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		My name is growing all the time, and I’ve lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. R. R. Tolkien 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual information, organizing it into a more hierarchical way, a more economical way. When you see something, if you draw often and frequently, you examine a room very differently. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vik Muniz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Bauer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				N. T. Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Handel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund Burke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. B. Sweeney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		'Somnia' is a story about loss and, I guess, what you're willing to do to have closure and try and feel whole again. It's a story of redemption in a sense. I don't want to give too much away, but it's a heartbreaking story that's incredibly terrifying. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katee Sackhoff 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andrei Codrescu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Hagen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm still totally going out and sleeping on people's floors so I can play a house show and give away music. Of course I would. That's how I started. All that sort of stuff reminds you to stay true to the essence of what art is about. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Geoff Rickly 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My name is growing all the time, and I’ve lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. R. R. Tolkien