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		There's something altogether different that happens when we get together, ... Something sonically more aggressive. Our live shows are nothing short of furious.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alex Chilton 
			 
			
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		Written by the ancient Chinese philosopher of the same name, the 'Zhuangzi' is one long perplexing puzzle of a rambling collection of enigmatic short stories. It's a strange feeling to laugh at a joke written by someone in the 4th century B.C. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Stump 
			 
			
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		See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orson Welles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Grenville 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't have to be the biggest, tallest, strongest guy to do whatever you want to do. You can do anything. There's tall doctors, short doctors. It doesn't matter. You don't have to be the tallest guy to play the sport of basketball, football or whatever you want to play. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nate Robinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My wife is short, and my two kids are also small. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warwick Davis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When everyone is running the machine, and it's all working, there's a tendency to look at the short term and focus on incremental opportunities and not look ahead to the really big opportunities. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abagail Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Maybe it's because I was named for him, but I've always wanted to meet Nathaniel Hawthorne. It's oversimplifying, but all Hawthorne's short stories and novels are, in one way or another, about guilt. Something profoundly disturbing must have happened to him at an early age. I'd like to know what that was. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathaniel Philbrick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real human beings begin to cautiously appear on your pages. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zadie Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ogden Nash 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Chaon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe that life is short, and there is too much time wasted bearing grudges, and I like to move on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Taylor-Johnson