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		I was drawing a mandolin, and I made the sound hole very small, which made the mandolin look gigantic. I saw that making the details small made the form monumental. So in my figures, the eyes, the mouth are all small, and the exterior form is huge.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fernando Botero 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yogi Berra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Taylor-Wood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dakota Blue Richards 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				S. J. Rozan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abraham Lincoln 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zilpha Keatley Snyder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. B. Smoove 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Francis Bacon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I wanted to serve my country, I was forced to hide the most basic and human aspect of my life and my identity from the people to whom I was supposed to be the closest - and with whom I had to trust my life. I also had to hide from myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chelsea Manning 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are lessons to life That the lovers got to learn There are corners out there You know they're waiting somewhere And you've got to be prepared to turn There are callouses that come That the lovers got to earn In the years of your youth You can't be fire proof You know you've got to get burned. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harry Chapin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The one thing that I cannot live without when I'm traveling is a small container of tea tree oil. It's not the most glamorous thing, but if you get a cut, a mosquito bite, a small breakout, no matter what it is, it's my little cure-all. It's inexpensive, it's small enough to carry on, and I bring it with me all the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Meghan Markle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was drawing a mandolin, and I made the sound hole very small, which made the mandolin look gigantic. I saw that making the details small made the form monumental. So in my figures, the eyes, the mouth are all small, and the exterior form is huge. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fernando Botero