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		There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rainn Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randa Abdel-Fattah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Canfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is not weird for a dad to be doing the dishes, the laundry, and taking the kids to school, and read them stories for bed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach Cregger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gael Garcia Bernal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yann Arthus-Bertrand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I get asked to talk to a group of CEOs or a group of high school students, I pick high school students. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pam Bondi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Felix Dennis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the biographical novel, there's only one person involved. I, the author, spend two to five years becoming the main character. I do that so by the time you get to the bottom of Page 2 or 3, you forget your name, where you live, your profession and the year it is. You become the main character of the book. You live the book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Irving Stone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Florida Scott-Maxwell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was trying to be someone for the first part of high school. I was kind of this nerdy kid who didn't want to be a nerd anymore. Even talking about it, I'm embarrassed. I'm like, 'Ugh, why did you care what people thought?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Garrett Clayton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ira Glass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven't read, that we haven't had the time to read. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Umberto Eco 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cindy Morgan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lara Giddings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I cannot imagine myself fitting into the existing curriculum. I am too self-willed for that and have had my own very definite ideas for a long time, very different from the existing ways, as to how architecture is to be taught. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Gropius 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's tough, but you learn your lesson from all the mistakes you make. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pablo Sandoval 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political issue that is not ultimately personal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charlotte Bunch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rainn Wilson