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		The more I read, the more I see. Connections get made. Lights go on. God speaks. Often, when I am facing some difficult or puzzling situation, God reminds me of a Scripture passage I have read. And it makes all the difference.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ann Spangler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yogi Berra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Quinn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The connection I make with being young and growing up is, like, the feeling of not being crushed by the world. Having an idea, thinking you can do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Antonoff 
			 
			
				Fun.  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American life is exactly like the 'Saturday Evening Post' covers of Norman Rockwell. 'It's A Wonderful Life,' the latest example of Capracorn, shows his art at a hysterical pitch. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manny Farber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Lange 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The difference between a bland tomato and great one is immense, much like the difference between a standard, sliced white bread and a crusty, aromatic sourdough. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Forest Whitaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You get to bring your own sound system when you play an arena, all the lights and visual stuff, which I think is really cool. There's something about those old arenas, where it feels larger than life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Auerbach 
			 
			
				The Black Keys  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Frazier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Navjot Singh Sidhu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image and the reality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Cusk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Forest Whitaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are all 99.9 percent genetically equal. It is one one-hundredth of one percent of genetic material that makes the difference between any one of us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Schuler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cab Calloway 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Directing plays lacked the immediacy and connection to real world events that journalism offered; journalism lacked the drama, theatricality and subjective storytelling of theater. It wasn't until I had the idea of making a documentary film about the 1992 presidential campaign that these two passions came together in 'The War Room.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. J. Cutler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls into place - your affection, your emotional connection. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vanessa Lachey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		What do I bring to a film? I think, maybe, I know for a fact that I focus on connection of character; I focus on warmth and a heart, but I don't know if it's because I'm African American or because I'm crazy -who knows. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. Gary Gray 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Despite 'Mod Squad's hit status, I never really made the inner connection that I was contributing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Peggy Lipton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can't always get what you want. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mick Jagger 
			 
			
				The Rolling Stones  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vinny Guadagnino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The more I read, the more I see. Connections get made. Lights go on. God speaks. Often, when I am facing some difficult or puzzling situation, God reminds me of a Scripture passage I have read. And it makes all the difference. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ann Spangler