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		I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit and finally we ended up in Georgia. I grew up playing softball and at the age of nine I decided I was going to be an Olympian.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elana Meyers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Scanlon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine M. Kunin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Power is every stealing from the many to the few. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wendell Phillips 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Imtiaz Ali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you; where you hold your breath while releasing the shutter, not because you are afraid of jarring the camera, but because you are seeing with your guts wide open to the sweet pain of an image that is part of your life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Feinstein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Omar Khayyam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jennie Finch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Not to be born is, past all prizing, best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sophocles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can be born into privilege, or you can not be born into privilege. You can be born into the opposite extreme and into poverty. I think from there on, though, you really do have to make your luck. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ivanka Trump 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patricia Richardson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit and finally we ended up in Georgia. I grew up playing softball and at the age of nine I decided I was going to be an Olympian. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elana Meyers