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		For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Helen Keller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack London 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a kid, I would come home from school, throw my bag, go out to play. My daughter comes home from school, throws her bag, goes to play, but sitting in front of the computer because their definition of play has changed. They don't go out to play. They play on the computer with their friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Indra Nooyi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Sheridan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Kean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edan Lepucki 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Music evokes a lot of different emotions and triggers different senses. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kaskade 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		There are tons of black girls modeling, and each one is special. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alek Wek 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Darren Criss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's hard to write a song about reality because reality doesn't rhyme. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				CeeLo Green 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can be sexy and feel good in your skin, no matter what size you are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ashley Graham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm always interested to meet my friends' parents, or who they were raised by. Where they grew up, I always find very interesting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Emily Bett Rickards 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it started since I was born, I always had a need to express myself, you know, as a human being, and I found that it felt right when I expressed myself through art, dance, through acting, so it kind of happened naturally. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alex Meraz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There is not a single desirable attribute which, lacking in a plant, may not be bred into it. Choose what improvement you wish in a flower, a fruit, or a tree, and by crossing, selection, cultivation, and persistence you can fix this desirable trait irrevocably. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Luther Burbank 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Mamet 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		TV is obviously so different from film: because it's a never-ending process, it keeps going; you keep receiving new pages. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mads Mikkelsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Art is the expression of a man's life, of his mode of being, of his relations with the universe, since it is, in fact, man's inarticulate answer to the universe's unspoken message. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vernon Lee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Helen Keller