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		We all have a family and I think we all have a perception of our family that we like to keep and we all have our positive memories in a certain way. Then when life catches up to them, when you see a different perspective of them, or when you are a couple degrees over, you can see things differently and it shakes you to the foundation.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Shapiro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts me to TED Talks. For me, the really effective ones are being presented by expert storytellers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damon Lindelof 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daisaku Ikeda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The America that I think most Americans would want, most economists on the right or left would want, is one in which a smart, ambitious, hardworking person without a huge amount of resources has a pretty good shot, in the end, of beating out a less smart, less ambitious, less hardworking rich person. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Davidson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The more a man is trained to 'be a man,' the more he is trained to protect women and children, not hurt women and children. He is trained to volunteer to die before even a stranger is hurt – especially a woman or child. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Farrell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in the Bronx. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chris Hayes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most of what one feels compelled to write stems from a deep emotional uncertainty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Antonya Nelson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		France, land of human rights and freedoms, was attacked on its own soil by a totalitarian ideology: Islamic fundamentalism. It is only by refusing to be in denial, by looking the enemy in the eye, that one can avoid conflating issues. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marine Le Pen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The movie I'm really excited about that I had really fun doing is 'Feed the Dog.' It's with Nat Wolff and Selena Gomez. It's really fun. It's raunchy, like 'Superbad' meets 'Risky Business,' kind of. I got to be a really fun character, an out-there Mrs. Robinson-type character. I get to seduce Nat. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elisabeth Shue 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kevin Spacey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Far too often, children with developmental disorders are diagnosed solely on the basis of their observable behavior, slotted into broad diagnostic pigeonholes and provided generalized treatments that may not always meet their specific needs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aditi Shankardass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know, I think I'm more of a micro-person, so to me, the context and the framework of trying to do what you love and feel passionate about, in supporting your family in that way, is the most important thing to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joan Cusack 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We all have a family and I think we all have a perception of our family that we like to keep and we all have our positive memories in a certain way. Then when life catches up to them, when you see a different perspective of them, or when you are a couple degrees over, you can see things differently and it shakes you to the foundation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Shapiro