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		My biggest fear, I think falling from a great height. If I want to keep myself awake at night I imagine I'm on the top of the North or South Tower in 9/11, wondering whether I'm going to be burnt to death or I'm going to jump. And I think I would burn to death. And yet I'm impressed by the fact that hundreds didn't.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mcewan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Isaac Asimov 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Raleigh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Lippmann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being exposed to different production environments in Korea, Japan and the U.S. was a great experience, and each system allows you to quench your thirst in a different way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Doona Bae 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vince Gill 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vera Wang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		You learn so much about yourself as an artist. I never would have thought that I could sing every night, you know? Travel and perform every single night, and travel to another city the next day and do it all over again? You learn a lot of new things about yourself, and you make a lot of connections with people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yuna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. H. Lawrence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randa Abdel-Fattah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court day and night. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold H. Greene 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tammy Blanchard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I just love to dance. Pretty much every night, I'll just turn on the radio in my room and dance like crazy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manika 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		You are only an actor if you absolutely love it and can not do anything else. Starving for your art is great in your 20s, but it's not so great at 35. It has to be absolute love. You can't worry about being a movie star or anything else. Just love. That's it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Avery 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		During one of my annual visits to the great Fred Winter's yard I said to him, 'Good God, Fred, your horses look magnificent. Beautifully fit.' Of course they do, you twit,' he said. 'They don't sit up all night drinking gin and tonic and playing cards.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jeffrey Bernard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The experience of losing a loved one impels us toward a deeper understanding of life. Everyone fears and is saddened by death. That is natural. But by struggling to overcome the pain and sadness that accompanies death, we become sharply aware of the dignity and preciousness of life and develop the compassion to share the sufferings of others as our own. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daisaku Ikeda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cornelius Vanderbilt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Bird Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My biggest fear, I think falling from a great height. If I want to keep myself awake at night I imagine I'm on the top of the North or South Tower in 9/11, wondering whether I'm going to be burnt to death or I'm going to jump. And I think I would burn to death. And yet I'm impressed by the fact that hundreds didn't. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mcewan