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		Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. Murray Abraham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you were a math person, why math? Oh my gosh, I could never do math!' I could just see their self-esteem crumbling; I thought that was silly, so I wanted to make math more friendly and accessible. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Danica McKellar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Reed 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The purpose of our lives is to be happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dalai Lama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hans-Ulrich Obrist 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My weekends are oases of time and space, where I am able to draw a breath and dive into the stuff I couldn't get to that week - the great article I bookmarked, the friend whose emails I kept dropping, the blog post I'd meant to write on a subject that wasn't timely but was still important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Sklar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Isaacson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Floyd Skloot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to descend, I sit down every day and I work when I'm not delivering lambs on the farm. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Kingsolver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Obie Trice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Golf is not easy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yani Tseng 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Allen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Greenwood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Man, I'm 6 foot 8. I'm gonna be typecast. It's not like I'm gonna be the romantic lead, although that wouldn't be bad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tyler Mane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The only advice I can give you… is to examine who you are… Figure out what’s important to you. Know yourselves. Know what’s in your heart. Don’t be swayed by fear or history or the opinions of outsiders. Find your own truth. It will lead you to the things you love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alessandro Aleotti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do think that people ought to have some control over their money, rather than the government, just mandating to them how they're going to invest their money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saxby Chambliss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I admit, that the commonplace man can never, by copying, produce a masterpiece; he notes every detail but he does not really see - the artist penetrates below the surface into the very heart of nature; for him everything is beautiful because beauty in art consists of character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Auguste Rodin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everyone who has any talent at all in sketching, painting, sculpturing or carving, should have the opportunity to use that talent. The expression is important for the person, and can tremendously enrich the lives of other people. What can you do? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edith Schaeffer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. Murray Abraham