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		The western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we've seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tommy Franks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hamilton Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world is not with me, but I don't care. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Iris Apfel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno... I think he's one of the best hunting dogs in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Nugent 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In 1994, after four years of talking about travel on my first show, I realized I knew so little about the world - I knew so little about myself. I decided to quit my job and pursue a postgraduate degree in New York. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yang Lan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My spirit is as strong as ever. I'm still fighting to make the world a safer place, and you can, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabrielle Giffords 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Who would have ever thought that, within a couple months of getting into the WWE, that I'd be wrestling in the main event for the world championship? Then, nine months after getting here, actually being the world champion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A.J. Styles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Any time you make more than a couple of friends at an event, I think that you actually made no friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naveen Jain 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Parker Posey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders in the world, they're followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hanoi Hannah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think when I was 12, I started reading Evelyn Waugh, and I loved Evelyn Waugh so much, and I thought: 'This is how the world really is. If I could be Evelyn Waugh, then I would be happy.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Candace Bushnell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I think one purpose is very clear among corporations and business leaders: make profits, deliver high return for stockholders, conquer markets, service consumers and create jobs. But in today's world, demands from corporations and leaders are much more than that. We need to understand what people really want at the very end. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vicente Fox 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love the 1,500 meters. I knew that, if I had to do it to win, I'd run under 4:05. That means I could pick up 100 points, maybe even 150 points, on anybody in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Caitlyn Jenner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everything in America is so stratified by class now. We have the 93rd level of income inequality in the world. You're already seeing highway lanes that are for pay and ones that aren't. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam McKay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I enjoy writing. Publishing... not so much. I've been lucky to work with some very talented people in the publishing world, and the print industry has allowed me to write full time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. A. Konrath 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When death comes, it is not enough to have been charitable; and it is not right to touch the body or lay it out for a couple of hours; for the soul should be given time to fight for itself, and to go up to judgment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lady Gregory 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edgar Allan Poe