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		My fellow Americans, from the battlefield to the capitals of our allies and friends and partners, the free peoples of the world look to America as the last best hope for peace and for liberty for all humankind, for we are the greatest country on this planet.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John R. Allen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming, you don't need to know. You could just write and discover where you're going. And it's a great deal of fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Mosley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ramez Naam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jacki Weaver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think people appreciate honesty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naftali Bennett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne Thiebaud 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Val Kilmer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		To make a long story short, there's nothing like having a boss walk in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Doris Lilly 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to be read, and I certainly want to sell, but I also see my father's eye from Heaven: 'Always write quality. It doesn't matter if you sell; if it's good, it's good - if you capture the complexity of life.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Lagercrantz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fred Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The American Justice Department has left us with no choice. Our lawyers say that if we don't register as a foreign agent, the director of our company in America could be arrested, and the accounts of the company could be seized. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Margarita Simonyan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I come from a very la-ti-da East Coast intellectual family - or so they think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alexandra Wentworth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My fellow Americans, from the battlefield to the capitals of our allies and friends and partners, the free peoples of the world look to America as the last best hope for peace and for liberty for all humankind, for we are the greatest country on this planet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John R. Allen