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		Joe and I have always been drawn to ensemble storytelling. We like the idea of telling stories from multiple characters' points of view and thinking about the story from multiple characters' points of view.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anthony Russo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic, human sanity. In the West, if you speak to yourself out loud all day long, you are considered crazy. But speaking to yourself silently - thinking incessantly - is considered perfectly normal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Harris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-lineman or quarterback or receiver, and they start thinking about me, that's good, because they aren't thinking about the game anymore. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malik Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nana Mouskouri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Derek Scott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Davenport 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madonna 
			 
			
				Breakfast Club  
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I didn't invent satire. I didn't come up with it. And it will continue to be a very powerful tool to disrupt political taboos and social taboos and religious taboos, because those taboos are always used to control and to curb people's way of creativity and thinking, by making them feel guilty because they want to make a change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bassem Youssef 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a Justin Bieber fan, but I am also so fascinated by how weird pop music can be and how manipulated it can be, so I enjoy thinking about that side of it too. I feel bad for him. I could never imagine growing up that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tavi Gevinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Candice Swanepoel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randall Munroe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naomi Shihab Nye 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have been thinking a lot about what we see in villains, how we relate to villains, and what it is about certain villains that we actually empathize with. Like Macbeth. We're not supposed to like a guy who kills the king and takes over, but there's something about him we're really fascinated by. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Finn Wittrock 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know. I just want the hugs, the kisses. A kiss! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian McLagan 
			 
			
				Small Faces  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I understand why some kid in his bedroom in Wisconsin thinks downloading songs couldn't hurt anyone. True fans will buy the CD or go see the movie after downloading, but to say it doesn't affect anyone - come on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rob Zombie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some of my fear and anxieties surrounding faith, I think, provides some good comedy for my act. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jim Gaffigan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ella Maillart 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Philosophy is based on speculation, on logic, on thought, on the synthesis of what we know and on the analysis of what we do not know. Philosophy must include within its confines the whole content of science, religion and art. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pyotr  Ouspensky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Joe and I have always been drawn to ensemble storytelling. We like the idea of telling stories from multiple characters' points of view and thinking about the story from multiple characters' points of view. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anthony Russo