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		Ammu had an elaborate Calcutta wedding. Later, looking back on the day, Ammu realized that the slightest feverish glitter in her bridegroom's eyes had not been love, or even excitement at the prospect of carnal bliss, but approximately eight large pegs of whiskey. Straight. Neat.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Arundhati Roy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Carroll 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Olson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Imtiaz Ali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A potential person is not a person, any more than an acorn is an oak tree. I don't think women should have to give birth just because a sperm met an egg. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katha Pollitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Culture is about the mindset of people, and we are very happy to have a strong combined mindset of people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Uday Kotak 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Ma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Facebook? I have no clue about it. MySpace, none of that. I'm the worst. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maggie Q 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kesha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My only challenge is to entertain. And I accomplish my task better when I myself am entertained by what I am doing. I am very critical of myself, I constantly set the bar higher and higher. I try to surpass myself. That`s all. But I also know how to preserve myself, to not let myself get bedazzled by the smoke and mirrors. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Val Kilmer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Don McLean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What you want to know is... does it shorten your life? You can do
those kinds of questions in mice, but those are expensive to do and no
one's been really doing them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bruce Ames 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ammu had an elaborate Calcutta wedding. Later, looking back on the day, Ammu realized that the slightest feverish glitter in her bridegroom's eyes had not been love, or even excitement at the prospect of carnal bliss, but approximately eight large pegs of whiskey. Straight. Neat. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Arundhati Roy