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		I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Takeshi Kitano 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Imelda May 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Hillenbrand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Christopher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund Morgan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't want to be someone else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katarina Johnson-Thompson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not affect the industrial countries alone, it will also hit poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who will look after them? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, 'Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For a long time he had been white smoke. He did not realize that until he left the hospital, because white smoke had no consciousness of itself. It faded into the white world of their bed sheets and walls; it was sucked away by the words of doctors who tried to talk to the invisible scattered smoke... They saw his outline but they did not realize it was hollow inside. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Leslie Marmon Silko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Van Morrison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've held my silence when I probably shouldn't have. But I was in the minority, a woman writing SF, and I was afraid of career backlash. I was afraid of being excluded or losing opportunities if I didn't play nice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ann Aguirre 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I could experience vulnerability if I just constantly gave myself away without ever taking time out once a day or a couple times a day or whatever it is I need to restore, whether it's more sleep, or whether it's going to see a movie or writing something new. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jason Mraz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Takeshi Kitano