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		I'm writing a story in my journal, and I'm searching for a true voice. I make my way through layers of acquired voices, silly voices, sententious voices, voices that are too cool and too overheated. Then they all quiet down, and I reach what I'm searching for: silence.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eva Hoffman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor Hugo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring out what makes people tick, why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. And I realized that music is such a great way to investigate why people do what they do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yo-Yo Ma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That's what you want to do as an older artist - you want to reinvent, but there has to be that vein in there for why people were listening to you before in the first place. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garth Brooks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				T.I. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carly Rae Jepsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Chrysler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Writing changed my life. It has an existential dimension, and that's the same for every writer. Every artist has a moment of awakening, of happening upon an idea that grabs hold of you, regardless of whether you are a painter or a writer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imre Kertesz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am closer and closer to reaching my childhood dream. This is really exciting! I will continue to work hard, to focus on each tournament I play. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yani Tseng 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I already am a product. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Since its founding, Brooks Instrument has been producing devices that measure and control the flow rate of fluids used in manufacturing processes. And for all those years, the company has relied on the standard marketing package for its sector: earnest, information-crammed manuals and brochures. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tahl Raz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Riley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work. Of course, we play fairy tale on the red carpet. It's all Cinderella. But when the clock strikes midnight, I turn into a gray mouse and I go home, and I take my dress off and it's over. That's Hollywood. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olga Kurylenko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Up until the final decade of the nineteenth century, the United States and the United Kingdom did not recognize copyright in each other's creative works. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matthew Pearl 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		...from politics, it was an easy step to silence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jane Austen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing up without dads. I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Donald Miller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		“The sound of the human voice is the best of nature but only if it comes out from the feelings.” 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Giovanni Morassutti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As soon as, say, Saddam Hussein started bombing Israel with Scuds, everyone was like, 'Poor Israel.' But when Israel retaliates - and most of the time they then win - people turn against them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zubin Mehta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm writing a story in my journal, and I'm searching for a true voice. I make my way through layers of acquired voices, silly voices, sententious voices, voices that are too cool and too overheated. Then they all quiet down, and I reach what I'm searching for: silence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eva Hoffman