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		For those searching for something more than just the norm. We lay it all down, including what others call sanity, for just a few moments on waves larger than life. We do this because we know there is still something greater than all of us. Something that inspires us spiritually. We start going down hill, when we stop taking risks.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laird Hamilton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have had issues with depression all my life, and it's probably true to say there was a tendency towards it even when I was very young, during my schooldays. There was often - and this is quite common with comics - a sense of not feeling as if I belonged anywhere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Dee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Aveyard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've given just as much of my life to that, and I practiced it with the same zeal, as I have acting. And I think that many of my skill sets from being a housewife I used for producing. Because you don't stop until it's done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frances McDormand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I keep seeing in the papers that I am good friends with Samantha Cameron. I've never met her in my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Taylor-Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Beach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Harbaugh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Osbourne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Calvin Klein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Caldwell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Umberto Eco 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our Great Lakes, harbors, ports, and rivers provide not only vital resources for us to live, but an entire maritime way of life for so many people. The least we can do is protect it, and the way of life it provides for so many. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Candice S. Miller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Wolfe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As lines, so loves oblique may well Themselves in every angle greet; But ours so truly parallel, Though infinite, can never meet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andrew Marvell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love movie directors. I don't care who it is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brett Ratner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jane Harman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For those searching for something more than just the norm. We lay it all down, including what others call sanity, for just a few moments on waves larger than life. We do this because we know there is still something greater than all of us. Something that inspires us spiritually. We start going down hill, when we stop taking risks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laird Hamilton