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		In our sensible zeal to keep religion from dominating our politics, we have created a political and legal culture that presses the religiously faithful to be other than themselves, to act publicly, and sometimes privately as well, as though their faith does not matter to them.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Stephen Carter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rafael Nadal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zac Brown Band 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It's like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Larson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I stopped watching horror movies after I watched 'Candyman' when I was – I don't know, fifteen or something. I remember my sister rented it, 'Candyman,' and it really, really scared me. And so it was only after I found myself in a horror film that I really went back and kind of rediscovered the genre. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fiona Dourif 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iggy Azalea 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Life is one big love story with hundreds of little love stories within it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ram Charan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A song in a musical works best when a character has to sing - when words won't do the trick anymore. The same idea applies to a long speech in a play or a movie or on television. You want to force the character out of a conversational pattern. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Sorkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harlan Coben 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mako 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Colonialism subdues in many dulcet guises. It conquered under the pretext of spreading Christianity, civilization, law and order, to make the world safe for democracy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. Sionil Jose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to use a sharp knife: the sharper the knife, the more fluid and precise your work and the less likely you are to get hurt. Dull knives are a danger - they slip far more often. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Simmons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William Hague 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, my party views don't advance my narrative. Until I can find a way to write political satire like my idols Christopher Buckley or P.J. O'Rourke, I'll simply say what team I play for and leave it at that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jen Lancaster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always loved Louisiana and particularly New Orleans, and I think a lot of people when they travel there, think they're home there - there are just so many spirits, it's so rich in culture. It's steeped in a true spirit of individuality that makes this country. It's the oldest part of our story, in a way. And being in that climate, it was really conducive to letting our imaginations soar. I found it to be the true inspiration. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Scarlett Johansson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of stories, and then people clamour for you to make speeches and tell them what you think about the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. M. Coetzee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I’m obsessed by nature, I’m obsessed by the British countryside and I’m obsessed by the National Trust. Nature, Architecture and beauty all rolled into one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				George Clarke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In our sensible zeal to keep religion from dominating our politics, we have created a political and legal culture that presses the religiously faithful to be other than themselves, to act publicly, and sometimes privately as well, as though their faith does not matter to them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Stephen Carter