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		We went on the opening weekend [of Star Wars], a group of us went out and just popped into a couple theaters just to see people in the theater watching the movie, and it was incredibly gratifying just to see the thing out there being watched by people. And the reaction was more than we could've expected.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Steadman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Kirn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Waris Ahluwalia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. J. Abrams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Famke Janssen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Green, red, and mixed shades of haemins are known. If magnesium is replaced by iron in chlorophyll, green haemins are obtained. Their colour is due to a strong band in the red which is already recognized in chlorophyll. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Otto Heinrich Warburg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vanessa Diffenbaugh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick J. Kennedy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What is it about summer that makes children grow? We feed and water them more. They do get more sun, but that probably doesn't matter as much as the book they read or the rule they broke that taught them something they couldn't have learned any other way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Gibbs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frances McDormand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Zoe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oksana Baiul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				An Wang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Literature is no one’s private ground, literature is common ground; let us trespass freely and fearlessly and find our own way for ourselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Virginia Woolf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's too heart-wrenching doing the solo thing. I throw myself into it and get so excited, and then 2000 people buy it and you're, like, 'Oh. I guess it's not that good after all.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jane Wiedlin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nowadays you don't need to be a senator or a CEO or a celebrity to have a voice in the media, and if you happen to be a senator, a CEO or a celebrity, you have a thousand people each with their own respective audiences to hold you accountable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bernie Sanders 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We went on the opening weekend [of Star Wars], a group of us went out and just popped into a couple theaters just to see people in the theater watching the movie, and it was incredibly gratifying just to see the thing out there being watched by people. And the reaction was more than we could've expected. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. J. Abrams