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		Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant generals - the flotsam and jetsam of historical currents. The men who radically altered history, the great scientists and mathematicians, are seldom mentioned, if at all.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Martin Gardner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zsa Zsa Gabor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of Swedish crime writers, many of whom are now available in English. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Camilla Lackberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Xavier Rudd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When historians of early America turned from the pursuit of past politics, they devised a category known in the academy as 'social and intellectual history.' In it, they stuffed nearly everything except politics on the assumption, which the anthropologists assured them was correct, that it would all fit together. Somehow it did not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edmund Morgan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am truly at my happiest not when I am writing an aria for an actor or making a grand political or social point. I am at my happiest when I've figured out a fun way for somebody to slip on a banana peel. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Sorkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm just glad Open tennis is here. It's great for the game. That's more important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pancho Gonzales 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Insomnia is a very prevalent issue. It's a women's health issue, and I chose to talk about it because so many people have experienced it to varying degrees. For me, I'm doing great now, but it took a lot of work to figure out how to get back to sleep. I had to change some of my habits. I developed some pretty bad sleep ritual habits. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jenny Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do like my breasts. They're great, so much fun. You can do what you like with them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Denise Van Outen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Working on TV can be quite insular. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matt Bomer 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have a kind of pact. If anything ever bothers us, we don't hold it in for one second. From the first day we met, Jen would just drag me out and start telling me stories about her relationships. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Courteney Cox 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I would like to believe every man is a one-woman man. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ranbir Kapoor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant generals - the flotsam and jetsam of historical currents. The men who radically altered history, the great scientists and mathematicians, are seldom mentioned, if at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Martin Gardner