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		We have to create a range, and we have to let there be possibilities. And basically, by showing there are different types of people, you write down the monolith. You stop having to represent for all black people when you allow there to be different types represented.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dee Rees 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yoko Ono 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Beckinsale 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry Humphries 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you're taking an antidepressant, it's working, and you're not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it's not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don't like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irving Kirsch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Kinison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There should be no censorship of mail. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Deming 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pasquier Quesnel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daley Thompson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nate Ruess 
			 
			
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		I haven't even graduated from high school yet - and I've realised in the last four years, with all the travelling I've done and all of the movies I've made, that the world is my classroom. I've experienced things I don't know you can necessarily get from reading a history book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hailee Steinfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think if you come out to California trying to be an actor, it's pretty hard. There's desperation. A lot of people are desperate, and a lot of people are clueless, including me. It's hard to try to figure it out. I've never told you, but I have head shots that if you saw them... they're so terrible! It's so embarrassing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zach Galifianakis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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				Black Star  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Neville Marriner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I found the most difficult thing when you became successful - when I had the record album, it won Album of the Year - that you were cut off from the source of your material. Your material was everyday people, and you were kind of cut off from that, and you had to work at it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bob Newhart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Don Rickles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have to create a range, and we have to let there be possibilities. And basically, by showing there are different types of people, you write down the monolith. You stop having to represent for all black people when you allow there to be different types represented. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dee Rees