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		There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Drew Barrymore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of religion, faith, tradition - and even God - have consistently been proven wrong. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hamza Yusuf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you built television sets, you have all this test equipment. And you'd have all these lines and squares on the screen to test it. So it occurred to me that it might be fun for people to control the lines and squares on the screen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Baer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Anderson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kary Mullis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I sing, people shut up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbra Streisand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Cusk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harriet Walter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randi Weingarten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zhang Yimou 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Latifah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Vedder 
			 
			
				Pearl Jam  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				B. F. Skinner