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		You’ve been good to me, Inigo. But I really am like the weather. You can admire me, even love me, in your way, but I can’t love you back. To me you’re like a photograph. I can see right through you, examine you from all angles. You amuse me. But you don’t have enough depth ever to fascinate me.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alastair Reynolds 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Markey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I do-all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry White 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Danson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yoko Ono 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imtiaz Ali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Park Chan-wook 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				B. B. King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a real romantic. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vanity 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Candice Swanepoel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		One can never do anything so beautiful as nature. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Auguste Rodin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Dragons are more dangerous, and a good deal commoner, than bears. Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a real wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ursula K. Le Guin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with 'feeling' or emotion, than by those originating solely in the reasoning portion of the mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Napoleon Hill 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I would love to have some sort of 'Back To The Future' Delorean time machine travel device so I could go back to 1981 to see that very first Jackson 5 concert I went to, back when I was a kid. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Questlove 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aamir Khan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You’ve been good to me, Inigo. But I really am like the weather. You can admire me, even love me, in your way, but I can’t love you back. To me you’re like a photograph. I can see right through you, examine you from all angles. You amuse me. But you don’t have enough depth ever to fascinate me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alastair Reynolds