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		When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!' But the next morning, it occurred to me I didn't know what it was, so I called my agent and asked what being a 'New York Times' bestselling author really meant. He informed me that I was now a thousand pound gorilla.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lisa Gardner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My grandfather started a school for the underprivileged in Chandigarh, and that is why we moved from Himachal to Chandigarh. It was a small school, where even I would teach while in school. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yami Gautam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When Chipotle asked me to take part in the Cultivating Thought program both as an author and an essay contest judge, I was excited by the idea of sharing my story through this unique channel and helping young, inspiring writers do the same. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Esquivel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Graves 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Verne Troyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Jerusalem will remain under Israeli sovereignty and will not be divided. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yair Lapid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was 12, my feet were so small, I wore my sisters' glitter shoes. My dad would whoop me: 'You're not going to school now, you'll embarrass us!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Young Thug 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gayle Forman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bart Stupak 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Taylor-Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Weight training and working on being explosive helped me gain a few yards of pace. Even when I was small, I was stocky. Even if people pushed me, I managed to stay on my feet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eden Hazard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was very energetic and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mads Mikkelsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vaclav Havel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm a mom - I'm lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I've been so bad on the upkeep, though. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idina Menzel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whenever you write for someone else, you're always aware - sometimes overtly, other times at an almost cellular, subliminal level - of the rules about what you can and can't do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. Michael Straczynski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim. The Past is for us; but the sole terms on which it can become ours are its subordination to the Present. Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor. We must not tamper with the organic motion of the soul. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The American Music Awards mean more to us; that's a people's award, and we're a people's band. The Grammys are the critics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Bryan 
			 
			
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		I want Americans to know that Guantánamo happened not to monsters, but to men. Innocent men. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lakhdar Boumediene 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!' But the next morning, it occurred to me I didn't know what it was, so I called my agent and asked what being a 'New York Times' bestselling author really meant. He informed me that I was now a thousand pound gorilla. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lisa Gardner