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		Memoirs have dominated the literary scene now for ten or 20 or even 30 years: most of them seem to use the conventions of fiction and it's astonishing how in so many of these books people seem to be able to remember conversations that took place when they were five years old and give three pages of coherent dialogue, which is utterly impossible.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paul Auster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Nader 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tamara Ecclestone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. Bartlett Giamatti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's so inspiring to be around other people who have ideas you haven't thought of, and all of a sudden you're like, 'Wow! That's so amazing!' I definitely want everything I do to just get better and better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Banks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's pretty strange because you have images of people in your head when you left, then you just think they're going to be the same when you come back, like time freezes. I have sisters and from the ages of 11 to 13 - it's a big change for girls. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		The Party leader at the time, Jiang Zemin, wanted to show the world China's new status. And in winning the bid, the leaders could show the people how strong the government was. Plus, the leadership wanted to use the Olympics to strengthen nationalist sentiment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Liu Xiaobo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Viewers all over the world, my prayer partners, whatever situation you are in, be delivered in the mighty name of Jesus Christ! Those who wait upon the LORD shall be delivered! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				T. B. Joshua 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I were to believe in a god l would believe in gods. I think monotheism is the really ghastly thing. That is the absolutely staggering to me misapprehension. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Stephen Fry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are two worldviews in thriller writing: the paranoid view, like Chuck Logan's, that everything is inside a large clockwork. I like those books; they're intricate and thought out, but my view is that everything is chaotic and stupid. Chaos reigns, and civilized people do what they can to hold it back. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Sandford 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Memoirs have dominated the literary scene now for ten or 20 or even 30 years: most of them seem to use the conventions of fiction and it's astonishing how in so many of these books people seem to be able to remember conversations that took place when they were five years old and give three pages of coherent dialogue, which is utterly impossible. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paul Auster