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		When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the family my mother worked for. It was hard being the only one, and I faced a fair amount of racist and classist bullying there.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jesmyn Ward 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Dane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hailey Bieber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		As far as the UFC, if they offer us a fair deal, then we would be open to fighting in the UFC. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M. Ward 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Saina Nehwal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am naturally slim, actually thin. So, for years I have been trying to get some curves. I tried eating food that would increase my weight, but I only ended up putting fat around my stomach. So, now I have made peace with my body. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Don't talk it, walk it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		My family, we're all WASPs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				James Woolsey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Your soul is a seeker, lover and artist; shape-shifting through archetypal energy, between your darkness and fields of light, your body and spirit, your heaven and hell, until you land in the moment of sweet surrender; when you, as a dancer, disappear into the dance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabrielle Roth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are perverse creatures and never satisfied. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nan Fairbrother 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living conditions: no electricity, no running water and, of course, no computer, no phone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Mann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the family my mother worked for. It was hard being the only one, and I faced a fair amount of racist and classist bullying there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jesmyn Ward