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		See, the thing about that word, Sharkey, the F-word, is that sometimes I make that word do too much work. I mean, I say that word as if it clearly articulates what I’m really feeling. And it doesn’t. It’s a shortcut.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Benjamin Alire Saenz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Palladio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Victoria 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ira Glass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lake Bell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yo-Yo Ma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm all about the supplements. I take fish oil every single day, as well as vitamin D, magnesium, B complex, vitamin C. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Justice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Newman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The United States, a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, destroyed the last of its stocks of VX and other chemical agents on the Johnston Atoll, 825 miles southwest of Hawaii, in November 2000. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barton Gellman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have been a member of the Microsoft-bashing society for quite some time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Ritholtz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and I remember heated discussions about large-scale terra-forming projects, such as reversing the direction of the river Ob or putting up large reflectors into space to heat up Siberia. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jaan Tallinn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I have regrets, but you live and learn. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Arthur 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't like hockey. I'm just good at it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brett Hull 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I was a political mercenary, I would be using my talents in another line of work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Brock 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Professor Macleod, in his remarks, gave everything that I was going to say and used the pronoun 'we' throughout. The following day, students were talking about the remarkable work of Professor Macleod. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frederick Banting 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You've got to keep the stage world and your real world separated or you're headed for trouble. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				George Strait 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		See, the thing about that word, Sharkey, the F-word, is that sometimes I make that word do too much work. I mean, I say that word as if it clearly articulates what I’m really feeling. And it doesn’t. It’s a shortcut. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Benjamin Alire Saenz