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		It's nice to be with a male energy as opposed to a female energy. It's very different.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
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		I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.
	
	  Mae Jemison Mae Jemison
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		Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.
	
	  Padgett Powell Padgett Powell
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		My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
	
	  Bear Grylls Bear Grylls
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		A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
	
	  Mallory Ortberg Mallory Ortberg
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		I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different aspects of my activity, whether it's writing criticism, or doing visual work that incorporates writing, or teaching, or curating, is all of a single cloth, and I don't make any separation in terms of those practices.
	
	  Barbara Kruger Barbara Kruger
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		I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different and more challenging way. I've learned it doesn't get easier each time. It actually gets harder.
	
	  Karin Slaughter Karin Slaughter
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		When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.
	
	  Yoko Ono Yoko Ono
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		American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
	
	  Gary Shteyngart Gary Shteyngart
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		When I am shooting a film, and it has a big schedule, I make sure that I take a week off with the family. It gives you new energy.
	
	  Mahesh Babu Mahesh Babu
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		To this day I don't ever remember seeing a pet inside Moscow, I never saw anyone carrying a dog, or leading a dog. Err I finally saw a, a pet some years later in Kiev, so I thought that life must have been, different.
	
	  Ralph Boston Ralph Boston
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		I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn't help me.
	
	  Salma Hayek Salma Hayek
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		I believe in free trade. I don't support regulating trade prices between different regions. Our point of view is we don't want trade barriers between different countries.
	
	  Hans Vestberg Hans Vestberg