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		I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes, downing vodka and sobbing uncontrollably. "We can't heal you at Evergreen", the very somber voiceover said. "But we can help you to heal yourself." It had become our own running joke, applicable to almost anything. "Hey Cass, "I'd say, "hand me that toothpaste." "Caitlin," she'd say, her voice dark and serious. "I can't hand you the toothpaste. But I CAN help you hand the toothpaste to yourself.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sarah Dessen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Studies by several different researchers have shown that the number of lies we're told each day is anywhere from 20 - 200. To many, that will seem shockingly high. Yet it isn't, in light of humans being ill-suited to detect lies. The average human can detect a lie only 54% of the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pamela Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vikas Swarup 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Do you honestly think that if Senator Santorum becomes president, we're going to get rid of contraceptives? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Foster Friess 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Fleming 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Kane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				M. Stanton Evans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valerie Bertinelli 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's usually one piece in 'Vanity Fair' every month that grabs me, but when it presents hatchet jobs without substantiation to impress its liberal friends, I laugh first, then toss. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Jenkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sundays are for Dim Sum. While the rest of America goes to church, Sunday School, or NFL games, you can find Chinese people eating Cantonese food. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Huang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The people who despise America are the editors of the 'New Statesman.' Their green-card applications must have been turned down. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sarah Palin is an heir to the women's movement. She has not been constrained by gender. At no point in her life has she thought, 'I can't do that because I'm a woman.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Collins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Maitland 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		'Ali' offers stunning re-creations of bouts Ali fought. In the second Liston fight, the auditorium is underlighted and clouded with fetid cigar smoke, which was why the famous picture of a snarling Ali standing over Liston was so dramatic; indoor arenas are now bright enough to be spotted from Alpha Centauri. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elvis Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't be afraid to go up to the hot girl on the beach. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charlotte McKinney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pablo Sandoval 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm wired differently. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Goldberg 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Donne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes, downing vodka and sobbing uncontrollably. "We can't heal you at Evergreen", the very somber voiceover said. "But we can help you to heal yourself." It had become our own running joke, applicable to almost anything. "Hey Cass, "I'd say, "hand me that toothpaste." "Caitlin," she'd say, her voice dark and serious. "I can't hand you the toothpaste. But I CAN help you hand the toothpaste to yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sarah Dessen