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		Donny Hathaway's 'For All We Know' is the song that I've sung the longest. It is a beautiful song about living in the moment and appreciating this very second. That is the song I did for my 'Rent' audition.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Leslie Odom, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne Wonder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in north Norfolk, which certainly used to have an enormous sense of community. There are more and more second homes there now, so I'm not sure how that has damaged it. But where I live in South London, there is a beautiful community; it's the friendliest place I have ever lived, which comes as a surprise to non-Londoners. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivia Colman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to South Africa on safari and came eye to eye with a beautiful leopard. We were so close; I was staring at him for a long time and I felt a recognition with my own nature. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bai Ling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Koch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fei Fei Sun 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can't get through the mesh to bite you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madison Smartt Bell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		At first, I did have that thought, like, 'Oh crap, what are we going to do after?' Then I realized 'Girl in a Country Song' was an honest, truthful song, and we were telling our truth, and that's all we have to do - write songs that are true and tell our stories. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madison Marlow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Halsey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Certainly it is a blessing to have three beautiful kids who are all healthy. God put them here for me to nurture and bring them up and try to keep as close to right as I can. So it's a blessing. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time it's an honor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Faith Evans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I saw a lot of haute couture all my childhood, and without knowing it I've learned from when I was a child to recognise beautiful fabrics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ines de La Fressange 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do not think that any realism is beautiful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. P. Lovecraft 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My mother taught me that to maximize your philanthropic potential, you need to constantly challenge your capabilities and put yourself in situations that are not always comfortable. Through her example, I discovered that there is no more beautiful way to live a life than to live a life of service. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was driving home after registration, I heard this song on the radio, a guy singing about not ever going to class in college and always hanging out and singing for his friends. I laughed and said, I can relate, because it was so much like me. I realized right then I would pull out of school and pursue a music career. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kat Edmonson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a big fan of long drop, composting toilets - I like the cycle of using waste. When you have experienced one and seen what comes out of the bottom, it is amazing stuff. It's the most beautiful, driest, sweet-smelling compost. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kevin McCloud 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really love that I'm giving myself the opportunity finally to not have the pressure of every single song you do having to be "political" or whatever. I'm just making what I wanna make. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kathleen Hanna 
			 
			
				Bikini Kill  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Prayer lays hold upon God and influences Him to work. This is the meaning of prayer as it concerns God. This is the doctrine of prayer, or else there is nothing whatever in prayer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edward McKendree Bounds 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Donny Hathaway's 'For All We Know' is the song that I've sung the longest. It is a beautiful song about living in the moment and appreciating this very second. That is the song I did for my 'Rent' audition. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Leslie Odom, Jr.