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		The old men running the industry just have not got a clue. They've got to come to terms with the fact that Britain is no longer a totally white place where people ride horses, wear long frocks and drink tea. The national dish is no longer fish and chips; it's curry.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marianne Jean-Baptiste 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. Gary Gray 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karolyn Grimes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Rather 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Neville 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Xenophon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ira Glass 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vanity 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was in South Africa, I was meeting with people who never heard of Lego bricks. And yet, when I was like, 'Here they are,' they immediately got it. They saw the appeal, were snapping bricks and creating their little creations right there immediately. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Sawaya 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Salmansohn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down a job. You need a constant money source to live in New York City unless you're independently wealthy, which I'm not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Gilroy 
			 
			
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		A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Bird