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		You start to fall in love with characters as you work with them, and anytime that you care about your characters and you realize that you're gonna have to kill them, that fear creeps in. It's sad. It's scary, and it's also sad. Because you like these people.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Drew Goddard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Kinney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zoe Saldana 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		After high school, I went to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point for a year, and I studied musical theatre. By that point, I was like, 'This is what I want to do.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Osnes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Umera Ahmad 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gavin Hood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				G-Eazy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irving Berlin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Saint Augustine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mae Jemison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Neville 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nawal El Saadawi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Lady writer on the TVShe had all the brains and the beauty.The picture does not fitYou talked to me when you felt like it.Just the way that her hair fell down around her faceThen I recall my fall from graceAnother time, another place. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mark Knopfler 
			 
			
				Dire Straits  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I get paid to work; I don't pay to work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carmen Kass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elmer Bernstein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Suchet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You start to fall in love with characters as you work with them, and anytime that you care about your characters and you realize that you're gonna have to kill them, that fear creeps in. It's sad. It's scary, and it's also sad. Because you like these people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Drew Goddard