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		Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Anita Desai 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Demick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fernando Flores 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Murphy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ramana Maharshi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mandy Patinkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fiona Apple 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Upton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bebe Rexha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Isaacson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love people, and the hustle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Vaynerchuk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imelda May 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nancy Reagan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olga Kurylenko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Give the peasants neither life nor death. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ieyasu Tokugawa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry Ritholtz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fabrizio Moreira