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		If you want a thing--truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die, you will have it. Why not? It has you. There is no escape. What a cruel and terrible thing escape would be if escape were possible
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Octavia E. Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Valentina Tereshkova 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We own a shopping center in Temecula that is occupied and making money. In Florida, I am doing a 500-home subdivision just north of Eglin Air Force Base. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wayne Rogers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That is why it is important that this be a transition year, 2006. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ike Skelton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Nader 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vera Wang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A runner needs not just to be skinny but - more specifically - to have skinny calves and ankles, because every extra pound carried on your extremities costs more than a pound carried on your torso. That's why shaving even a few ounces off a pair of running shoes can have a significant effect. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malcolm Gladwell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M. C. Gainey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maceo Parker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Mubarak's regime is dead and finished. People will not go back to this. This is a farce being propagated by the Muslim Brotherhood to say that this revolution was supported by the remnants of the Mubarak regime. They have gone against the whole Egyptian society, and this is why they were removed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naguib Sawiris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My blood runs cold when I hear the 'great news' that we have found a marker for the Down's syndrome gene, which means we can identify it more easily. Why is that good news? It's only good news if you're going to terminate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sally Phillips 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security, and they do a lot of nine-to-five stuff. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irvine Welsh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Rodgers