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		I was beginning to understand, a little. 'Is that why you’re a usurer?'Madding chuckled. 'I prefer the term investor. And my rates are perfectly fair, thank you.''Drug dealer, then.''I prefer the term independent apothecary-'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				N. K. Jemisin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Music is such a balm. Always has been. It's such a heartbeat, like blood thrumming through the womb. That's why music appeals to people.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Al Jarreau
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shun the being seen to do it, even though the world should make a wrong supposition about it; for, if you don't act right, shun the action itself; but, if you do, why are you afraid of those who censure you wrongly? (35).
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Epictetus
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There's a certain kind of idealism attached to 'Tusk' as a subtext to the music, and I think people now can respond not only to how colorful and experimental it is, but also why it was made.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lindsey Buckingham
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Ulevitch
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There should be no doubt why Israel, our best friend and greatest ally in the Middle East, has determined that Iran poses an existential threat.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lois Frankel
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		It's even easier to write about the past now that I'm happy and have better stuff to write about. That's why someone like Bob Dylan can make so many records over so long a time; it's not like he's been sad all this time. He's really successful!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Frankie Cosmos
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		'I know' Helena said and this is another example of why behave this way? Things just poured out of her mouth lately, like vomit, and sometimes it actually was.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Daniel Handler
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		You have a plantation where you have 10 white people and you have about 50 or 60 black people. The automatic thought was, 'Why didn't they raise up? Why didn't they overpower? They had the numbers.' But really these people, their hope was broken. Their sense of love was broken. Their appreciation for who they were was broken.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Aldis Hodge
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Charles Farrar Browne
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		From my point of view, why shouldn't I work in every possible mode, to see if it's viable? "Los Gigantes" would not have worked as a straightforward, naturalistic tale. Part of the fun of it is that it's so preposterous and yet at the same time, it could have happened. Think of eugenics. Hitler certainly would have been doing it if he could have.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				T. C. Boyle
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I went up on stage, and said, "Why did the chicken cross the road? To check out the chicks." I was a genius at 10. Try telling that at 21, and you look hacky and stupid. That was the only joke I've ever told. Everything since has been character voices, doing impressions or just telling stories.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Gabriel Iglesias
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Andy Rooney
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I spend a little bit of time exploring why the companies that were doing smartphone ride-hailing before Uber, why they failed.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Brad Stone
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		People like rich applications on their desktop, and there is no reason why you can't have both a rich desktop and a light, cloud-based application framework. Why is it always either/or for people?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jason Calacanis
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Until you love yourself, until you really believe that, you're stopped in your tracks. That's why it's so important to wear what you want to wear and be who you want to be.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Chrissy Metz
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I get worried sometimes that people are saying 'Why is she on television - is it because of Survivor?' That people are saying, 'She got here the easy way.' But I have been working hard all these years, and I figured I needed to move forward and embrace it, respect it and perfect it. If I didn't, then everybody would lose.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elisabeth Hasselbeck
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		A lot of people look back ten years ago and go, 'Why was I wearing that?' I look back a year ago and say the same thing. The craziest outfit I ever wore was this white suit that I wore to an awards show in L.A. that I teamed with yellow shoes. It was interesting. It popped.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Joe Jonas
			
			
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		I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Frank Lampard
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Why persist in walking difficult and toilsome paths? There is no repose where you are seeking it. Search as you like, it is not where you are looking. You are seeking a happy life in the realm of death, and it will not be found there. How could life be happy where there is no life at all?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Saint Augustine
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you'll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you'll have a bad day where you're really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jimmy Graham
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It's very difficult for the family members of ICE agents, and it's very difficult for ICE agents to know what's right and what's wrong and why should I get engaged and go out there and enforce the law when I don't know what it means any more to have consequences.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				James Lankford