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		It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea with the tactical precision of the Spartan pikeman.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry S. Strauss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damon Galgut 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In Paris, AIDS was dismissed as an American phobia until French people started dying; then everyone said, 'Well, you have to die some way or another.' If Americans were hysterical and pragmatic, the French were fatalistic: depressed but determined to keep the party going. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund White 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Balls 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Talulah Riley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate O'Mara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't get hung up a lot on angst. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karin Slaughter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There's no such thing as a non-final cut director. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abel Ferrara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that once you do that, it's really hard to go back, to get people to respect you and respect your craft. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamar Braxton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know who I am as an artist and I know what my sound is, but I wanted to know what I could do in order to take it to that next level. So the experiences I had last year of moving to California and traveling to places like Rome and Nicaragua where I met a lot of people just had a really big impact in my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Voegele 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions, and you have to be able to do it cheaply if you want people to choose that approach. That means new technologies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ramez Naam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Cronkite 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pablo Casals 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. R. Rahman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maya Angelou 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Clowes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea with the tactical precision of the Spartan pikeman. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry S. Strauss