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		Effective self-government cannot succeed unless the people are immersed in a steady, robust, unimpeded, and uncensored flow of opinion and reporting which are continuously subjected to critique, rebuttal, and reexamination.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William O. Douglas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mackenzie King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach Anner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malese Jow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hannah Arendt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Linney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Skrein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maggie Rowe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fiona Dourif 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a picture there that people realize that, we stop helping Israel, we lose God's hand, and we're in big time trouble. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Webster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've led a charmed life. I've known people who have been depressed, and I've never had that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Earl Hamner, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				V. E. Schwab 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		People find the humor in life all the time. And you have to in order to make it through real life. Like, some things are tragic, but you have to laugh. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jason Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in a very Christian household. We went to church every Sunday whether I wanted to or not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tracy Lawrence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Youssou N'Dour 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kenneth Rexroth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ann Marie Buerkle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Effective self-government cannot succeed unless the people are immersed in a steady, robust, unimpeded, and uncensored flow of opinion and reporting which are continuously subjected to critique, rebuttal, and reexamination. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William O. Douglas