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		Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and ideas? You never even give me a chance.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sarah Dessen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Television is democracy at its ugliest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paddy Chayefsky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. R. Moehringer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I'm not even the runner girl, I'm a hurdler. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Pearson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. D. Souther 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up. Music does that for me more easily. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Caio Fonseca 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				B. B. King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel A. D'Aniello 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Hunt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I tried to hostess... but they fired me after four days because I couldn't figure out how seating plans worked. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Schilling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Flip Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved - Aaliyah, Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yuna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		But I'm also a vegetarian so there's another factor I guess. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Radha Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have come to salvage Elphin's honor and his freedom. Taliesin am I, primary chief bard to Elphin.Primary chief poet Am I to Elphin. And my native country Is the place of the Summer Stars. John the Divine Called me Merlin, But all future kings Shall call me Taliesin. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taliesin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ist es denn wirklich so, dass wir jeden Dreck, der vom Westen kommt, nu kopieren müssen? Ich denke, Genossen, mit der Monotonie des Je-Je-Je, und wie das alles heißt, ja, sollte man doch Schluss machen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Ulbricht 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the key ingredients of coexistence and successful cooperation is trust. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nayef Al-Rodhan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm spending nights just dreaming / And playing the music loud / They're banging on the ceiling / They're praying that I'll soon be out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kim Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Clarice: getting cold feet There's still time!Toni: We can just call everyone and say we're terribly sorry but something came up and we have to leave town!Clarice: ...But what about the five gallons of baba ganoush, and all those tofu pups?Toni: Shit. I forgot. Well, I guess we'll just have to go through with it, then. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alison Bechdel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I have to tell you, I'm a great teacher. Ask anybody who worked for me, except some secretaries who weren't very good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dawn Steel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's difficult to keep that perspective, I think, as a parent: to know your boundaries as to what's good parenting or just projecting your own expectations on your kids. That's the hardest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anthony Charles Edwards 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ken Robinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the current FIDE World Championship, on the knock-out system, weaker players have good chances. Those, who in a long match would practically have no chance, here may creep through. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vladimir Kramnik 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and ideas? You never even give me a chance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sarah Dessen