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		My family were great story-tellers. My mum was one of 12 and they were all fighting to tell stories. You have to tell a good tale or no one is going to listen. You have to make it entertaining and interesting. That's how I learned to tell stories.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Denise Mina 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Koch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've seen women afraid to stretch for things. They avoid opportunities they don't feel qualified for yet. Instead, they should grab risky opportunities that will force them to grow on the job and learn to do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karen Finerman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hari Kondabolu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daisy Fuentes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hal Sparks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hailey Gates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dani Shapiro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Dormer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel McAdams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Graves 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know why, but I'm continually amazed to think that two and a half billion of us around the world are connected to each other through the Internet and that at any point in time more than 30 percent of the world's population can go online to learn, to create and to share. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Kovacs