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		The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder, the dry mouth and vacant eye, the hot palms and the churn of stomach high up under the rib cage.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Steinbeck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Scores of armed antigovernment groups, some of them far more radical, have formed or been revived during the Obama years, according to law-enforcement agencies and outside watchdogs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barton Gellman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Varley O'Connor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Cormier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Frazier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Najib Razak 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Valerie Plame 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ferguson Jenkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry Wall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dale Carnegie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor LaValle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Frances Beinecke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mamie Gummer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Oldman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class secret lives of Turks. The other side is interested in history and class and gender, trying to get all of society in a very realistic way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orhan Pamuk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Fleming 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Neville 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Florence King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		A good impression is sort of a juxtaposition of disparate elements. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate McKinnon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really cringe at the sight of pattypan squash. So pretty and cute and having no taste or exciting texture. Dull. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alex Guarnaschelli 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For families, for parents that don't want to feed their kids GMOs, in the private marketplace there has grown up an abundant market. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maya Lin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's like I've experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who's a single parent and struggling with money and things like that. It's really hard. And it brings a lot of other insecurities in life and a lot of other issues in life, in school and a bunch of other things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fefe Dobson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder, the dry mouth and vacant eye, the hot palms and the churn of stomach high up under the rib cage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Steinbeck