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		I think we're really hungry for family in America, especially when I feel like people are really pulled apart from their families. So, we were interested in the idea of what the extreme version of that would be.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Micucci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damian McGinty 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Mendes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't need expensive classes and all kinds of weird equipment if you really want to be in shape. There are great ways to do it that are very economical, it just takes a time commitment, even if it means waking up a half hour a day before the rest of the household gets up because that's the only time you have. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Padma Lakshmi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Canfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Boxer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pankaj Patel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Koenig 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. H. Wyman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samuel Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize that it is actually not freedom at all when our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues do not share these basic rights. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Antonoff 
			 
			
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		All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Kerouac 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ben Bernanke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Do not underestimate what you specific conventional, nor covetousness others. He who envies others does not terra firma organization of intellect. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gautama Buddha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our responsibility is to rally and lead the whole party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, take up this historic baton and continue working hard for the great renewal of the Chinese nation, so that we will stand rock firm in the family of nations and make fresh and greater contribution to mankind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Xi Jinping 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My office-hour reading is fairly ad hoc: I generally read whatever seems relevant to what I'm editing, writing, or thinking about writing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bret Stephens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Serj Tankian 
			 
			
				System Of A Down  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think we're really hungry for family in America, especially when I feel like people are really pulled apart from their families. So, we were interested in the idea of what the extreme version of that would be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zal Batmanglij