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		I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the beach. I was wearing a grossly unflattering costume and they had published photographs of me taken from behind. I looked dreadful. I went into our local newsagent and bought up every copy.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Amanda Burton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fiona Apple 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tabatha Coffey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Ramirez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Compared with other Indian film composers, I only write about six movies a year. Others write up to 60. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. R. Rahman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Ellsberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Felicity Kendal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yakov Smirnoff 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We want people to listen to records, to a whole body of music. I want you to buy into my life, not just one subject in my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charles Vest 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Rall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the beach. I was wearing a grossly unflattering costume and they had published photographs of me taken from behind. I looked dreadful. I went into our local newsagent and bought up every copy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Amanda Burton