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		I think audiences sometimes mistakenly assume a quality performance comes from some great emotional disturbance rather than really intense concentration. Concentration and flow is what it's all about.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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				Weezer  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry Eisler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When we announced that we were going to support Bitcoin companies, we became a great lightning rod for activity and fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Draper 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Hawkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents divorced when I was very, very young, but they maintained an incredibly amicable relationship. They were great partners, they were great parents, and they were great friends throughout my whole life until I was about 25, at which point they realized that they could relinquish; they could call it and move on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Zea 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have to remember for every kid saying something awful, there's a kid saying something great. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Halsey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In schools giving students a full education, not to create great artists but about the right to have full expression and imagination and creativity, along with an acknowledgement that everybody learns differently. You try and you fail and you try again. All those skills are useful in the workplace, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damian Woetzel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless. In fact, it is said that I have no style at all, but that doesn't matter. I just go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certain courage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samuel Barber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Like all rice, black rice is great at absorbing flavours, but it's just as happy to act as a satiny bed for a poached egg, say, if you want to keep things simple. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Ma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Raimi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I walked out of 'Harry and the Hendersons.' Harry bugged me; I don't know. Yeah, it's weird because I think Sasquatches are great, but not then. Maybe not that weekend - I don't know. I don't know what it was. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Teddy Sears 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've done a pretty good job of hitting 18-34-year-old males, and not such a good job of reaching kids. Disney has done a great job of reaching kids, but maybe not the 18-34-year-olds. I figure I can learn a lot from Disney, and maybe, I don't know, they can learn a lot from me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Spector 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Everything that came to me, in terms of the ritzier side of performing, was a plus. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Hurt 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. C. Benson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I see myself traveling; I see myself with a much bigger living space than I do have right now. I see myself hopefully on a tour bus at some point. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kat Dahlia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Rothfuss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Charles Babbage 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think audiences sometimes mistakenly assume a quality performance comes from some great emotional disturbance rather than really intense concentration. Concentration and flow is what it's all about. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rivers Cuomo 
			 
			
				Weezer