Chris Van Allsburg Quotes
		
	
	
		
	
	
	
		Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Chris Van Allsburg
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bear Grylls
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		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.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
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		The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				E. O. Wilson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Waris Ahluwalia
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Samuel Johnson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, 'Mom, I don't like direct sunlight, I don't like bugs, I don't like grass, and I'd rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Nate Berkus
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I have had the most wonderful time on 'EastEnders' and I will miss you all. The show has changed my life and I want you all to continue the good work, because I'll be at home watching you.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barbara Windsor
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Daniel Akaka
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Oprah Winfrey
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I've got a clear line between work and real life.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ed Westwick
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I've always been aware of my health - when you are having to go on stage and perform, you need to be feeling good - but when I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, I became really, really conscious of my health.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Olivia Newton-John
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In the house in Beverly Hills where our four children grew up, living conditions were a few thousand times improved over the old tenement on New York's East 93rd Street we Marx Brothers called home.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Harpo Marx