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		The whole student loan thing drives me completely nuts. If it wasn't possible for 18-year-olds to sign themselves up for tens of thousands of dollars in debt in order to pay their college bills, the state governments wouldn't have found it so politically easy to cut taxpayer support for public colleges and universities.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Collins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I'm not going to break up my family, not for a book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mallory Ortberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Latifah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I haven't always been confident. I actually suffered with low self-esteem growing up. Eventually, I got to a point where I was just like, 'OK, this is taking too much energy.' After that, I started accepting myself for who I was, and I was like, whoever is not going to accept it, they weren't really meant to be in my life in that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				La'Porsha Renae 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harlan Coben 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you support amnesty, you should vote for the Democrats. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hamza Yusuf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted people to see that I really am a real person. I'm not just some guy who was on a TV show, some guy engulfed in the Hollywood life. I'm just a normal guy when it comes down to it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Scotty McCreery 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Inga Muscio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oswald Chambers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are a lot of self-imposed restrictions by people who somehow believe they have to fall in with a certain military cant. There was always a sense that we had to put things into words that would touch our troops' hearts, not just their heads. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Mattis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The whole student loan thing drives me completely nuts. If it wasn't possible for 18-year-olds to sign themselves up for tens of thousands of dollars in debt in order to pay their college bills, the state governments wouldn't have found it so politically easy to cut taxpayer support for public colleges and universities. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Collins