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		There's a stage where you're desperate to get a job, and you're waving your hands in a sea of nothingness, going, 'Please, please, please! I'm over here - give me a job!'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Joel Edgerton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Ride 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in Haifa and enjoyed the wonderful beaches and Mount Carmel that rolls into the Mediterranean Sea. From my early days at home, I remember a strong encouragement to study. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Ciechanover 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Quisenberry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fay Godwin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Do men drop out of college because they get someone pregnant? Do they quit their job if they get someone pregnant? No. And we do not require men to support women they have made pregnant. Once the baby is born, there can be child support. Before that, though, no. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Katha Pollitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		An interesting insight into the ruthlessness of studio executives: I was having a conversation with Alex Gansa, a creator of 'Homeland,' and I said, 'So you guys must have seen 'Life' and liked me in it, right? That's the most recent thing I've done over here.' And he went, 'No, Damian. You actually nearly didn't get the job because of 'Life.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damian Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My first modeling job in Paris, the photographer said, 'Tue es belle,' which means, 'you are pretty,' and I thought he said, 'Tu es poubelle,' which means, 'you are the trash can.' I burst into tears. He was not happy about that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Nichols 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ideal government would be a very boring job - it would be a matter of organizing a lot of utilities and keeping the wires together and the power plant and all that kind of stuff. It's not a matter of telling people how to live, it's a matter of making it pleasant for them to live. Government should be in the position of distributing food, stuff like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Researchers warn us against walking out on married life without a dang good reason. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ariel Gore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Denial is a very powerful thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jane Velez-Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's tough to write beautifully about ugly things, but Mitchell S. Jackson makes it look easy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor LaValle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a stage where you're desperate to get a job, and you're waving your hands in a sea of nothingness, going, 'Please, please, please! I'm over here - give me a job!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Joel Edgerton