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		I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taissa Farmiga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ozwald Boateng 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harlan Coben 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edmund Burke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Beck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Forest Whitaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Field 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't have to spend much time in Shanghai before you start to get all existential about the meaning of authenticity. Did you know that Shanghai is building nine satellite towns, each designed to mimic the architecture and culture of a different country? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patricia Marx 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Playing baseball is fun. If I could play, I'd never retire. But managing is work. It's constant decisions of whose feelings you want to hurt all the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Earl Weaver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tavis Smiley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Frankly, one of the problems we have in the country is we're not forming enough families. And that is hurting our economic work, and it's hurting our economic projections, because the best place for a child is within a strong family unit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's good, you know what I mean? Rather than writing a whole bunch and having to sort out what's good and what's not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Thebe Neruda Kgositsile 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Personally, I know how challenging it can be to find free time in today's uber-busy, espresso-chugging world to tend to our spirits, to nourish our souls. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karen Salmansohn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the language that I've found myself living in much of the time. I think the two feed each other. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marilyn Hacker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kathleen Turner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Mistakes, after all, are endemic to foreign and military policy given the unpredictability of events and the difficulty of securing reliable information in a place like Iraq. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eric Alterman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oprah Winfrey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taissa Farmiga