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		I have people constantly come up to me telling me that I have written their life. When I wrote the story I thought it was a pretty good story but I had no idea that many people felt like that.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Blackie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zadie Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yamamoto Tsunetomo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yvonne Strahovski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				S. E. Hinton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hack Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Florence King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. Because you never know what's right: what you feel inside versus what is portrayed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Redmayne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iain Banks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ma Ying-jeou 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. Somerset Maugham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joanne Rowling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No one has approached me about Captain Marvel. But I don't know if I'd even want to play Captain Marvel. I would much rather play a villain and be nasty. It's more fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katee Sackhoff 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dani Shapiro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the end, I was doing night shoots on 'Gilmore Girls' and then wrapping and going straight from 'Gilmore Girls' to 'Roadies.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tanc Sade