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		Interesting theory. Has anyone ever tried sticking a sword in Voldemort? Maybe the Ministry should put some people onto that, instead of wasting their time stripping down Deluminators or covering up breakouts from Azkaban.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joanne Rowling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ice Cube 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 percent as far as my income and tax bracket. But now that I'm here, there's no amount of money you can wave in front of my face that will make me understand depriving people of human rights. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Halsey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manmohan Singh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lao Tzu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Myhrvold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I learned the importance of being confident. I think that at the end of the day, it's not so much about what you look like - it's really about the way that you feel. That resonates with people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivia Culpo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Augusten Burroughs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The symbol of all art is the Prism. The goal is unrealism. The method is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism, into the secret glories which it contains. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				e. e. cummings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine Albright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fidel Castro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Morrissey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Interesting theory. Has anyone ever tried sticking a sword in Voldemort? Maybe the Ministry should put some people onto that, instead of wasting their time stripping down Deluminators or covering up breakouts from Azkaban. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joanne Rowling