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		I'm a very physical person. I'm very tactile. I wrestled in college, so a lot of my communication with the world comes through physicality - what I take in and what I put out there.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gbenga Akinnagbe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. G. Ballard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry Brown 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Isolation is a self-defeating dream. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carlos Salinas de Gortari 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody of yourself? I don't think it will be simple. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nate Mendel 
			 
			
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		Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Francia Raisa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Miliband 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Prelutsky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abu Bakar Bashir 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ignatius of Antioch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Katarina Johnson-Thompson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Corcoran 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Grant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		As far as being onstage, commanding presence, I've always looked up to people like Axl Rose and Freddie Mercury and Paul Stanley - the rock gods. I've always wanted to be able to achieve that level of commanding nature onstage and really leading people at a show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andy Biersack 
			 
			
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		I can’t tell someone that their dreams are impossible. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paulo Coelho 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Church's stand on birth control is the most absolutely spiritual of all her stands and with all of us being materialists at heart, there is little wonder that it causes unease. I wish various fathers would quit trying to defend it by saying that the world can support 40 billion. I will rejoice the day when they say: This is right whether we all rot on top of each other or not, dear children, as we certainly may. Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Flannery O'Connor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The sword of Mahomet, and the Coran, are the most stubborn enemies of Civilisation, Liberty, and Truth, which the world has yet known. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				William Muir 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Confidence was never in short supply in my case. If anything, I think I overshot the mark with confidence way too early in my career, and gradually, it's about just getting more humble and wanting to sit down more. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ariel Pink 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a very physical person. I'm very tactile. I wrestled in college, so a lot of my communication with the world comes through physicality - what I take in and what I put out there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gbenga Akinnagbe