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		I don't think it's good for people to know too much about you. With my favourite bands, I don't want to have the inside track on every single aspect of their personal lives.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oliver Sim 
			 
			
				The xx  
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Viggo Mortensen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harley Viera-Newton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Irvine Welsh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My interior is very, very dense - Proustian-looking, sort of Henry James. The walls are covered in pictures, and I transformed the big drawing room into a library lined with books. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hamish Bowles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Going to bed can cause imaginary conversations you should have had with certain people or real conversations with your brother who is calling from a bar in a different time zone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. Bruce Cameron 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed O'Brien 
			 
			
				Radiohead  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Amiel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saint Patrick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Neville 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Byrd