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		You're an island no matter what you do. I think it's very dangerous to use popularity as your identity in life. So you have to really know who you are inside, the core person, and follow what is true rather than follow what is hype.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Donny Osmond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maimonides 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The harder you work, the luckier you get. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Player 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irwin Shaw 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carly Rae Jepsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victoria Pendleton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. W. Howe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fidel Castro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oriana Fallaci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick deWitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a private intellectual, not a public one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nassim Nicholas Taleb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Parker Stevenson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nancy Pearcey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Women should not be forced to accept sexual harassment as the price of admission to a life and career in the political world. They should not have to endure unwanted touching, innuendo, and propositioning from men in positions of power. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. B. Pritzker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People told me, when I was coming through the ranks, that a mark of a great actor is one who deals with the period of unemployment as well as they deal with the period of employment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Claudia Black 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a dad, it's kind of exciting to see that your son follows what you believe in so strongly. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Connie Mack IV 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a lot of people that fought for their country and that's not something to be taken lightly. They gave their life, everything they had, they gave their lives, to give us what we have. That's why I'm so passionate about my beliefs - because someone died. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Luke Scott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life has to be everything. It can't be all sad. It can't be all peaches and cream. Because the lows have you appreciate the highs. And the highs give you perspective on the lows. If it's not everything, it becomes flat or mundane. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sterling K. Brown 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You're an island no matter what you do. I think it's very dangerous to use popularity as your identity in life. So you have to really know who you are inside, the core person, and follow what is true rather than follow what is hype. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Donny Osmond