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		You have to think anyway, so why not think big?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Donald Trump
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		For me, nothing is old. I don't know why. If a dress is beautiful, and it's very personal, I think it can live forever.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Alessandro Michele
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm trying to look at many, many things in modern life that I believe are going faster, and I'm trying to look at why they're going faster and what effect they have on us. We all know about FedEx and instant pudding, but it doesn't mean we've looked at all the consequences of our desire for speed.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				James Gleick
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John le Carre
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Autism currently affects one in 88 children in the U.S., and its prevalence continues to rise. That's why it's important to help organizations like Autism Speaks raise awareness and funds to support families and individuals impacted by it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Adrienne Bailon
			
			
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		I don't see why escapist literature should not also be a work of art.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				P. D. James
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Why, when no honest man will deny in private that every ultimate problem is wrapped in the profoundest mystery, do honest men proclaim in pulpits that unhesitating certainty is the duty of the most foolish and ignorant? Is it not a spectacle to make the angels laugh?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Leslie Stephen
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I don't know why.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mathieu Amalric
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I probably shouldn't say this about all animals, but at least the farm animals that I've hung out with, and even when I go to the zoo usually, they're like a blank slate. I guess that's why I like them. They're puppets, and you can imagine them being anything you want.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kristen Schaal
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Why there aren't people out there willing to have fun playing rock 'n' roll. I just don't get it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Joan Jett
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Your discovery, as best as I can determine, is that there is an alternative which no one has hit upon. It is that one finding oneself in one of life's critical situations need not after all respond in one of the traditional ways. No. One may simply default. Pass. Do as one pleases, shrug, turn on one's heel and leave. Exit. Why after all need one act humanly?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Walker Percy
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I should say upfront that I have never been in a cellar in my life. In fact, I can see no reason why anyone should ever go into a cellar unless there is wine involved.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Rachel Hawkins
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		There is one question that I don't think Gary Condit can answer, and that I think is why we all aimed at Gary Condit, besides the fact that he has a relationship.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barbara Olson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		That was one of my most surprising discoveries when I dug into the history of average-ism: When you actually get the data, it rarely captures anyone. Which then begs the question, why are we using this as a reference standard for human beings?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				L. Todd Rose
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		No matter how much you make the world a part of your life through social media, it's never enough. They all want more, and I truly understand why. It's their never-ending love for me that wants to know every detail of my life possible.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Krystle D'Souza
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Sometimes someone that is the 'villain' in your life, when you look deeper and you think of what their issues are and why they behave like that and where they came from - they become less of a villain and more of someone that you can understand.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Brooke Elliott
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If I had caused any trouble worth mentioning, you would have read about it in 'Star' magazine, which is probably why I didn't cause any trouble worth mentioning.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Danica McKellar
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I used to watch people like Raven-Symone and, you know, the Olsens at a young age, and Will Smith and people like that, and just looking at them at a young age on TV. And just thinking to myself, 'I can do that,' and questioning why I wasn't there.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elijah Kelley
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				James D'arcy
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		She [Carolyn Maloney] knows the financial issues, that's why we thought she was perfect because we're in a - we're in, as you know, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, and I know that she'll see the whole picture.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eleanor Smeal
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I hate my picture being taken. A photograph by definition captures one mood. And I have a million facets to my personality; I never use just one. That's why I like TV more.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jane Pauley
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she would tell us, say, to put the crayons in the box. I remember thinking, 'Why is everyone finding this so easy? Why should the crayons be in the box?'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Binyavanga Wainaina