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		And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joanne Rowling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My brother Joseph, who is 14 years older than me, was already on his national military compulsory service when I was 4 years old, the age from which I remember myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Ciechanover 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have an older brother who is an actor as well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mads Mikkelsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sabine Baring-Gould 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Otto von Bismarck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If the world is an objective reality that exists independently of us, then humans themselves, even in their own eyes, are nothing more than objects, and their life stories merely a series of disconnected historical accidents, which they may wonder at, but which they themselves have nothing to do with. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Imre Kertesz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I wrote a script with my brother which ended up, somehow, on the Black List in 2008. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kat Dennings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ville Valo 
			 
			
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		Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Prince 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, my brother started acting before I did. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abigail Breslin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Bennis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My older brother, who was in the Army, now owns his own building company. My half-sister was a nurse and is now a psychotherapist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivia Colman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Field 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's physically hard for me to work. I start to break down, physically. My joints start. I get weepy eyes. I don't sleep well. I was never a hard worker, I guess. So the voiceover work ethic is really great for me - couple days a month, two hours a day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. Jon Benjamin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My older brother, Jake, and I had a bohemian childhood. My parents are deeply unconventional people from the beatnik generation. They weren't married, and I thought that was normal. We called them by their first names. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everyone and his Big Brother wants to log your browsing habits, the better to build a profile of who you are and how you live your life - online and off. Search engine companies offer a benefit in return: more relevant search results. The more they know about you, the better they can tailor information to your needs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barton Gellman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For everyone, 'Star Wars' has been a part of their lives in some capacity. I remember watching it very early on with my cousins and my brother, and we were all cuddled around the VHS player, which sounds very old-fashioned, but that was the way then. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Felicity Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The Bone Season' is violent. There's sex. My little brother keeps asking to read it, and he's 9, so I'm like, 'No, it's not happening.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samantha Shannon