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		I grew up with a very strong sense of what is just and what is not or, to put it this way, I grew up with a keen sense of a division, the reality of a division of perception in people's lives between those who govern and those who govern.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wole Soyinka 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				G. H. Hardy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Latifah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Owen Hart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Vance 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mckellen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ending wars is very simple if you surrender. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Whitehall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Savage Landor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Harrison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver. That really gets to people around me when we have a No. 1 or something big happen. I'm not a big, 'Let's go have a party about it!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Allan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
				Gail Devers