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		You stand up to that challenging shot, you put yourself into that shot, and you pour yourself into it confidently. Stand up and commit yourself completely. If you miss it, you miss it certainly. You've done everything you can.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Debbie Massey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I'm also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samantha Shannon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jackie DeShannon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. P. Lovecraft 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care - not in a lasting way - about what's happening to them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				V. E. Schwab 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Your environment doesn't define you. I don't have a lot of money, but I can help train people and I can talk to people. We can all be mentors to the next generation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jackie Joyner-Kersee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Part of the excitement of doing independent film is the complete unknown of what lies in store for the film's future. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Miner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There isn't a woman alive who doesn't have problems with her body. Including me! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malin Akerman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zoe Wanamaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Page 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry around with us, it is our presentation, it's our front, it's our face. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Faith Ringgold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You stand up to that challenging shot, you put yourself into that shot, and you pour yourself into it confidently. Stand up and commit yourself completely. If you miss it, you miss it certainly. You've done everything you can. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Debbie Massey