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		The dimensions of a work of art are seldom realized by the author until the work is accomplished. It is like a flowering dream. Ideas grow, budding silently, and there are a thousand illuminations coming day by day as the work progresses. A seed grows in writing as in nature. The seed of the idea is developed by both labor and the unconscious, and the struggle that goes on between them.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name. My auntie came from Europe to visit us, and she was like, 'Just call yourself something else.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				M.I.A. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Halsey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahershala Ali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's good when you're getting points - you're obviously feeling confident. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Kane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My pictures are always part of my thinking, and my emotions, tensions, dreams, desires. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ingmar Bergman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bea Arthur 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		People need to know, before I'm associated with any party, I am an American, and that's what I want to drive home at the RNC. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				BeBe Winans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Pissarro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ludwig Wittgenstein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Canada has become trouble recently … It’s always the worst Americans who go there … We could have taken them over so easy. But I only want the western part, with the ski areas, the cowboys, and the right wingers. They’re the only good parts of Canada. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ann Coulter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What makes it all worthwhile is we just play for the sheer enjoyment of entertaining people and... make our families and the team we played on and the people watching, proud of what we did. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bobby Hull 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I still remember sitting in my parent's basement playing 'Final Fantasy VII' in middle school. When Sephiroth came down like LeBron James on Aerith with that sword, I couldn't talk for a full 20 minutes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chieh Huang