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		The denial with which many African leaders and communities greeted the appearance of HIV and AIDS across the continent in the 1990s is now considered a tragic mistake rather than a purposeful pushback against lingering colonial prejudice.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Uzodinma Iweala 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else, usurping what is not their own by setting themselves up as judges in their own cause when the rightful judge is their superior. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saint Ignatius 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Famke Janssen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Ricketts 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Baruch Spinoza 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Wilkinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We're still leaderless. We still don't have strong organizations that are fighting for us; there isn't a national AIDS organization out there worth squat in my opinion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Kramer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Pater 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Raj Kapoor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Arthur Daniel Miller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Women have their own strengths, like fashion. In technology, we can contribute in a big way in terms of the design of the user interface. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Weili Dai 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the past, a writer had to go outside and get to know others before learning about their work, but the Internet has made humanity more accessible for misanthropes like me. I read blogs, tweets, Facebook posts and Reddit threads where people detail their jobs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor LaValle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I live on my phone: I have a bunch of news and informational apps on there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Ellis