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		Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting their perspectives so as to share their experiences. This allows us to enjoy fictional events that would shock and sadden us in real life.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paul Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackie Robinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Levin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dana Carvey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Danson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Football is losing its heart and sense of humour. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Lineker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackson Browne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Acting is like a sporting match; a tennis game, but no one should win or lose. The game's the thing! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jon Polito 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All my life I've prayed the Lord's Prayer, but I've never prayed, 'Give me this day my daily bread.' It is always, 'Give us this day our daily bread.' Bread and life are shared realities. They do not happen in isolation. Civilization is an unnatural act. We have to make it happen, you and I, together with all the other strangers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bill Moyers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I actually find it really hard to deal with people looking up to me or being interested in wanting a picture. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				George Ezra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know what I would have done without acting. I officially fell into it around age 6 in a class play that reimagined 'The Ugly Duckling.' My joy in performing was so boundless, you would have thought I'd just won a Tony. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ari Graynor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting their perspectives so as to share their experiences. This allows us to enjoy fictional events that would shock and sadden us in real life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paul Bloom