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		Very seldom do I write words and have somebody put the music to them. If I'm writing lyric and music at the same time, I usually finish the music rather quickly.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paul Williams 
			 
			
				The Temptations  
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. G. Wodehouse 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cara Delevingne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idina Menzel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can't win if you don't play as a unit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Parker Posey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Salmansohn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malin Akerman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like excess. And giant M&M's. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ira Glass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wallace Shawn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the tech world, you can reel off great products in several ways. You can have the once-in-a-lifetime gut instincts of a Steve Jobs. You can have the brainiac coding skills of a Bill Gates, Larry Page, or Sergey Brin. Or, I learned, you can have the deep intellectual curiosity and stubbornness of a Jeff Bezos. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Mossberg