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		I believe in originality, primarily. However, it's important to know what there has been before to aim in that direction. Art history informs us. It informs our mind. I like to look at books, exhibitions, paintings, as a computer, subconsciously taking on information.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Philip Treacy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Taylor-Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ban Ki-moon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frances McDormand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edith Wharton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Venerable Bede 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		When I started researching the eco effects of eating meat, I'd assumed, for no good reason, that environmental irresponsibility would correspond to both animal size and deliciousness: Eating cows would be worst, eating pigs would be a bit less bad, and eating chickens would be basically harmless. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ben Dolnick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Elliott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jonathan Sacks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To go from politics to news, at least the subject matter is the same, even if the view is different. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jerry Springer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe in originality, primarily. However, it's important to know what there has been before to aim in that direction. Art history informs us. It informs our mind. I like to look at books, exhibitions, paintings, as a computer, subconsciously taking on information. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Philip Treacy