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		As a young man, causes of one kind or another engaged me, and I thought the media is where you express yourself in that. I lived with the illusion, for quite a long time, that if you described something accurately, something would be done about it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jonathan Dimbleby 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jackie Collins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward full European integration. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Igor Luksic 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am meeting Diaspora Jews all the time, and we are developing programmes to prevent distancing. We have a joint history, but we cannot take matters for granted. Israel is home for all of us, and part of the beauty of the country is its social diversity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ofra Strauss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Arguably Apple's least successful core hardware product in decades, the Apple Watch could have been nursed along, like a terminal patient. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Mossberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The go-to reflex all over Hollywood is still likeability. I've always had a problem with it because I think I have a weird barometer in the sense that some of the characters I've cared about the most in movies are characters that are often thought of as despicable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damien Chazelle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I have always been mainstream. It's so weird, because I don't see it as something negative at all. So many people see it as something negative. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Avicii 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iggy Pop 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Shteyngart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Hitler was no inexorable product of a German 'special path', no logical culmination of long-term trends in specifically German culture and ideology. Nor was he a mere 'accident' in the course of German history. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Kershaw 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nate Ruess 
			 
			
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		As a young man, causes of one kind or another engaged me, and I thought the media is where you express yourself in that. I lived with the illusion, for quite a long time, that if you described something accurately, something would be done about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jonathan Dimbleby