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		In 1990, I was in 'The Three Sisters' at the Royal Court and won the Clarence Derwent award for my supporting role as Natasha - the prize was £100. I could have paid the gas bill, but I ended up buying a porcelain and silver Bavarian coffee set in an antiques shop in Penzance.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lesley Manville 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		As a songwriter, pop music really is a love and a joy and a science, and I feel like a lot of people look at pop music with a very formulaic perspective in numbers and patterns, but an outsider would think that the process is very natural. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Halsey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barton Gellman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. B. Pritzker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gaby Hoffmann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Koppel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Narendra Modi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Stoppard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Earl Weaver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naomi Wolf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nagarjuna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garth Brooks