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		Help, and you will make a huge impact in the life of the street, the town, the country and our planet. If only one out of four of each one hundred of you choose to help on any given day, in any given cause, incredible things will happen in the world you live in.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tom Hanks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Qandeel Baloch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tea Leoni 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into the artist that I am, so - for people to actually hear that come through the music is exciting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				La'Porsha Renae 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The View' was so much fun. So much fun because the audience was 85-percent fans that wanted to be there celebrating 'One Life to Live' and the other 15 percent were crew members from 'One Life to Live'. It was just really, really wonderful and the clips were wonderful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kassie DePaiva 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Communication isn't just directing a guy on what to do: it's passing the information along to the guy that's next to you, and that's where we make the calls come to life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Quinn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The accidents of my life have given me the ability to make stories in which different parts of the world are brought together, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes in conflict, and sometimes both - usually both. The difficulty in these stories is that if you write about everywhere you can end up writing about nowhere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		People ask what I really did in the three years between 'The Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Love.' I spent it with my family, living a normal home life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Bush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abbas Kiarostami 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My father's music gives hope to people and also inspires them to break the bonds of injustice and to be positive in life. I've seen that everywhere I go, especially in poor countries and poor neighborhoods. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ziggy Marley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dag Hammarskjold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents taught me about the importance of qualities like kindness, respect, and honesty, and I realize how central values like these have been to me throughout my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Middleton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most people go to ashrams or retreats to destress and rejuvenate themselves. But I come back to my roots, the place where I spent half my life. And when I return, I spend time in the farms, eating a stalk of sugarcane, driving a tractor, and chilling with childhood friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nawazuddin Siddiqui 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Queen Latifah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I was always performing and entertaining people. I'd go to see live theatre or a movie, and I'd become the main character for a few days afterwards. I loved being somebody new for a temporary amount of time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natasha Calis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Satan is a tool of God's love in the sense that he forces us to see God's loving patience.' - Answers to 200 of Life's most Probing Questions 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pat Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We promised the Iraqi people freedom, democracy, security and a new and far better life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Anthony Zinni 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I work on a TV show I love, I have the opportunity to do movies with actors I respect, and I’m in love with the man I want to spend the rest of my life with, who pushes me and excites me...There’s this fighter in me that kind of needs to be put to rest a little bit. I don’t need to be so tough to protect myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		America has many cultures which makes it great, but it's difficult to create one strong identity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lidia Bastianich 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want a cheeseburger so badly, but I have to be a vampire in a few weeks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kristen Stewart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many people believe the whole catastrophe is the oil we spill, but that gets diluted and eventually disarmed over time. In fact, the oil we don't spill, the oil we collect, refine and use, produces CO2 and other gases that don't get diluted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Safina 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had one of the most outdoorsy childhoods you could imagine. I basically lived in the woods until I was 13. My dad and I built a huge treehouse in our backyard in Chesterfield, about 30 feet in the air. And we'd vacation on an island in Michigan, where I hunted a deer that we ate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabriel Basso 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe it is within our capacity that by the year 2051 that 51 percent of the human population will be flourishing. That is my charge. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Martin Seligman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Help, and you will make a huge impact in the life of the street, the town, the country and our planet. If only one out of four of each one hundred of you choose to help on any given day, in any given cause, incredible things will happen in the world you live in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tom Hanks