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		Our sense of agency, how much we feel in control, is defined by our relationship with our bodies and its rhythms: Our waking and sleeping and how we eat, sit, and walk define the contours of our days. In order to find our voice, we have to be in our bodies—able to breathe fully and able to access our inner sensations. This is the opposite of dissociation, of being “out of body” and making yourself disappear. It’s also the opposite of depression, lying slumped in front of a screen that provides passive entertainment. Acting is an experience of using your body to take your place in life.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bessel van der Kolk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zubin Mehta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nawazuddin Siddiqui 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavio Paz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know the difference between true love and the love of my fans. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Coleman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I started NetSuite. NetSuite was my idea. I called up Evan Goldberg and said, 'We're going to do ERP on the Internet, software-as-a-service.' Six months later Marc Benioff, finding out what NetSuite was doing, and kind of copied it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Ellison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to stop the guy you're playing, they pay you millions of dollars. You get you a TV and break the player down yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Malone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I didn't want people to see me as disabled. I wanted to live a life of adventure and stories. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Amy Purdy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Niklaus Wirth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Obviously, Jo and I, as a couple, we just don't want to redline. You know, we don't want to run so hard after some dream or some goal only to find out that we've neglected the thing that means the very most to us, which is our marriage and our relationship. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chip Gaines 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bjork 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		So it's, I think it's quite, quite unique to fly with somebody with so much experience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Philippe Perrin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our sense of agency, how much we feel in control, is defined by our relationship with our bodies and its rhythms: Our waking and sleeping and how we eat, sit, and walk define the contours of our days. In order to find our voice, we have to be in our bodies—able to breathe fully and able to access our inner sensations. This is the opposite of dissociation, of being “out of body” and making yourself disappear. It’s also the opposite of depression, lying slumped in front of a screen that provides passive entertainment. Acting is an experience of using your body to take your place in life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bessel van der Kolk