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		Plenty of people out there think of me as the Antichrist or the devil incarnate because I do not affirm the literal patterns of the Bible. But the fact is I can no more abandon the literal patterns than I could fly to the moon. I just go beyond them.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Shelby Spong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Griffiths 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mao Zedong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talking about is - if you give people what they want, how they want it and when they want it, they're more likely to pay for it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dana Brunetti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't like to just talk about nothing, or less than nothing. If it's something interesting, I'm fine with it, but, 'Hey, Zack, how is your day?' People ask that, and somebody actually tells them what happened in their day? I don't have any real interest in that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zack Greinke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lajos Kossuth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind of public assistance. People were working, doing some kind of job that was useful to the community. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Redmayne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sal Albanese 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our music attracts the people that we rap about and make music about, and they come out and actually do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samantha Morton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In a free society, we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we're civilized people, we publicly criticize that, and don't belong to those groups or don't associate with those people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rand Paul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of our lives. We relax so totally that people believe the most ludicrous propositions, and are willing to organize their lives around them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Harris