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		People who are obsessed with Jesus live lives that connect them with the poor in some way or another. Obsessed people believe that Jesus talked about money and the poor so often because it was really important to Him.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Francis Chan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Busey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oprah Winfrey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yo-Yo Ma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Upton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As soon as you write about climate change, the first attempt to discredit you is, 'Well, you wrote this on a computer,' or, 'You took a plane to this conference.' So your opinion isn't valid. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naomi Klein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		To be honest, I owned one suit before I filmed 'Mad Men' - the one suit that you have to have as an adult. Outside of that, I never really felt comfortable in a suit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Staton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the reason Buddhism and Western psychology are so compatible is that Western psychology helps to identify the stories and the patterns in our personal lives, but what Buddhist awareness training does is it actually allows the person to develop skills to stay in what's going on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tara Brach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irwin Shaw 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				C. K. Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are, of course, deeply sincere people of religion in different parts of the world who genuinely fight on the side of the poor, but they are usually in conflict with organised religion themselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tariq Ali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think metal and horror definitely go hand in hand. Even when you go to a horror convention and meet the fans, nine out of 10 times if they're not wearing some sort of horror shirt, they're wearing a shirt with a metal band on it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Green 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fantasia Barrino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The X Factor' was the final push I needed to have the presence and confidence on stage, which I didn't have before. It's a crash course in the music industry. If you can survive the show, you're ready for the industry. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fleur East 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot; I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the mental illness arrives. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elizabeth Gilbert 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the hard thing about all these tools is that it takes a fair amount of effort to become proficient. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bill Joy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Lauren 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People who are obsessed with Jesus live lives that connect them with the poor in some way or another. Obsessed people believe that Jesus talked about money and the poor so often because it was really important to Him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Francis Chan