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		'We call Jasmine's room 'The Harem,' a sexy place, about which Dan never complained, even though his own possessions, his laptop PC and briefcase, for example, looked crazy in the environment, invasive and overcomplex, like Stealth bombers in SmurfWorld.'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Douglas Coupland 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ike Skelton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Isaac 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Case 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Beckett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samantha Bond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Though I'm not religious in the classical sense I did partake in Passover. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fran Drescher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've known Mark Hughes for half a lifetime. We joined Barcelona in the same summer of 1986, played together under Terry Venables and Luis Aragones, and have kept in touch ever since. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Lineker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orson Scott Card 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If my drug Ragaglitazar had been successful, we would have been getting royalties of thousands of crore rupees every year. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kallam Anji Reddy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Murray 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				S. J. Rozan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Rose was sexy. It was my fantasy about her. She accomplished so much and came from so little in terms of a background that would have prepared her for the world, let alone the world of entertainment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Linda Lavin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nadia Comaneci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frank A. Clark 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I discover real-time news far more often on Facebook than on Google News or a regular Google search. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marvin Ammori 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'We call Jasmine's room 'The Harem,' a sexy place, about which Dan never complained, even though his own possessions, his laptop PC and briefcase, for example, looked crazy in the environment, invasive and overcomplex, like Stealth bombers in SmurfWorld.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Douglas Coupland