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		When I visited Ireland with my father and heard the people on the farm talking, I couldn't believe the gift of language they had. I felt very untalented.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Patrick Shanley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malcolm McDowell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zig Ziglar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Harrier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				G. Willow Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zac Efron 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zoe Kazan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Flavius Josephus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Cohen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To me, it's weird when people review improv at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack McBrayer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				D. B. Weiss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All the teaching I had ever received had failed to make me apply such intelligence as I was possessed of, directly and vividly: there had never been any sunshine, as regards language, in the earlier grey days of learning, for the sky had always pelted with gerunds and optatives. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. F. Benson