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		Nowadays, people don't ask you how you are, they say, 'Are you busy?' meaning, 'Are you well?' If someone actually does ask you how you are, the most cheerful answer, of course, is a robust 'Busy!' to which the person will reply 'Good!'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jo Ann Davis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Sheehy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kassie DePaiva 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jazz the way they do rockabilly. But it's the original punk-rock, and it changed the way people looked at music for ever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Imelda May 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had a world of people who were raising me; it was like a little village. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gaby Hoffmann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yuna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tao Lin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Kain 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hal Holbrook 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Feisal Abdul Rauf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians. I mean, only see Asians. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yani Tseng 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My house was a guest house of many Jaina saints, Hindu monks, Sufi mystics, because my grandfather was interested in all of these people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rajneesh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If, to the end of its existence, America harbors white supremacy, I don't know how remarkable that would be. France has dealt with anti-Semitism since its inception. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mae West 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marilyn vos Savant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the sun that is young once only, Time let me play and be Golden in the mercy of his means. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dylan Thomas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'If any of us takes a rest, We'll be arrested sure, And get no restitution 'Cause the rest we must endure.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				L. Frank Baum 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to government for making these changes. I remember a number of guys among these important figures. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anatoly Chubais 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nowadays, people don't ask you how you are, they say, 'Are you busy?' meaning, 'Are you well?' If someone actually does ask you how you are, the most cheerful answer, of course, is a robust 'Busy!' to which the person will reply 'Good!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jo Ann Davis