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		Even though I support the blue side of Manchester's football heritage, I don't really mind that wherever I go in the world it's not Manchester City that starts the conversation. 'Ah, yes, Manchester United,' is the response when I say where I come from. It's commonplace everywhere - in Europe, Africa, Asia and even the U.S.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lucy Powell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Kruger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine Albright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Antonoff 
			 
			
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		A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm Gladwell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tadao Ando 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ovadia Yosef 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I've been able to convince all three of my children to become investment bankers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm really proud of 'Oceans 12.' Of course, you do an 'Oceans' movie, you get known all over the world. It's an incredibly powerful medium: It's a Hollywood-identified blockbuster. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vincent Cassel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In truth, every creation of the mind is first of all 'poetic' in the proper sense of the word; and inasmuch as there exists an equivalence between the modes of sensibility and intellect, it is the same function that is exercised initially in the enterprises of the poet and the scientist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saint-John Perse 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karel Capek 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		There are so many wonderful, wonderful musicians in the world, I cannot possibly make a distinction between the fact that they might play classical music, or bluegrass, or Irish traditional, or Indian music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Hope 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have the ability to see results six months later and there's no better feeling. We impact on thousands of people in the world. And in New York, which is the roughest, when people appreciate what we're doing, it puts the Simoniz back on the apple. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Curtis Sliwa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life isn't about how popular you are. What girl or boy you are dating or who you know. Life is about always being true to who you are or what you believe in. Never let anyone convince you that their way is better than your way. In the end all we have is our hearts.. and our minds. This is the reason we sing.. this is the reason we cry... this is why we live. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andy Biersack 
			 
			
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		Painting does not come from intelligence so much, as from sight and feeling and invention. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Philip Gilbert Hamerton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even though I support the blue side of Manchester's football heritage, I don't really mind that wherever I go in the world it's not Manchester City that starts the conversation. 'Ah, yes, Manchester United,' is the response when I say where I come from. It's commonplace everywhere - in Europe, Africa, Asia and even the U.S. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lucy Powell