lost two of my patients to suicide at a time when the virus was doing very little harm to them. I have always thought of them as having been killed by a metaphor, by the burden of secrecy and shame associated with the disease. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abraham Verghese 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's 'Jupiter Symphony' is sublime and beautiful?' There are all sorts of things which come at a more lowly level than that - 'How do I know that two plus two equals four?' There are different layers, different types of knowing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				N. T. Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I get to flying open and killing people in the stands, it?s not good. That?s when you know my timing is not right and you can predict I won?t get a hit. That?s when I tell myself to use the whole field. That?s when I?m at my best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Sheffield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our safety and security is more important than ever, and Congress needs to take an active role in enforcing international agreements that support global security. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Delaney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You need to be happy to live, I don't. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Keanu Reeves 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about a different place, if you have a relatable core of humanity, people will go along with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kumail Nanjiani