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		Surely it is an odd way to spend your life - sitting alone in a room with a pen in your hand, hour after hour, day after day, year after year, struggling to put words on pieces of paper in order to give birth to what does not exist - except in your head. Why on earth would anyone want to do such a thing? The only answer I have ever been able to come up with is: because you have to, because you have no choice.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paul Auster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Commitment and credibility go hand in hand. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zbigniew Brzezinski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can't change the market; the market just is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wayne Rogers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victoria Moran 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Sinise 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. G. Ballard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ursula Burns 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zubin Mehta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Murphy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry Brown 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Watson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love being in a courtroom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		One of the things I've learned in my life is that sometimes you've got to take a chance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Wait for the fruit to fall into your hand. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pam Muñoz Ryan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is no crisis in cinema. There are negative periods. There are times when some films are received well and others aren't. The past teaches us that some films were received badly, while others go sailing on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vittorio De Sica 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. W. Howe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Margaret Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Surely it is an odd way to spend your life - sitting alone in a room with a pen in your hand, hour after hour, day after day, year after year, struggling to put words on pieces of paper in order to give birth to what does not exist - except in your head. Why on earth would anyone want to do such a thing? The only answer I have ever been able to come up with is: because you have to, because you have no choice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paul Auster