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		Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Burdett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Wilkinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abigail Adams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wendy Kopp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I hear theists and atheists pontificating on how they know God does or does not exist, I can only smile at the irrationality and, yes, vanity of the notion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vincent Bugliosi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kaskade 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election Day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bret Stephens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fortunately, I never had to do the waiter thing. When I got out of college, I immediately started to teach acting. One of the first jobs I had was in a federally-funded program where I taught drama to young people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bill Nunn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This script, it seems to me, is the work of professionals who yearned to be as charming as inspired amateurs can sometimes be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kurt Vonnegut 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
				Charles B. Rangel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Burdett