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		Kingsley did the same, except he also removed his T-shirt, showing off his broad chest, tan and smooth. When had Kingsley had time to work on his tan? Mimi wondered.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Melissa de la Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Some of my best friends are children. In fact, all my best friends are children. It's almost unbearable for me to realize that my book will be kept on a shelf, out of their reach. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. D. Salinger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Henry Saint Clair Fredericks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabriel Iglesias 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the bookstore. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate DiCamillo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the end, the railroads made America and nanotech will make the 21st century, and that is the end of the story. The beginning of the story and the end of the story. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Felix Dennis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camila Alves 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Very few women manage to have it all; certainly not all at once. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Sheehy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to boarding school in Somerset and loved it so much that my teachers had to make me phone home when I first got there. Whenever I spoke to my mum, at the end of the call I would say, 'Love you, Mum', and she would say, 'Love you the most.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ella McMahon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adlai E. Stevenson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The real influence on my work was reality, that of my country and Latin America in general. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mario Benedetti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frank Gehry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Kingsley did the same, except he also removed his T-shirt, showing off his broad chest, tan and smooth. When had Kingsley had time to work on his tan? Mimi wondered. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Melissa de la Cruz