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		It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code, not Intelligence or Resistance code -- just feminine code.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elizabeth Wein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Being bi-racial and being from the country, I can talk to guys like Travis Frederick from Wisconsin and Doug Free from Wisconsin. And then I can go over and talk to Dez Bryant. I mean, think about the two different standpoints you need to have a real conversation with both, to really understand what they've been through. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dak Prescott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Degas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Grant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You are just your intelligence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kalpana Chawla 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Garrison Keillor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Maddow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		An interesting insight into the ruthlessness of studio executives: I was having a conversation with Alex Gansa, a creator of 'Homeland,' and I said, 'So you guys must have seen 'Life' and liked me in it, right? That's the most recent thing I've done over here.' And he went, 'No, Damian. You actually nearly didn't get the job because of 'Life.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damian Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As much as we love each other, there is some growing difficulty in my adult relationship with my father. Because we're both writers, we're having a very intimate conversation in a very public forum. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natasha Trethewey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Another random thing I do is the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI. And you may be familiar with the movie 'Contact,' which sort of popularized that. It turns out there are real people who go out and search for extraterrestrials in a very scientific way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Myhrvold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Imagination is but another name for super intelligence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Rice Burroughs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The Conversation' was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I've been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so I was interested in looking at this film and seeing if I could tell if it had been edited the old way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Murch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's not wrong to be skeptical. I was one who participated in the debate on Iraq and voted against the resolution because I was skeptical of the intelligence. But that was based on looking at the facts, analyzing the case in as rational and as logical way as you can, not simply concluding or dismissing facts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Reed