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		Michael [Marcus] taught me one thing that was incredibly important... He taught me that you could make a million dollars. He showed me that if you applied yourself, great things could happen. It is very easy to miss the point that you really can do it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bruce Kovner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Summitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. Sionil Jose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathalie Sarraute 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand anything,' and everyone is right. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gaby Hoffmann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jaclyn Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Candice Swanepoel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Taylor-Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olly Murs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I can't play the part. They say, 'Oh, we love Halle, we just don't want to go black with this part.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Halle Berry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valerie Jarrett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For an actor, you're rejected eight or ten times a day. All you've got to sell is yourself. You're not selling products, they're not turning down a car, they're turning you down. Most people can't handle that. Most people are essentially not set up that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Corbin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Metheny 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Jesus said, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.' I think if he lived nowadays, instead of 'kingdom,' he would have said, 'dimension.' And 'heaven' refers to a sense of vastness or spaciousness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eckhart Tolle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our region's economy was built upon their entrepreneurial spirit, and our economy still depends on the continued success of the enterprises they have worked so hard to create. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Doc Hastings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze - a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For a young player, the most important thing is to play. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nemanja Matic 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William Penn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Michael [Marcus] taught me one thing that was incredibly important... He taught me that you could make a million dollars. He showed me that if you applied yourself, great things could happen. It is very easy to miss the point that you really can do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bruce Kovner