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		I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written by you. It's up to you to write the ending, ultimately.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lynn Johnston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Buffett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Osric Chau 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dakota Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was thinking things had changed: that the next generation of men weren't as institutionally misogynist as the previous were. And then, suddenly, the Internet came along and gave them a platform to voice their feelings anonymously. And boy, did the bile come out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Val McDermid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fernando Torres 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Mansbach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry Page 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abbas Kiarostami 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It's happened four times, and it will happen again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry Silbert 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Simon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Buffett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tammy Baldwin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Cormier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I played cover gigs and traveled the country in my mom's old car, and my drummer and I set up a fake email and sent it out to agents. We pretended to be our own agent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Platten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing is such a good thing to do because you can't really get bored with it. If you're bored with writing, you're bored with life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irvine Welsh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Light is the left hand of darkness and darkness the right hand of light. Two are one, life and death, lying together like lovers in kemmer, like hands joined together, like the end and the way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ursula K. Le Guin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written by you. It's up to you to write the ending, ultimately. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lynn Johnston