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		I miss the old Kanye, straight from the 'Go Kanye, Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye, I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye, The always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye...
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kanye West 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm Gladwell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Thompson Walker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach Galligan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tahar Rahim 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick J. Kennedy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dalai Lama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Bernstein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With a film, you can get into it and love it. With music, you can listen to over and over again, but with music videos, they're like this short little stab. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Watkin Tudor Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hanoi Hannah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gavin Hood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really can't believe what a state the Pyramids are in. I thought they had flat rendered sides, but when you get up close, you see how they are just giant boulders balanced on top of each other, like a massive game of Jenga that has got out of hand. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Pilkington 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bainbridge Colby 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The United States was an innocent victim after September 11. It had never attacked or occupied Afghanistan. So therefore it had no choice but to go after the aggressors. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Rania of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A classic,' suggested Anthony, 'is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it's safe, like a style in architecture or furniture. It's acquired a picturesque dignity to take the place of its fashion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. Scott Fitzgerald 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have a tendency to become very self-critical. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sara Bareilles 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Suffering does not change its face. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Peter Maurer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up with my parents in the kitchen discussing the audition my dad had that day or moaning about something or other in the industry, so it was unglamourised and normalised for me from a very young age. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bel Powley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I miss the old Kanye, straight from the 'Go Kanye, Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye, I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye, The always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye... 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kanye West