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		I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kara DioGuardi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach LaVine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				FKA twigs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Buchanan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natalie Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salmon P. Chase 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zoe Foster Blake 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		When I grew up in West Baltimore, anything associated - and I'm talking about my childhood - with white people 99 percent of the time was something malevolent, like it was an explanatory force for something bad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Clinton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Parker Posey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm just trying to write things that resonate with people. And when we're all going through something together, I think you smile after that - I hope that people leave inspired after one of my shows. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andy Grammer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm single-minded. When I'm working on a project, all my attention is there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. Gary Gray 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kara DioGuardi