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		On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is a beautiful form with great potential, but the environment around it is awful for a writer.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Shepard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When Occupy Wall Street happened, I took my money out of Citibank. I already had problems with all the banks - Citibank, Bank of America - but I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out until I saw how Citibank responded to Occupy Wall Street. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Talib Kweli 
			 
			
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		The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gavin Newsom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is important to be well read, at least a little bit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kareena Kapoor Khan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yiannis Chryssomallis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Irons 
			 
			
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		When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Viggo Mortensen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rahul Dravid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabriel Macht 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Venus Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Moss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahatma Gandhi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orville Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Claudel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The military executes policy decisions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Keane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Huang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orison Swett Marden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm X 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. Lee Ermey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		No, I don’t wish I knew Heaven was like the picture in my Great Divorce, because, if we knew that, we should know it was no better. The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you know: no one could have imagined it before he tasted it. How much less Heaven. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				C. S. Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Seredy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had to create some good work habits and attitude. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				S. Truett Cathy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a typical Valley teen, in smoggy Van Nuys. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Begley, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want people to know that I'm not just 'Chillin' It.' I'm a real person. There's heartbreak and trials, and I hope I put that in my music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cole Swindell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is a beautiful form with great potential, but the environment around it is awful for a writer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Shepard