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		If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose love would follow me still, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were drowned in the deepest sea, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose tears would come down to me, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rudyard Kipling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Sklar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to write about a woman finding her self-respect, valuing herself, and liking herself again. But what one desperately wants now is to write a proper novel. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate O'Mara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whereas recessive traits require two bad copies of a gene to become noticeable, a dominant trait expresses itself no matter what the other copy does. A benign example of dominance: If you inherit one gene for sticky wet earwax and one gene for dry earwax, the sticky earwax gene wins out every time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Kean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Canfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Wilkinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not somebody who gets teared up or anything, but I still look up at the stars, and it gives me hope, and it gives me energy. I think one of the things that we have to think about it is, we are all a part of this universe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mae Jemison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wanda Sykes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Cartwright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Koch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kalpana Chawla 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. A. Pennebaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The reality is our story and the way we love and our taste in clothing and everything else. And what we ambitiously feel we can be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Omari Hardwick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The friends we have, these are choices that - unlike family, which we have no choice in, and I love my family, thank God - we've given ourselves, to some degree. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Gilroy 
			 
			
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		Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				V. S. Naipaul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I haven't shaken my fists at the moon. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Dury 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be yourself. You're okay. And it really doesn't matter what other people think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Schilling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I get massive invective, massive abuse, via email, phone messages, and Twitter. From people way, way to the right of center - scary, abusive kind of stuff. Really freaks out my assistant and my wife. Hate-filled. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Austan Goolsbee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is a wide world out there, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth and the latter makes the journey tolerable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. A. Salvatore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ursula K. Le Guin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		God uses whoever he wants. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dyan Cannon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I sat in rooms with middle-aged white men, I heard them speaking like young black men in America. They had been solidly middle class for the majority of their working careers, but now they were feeling angry, disaffected, and in some cases, they actually had tears in their eyes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lynn Nottage 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose love would follow me still, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were drowned in the deepest sea, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose tears would come down to me, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rudyard Kipling