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		It was obvious there would be no return to 'normality.' The economy wouldn't be coming back. Globalism was over. The politicians and generals were failing to pull things together at the center. We would not be returning to Boston. The computer industry, in which so many hopes had been vested, was fading into history.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				James Howard Kunstler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patricia Schroeder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Calista Flockhart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Van Halen 
			 
			
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		I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Huang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Florence King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pat Toomey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Corcoran 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our leaders are acting like lemmings. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Herer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vanessa Diffenbaugh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Davidson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jennifer Granholm 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel I am privileged to express a hope. The hope is this: that we shall have peace throughout the world: that we shall abolish wars, and settle all international differences at the conference table: that we shall abolish all atom and hydrogen bombs, before they abolish us first. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Charlie Chaplin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rita Ora 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It’s a marvelous thing, the ocean. For some reason when two people sit together looking out at it, they stop caring whether they talk or stay silent. You never get tired of watching it. And no matter how rough the waves get, you’re never bothered by the noise the water makes by the commotion of the surface - it never seems too loud, or too wild. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Banana Yoshimoto 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I honestly find it easier to dance about in heels than I do to walk down the street in them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alison Goldfrapp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was obvious there would be no return to 'normality.' The economy wouldn't be coming back. Globalism was over. The politicians and generals were failing to pull things together at the center. We would not be returning to Boston. The computer industry, in which so many hopes had been vested, was fading into history. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				James Howard Kunstler