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		Just as the apparent openness of rectitude will have its hidden places where foul things moulder in the dark, so, in the shadowed lives of those outside the law may sometimes be found concealed honesty and naive ideals.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William McIlvanney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Ashmore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. A. Salvatore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orlando Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a mixture of a country boy and a town boy, really. Chichester is a town on the coast of England, and I grew up all along that strip of coast that Chichester branches out into. Sometimes I was living in a house in the country, and sometimes I was living in a town. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Speleers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes you should just put down the computer, the phone, and walk away. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Handel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Huey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bebe Rexha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Dekker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depends where your taste buds are at the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Francesca Annis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes there's cities where it's just hard to find healthy food. You just have to be prepared. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Bryan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ice Cube 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The European girls, like the Russians, tend to stick together, but there's never any rivalry. Sometimes there's a little bit of tension with the older girls because they might feel a little threatened by the younger models, but it's not between personalities. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abbey Lee Kershaw 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joanne Rowling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you just... it's just the same with anything; when you write a piece you just figure, 'Oh yeah, I'm on a roll here. This is good; I'm getting the hang of this'. Some pieces are better than others. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paul McCartney 
			 
			
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		A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patricia Neal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joanna Lumley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eric Hobsbawm 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Just as the apparent openness of rectitude will have its hidden places where foul things moulder in the dark, so, in the shadowed lives of those outside the law may sometimes be found concealed honesty and naive ideals. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William McIlvanney