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		I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				L.A. Reid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahalia Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kangana Ranaut 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach Galligan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Pausch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know, a lot of people go crazy about 'Breaking Bad,' but I don't like the soap opera aspect of it and only following one character. I like the context to all of it, all the pieces, like 'The Wire.' It's more about the state of things; it's not about the narrative of a person. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gael Garcia Bernal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zig Ziglar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Seattle's not a particularly Jewish city, and I'm not in any way religious. Since I've been here, I've been a fairly productive, even obsessively productive, writer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Shields 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jimmy Carter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Or whatever politically correct spiritual representation of universal goodness you happen to believe in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. J. Palacio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ilya Ilyin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alfred Whitney Griswold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				L.A. Reid