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		My mother was a courageous woman, and she had such tremendous love for life. She loved the natural world. She would wake us up in the middle of the night to go look at the moon. When I was a teenager, this was a source of great frustration because I wanted to sleep.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maya Soetoro-Ng 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The true character of ministry is a servants heart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Warner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabriel Macht 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I always wanted to be a writer. Maybe, had I been brought up in another generation, I might have just gone into writing rather than medicine - which is not to say that I didn't also have a great attraction towards the idea of being a healer. Fortunately, I've been able to combine the two in ways I could never possibly have imagined. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Irvin D. Yalom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Pendleton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. Kelly 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Talib Kweli 
			 
			
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		By five or six, when the heels start to hurt, I kick off my shoes and walk bare feet. But that's not a big deal. Nobody else is at the office at that time, and as for singing loudly, I don't sing loudly. I might hum a tune at times when I am thinking about something, but that's all fine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Indra Nooyi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karlie Kloss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zooey Deschanel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fedor Emelianenko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Ramirez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Sanders 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Calvin Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Padma Lakshmi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As I slowly managed to take what I had learned into a transition from contestant to announcer and warm-up, I first had to prove myself on pilots. And as you know, many pilots are taped for each show that is lucky enough to breakthrough to being a series. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy West 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons, so that's it - the shop has closed, even though I would have loved a daughter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Toni Braxton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Lucy: I don't understand men. Nettie: What is there to understand? If you feed 'em regular-like and give 'em a bit of 'sugar' now and then, they're easy enough. And if they don't behave, you just toss 'em out on their arses. That's what I always say. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sabrina Jeffries 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother was a courageous woman, and she had such tremendous love for life. She loved the natural world. She would wake us up in the middle of the night to go look at the moon. When I was a teenager, this was a source of great frustration because I wanted to sleep. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maya Soetoro-Ng