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		I'm probably the only novelist who has ever written about political fugitives who actually knew a lot about them, had contact with them, and had a realistic notion of how they survived.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marge Piercy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kajol 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. Buckminster Fuller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saint Augustine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm Fraser 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Rather 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The electroencephalogram represents a continuous curve with continuous oscillations in which... one can distinguish larger first order waves with an average duration of 90 milliseconds and smaller second order waves of an average duration of 35 milliseconds. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hans Berger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				B. B. King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rahul Gandhi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Swift 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gautam Adani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Dangermond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Espinosa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. D. Souther 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Buffett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Cuccurullo 
			 
			
				Duran Duran  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Palvin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When somebody loves youIt's no good unless he loves you - all the wayHappy to be near youWhen you need someone to cheer you - all the way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sammy Cahn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You are validating someone's life by telling their story. Even if it's a sad one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alex Tizon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I first saw Drake, I thought I was never going to like him based on the person that I saw on T.V. He's just so full on, and he's got the ladies' man thing, which isn't necessarily something that would resonate with me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Vincent McMorrow 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		During the morning rush hour on March 20, 1995, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo placed packages on five subway trains converging on Tokyo's central station. When punctured, the packages spread vaporized Sarin through the subway cars and then into the stations as the trains pulled in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barton Gellman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every musician in the known universe has signed a bad piece of paper, myself included. But it's really very simple. You're the artist. It's your picture that's going on the CD cover, nobody else's. Protect yourself. Get a good lawyer. You'll kick yourself later if you don't. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brad M. Carlson 
			 
			
				Cheap Trick  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm probably the only novelist who has ever written about political fugitives who actually knew a lot about them, had contact with them, and had a realistic notion of how they survived. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marge Piercy