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		Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Conor Oberst 
			 
			
				Bright Eyes  
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Said Sayrafiezadeh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Youngblood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I've had jokes stolen from me in the club when I'm next on stage. And my brain will start to turn, and the gears will start turning, and I'll go onstage and create a whole new bit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. B. Smoove 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. Kelly 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fergie 
			 
			
				The Black Eyed Peas  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor LaValle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it's the actor's job - when you think of being typecast or getting out of the shadow of whatever you've had success in - it's up to you as an actor. The industry will always want to hire you for what you were successful in last and what made money. But you can say no to that and look for other parts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Danson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of manifestation painted large on the canvas of awareness. At the Winter Solstice, the wind is cold, trees are bare and all lies in stillness beneath blankets of snow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Zukav 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edith Schaeffer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that we need to live our lives for the present... as if it is our one and only wild and wonderful life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				M. J. Rose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To me, poetry is spoken - not exclusively, but there's a mix of languages in it. That's what I liked about 'For the Confederate Dead;' it has many different tones to it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kevin Young 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a prosecutor, we had one straightforward goal: convict the guilty and protect the innocent. To me, that simple mission still holds true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Amy Klobuchar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'So you say, so you say,' murmured Fflewddur, hurrying after him. 'Look closer into your heart. You may find your opinion to be somewhat different.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lloyd Alexander 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naveen Jain 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Conor Oberst 
			 
			
				Bright Eyes