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		Guleed passed me the completed IIP on Caroline Linden-Limmer and pointed out a note which registered that she’d been granted a Gender Recognition Certificate when she was eighteen – changing her legal gender from male to female. ‘So . . .’ I started, but was cut off by the vast silence emanating from Stephanopoulos behind us. I looked over at Nightingale, who looked quizzically back, and decided to explain the implications later. Surprisingly, when I did, his reaction was outrage that somebody had to apply to a panel to determine what gender they were – he didn’t say it, but I got the strong impression that he felt such panels were intrinsically un-British. Like eugenics legislation, banning the burka and air conditioning.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ben Aaronovitch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We can choose to allow our experiences to hold us back, and to not allow us to become great or achieve greatness in this life. Or we can allow our experiences to push us forward, to make us grateful for every day we have and to be all the more thankful for those who are around us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elizabeth Smart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Listening is more than being quiet. Listening is much more than silence. Listening requires undivided attention. The time to listen is when someone needs to be heard. The time to deal with a person with a problem is when he has the problem. The time to listen is the time when our interest and love are vital to the one who seeks our ear, our heart, our help, and our empathy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marvin J. Ashton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't get boy bands these days. Thye don't write their own songs and everything is choreographed from their dance moves to how they have sex with each other after the show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tom DeLonge 
			 
			
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		The further one advances in experience, the closer one comes to the unfathomable; the more one learns to utilize experience, the more one recognizes that the unfathomable is of no practical value. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I will never hurt a girl, I respect them too much. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zayn Malik 
			 
			
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		If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gautama Buddha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lauryn Hill 
			 
			
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		The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garry Trudeau 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person's life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it's a little comedy surprise. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate McKinnon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For an impression, I just find that I can do a lot of the people I love without much research, because I've already watched hours and hours of them on video and it seeped into my brain while I wasn't thinking about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate McKinnon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Guleed passed me the completed IIP on Caroline Linden-Limmer and pointed out a note which registered that she’d been granted a Gender Recognition Certificate when she was eighteen – changing her legal gender from male to female. ‘So . . .’ I started, but was cut off by the vast silence emanating from Stephanopoulos behind us. I looked over at Nightingale, who looked quizzically back, and decided to explain the implications later. Surprisingly, when I did, his reaction was outrage that somebody had to apply to a panel to determine what gender they were – he didn’t say it, but I got the strong impression that he felt such panels were intrinsically un-British. Like eugenics legislation, banning the burka and air conditioning. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ben Aaronovitch