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		There is the "you" that people see and then there is the "rest of you". Take some time and craft a picture of the "rest of you." This could be a drawing, in words, even a song. Just remember that the chances are good it will be full of paradox and contradictions.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brennan Manning 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		You're only as good as your last song. That's something somebody told me, and it's so true. You've just gotta keep putting yourself out there, even promoting 'God Made Girls.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. Jackson Brown, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		We played 'Girl in a Country Song' in front of Scott Borchetta, and he loved it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Madison Marlow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There was this song I was working on called 'Swing.' It was almost finished, but there was something missing, and I couldn't for the life of me figure it out. And then this little piece of information - this little tweet - came to the forefront of my mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Viggo Mortensen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I definitely think being a young girl, there's a time where - like when you're in middle school or when you first start liking boys - you don't really feel comfortable. You remember that time when you first got your period, or when your boobs started coming in, that you were like, 'This is weird.' You have to grow into yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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				Fifth Harmony  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gavrilo Princip 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I slept in van Gogh's bed. I worked in the room where he painted. I saw the place where he was cared for when he cut off his ear. I lived in the jail cell where he stayed. And I looked out the window. You remember that picture of the cornfields through the bars? That was what I saw. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irving Stone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember for my 18th birthday, I was going to get a tattoo, and I made the mistake of thinking I was a man and telling my father, and he was like, 'Oh yeah? You better tattoo a new address on your arm, because you're not living here!' And that was the end of that discussion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Ferrara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bebe Rexha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When I see things that are inspiring, I must write a song about it. Some people make a t-shirt or slap something on a wall with paint, but I must make music and freestyle rap. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Flula Borg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was a privilege to direct the music video for Adele's beautiful, heartbreaking song, 'Hello.' When I first heard it, all the images appeared clearly in my head - and her trust and generosity allowed me to work with abandon artistically and emotionally, like she always does. It made me extremely proud. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Xavier Dolan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I visited the Pentagon a few days after September 11, and I still remember so vividly the smell of terror surrounding the entire building and complex. I was angry that such a brutal act of violence was committed against innocent people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Randy Forbes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was driving home after registration, I heard this song on the radio, a guy singing about not ever going to class in college and always hanging out and singing for his friends. I laughed and said, I can relate, because it was so much like me. I realized right then I would pull out of school and pursue a music career. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kat Edmonson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My personal memories of the brand go way back to the time when I was a teenager. L'Oreal make-up felt like a real luxury for me, and I remember dreaming of purchasing a L'Oreal lipstick. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irina Shayk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was, 'Who are you? I don't know you, and I don't care about how good your car is.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yvonne Strahovski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I have got pictures all around the rooms I sit in. I have got a very mad picture of a dog standing on a black thing on a piece of rope. It was drawn and painted by a Romanian poet who was under house arrest, and it is terrific. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jennifer Johnston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Gratitude makes us feel bursting with delight, just to remember the gifts we have received. Thus we are doubly blessed when we receive something: for the gift itself and later, in recall, for the miracle of having been given it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M. J. Ryan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There was no way to take the story back, folding it neatly into the place I'd kept it all this time. No matter what else happened, from here on out, I would always remember Wes, because with this telling, he'd become part of that story, of my story, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sarah Dessen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Solar energy is bound to be in our future. There's a kind of inevitability about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jim Inhofe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is the "you" that people see and then there is the "rest of you". Take some time and craft a picture of the "rest of you." This could be a drawing, in words, even a song. Just remember that the chances are good it will be full of paradox and contradictions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brennan Manning