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		Which is the healthier kind of literary diversity: an un-gate-kept self-published book world, run substantially through Amazon? Or our current book world, which is part-gate-kept, part-not, with many different publishers and retailers and platforms? I'm not smart enough to figure it out, but if I had to guess I'd guess the latter.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lev Grossman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Bruhl 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samantha Bond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Said Nursi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The GOP is broken. They need a Bill Clinton moment with someone to figure things out. Let me just say - and I don't agree with his policies, so let me put a warning label on the side of the packet here - If George W. Bush had never gotten in the disastrous Iraq war, he was trying to modernize the party on a series of fronts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rahm Emanuel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randi Weingarten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Viggo Mortensen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Wyly 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The certainty that our football, the football of Spain, is recognised, that's very important to us - perhaps more important than the successes and the joy that you can create. Football hasn't always been appreciated, and luckily our football is appreciated now, at all levels of society. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vicente del Bosque 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Principal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wendy Davis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I must stick with Chinese language films. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zhang Yimou 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had just 15 days to work on my body for the climactic fight of 'Bodyguard.' And I would work on every muscle of my body two/three times a week. I would have developed a superb body if I had three months, but squeezing it into 15 days can be harmful. Also, as you grow older, your metabolic rate slows down. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salman Khan