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		I never wanted to be a dancer. I was too big, I was too slow. I remember not liking it. Later on, when I came to the United States, I realized I had a skill, and when you come to this country, you realize if you have a skill and a determination, you can do anything.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maksim Chmerkovskiy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vin Scully 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pankaj Mishra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never was a very good singer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jackson Browne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian MacKaye 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manny Montana 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carlos Ponce 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Sheehy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Turner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Since the age of 14, I have littered – excuse me, adorned – the Internet with Taylor Swift analyses. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tavi Gevinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yusef Komunyakaa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I'm attracted to male gestures and sexuality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I sleep with my socks on sometimes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Here's what I'm afraid of. I know a lot of comedians, friends of mine, who just got into the 'Doesn't matter what I say. It doesn't matter. They're just gonna laugh anyway.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patton Oswalt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bobby Knight 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never wanted to be a dancer. I was too big, I was too slow. I remember not liking it. Later on, when I came to the United States, I realized I had a skill, and when you come to this country, you realize if you have a skill and a determination, you can do anything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maksim Chmerkovskiy