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		For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions. For me it's like bindweed. It grows with no encouragement at all, under any conditions, and just strangles everything else.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Scarlett Thomas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rafael Nadal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yehuda Amichai 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Macnee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be who you are and be that well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saint Francis de Sales 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naomie Harris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Weber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Musical theater is one of my passions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kara Swisher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maggie Q 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Growing up, I always wanted to sing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damian McGinty 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Said Nursi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Coffin