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		When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tom Hanks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Dourdan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sachin Tendulkar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Mann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Florence Welch 
			 
			
				Florence and the Machine  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malala Yousafzai 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack White 
			 
			
				The White Stripes  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				K. A. Applegate 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackson Katz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being gay immediately placed me outside the values of the society I was growing up in. Apartheid was a very patriarchal system, so its assumptions seemed foreign to me from the outset. I've always had the advantage of alienation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damon Galgut 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nadia Comaneci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The European Union and its member states continue and will continue, as the nuclear deal is implemented, to have open channels with Iran. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Federica Mogherini 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nancy Pelosi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People can't stand it when you deal with issues of race and class, and also sometimes the church, and you give a perspective that flushes out hypocrisy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jose Padilha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been through a lot of moments when other people thought Bitcoin was going to implode, and in those instances, I generally have seen through inaccurate coverage of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olaf Carlson-Wee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to college education, and that meant we had more engineers and we had more scientists and that meant we had better technology, which meant that we were more productive and we could succeed in the global marketplace. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tom Hanks