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		When people say, 'Well, I don't talk to my family because they're all conservatives,' or 'I don't talk to my family because they're racist,' I'm, like, 'No, no, no; that's exactly who you need to be talking to.'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alicia Garza 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Many people believe the whole catastrophe is the oil we spill, but that gets diluted and eventually disarmed over time. In fact, the oil we don't spill, the oil we collect, refine and use, produces CO2 and other gases that don't get diluted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Safina 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ornette Coleman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Lippmann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. Rap Brown 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Abril 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivia Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Donnelly 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Otis Rush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel lucky every day. But I can also trace that luck back to decisions I have made. Frequently, those decisions have been to pay my own way to somewhere I want to be and something I want to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Sklar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Success is a completely abstract thing - it has no bearing on daily life, family matters, the matter of artistic creation, but it can affect grace, and if I lose that, I really have gained nothing from success. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it would provide defenses to people who had created the scenarios they sought protection from. Or it would leave juries without the proper rules of engagement that ought govern predictable human interactions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Gelber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Magic Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Irish history having been forbidden in schools, has been, to a great extent, learned from Raftery's poems by the people of Mayo, where he was born, and of Galway, where he spent his later years. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gregory 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I just like when I work with people that are professional and good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taraji P. Henson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Van Halen 
			 
			
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		I wouldn't change a thing about my family. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warwick Davis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Lipstick Jungle' was on the air for 20 episodes - I loved 'Lipstick Jungle.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Candace Bushnell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Have you seen the oddest couple in the world, to your eyes, walking down the street? That means there's someone for everyone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				BJ the Chicago Kid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Their barbarism will stand as their shame for all eternity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tony Blair 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When people say, 'Well, I don't talk to my family because they're all conservatives,' or 'I don't talk to my family because they're racist,' I'm, like, 'No, no, no; that's exactly who you need to be talking to.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alicia Garza