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		Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though!
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. August Richards 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Otis Rush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valerie Simpson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beau Willimon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you start to think about politicians, you've got to realize these are strange creatures. Other than the fact that they can't tell directions, and they have very strange breeding habits, how do you actually work with these things? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Omar Ahmad 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vicki Lawrence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harriet Walter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naturi Naughton 
			 
			
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		We must eliminate all nuclear weapons in order to eliminate the grave risk they pose to our world. This will require persistent efforts by all countries and peoples. A nuclear war would affect everyone, and all have a stake in preventing this nightmare. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ban Ki-moon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Page 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mckellen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Have I done more business-related things to help my career grow? Yeah. I took the business end more seriously, hooked up with a manager, got some help, because at a certain point, you get frustrated when you go do auditions, and people say you did a great job, and then you don't get he part. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Sinise 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Bradford 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Complete objectivity is not an option. We are all subjective about the way we respond to 'what is,' whether it's the people we encounter, the circumstances in our lives, or ourselves. What we can do is reduce our subjectivity - what I call 'I see, therefore it is.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elizabeth Thornton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nolan Bushnell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I once spoke to 9,000 people, but they managed to fit them all into a structure that resembled a Zeppelin hangar, so it was a contained space in which whatever laughter I generated could ricochet and hang around for a bit, encouraging others to join in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Christopher Buckley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you're thinking clearly and are content about where your life is - to where you can just think about the present, think about the now - that's what you need to do to hit good golf shots. I know there are a lot of distractions, but when you're thinking clearly, you're more free. You've got to have that freedom on the golf course. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lucas Black 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Photography is my only language. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andre Kertesz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. August Richards