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		That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're doing.' So I know that this book will enlighten them.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ornette Coleman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nancy Gibbs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's always humbling, knowing where we came from. From being friends with the janitor in the bar and being friends with the waitress - because they were some of the only people that were listening when we finished playing - to this, we are able to appreciate every single person and every single piece of it, because we came from nothing to this. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zac Brown Band 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't want to be one of those arty nutcases. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Heughan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yuna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Whitman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Flip Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				T. D. Jakes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malcolm McDowell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Talib Kweli 
			 
			
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		I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		And I know when I was younger, and still, I always marvel at what I feel is different from what I'm told that I'm supposed to feel. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andrew McCarthy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some writing programs are very much like, you come in, and you have a niche that becomes yours, and, you know, you're the dude from the streets. Or you're the woman who was in prison. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jennifer Konner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Byron Dorgan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People study martial arts for many reasons, sometimes all the wrong reasons. For example, I have had potential students come to my dojo with a belligerent and cocky attitude. When I ask why they want to study my art, their response has indicated to me that their goal is to learn to fight, which is the antithesis of the philosophy I hope to instill: I want them to know how to defend themselves if necessary, but to avoid fighting whenever possible because they will have nothing to prove by fighting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Chuck Norris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're doing.' So I know that this book will enlighten them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ornette Coleman