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		The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Whitman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I had no expectations of white people at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Ehrenreich 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yo-Yo Ma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dana Boente 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Scott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then the United Kingdom, and now even Germany have no qualms about going far beyond their borders to strike at the enemies of their countries. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Palaniappan Chidambaram 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Whitesell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olga Kurylenko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian K. Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Isaac Hanson 
			 
			
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		That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wanda Sykes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		It took me a while to learn that certain people may have important skills that are not always blazingly apparent. Gradually I came to realize - slow as I may have been - that what mattered was performance, that sometimes people might have to be helped to develop, and that it takes all kinds to make an organization run properly. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katharine Graham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Leo Durocher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kim Edwards 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Your subconscious is your best friend 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				V. Vale 
			 
			
				Blue Cheer  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		God is letting me shine, because I've got a good heart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				ASAP Rocky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Whitman