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		When I lost my father, I thought I learned about grief and transition. However, nobody tells you what it's like to lose your mother. They don't tell you that you're going to feel like an orphan at whatever age you are as an adult.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sandra Cisneros 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Ehrenreich 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Campbell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think a great athlete transcends eras. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Jenkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Kemp 
			 
			
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		There is no question that knowing someone in the business will get you in the door. But it is your skill that will keep you in the room. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vic Mignogna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Zoe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garry Trudeau 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses. I love the process of writing and, if I allowed myself, I would write far too much every day. One weakness which I've struggled to overcome is my tendency to having my characters ruminate for pages. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Dean Myers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ferdinand Mount 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know there are lots of positives in the evolution of technology, but I also think it will be responsible for the end of a unique character, of a specific kind of geographical culture. The world is getting so small, and mass production is getting so big. Everything is in danger of becoming the same. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Marling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On Monday I come in and get in a full body workout, and then I come back in on Wednesday and do a quick six, which consists of bench press, biceps and triceps curls, pull downs, something for the back and the neck. And then you come back and hit it again on Friday with a 16-machine workout. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				LaMarr Woodley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		We are in a technological age, and 'Social Music' aims to reflect that spirit of advancement, collaboration and connectivity while still remaining 'human.' And Stay Human, then, is a reminder of what connects us all. It's our mantra. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jon Batiste 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life is ruthless, and its bestowal of fortune arbitrary and capricious. I'd been born to morons, and mine was a shabby life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M. J. Hyland 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Having a blank slate is sometimes as daunting as it is exciting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jan Hammer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was clear, for example, in 1988 that the political process had already become perilously remote from the electorate it was meant to represent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Joan Didion 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I lost my father, I thought I learned about grief and transition. However, nobody tells you what it's like to lose your mother. They don't tell you that you're going to feel like an orphan at whatever age you are as an adult. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sandra Cisneros