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		I write R-rated action dramas, and every year that goes by, that gets to be a smaller and smaller world you have to work in. You have to think of how to get the studio excited and sell them something.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brian Helgeland 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Kruger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fay Godwin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabrielle Giffords 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Haile Gebrselassie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Annenberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What people are looking for are candidates and representatives that are going to work hard, tell it like it is. I'm unafraid to do things when it doesn't poll well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Hasner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If the perpetrators of the World Trade Center plane crashes had a nuclear weapon, there's no doubt in my mind but that they would've detonated it in New York. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Turner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The great apologist has to have lived large and wild. If he's going to kiss the world's boo-boos and make up, he'd better plant some bruises first. A master apologizer has to be a Lord Byron, a Rick in Casablanca, a Lee Atwater, anyway. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Danson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fabrizio Moreira 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think Star City should have Unesco World Heritage status. It will need to be adapted a little bit and made more glamorous than it looks now, but it should definitely be protected for the future. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Valentina Tereshkova 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Day-Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I grew up believing that my parents helped change the world. I was so in awe of them, and I wondered how I could measure up. I mean, how do you change the world - again? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tananarive Due 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edmund Phelps 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Xavier Rudd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We tried every single way of giving birth. It didn't work. I wasn't too crazy about having to do a C-section and take all the drugs. Finally, I just had to be like, 'Let it go.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Camila Alves 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Umberto Eco 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Felix Adler