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		I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Izzard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dale Carnegie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Abernathy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kara Swisher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mahatma Gandhi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yuvraj Singh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like to have something to base a role on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Heughan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vera Wang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orhan Pamuk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Ackerman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Sheeran 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Are 'Friends' Electric?' was two songs: the verse part and the talking part. Two different songs I couldn't finish. One day I was playing the main verse part of 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and after a few minutes I got frustrated, as normal, then started to play the other song, and realized they went together. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Numan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jose Ortega y Gasset 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pat Metheny 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Opening acts are hard, really hard. There's more politics involved than music, sometimes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kaki King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I grew up in Tasmania, you thought that London was home. You waited to go to England as soon as you graduated, in my case on a ship bound for London via Genoa. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Christopher Koch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irvine Welsh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Izzard