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		When you start writing about the stuff that is the central experience of your own life, you can talk about whatever you want, in whatever way you want.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vijender Singh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I would say, 'Life is great! I have done everything I wanted.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tara Reid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Qandeel Baloch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orlando Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				F. Scott Fitzgerald 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Soon-Shiong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barney Frank 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The View' was so much fun. So much fun because the audience was 85-percent fans that wanted to be there celebrating 'One Life to Live' and the other 15 percent were crew members from 'One Life to Live'. It was just really, really wonderful and the clips were wonderful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kassie DePaiva 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vikram Seth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. It really is what makes a great photographer, every bit as much as understanding composition and lighting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Caleb Deschanel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Saint Teresa of Avila