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		You don't have to know how to make a movie. If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough passion, you can't help but make a good movie.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Quentin Tarantino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Redmayne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ira Glass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imogen Cunningham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Becker 
			 
			
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		I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kat Graham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paavo Nurmi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My ex-husband didn't like my singing. He didn't like my hair. He hated my eyes. Everything. Everything he complimented me on when we first met, he just hated. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				La'Porsha Renae 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zendaya 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fay Wray 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Part of what made 'The Bling Ring' such a fun, freeing experience was that we got to wear these really over-the-top clothes we'd never pick in real life - like for the nightclub scenes, we'd have on these really short, really tight dresses. But you know what - I actually learned how to walk in heels on that set! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taissa Farmiga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Carolla 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Kirn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Halsey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I go to wherever God calls me, wherever the church calls me to come to minister and preach the word of God. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vanity 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Uma Thurman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karl Shapiro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Omar Bongo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Valerie June 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I was in a number of school plays, one in particular, when I was 13 or 14, entitled 'Illusions.' It was put together by one of the teachers, and was about famous historical figures. I had to do the Martin Luther King 'I have a dream' speech, and some black women in the audience were clapping and crying and whooping. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Harewood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Here I was, this good guy that played football; I was gonna go play in college but I had a bad senior year. But I played guitar in assemblies whenever I could. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bob Livingston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father.' And you know what they say? 'I could never do that!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lorrie Moore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Once respect comes, then loves come, and when love comes, a really healthy relationship comes, you know? If you don't have that, things just crumble. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Blac Chyna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't have to know how to make a movie. If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough passion, you can't help but make a good movie. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Quentin Tarantino