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		But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alphonso Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Anytime you hear different things - whether it's trade rumors or people saying you're not living up to your complete potential - you're obviously going to get ticked off about that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Kane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabrielle Giffords 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Hawkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Hackford 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Reporters tend to find in others what they are suited to find, so there is a whole school of reporting where they are cynical about the world, and everything reinforces that. Whereas I tend to be optimistic and be amused by people and like them, even rather bad people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ira Glass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation.' It's a film about a reality in an African country where kids were being used to be soldiers in a war. And it made so much sense to me as a citizen of the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wagner Moura 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm the best in the world; thank you, Jesus, for that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rafael dos Anjos 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ada Yonath 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eckhart Tolle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People know more about baseball players' contracts than they do about the policies that govern the fate of our children's lives in twenty years. Think about it. People used to say, the whole time I was growing up, 'Do you want to bring a child into this world?' That's pretty dire. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackson Browne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Vedder 
			 
			
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		I find that talking about myself is often the most boring thing in the world. Sixty per cent of interviews I find mechanical. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carla Bruni