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		A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better that a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Preston Sturges 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. E. Hotchner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Queen Rania of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malala Yousafzai 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bart Stupak 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One can not impede scientific progress. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The retirement timing is always a tricky thing for a dancer. I think it's different for everyone. How you say goodbye to the thing you have really focused on that much is a tough one. I've always intended to leave in good shape, to exit on a high note. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damian Woetzel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. J. Liebling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are all born mad. Some remain so. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samuel Beckett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Gilroy 
			 
			
				Breakfast Club  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What is funny is when you do a futuristic movie, you immediately get to be fashionable because you're creating something that doesn't exist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olivier Theyskens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Valerie Bertinelli