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		I wrote 'Redefining Realness' because not enough of our stories are being told, and I believe we need stories that reflect us so we don't feel so isolated in our apparent 'difference.'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Janet Mock 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Any mechanism that will ensure benefits to consumer, any mechanism that will ensure that we do not waste food grains, any mechanism that helps the poorest of the poor is a welcome step. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				N. R. Narayana Murthy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not for the most part. I'm not a fan of the regurgitated Pearl Jam and Nickelback crap that's the biggest thing in the Midwest. There isn't that big of a market for rock anymore. Every once in a while something happens and you like it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Hawkins 
			 
			
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		You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Werlin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Bachman 
			 
			
				The Guess Who  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hannah Simone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frances McDormand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bruce Nauman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the 'sunken place' - that term is what I hear when I'm just casually living my life. People say it around me. Not because they're around me; they're saying it because it articulated a state of mind. Lil Wayne's rapped about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Kaluuya 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Thomas Gordon, founder of P.E.T. (Parent Effectiveness Training), observed that when children are behaving in a way that interferes with your ability to meet your needs, shouting direct orders to them doesn't work very well. So, he advised sending I messages. That is, a better alternative to, Your room is a disaster area-clean it up this minute, would be something like, I get embarrassed when Mrs. Johnson is visiting and sees your room looking this messy, so I need you to clean it up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ben Yagoda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm going to make the playoffs. You can believe that. To never play in the playoffs, that will not be my legacy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				LaDainian Tomlinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orlando Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wrote 'Redefining Realness' because not enough of our stories are being told, and I believe we need stories that reflect us so we don't feel so isolated in our apparent 'difference.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Janet Mock