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		Not everybody has to be a parent. In fact, in an overpopulated world where our resources are shrinking, it would be wonderful if people who didn't want children felt free to say so. In the 1970s, there was more tolerance for the idea that not everybody needs to be a biological parent.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Erica Jong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ramez Naam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karrie Webb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carine Roitfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				L'Wren Scott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nassim Nicholas Taleb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fay Vincent 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karl Kraus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Caleb Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the reasons I've never done intensive psychotherapy or any of that stuff is that if there's anything in me that needs fixing, I want to know that I can rely on my own intuition to fix it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Winslet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm happy I have fans; obviously, they're such great people. When I'm on Twitter and Facebook, they say such nice things that I really appreciate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dakota Goyo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have a lot of fun writing for artists, but I'm learning to apply that fun to myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Dew 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not so much a shoe or bag person as jewelry, and I think it's because jewelry is like candy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dylan Lauren 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		He who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Max Stirner 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		If people like us, our life is good. If somebody doesn't like us, our whole life is tanked. That happens at your job, especially in church ministry. It seems like everybody's your boss sometimes. You're trying to keep everybody happy and pretty soon you realize you're filling yourself up with other people's opinions of you. That's a dangerous place to live. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mark Hall 
			 
			
				Casting Crowns  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Not everybody has to be a parent. In fact, in an overpopulated world where our resources are shrinking, it would be wonderful if people who didn't want children felt free to say so. In the 1970s, there was more tolerance for the idea that not everybody needs to be a biological parent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Erica Jong