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		I'm not out to preach. I just live my own life. I'm very happy if I can help somebody - that's wonderful. But it's up to them what they want to think about it or what they want to take away; it's their business, not mine.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iris Apfel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and thought: 'I want to do that!' I always told stories and wrote them down, but I never thought writing was a career path, even though, clearly, someone was writing the books and newspapers and magazines. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gayle Forman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Swift 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Newman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Sher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rafael dos Anjos 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When I did 'Don't Look Back,' I no longer had Time-Life looking over my shoulder, so I could kind of do it as I wanted, and it was like I was really correcting 'Jane.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. A. Pennebaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the 1990s, the United States offered to help North Korea with its energy needs if it gave up its nuclear weapons programme. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Demick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, as you know, I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry David 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel like, maybe in the '90s, 'Rookie' would have been shamed for trying to reach a lot of people or trying to be 'mainstream', but I'm so pleased that our readers are happy to see me promoting the 'Rookie' yearbook on TV or whatever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tavi Gevinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a Nina Simone record that I love, 'Live at Vine Street,' and she sings flat on it. I can imagine she might've told the record label, 'Oh, God, you're not releasing that!' But I'm glad they did. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damien Rice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Where there is love there is life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahatma Gandhi