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		Spring came down hard that year. And I do mean hard, like the fist of some drunken pike poker with too much fury and not enough ale, whose wife just left him for some wandering minstrel and whose commanding officer absconded with his pay.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alex Bledsoe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We know that if you just were to take the drugs that you were supposed to take for diabetes or hypertension, just take it, as opposed to not take it, we could save $7,000, $3,000 per patient per year. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Soon-Shiong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Here's the thing: I left Ion Storm and Eidos in the spring of 2004 frankly because I felt out of place at that company. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Spector 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maddie Hasson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I go out there and train as hard as anybody else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natalie du Toit 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maggie Gallagher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My dad likes to recite the story of 'Pablo the Donkey' before dinner to teach us the real meaning of Christmas. Every year, it's the same; every year, we cringe! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mallory Jansen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I auditioned for this agency. I got an advertisement first, and then something else, which I got fired from. It was soul-destroying. And then the next thing I got, I thought was going to be my big break, and they cut the role. It was only the year that I started auditioning for 'Star Wars' when I really started getting roles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daisy Ridley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I finally finished the 'Two Suns' tour, which went on for quite a long time, I felt like a bit of a husk. And I remember thinking, 'I need to spend some time in one place, and just be at home.' So I guess the first year of that three and a half years was spent just trying to kind of get back to normal again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bat for Lashes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. If anything, we should be extending the school year. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wish somebody would have told me, 'Don't try too hard,' because when I was younger I wanted to try really hard. I wanted to please everybody and be this perfect, polite little girl. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Spreitler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that we all stand on the dartboard of life. Roughly 30,000 people a year are going to catch a dart labeled pancreatic cancer, and that's unfortunate. It's not what I would have chosen. But I in no way feel like I deserved it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Pausch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is nothing deeper than to work for a year with the same artist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hans-Ulrich Obrist 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive like a wildflower when these favour, and when they do not, it is in vain to look for it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William Wordsworth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The roofs are shining from the rain,
The sparrows twitter as they fly,
And with a windy April grace
The little clouds go by.
Yet the back yards are bare and brown
With only one unchanging tree-
I could not be so sure of Spring
Save that it sings in me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sara Teasdale 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Caffeine is hard on an empty system, so I try not to do it unless it's to get my heart rate up. If you drink caffeine 15 minutes before the workout, it can make it more effective. So I'll do tea or coffee after breakfast. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anna Kaiser 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Store windows are like landing pages on the website. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Angela Ahrendts 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		No man can prove upon awakening that he is the man who he thinks went to bed the night before, or that anything that he recollects is anything other than a convincing dream. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. Buckminster Fuller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Spring came down hard that year. And I do mean hard, like the fist of some drunken pike poker with too much fury and not enough ale, whose wife just left him for some wandering minstrel and whose commanding officer absconded with his pay. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alex Bledsoe