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		Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry Humphries 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am especially fascinated with mermaids, and they are always coming out in pirate stories. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yasmine Al Masri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am just like Dr. Armaan - fun-loving, flirtatious, and tension-free. I am serious about my work, but apart from that, I am always playing pranks on people. As a viewer, I relate more to 'Dil Mill Gayye.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karan Singh Grover 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This is what I have discovered - and it has been a gift in itself - that books live over and over again in different people's minds. That I might mean one thing as I write, but a reader's experiences will take it somewhere else. That is like a conversation, I think. It is a true connecting up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Joyce 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Halle Berry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a wonderful editor. That's what I do best. I know exactly what I want. If I have to decide whether to wear the red dress or the blue dress or what should I have said, I am constantly changing my mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Walters 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Even when I get to the point where I am acting and performing, where I want to be with my career, I'm never going to think of anyone as lower than me. Everyone's the celebrity of their own life, you know? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ireland Baldwin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. Michael Straczynski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Park 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had no training in research as such, and as a consequence, I am, in a sense, self-taught. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yves Chauvin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think that acting is as youth-obsessed as the general culture. In acting, as you get older, you get better, and the parts you get improve, too. But that's only true for a man, not a woman. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian McShane