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		For me, the motivation really was to work with Al Pacino. To me, that seemed like an incredible opportunity, just a learning opportunity because I thought so highly of him.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karen Allen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My motivation is my desire to help people. If people want to have children and cannot in the normal way, and I can do something about it, then I will do so. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Panayiotis Zavos 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fabrizio Moreira 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oliver Tambo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Day-Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. W. Howe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All the teaching I had ever received had failed to make me apply such intelligence as I was possessed of, directly and vividly: there had never been any sunshine, as regards language, in the earlier grey days of learning, for the sky had always pelted with gerunds and optatives. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. F. Benson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I do not follow the rules of fashion, and I don't like to be considered a man of the world of fashion. I like to call it the 'style industry' because we try to work on taste. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lapo Elkann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Levin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, if the words are good on the page, the rest of it comes from spending some time with the script, and not like you're learning lines but absorbing what the script has to offer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. K. Simmons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't work with Sia every day; it depends what we do, whether we do performances or music videos, so the schedule is weird, but when we're off, we always try to see each other in between. We just hang out; we went to brunch one time, but for the most part I go to her house, and we eat and watch TV. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maddie Ziegler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People make me key chains... someone attached a Dauntless symbol to a silver pen. That one is what I use to sign books. I use that a lot. I like to keep them around because they remind me that people are waiting for these books and that they really love them. It gives me motivation in those times when I'm not feeling very motivated. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Veronica Roth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus; but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karen Armstrong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		First time that I cried at a work of art was at a drum solo that I saw. A drummer named Winard Harper, part of the Billy Taylor Trio, gave back in - I would have been in high school - 2005 or something. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damien Chazelle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Leland Ryken 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished friends offer me this, and the occasional singer or film-maker or artist. But my most reliable sources of electricity are Henry David Thoreau, Shakespeare, Melville and Emily Dickinson. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pico Iyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Wake me up when I'm a size 5. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Cathy Guisewite 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know, life is long. My shooting career is long. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matt Emmons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, the motivation really was to work with Al Pacino. To me, that seemed like an incredible opportunity, just a learning opportunity because I thought so highly of him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karen Allen