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		Most of the bands that I really like no longer exist. That might just be because I'm in my thirties or whatever. But I also think it's the rare band that doesn't, like, turn into something else.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Babatunde Adebimpe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The nice thing about writing at home is that it's almost as though I'm doing it already. I get out of bed thinking of my work, and I don't have to go anywhere to do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick deWitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, because it's beyond that. It is the very sense of being, or presence, that is there when you become conscious of the present moment. In essence, you and what we call the present moment are, at the deepest level, one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eckhart Tolle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randall Munroe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cam Newton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We've gone too far in thinking we can re-create an American democratic paradise in the Middle East. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rand Paul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mandy Moore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Januszkiewicz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a child during the Lebanese civil war, and I remember Israeli bombardments. So growing up, my view of Israel was completely negative. I'm not coming from a neutral place, but with time, I've had to re-examine my thinking. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ziad Doueiri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know. I just want the hugs, the kisses. A kiss! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian McLagan 
			 
			
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		'I want to say it again, and again, and again: Islam is not a religion, it's a political system meant on - bent on world domination, not a religion. It masquerades as a religion, but the religion covers a worldwide attempt to exercise power and to subjugate the world into their way of thinking.' 10 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Besides, isn't there something in the book of rules about a man may not marry his cousin? Or am I thinking of grandmothers? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. G. Wodehouse 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a so-called swing band played something melodic and still gave it a beat. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Artie Shaw