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		There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count. We are still the illegal aliens of the literary world.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sandra Cisneros 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The connection I make with being young and growing up is, like, the feeling of not being crushed by the world. Having an idea, thinking you can do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Antonoff 
			 
			
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		I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabrielle Giffords 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Emberley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oliver Ellsworth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beau Willimon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The ultimate vision is to instate in the Muslim world the notion of multiculturalism, which is part of our heritage and history, part of the fundamental, mainstream ideals of Islam. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Feisal Abdul Rauf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Olson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hans Rosling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orhan Pamuk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Armstrong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think every Muslim woman has to feel the world out for herself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				G. Willow Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We're in a period of revolutionary change. I'm optimistic. One's self changes, and then the world changes. It's going to begin internally, not externally. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Esquivel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		With every inch of land on Earth now catalogued by our satellites, the stars are the next place we as a species must travel. And with a booming world population that will hit 9.1 billion in 2050, large-scale space travel may become a necessity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ben Parr 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise all those whose guilt, malice, or folly has made them my foes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Otis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Women have to control their fertility for 30 years. Thirty years is a long time not to make mistakes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katha Pollitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Faith is cold as ice.Why are little ones born only to sufferfor the want of immunity, or a bowl of rice?Well, who would hold a price on the heads of the innocent childrenif there's some immortal power to control the dice? - Roll The Bones (1991) 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Neil Peart 
			 
			
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		I think, probably, my best asset would probably be my all round game. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katie Taylor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count. We are still the illegal aliens of the literary world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sandra Cisneros