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		No one spoke in terms of children's literature, as opposed to adult literature, until around the 1940s. It wasn't categorised much before then. Even Grimm's tales were written for adults. But it is true that ever since 'Harry Potter' there has been a renaissance in fantasy literature. J. K. Rowling opened the door again.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rick Riordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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				The Black Eyed Peas  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a very reclusive, private person. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ira Sachs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Eisler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cara Delevingne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Moss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Allen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Felix Adler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like that Barack got that job. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hannibal Buress 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Fillion 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding, was by 1968 a failed president being repudiated in the primaries of his own party. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Buchanan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zac Efron 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I usually write away from home, in coffee shops, on trains, on planes, in friends' houses. I like places where there's stuff going on that you can lift your eyes, see something interesting, overhear a conversation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jonathan Safran Foer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think voters appreciate that I'm not sitting in the back row, waiting for my turn. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Steve Southerland 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Amazon's identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				George Packer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every Tom, Dick and Harry in our movement has received his cash. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alan Young 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No one spoke in terms of children's literature, as opposed to adult literature, until around the 1940s. It wasn't categorised much before then. Even Grimm's tales were written for adults. But it is true that ever since 'Harry Potter' there has been a renaissance in fantasy literature. J. K. Rowling opened the door again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rick Riordan