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		One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idries Shah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ingrid Newkirk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. P. Lovecraft 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Middleton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This was just one of many times God has spared me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Kelley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ira Glass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I shifted my career when I was 44 to quit the Washington beats. I had a great Washington beat, a series of them, and I quit to start my tech column, which was a different kind of tech column. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Mossberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I was a coin collector.I didn't know I was nerdy at the time until I felt my 16-D Mercury Dime that was in uncirculated condition might be a panty dropper, and it turned out not to be. Then I stumbled into skateboarding, which kind of was cooler. But I wasn't aware of what was cool. My dad wasn't around so he couldn't shake me and say, 'Drop the coin collecting bit. It's not where you want to go.' So, that and the spelling bee and the chess, I think I had it figured out for myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Sandler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Slim Shady is just the evil thoughts that come into my head. Things I shouldn't be thinking about. Not to be gimmicky, but people should be able to determine when I'm serious and when I'm f... around. That's why a lot of my songs are funny. I got a warped sense of humor I guess. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marshall Bruce Mathers III 
			 
			
				Bad Meets Evil'  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Peter R. Grant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Myth is the nothing that is everything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fernando Pessoa 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		And they're [Coen brothers] so smart, they're so witty, they have such an extraordinary way of communicating with an audience in a such a clean way - with just a few lines or just a gesture from a character, they say so much. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Angelina Jolie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idries Shah