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		Each flitch, each board, each plank can have only one ideal use. The woodworker, applying a thousand skills, must find that ideal use and then shape the wood to realize its true potential.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				George Nakashima 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. N. Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I think about making 'Within,' it was not a very fun experience at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Washed Out 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam McKay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Omar Sharif 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I walked in to read with Edie Falco, it was nice, because I auditioned in New York, and it was very quick. You walk in, there's Edie, the producers, the director, and a camera. I read three scenes, and it was done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Ferrara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't like controversy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sammy Sosa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Scanlon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Farnaz Fassihi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Sandburg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Sheeran 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				LaToya London 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybody else. I want to win bad enough for myself anyway, that nothing anybody can say can make me want to win any more. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Danica Patrick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carly Fiorina 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Campbell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Baz Luhrmann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yasser Arafat 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I take on a design project, I have to jet from the bookstore to the hardware shop to the lamp store and back again just to collect a small portion of the many items I need to fill a home. But, when you hit the flea market, they're all right there. From booth to booth, you have the bases covered. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nate Berkus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Beck