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		Certainly as a kid, I grew up with Batman, Superman, whoever - they didn't need to be black for me to relate to them. But when a character like Cyborg came along, I got excited, because he looked a little bit more like me; his experiences were a little bit more like mine.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Ridley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Parker Harris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Van Halen 
			 
			
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		I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. B. Pritzker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I moved from a mountain with one traffic light to New York City when I was 17, and it was an amazing, eye opening, creative adventure. I would walk through the streets of Manhattan looking up at these huge buildings, amazed that I didn't know a single person in any of them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Boston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vidya Balan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's actually very important to put a little foundation up into your hairline, or else it looks like your face is not yours - like someone just Photoshopped it on! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Palvin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		There is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving. All of us, today, are dying of this misfortune. For violence and hatred dry up the heart itself; the long fight for justice exhausts the love that nevertheless gave birth to it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Albert Camus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and he grew up in Israel. I've been there twice, once as a baby and once when I was 15. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elliott Yamin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother - they all felt pretty passionately about the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, and none of them were suck-ups. What motivates me is usually abuse of power. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alex Gibney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People like Prince don't have to care about anything, but they care because they want music for the future to be great. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rita Ora 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I tell guys all the time, you see me messing up, get at me. I want you to get at me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Draymond Green 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Certainly as a kid, I grew up with Batman, Superman, whoever - they didn't need to be black for me to relate to them. But when a character like Cyborg came along, I got excited, because he looked a little bit more like me; his experiences were a little bit more like mine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Ridley