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		My brother was an improviser. He's now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in high school, and one of the funniest guys I know to this day.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jake Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Haile Selassie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne Dyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abigail Disney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yitzhak Rabin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rand Paul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Buffett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamora Pierce 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Humphries 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I recently read an article on how I was dropped from a film because I couldn't dance! It was so ridiculous that I decided to shut up about it. Let people say what they want to. It's such a waste of time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kajal Aggarwal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madonna 
			 
			
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		I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Murphy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Ellison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David K. Shipler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't like staying in hotels. I like to be in my own bed. San Diego as a city is really awesome. The only hard part of it for me is that I'm away from my family and my house. But as far as shooting down there, we get amazing locations, and the crew is really, really stellar down there. They are really fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kristen Bell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The reality is institutions that invest in high growth have offices globally and talk across offices. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Danny Rimer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in school, I was always good at writing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jay IDK 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My brother was an improviser. He's now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in high school, and one of the funniest guys I know to this day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jake Johnson