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		I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Markus Zusak 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Whitman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I tend to have a lot of jokes about ex-girlfriends. They always ask me if they will be the subject of a joke, and I always tell them they won't. Unless they do something crazy. They all tend to, so you know where that goes. There are no closed doors. The 'art' will suffer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam DeVine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Hicks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Sheehy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Lauren 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ben Harper 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All my films are somewhat experimental, they are all, each one, taking a certain amount of risk, but there's always the basic assumption that we should be able to appreciate the cinema as much with the mind as we can through emotional empathy. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Peter Greenaway 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a street performer, before I had any songs of my own that anybody would stop and put in money for, I would always be doing covers. Even with covers, people wouldn't stop in the beginning. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andy Grammer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Positive criticism is feedback given with the purpose of helping another person to grow and to develop. Negative criticism is intended to hurt and often to defame and to destroy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				L. Lionel Kendrick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For war is never some cosmic accident descending upon a people with all the chance and inevitability of asteroids falling like fire out of the heavens, but only the will and work of man. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Zindell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Markus Zusak