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		On a foggy, steel gray Saturday in September 2002, Bennet Omalu arrived at the Allegheny County coroner's office and got his assignment for the day: Perform an autopsy on the body of Mike Webster, a professional football player.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jeanne Marie Laskas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		When I was growing up, skateboarding was big and basketball was big. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vince Staples 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dallas Roberts 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		You gotta understand, you can't look at no pictures and look at the media and the critics and what they saying on no Internet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dalai Lama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I first started making music, I was all about wordplay and how fast I could rap, but over the years, I've really gained an appreciation for melody. What's cool is that when you're singing, you have to be concise, and when you're rapping, you have the opportunity to be really detailed with your lyrics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				K. Flay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pat Metheny 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Alston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kapil Dev 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Dangermond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lauren Lee Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Oftentimes, you read these pilot scripts that come through for American work, and they don't sing to you. I've got to be honest, not many of them ignite the flame or give you that burning feeling of, 'Oh, God, I really want to be a part of this.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Antony Starr 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the issues in electronics is that we work only in two scales - transistors and collections of transistors - and that's the device. But to take full advantage of nano, we're going to have to think about that full hierarchy of levels of structure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				George M. Whitesides 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Wildflowers don't care where they grow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dolly Parton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On a foggy, steel gray Saturday in September 2002, Bennet Omalu arrived at the Allegheny County coroner's office and got his assignment for the day: Perform an autopsy on the body of Mike Webster, a professional football player. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jeanne Marie Laskas