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		I think we perhaps are, with sleep, where we were with smoking about 50 years ago, in that we had all of the science, and it was right there for the public discussion, but it's not yet adequately sort of percolated out into policy or even just public wisdom.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matthew Walker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Field 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				G. Gordon Liddy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Isaac 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vidya Balan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ulysses S. Grant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Idris Elba 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		After the Egyptian and Indian, the Greek and Roman, the Teuton and Mongolian, the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world, - a world which yields him no self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				W. E. B. Du Bois 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hillary Clinton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions, each of which has some validity. But the economists always speak in conditionals - what a mess. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vicente del Bosque 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts-for support rather than illumination. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andrew Lang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think if companies start reinventing themselves and focus on the customer experience more, they will win out in the end. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alfred Lin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think we perhaps are, with sleep, where we were with smoking about 50 years ago, in that we had all of the science, and it was right there for the public discussion, but it's not yet adequately sort of percolated out into policy or even just public wisdom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matthew Walker