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		Right now everything looks so strange to me, as if I don't belong here. It's me that's out of place. And the worst thing is that I feel there's somewhere I do belong, but I just can't find it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				L. J. Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you are talented, you will get your due. I am thankful to be part of this industry. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nawazuddin Siddiqui 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am tone deaf. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachelle Lefevre 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bahman Ghobadi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Entrepreneurs in the United States and Europe finally figured out how to separate aluminum from minerals cheaply and also how to produce it on an industrial scale. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Kean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is a disturbing reincarnation of socialist and nationalist dictatorships raising their heads around the world and even in our own back yard. You see it in places like Venezuela and Bolivia, stoked in no small part by Cuba, and also in Central Asia, and troubling trends in Russia and China. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ingrid Bergman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a system in place in Nashville, and for a long time, I was trapped in this idea that the only way to do it was to come to town, get a record deal, and do it the way they say. And that system works. But it caters to a specific kind of artist, and I didn't necessarily fit that mold. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Hunt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ja Rule 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Tourism is a very big economic benefit to the Sherpa people, and also, they have very strong ties to their own social attitudes and their own religion, so fortunately, they're not too influenced by many of our Western attitudes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund Hillary 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend that the record industry is an insidious affair. It's this terrible collision between art and commerce, and it will always be that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian MacKaye 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. C. Watts