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		Have you ever stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai? I'd warmly recommend it. It's super luxurious, and right next door, there's a classic slum. So you can do a quick slum tour and get back to your sanctuary without any inconvenience but with some excellent snaps.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Geoff Dyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I walk into a Best Buy, I now see, right from the front door, a giant Apple logo. I see a giant Samsung logo. I see a giant Microsoft Windows logo. And those are stores within a store. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Mossberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Scott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When the wolf knocked on my door, I refused to get up and answer it because, to me, he was knocking the wrong way. I just lay there, snoring away on stage, fully immersed in my character. My dad turned to my mom and said: 'Dustin Hoffman.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zooey Deschanel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Pelosi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm typically single. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Swift 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Sheehy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		For me, I can't watch violence when it's too grotesque, and it's just like, that's revolting to watch. I don't enjoy it. But when it's a Tarantino film, I'm lining up outside the door to see it, and I'm expecting to see something really crazy, a lot of blood, and for it to be funny. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Taylor-Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Schilling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Nader 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We were poor, my mother and I, living in a world of doom and gloom, pessimism and bitterness, where storms raged and wolves scratched at the door. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Said Sayrafiezadeh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		He who opens a school door, closes a prison. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor Hugo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been pretty lucky with neighbors. But back in 1998, I lived, like, literally next door to Wrigley Field in Chicago. And I had, like, 50,000 bad neighbors spread out over the course of one summer. I'm a diehard Cubs fan, but living right next to the ballpark, it's just - as you're trying to go to sleep, you can just, like, hear urination. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ike Barinholtz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Defoe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Either an ancient cursed Egyptian mummy has come back to life and is trying to kill the people next door, or they're watching a movie. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chuck Palahniuk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the day away. Keep persevering, stick to yourself. Don't do what other people ask, do what you want! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jenna Ushkowitz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Oh, come on, you must know ‘Leave It Black.’ I see a black door and I’m extremely satisfied with how it looks? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Catherynne M. Valente 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		America in its entirety is segregationist and is racist. It's more camouflaged in the north, but it's the same thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm X 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Have you ever stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai? I'd warmly recommend it. It's super luxurious, and right next door, there's a classic slum. So you can do a quick slum tour and get back to your sanctuary without any inconvenience but with some excellent snaps. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Geoff Dyer