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		Certainly the automatic Kalashnikov's ease of use and durability make it desirable for all sorts of people up to no good. But rifles are rifles - there are many other choices out there. You see the Kalashnikov almost everywhere there is fighting because there are so many of them.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				C. J. Chivers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jacki Weaver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always surrounded by loving individuals. They couldn't give us riches, but they gave us their stories, their hearts, and their time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patricia Polacco 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Turner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Winslet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yo-Yo Ma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victoria Wood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Davidson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Baldwin Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		About half the people at Valve have run their own companies, so they always have the option not just to take a job at another game company, but to go start their own company. The question you always have to answer is, 'How are we making these people more valuable than they would be elsewhere?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabe Newell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Cormier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				T-Pain