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		My first Ramones show was at a small club in Columbus, Ohio, in 1978. It was a transformative experience, even though my memories are a little blurry, since someone kicked me in the head halfway through the show, probably during 'Beat on the Brat.'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Pelosi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small - panto being a sort of English phenomenon. There's traditionally a part of the show where they'll invite kids up on the stage to interact with the show. I was too young to remember this, but my dad says that I was running up onstage before they even asked us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Stevens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think polo players are at their best in their 30s. You've got the talent and the experience. You play with your head - you learn to lose and how to win. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Facundo Pieres 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		College was where I got to actually experience the difference between black and white. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ilyasah Shabazz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. L. Konigsburg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madison Smartt Bell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to the more sort of synthetic lives that we've been living. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen O 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I realised I had to work in something creative, but with a business and global element. And that I had to do it while I was still young and had an appetite for risk. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Imran Amed 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a reason that there are oodles of young Aussies, Germans, Japanese, even Chinese backpackers traipsing around the world. They are unencumbered by debilitating student loans. No such luck for the American Theater Arts major with $120,000 in loans. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. Maarten Troost 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Eternity is absence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Emil Cioran 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		It would have been a wonderful wedding - had it not been mine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Erma Bombeck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My first Ramones show was at a small club in Columbus, Ohio, in 1978. It was a transformative experience, even though my memories are a little blurry, since someone kicked me in the head halfway through the show, probably during 'Beat on the Brat.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Derf