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		I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until the Gulf War broke out, when we were forced to leave. Then we hop-scotched for a while from Holland back to Canada back to Saudi Arabia. Then there was D-day, so we had to get out again.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hannah Simone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ranbir Kapoor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				LaToya Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Koblin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Isaac Asimov 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What is it about summer that makes children grow? We feed and water them more. They do get more sun, but that probably doesn't matter as much as the book they read or the rule they broke that taught them something they couldn't have learned any other way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Gibbs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Parker Posey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ha-Joon Chang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hanya Yanagihara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Dancing is something I do. Not something I just want to do. It's something I just do, depending on how I'm feeling. I don't see myself taking that as just a job. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam G. Sevani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ibrahim Babangida 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tate Donovan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I would love to start a cancer organization. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jason Derulo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of the story. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brian Selznick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Peter L. Berger 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or a waterfall, a flood, if you can get that too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edwidge Danticat 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Malcolm X was the first prominent American to attack and to criticize the U.S. role in Southeast Asia, and he came out four-square against the Vietnam War in 1964, long before the vast majority of Americans did. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manning Marable 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until the Gulf War broke out, when we were forced to leave. Then we hop-scotched for a while from Holland back to Canada back to Saudi Arabia. Then there was D-day, so we had to get out again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hannah Simone