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		If you've grown up with guns, the thought that someone might take them away makes your stomach churn. They make you feel safe. If you didn't grow up with guns, if you don't know how to use them, then the thought that someone else has them makes your stomach churn.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Philipp Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I have got the best of both worlds; growing up in Edinburgh and now living outside Glasgow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Magnus Magnusson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up, until age 6, in Chicago. My parents rented their apartment and, at the end of the Depression, my parents wanted to replicate that situation. So, again, we lived in a somewhat suburban setting outside of New York City, and again, they rented. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund Phelps 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Langston Hughes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. H. Davies 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every day, you get up, and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abagail Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naturi Naughton 
			 
			
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		I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nate Berkus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katarina Johnson-Thompson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes I know a joke I'm going to yell out ahead of time, but most of the time it's stream of conscious. You never really know it until you've got everyone dressed up, the set is built, all the extras are here. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam McKay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ha-Joon Chang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yair Lapid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm really kind of boring - I'd rather go to bed early and get up early because I really value my time off, my time away from work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mandy Moore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Matt Kemp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am sorry Chris is late this morning. I could make something up about an appointment or a sickness, but the fact is that we woke up late. Go figure Best, Brother of Toph. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dave Eggers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, being part of the WTA tour is a privilege. Every day I wake up, it's a privilege to be able to go outside and do what I love. It's a privilege to be able to make my own hours, even though they're long, but I make them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Venus Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There were no good bands in my town. You know, there's like this magic town where every kid started a band in high school, and half of them were good and have careers based on relationships built at that time? That wasn't what my life was like at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Arthur Ashin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you've grown up with guns, the thought that someone might take them away makes your stomach churn. They make you feel safe. If you didn't grow up with guns, if you don't know how to use them, then the thought that someone else has them makes your stomach churn. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Philipp Meyer