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		My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it. And I think it's because she was an immigrant and that idea of sort of having her kids be able to have access to their dreams and whatever they wanted to follow was very important to her.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Terry Gross 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If God wants to take my left arm, that's OK, as long as I can walk and play with my kids. I'm a lot improved. I was worse than this after the accident. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manute Bol 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bart Starr 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. B. Smoove 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When kids look at broccoli, they call it 'little trees,' because they see it not just for the word 'broccoli.' They see it for what it looks like, the image. We, as adults, forget to think like that. We forget to think figuratively and have to be reminded. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natasha Trethewey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Jaeger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Usher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cal Ripken, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been having this really weird anxiety dream about arriving too late or too early, and the people in charge are like, 'You have to leave! You have to go back to the hotel and get ready!' And I use the wrong exit, and I'm running down the red carpet in pyjamas, like, 'No! Don't look at me!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Florence Welch 
			 
			
				Florence and the Machine  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I should be married and have 19 kids. And now I'm thinking my eggs are dying on the shelf. They're going to go past their expiration date. But it's what I chose, so I'm fine with that decision. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Momsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When we talk about dystopias, especially in young adult fiction, a lot of them are essentially science fictional futures. They aren't necessarily tied to the traditional concept of dystopia. And so in that space, my impression is that kids love reading about weird, wild, adventurous places, and dystopia fits that bill. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paolo Bacigalupi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Benjamin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Well, I've read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says, 'live people ignore the strange and unusual. I, myself, am strange and unusual. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beetlejuice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Brine shrimp were not overly talkative, squirrels failed to make significant headway in the fields of technology and mathematics, and seagulls were clearly unburdened by reason, feeling, or remorse. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Catherynne M. Valente 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode it to the greatest extent possible. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine M. Kunin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you put a man and a woman together, there are some things they simply have to do. They embrace, they warm each other. All the rest is dead and empty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ugo Betti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes eight chains go together really well, depending on the length - how short they are, how small they are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Big Sean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it. And I think it's because she was an immigrant and that idea of sort of having her kids be able to have access to their dreams and whatever they wanted to follow was very important to her. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Terry Gross