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		My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Sergeant Wise 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barton Gellman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pardis Sabeti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivier Martinez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Q-Tip 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zosia Mamet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Cusk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tao Lin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. J. Abrams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Bell Bundy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Christensen