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		Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the most media success, sold lots of records and played bigger shows, I had the least control of my own life.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matthew Sweet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Begley, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Heughan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Lencioni 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. S. Byatt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Carter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tammy Blanchard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		When I was in high school, I started getting into Japanese wrestling. For me to watch those matches, I had to order VHS tapes through catalogues, and these tapes were, like, $20 each. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Bryan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nazanin Boniadi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mads Mikkelsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Baltasar Kormakur 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damon Galgut 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed O'Brien 
			 
			
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		Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of desire. Social psychologists say we get trapped on a hedonic treadmill. What they all mean is that we wish, plan and work for things that we think will make us happy, but when we finally get them, we aren't nearly as happy as we thought we'd be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alison Gopnik 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For John Wilkes Booth, sweeping, grand gestures were a way of life. It was how he navigated his way through this world. The bigger and bolder, the better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jesse Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Why do we complain about the Fall? It is not on its account that we were expelled from Paradise, but on account of the Tree of Life, lest we might eat of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Franz Kafka 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the most media success, sold lots of records and played bigger shows, I had the least control of my own life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matthew Sweet