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		The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ben Nicholson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lamar Odom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ferdinand Lassalle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wendi Deng Murdoch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Klein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		For the record, my mother is an astonishing and loving grandmother. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kara Swisher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing that always attracted me to New York was the sense of being in a place where a lot of people had a lot of stories not unlike mine. Everybody comes from somewhere else. Everyone's got a Polish grandmother, some kind of metamorphosis in their family circumstances. That's a very big thing - the experience of not living where you started. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The organization of the government itself is something which we ought to examine in a more self-conscious way - the Federal Reserve and the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The mission that each of them has is mainly economic but should be informed by good organizational practices. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oliver E. Williamson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I talk about millennials with a healthy dose of humility, as I'm a card-carrying member of Generation X. But I have daily interaction with young people at Dana Perino & Co., through my Minute Mentoring organization, with digital friends on social media, and especially at Fox News. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dana Perino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Bradley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of. When a chef tells me he is cooking with his grandmother's recipe, I always wonder why. Did talent skip the past two generations? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Myhrvold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Consequently, it's so gratifying to then make a picture that's successful and gives you leverage to have better circumstances than you've ever had, before the next time out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Curtis Hanson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My target audience is anyone who finds the world interesting and human behavior fascinating, terrible, inspiring, funny, and occasionally, mysterious. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Amy Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Gates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You couldn't hope to make a drama and have people rewriting on the day and having the actors making suggestions, "Wouldn't it be funny if my character did this?" "No. You're the actor. I'll tell you what to do." 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Declan Lowney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ben Nicholson