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		My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up the shelves in my grandmother's pantry. The pickle jar was kept right at the top. One time, I dropped the jar and it broke. I was totally busted.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Padma Lakshmi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm X 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Burton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Nicholson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't read a lot of magazines, but when I'm traveling, I'll pick up a copy of 'Vanity Fair' to read on the plane - it's like a full meal! The articles are so good, especially the crime stories. Browsing the Web is more like snacking - but I live on snacks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Trammell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I get criticized for taking roles in films like 'Ghost Rider 2', but if you look at my resume, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idris Elba 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I'm writing books, something weird happens; and the result is the books contain a large amount of what you could call 'supernaturalism.' As a writer, I find I need that to explain the world I'm writing about. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Neil LaBute 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You kind of wake up in the morning, and you don't see anybody but these actors until you go home at night and pass out and do it again. So it's structured a lot like the process when you're making a film. You just kind of get in that tunnel vision. I like that. I like when the rest of the world kind of quiets. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katherine Waterston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I've struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kathryn Harrison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted the ideal personal life, but I also wanted to keep rushing off, and that doesn't work, not unless you've got an incredibly understanding partner. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lynsey Addario 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in the South, and I think there are lots of people who have distorted views of the South. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Danny K. Davis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up the shelves in my grandmother's pantry. The pickle jar was kept right at the top. One time, I dropped the jar and it broke. I was totally busted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Padma Lakshmi