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What really resonated with my students, I think, is that most of the writers we worked with were journalists, and when they saw journalists simply raising questions and being put in jail for that, it did freak them out a little bit.

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• My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.

  

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• The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.

  

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• My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.

  

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• I adore 'The Chipmunks.'

  

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• The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

  

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• I don't know if you realize, but I use the word 'Fuck,' so that I can think of other stuff.

  

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• You find little ways to keep your mind at peace so that you can, at the end of the day, do the most important thing, which is do a good job.

  

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• I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.

  

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• I use the name and the thought very, very easily as a sort of comfort - as a kind of comfort, in some way. And in that way, it's just like having a friend, I suppose.

  

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• What really resonated with my students, I think, is that most of the writers we worked with were journalists, and when they saw journalists simply raising questions and being put in jail for that, it did freak them out a little bit.

  

  Adam Braver
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