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		I love Manchester. I always have, ever since I was a kid, and I go back as much as I can. Manchester's my spiritual home. I've been in London for 22 years now but Manchester's the only other place, I think, in the country that I could live.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Platten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. B. Yehoshua 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vincent Cassel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pankaj Mishra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natalie Portman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Lautner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If I want to tuck my son into bed and read him a story, but that means I have to take a red-eye to get to a concert - which I would never think of doing otherwise - that's just the way it is. Even if I can't hit the note that night, I got to tuck my child in! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idina Menzel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fatos Nano 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a machine man, and I head a machine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harry Bridges 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Aveyard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Make your life about you, and once you build up yourself first, then you can focus on boys. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kat Graham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life on a factory farm is well-nigh unbearable for the animals or birds, and it is often foul for the women and men who process the meat that results - especially in factories for chicken parts. But do not sentimentalize. Do not imagine barnyard life is a bowl of cherries. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Hacking 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bob Kane 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		There have been plenty of times when I've been a total dick like everybody else, you know, I mean I wanted to be a little rock'n'roller, and I was, and it was great. I had a to-do list of like 'Thou shalt wear sunglasses indoors at all times.' Done. 'Thou shalt take drugs and have a great time.' Done. 'Thou shalt crash a big car into a wall.' Done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Johnny Marr 
			 
			
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		It means a lot to everyone around me that I look good, and I don't think it should have to. I just think I should look the way I do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tove Lo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love Manchester. I always have, ever since I was a kid, and I go back as much as I can. Manchester's my spiritual home. I've been in London for 22 years now but Manchester's the only other place, I think, in the country that I could live. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Simm