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		It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. R. Martinez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dana Rohrabacher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Falahee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren G 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There comes a time when money doesn't matter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Floyd Mayweather, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Antonoff 
			 
			
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		A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund Burke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tea Obreht 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. H. Lawrence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				T. D. Jakes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				T. C. Boyle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Irwin Thomas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Kevorkian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I took the whole college prep trajectory, and then in my senior year of high school, I decided that performing was something that I had always done as a kid, and I loved it... I said, 'This makes people happy when I do this, I feel good, I get to pretend and explore other areas and learn so much'. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamara Tunie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up being obsessed with old Hollywood and loving the history, what's behind the scenes, and what people don't know. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lily Collins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rahul Dravid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I liken actors and movies and TV shows to football teams. We all have our favorite ones. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kristoffer Polaha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can be only what you give yourself the power to be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Robert Farrell Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. R. Martinez