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		After spending the last few years working on a serious novel set in Chechnya, I was drawn to both the brevity and casualness of Twitter, and wrote a series of tweets titled 'The Erotic Inner Life of Mr. Bates from Downton Abbey.'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anthony Marra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Famke Janssen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hans Christian Andersen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mckellen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick White 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I haven't always been confident. I actually suffered with low self-esteem growing up. Eventually, I got to a point where I was just like, 'OK, this is taking too much energy.' After that, I started accepting myself for who I was, and I was like, whoever is not going to accept it, they weren't really meant to be in my life in that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				La'Porsha Renae 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damian Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		So they've actually - it's not that her character is a singer, but she had ambition to do that at an earlier time in her life. So I've actually sung two or three times now on the show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katey Sagal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry O'Farrell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Akaka