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		The problem is there are so many stories out there where I can pull that superhero out, put any other superhero in, and the story works the same. For me, that's broken. I have to write a story that no one else but Aquaman or Shazam can be in, and as soon as you pull that character out and out someone else in, it doesn't work.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Wyly 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Gibson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's like a painter with various layers of paint. I start with a drum loop and add keyboards, and then melodies start to take shape. The vocals happen later. I've never really done therapy before, but it's a form of therapy. Everything else falls away. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		If the sun comes up, I have a chance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Venus Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Creativity is a mansion. If you're empty in one room, all you have to do is go out into the hallway and enter another room that's full. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				F. Gary Gray 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
				Gail Devers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samantha Morton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's hard to tell why something touches a zeitgeist and when that same show doesn't in other places. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dana Walden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Goleman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This business is about working. It's really not about glamour. For me, the most glamorous thing about it is to b able to get on stage and perform my music for people. That's the privilege. And that's what all the work leads up to, and that's why it's worth it to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Debbie Gibson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This is the real unwritten rule: You don't want what you know you shouldn't. And I haven't just broken that rule. I have wrecked it, smashed it, and still... And still I want. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elizabeth Scott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The problem is there are so many stories out there where I can pull that superhero out, put any other superhero in, and the story works the same. For me, that's broken. I have to write a story that no one else but Aquaman or Shazam can be in, and as soon as you pull that character out and out someone else in, it doesn't work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Geoff Johns