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		There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tasha Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		You need to take care of your time and practice, you need to rest and talk to media. So it's really important to organize those things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yani Tseng 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Country music is three chords and the truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harlan Howard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				T. C. Boyle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. M. Forster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maggie Rowe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Kingston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach Wamp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Foote 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always been interested in the office. I was a secretary a long time ago, and I've always been into paperwork. My first secretarial job was 1965 or 1966. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natalie Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine L'Engle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mae Whitman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In seventh grade I had a magical teacher, her name was Mrs. Fried. She wore only pink, she drove a pink Mustang, and she was half out of her head. But very inspiring. And one day she said, "Take out a paper and pen and write something about peace." For some reason I wrote a poem on Noah - I don't know why I chose Noah - and it turned out it was for a contest for the UN. I ended up winning and reading the poem in front of the UN. I remember Mrs. Fried telling me, "When you write your first book, dedicate it to me." That was like, "Whoa." 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Darren Aronofsky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who talks and asks, and talks, and talks, and talks and questions and turns things around. I'm like a little cat, walking around my little nest until I find my place. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carice van Houten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've had it with you and your emotional constipation! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Washington Irving 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is much harder to retain your position at the top than to get to the top. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kirsty Coventry 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tasha Smith