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		Writers transform: they throw a hand grenade into the notion of reality that people carry around in their heads. That's very dangerous, very destructive, but not to do it means you are satisfied with the status quo - and that's a kind of danger as well, because a kind of violence is already being perpetuated.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Edgar Wideman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jackie Jackson 
			 
			
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		Green, red, and mixed shades of haemins are known. If magnesium is replaced by iron in chlorophyll, green haemins are obtained. Their colour is due to a strong band in the red which is already recognized in chlorophyll. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Otto Heinrich Warburg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Felix Dennis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted McGinley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Caldwell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iris Chang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		By the time I got to Bournemouth Art College, I'd been so inspired by Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez and their tiny, no-budget films that I decided to do a feature-length version of 'Fistful Of Fingers.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had more friends on my hockey team than I did on my soccer team. I might have been better at soccer, to be honest. But I think it was more the friendship, and my family was more of a hockey family than a soccer family, so when I had to make a decision, I tried hockey, and it turned out to be a good decision. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Hagelin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Clowes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paddy Considine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yoshihiko Noda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. W. Howe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		New synthetic substances - steel, concrete, glass - are actively superseding the traditional raw materials of construction. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Gropius 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patty Duke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Millions of people with respiratory diseases have relied on oxygen equipment, delivered to their homes, to help them breathe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charles Duhigg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think our people in Britain have a normative expectation of ethical conduct. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jonathan Sacks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Howard Stern: So, you treat women with respect?Donald Trump: Uh, I can't say that either.Stern: Alright, good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Donald Trump 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writers transform: they throw a hand grenade into the notion of reality that people carry around in their heads. That's very dangerous, very destructive, but not to do it means you are satisfied with the status quo - and that's a kind of danger as well, because a kind of violence is already being perpetuated. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Edgar Wideman