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		In an ideal world, we would charge people a $10,000 success fee when they get married or a $5,000 success fee if they enter into a relationship with someone. Unfortunately, that's a little bit hard to track, although someday maybe we'll get around to that.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Yagan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zadie Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ida Lupino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samira Wiley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Teaching children about entrepreneurship is much like imparting any other skill or piece of knowledge. You will provide them with ways to experience how entrepreneurship works, and you guide them toward the subjects or areas they seem to show an interest in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naveen Jain 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yuvraj Singh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Active-shooter scenarios have become part of the education lexicon. I had fire drills. My parents had duck and cover - nuclear and atomic bomb drills. Kids today grow up with this idea that this could happen at any point in time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Keith Maitland 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Bolton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was taken back to Pretoria when I was charged in the Rivonia trial, when I was then sent to Robben Island for life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nelson Mandela 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're writing, it's so absorbing. It's like a drop cloth goes over you, and the world outside falls away, but you do have a miniature version of the world, your own world, that you actually have some control over. I love to work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Meg Wolitzer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Do you need an aggressive streak to thrive? You could say that. A lot of the great players have that mentality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dele Alli 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In an ideal world, we would charge people a $10,000 success fee when they get married or a $5,000 success fee if they enter into a relationship with someone. Unfortunately, that's a little bit hard to track, although someday maybe we'll get around to that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Yagan