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		To be completely honest, I think if I hadn't been bullied into the band, I would have been happier as an art student. I would have been happier in a Brian Eno world.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pete Townshend 
			 
			
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		I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vince Vaughn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Readers want to have the confidence that you understand the era in which the book is set, so for 'The Perfumer's Secret,' I needed to know everything about the First World War from a French perspective. I had to understand those people and that town in 1914. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fiona McIntosh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beau Willimon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Bird Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso. There is art everywhere, murals on the walls. It's beautiful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carlos Slim 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Sorkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The fashion world is so interesting because it's always changing, but if you know yourself really well, despite of all the changes in the fashion trends, you know how to stay true to yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yuna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maggie Nelson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sure, we've had our fair share of ups and downs, but I don't know if we've had more than any other rock band... we just have a way of getting ourselves into hot water. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Houston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had a blast on tour with Little Big Town. We got to play some beautiful rooms around the country - some really amazing old theaters. And it was just cool to see a band that's been together for so long. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kacey Musgraves 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abu Bakar Bashir