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		As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had reluctantly agreed to sit in. He is a proud man who also knows that his knees aren't what they once were - that years of high school and college football had long accelerated the deterioration of his aging joints.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Clint Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Candace Camp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tasha Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didn't: It was basically a semantics game. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Talulah Riley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Keane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				S. Jay Olshansky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tara Reid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Raf Simons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor LaValle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Feist 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pat Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a culture, we've all agreed with the opinion that the world should be seen in a certain way, so at 'The Nightly Show,' our chief mission was to disagree with that premise. And to see the world in a way that may not make everybody comfortable. And to present it with a cast of people who don't always get to have a voice on that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry Wilmore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vanessa Mae 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Some of the stage outfits I've got are ridiculous. I'll lay out clothes to pack, and it'll look like Polly Pocket clothing - because it's all stretchy, it's tiny. I don't need a case when I tour; I can fit it all in my handbag. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jessie J 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Apart from boosting our long-term economic strength like other Asian economic powers, Philippine companies expanding overseas and going beyond our comfort zones, or going to some uncharted territories, will help sharpen our management skills. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andrew Tan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Probably around 14, when I was finishing primary school. I'm coming from a pretty small city in Croatia, not too many options to train, not too many players. So I had to either choose to stay at home to do more school or move to Zagreb to the national training center. That was when I made decisions to do something better in tennis. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marin Cilic 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't let it be a distraction. That is not what you do. There are going to be things that happen and you don't focus on those things. You focus on getting the football team ready to play and you handle the other things up front the way we do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andy Reid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Napoleon Hill 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had reluctantly agreed to sit in. He is a proud man who also knows that his knees aren't what they once were - that years of high school and college football had long accelerated the deterioration of his aging joints. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Clint Smith