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		I think what is nice about 'Elf,' and why it doesn't play as one long sketch, is that the character actually grows up during the course of the film. It's not just a character that you can keep checking in on and keep doing sketches about. It's a story. I'm pretty proud of how we told it.
	
	  Jon Favreau Jon Favreau
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		The more expensive and/or exclusive a sport, the whiter it tends to be: the fact almost has the force of a law. That is the main reason why the Rugby World Cup, the Pacific islands excepted, was so desperately white, the Springboks included.
	
	  Martin Jacques Martin Jacques
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		If we weren't born with anti-social passions - narcissism, envy, lust, meanness, greed, hunger for power, just to name the more obvious - why the need for so many laws, whether religious or secular, that govern behavior?
	
	  Dennis Prager Dennis Prager
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		Why should the actions of the imagination not be as real as those of perception?
	
	  Gaston Bachelard Gaston Bachelard
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		There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You know why they don't pop? They don't pop because they have integrity.
	
	  Marc Maron Marc Maron
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		When I grew up, the Devil was a reason why I had a headache or the Devil was the reason I got mad today. We always blamed the Devil. I think today when I say the Enemy, I like to make it broader. Sometimes the Enemy can be our own thoughts.
	
	  Joel Osteen Joel Osteen
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		You have laws to protect oil men, so why not artists?
	
	  Claude Picasso Claude Picasso
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		When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.
	
	  Edward Furlong Edward Furlong
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		I have at times spoken with my peers and the head of the actors' union about why we're not paid when we appear in, say, a 'TMZ' production, but there seems to be no real interest in combatting it.
	
	  John Malkovich John Malkovich
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		'There is a major difference between you and me,' I told him. 'Yes, I am rich. But you are wealthy. And that is why you can buy such (expensive jewelry (for your wife and why I cannot.'
	
	  Akio Morita Akio Morita
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		When governments and other vested interests attack me personally I usually regard it as a vindication, otherwise they would use facts. That's why I believe in the wonderful Claud Cockburn dictum, 'Never believe anything until it is officially denied.' It has certainly been my experience.
	
	  John Pilger John Pilger
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		People have always called me Schneider Monkey just because of my energy and mass consumption of bananas. Plus, I just love monkeys, so I thought, 'Well, I love monkeys, I love my fans, why not put the two together?'
	
	  Max Schneider Max Schneider
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		It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very boring place, that I thought: 'Why not try writing a novel?' partly out of youthful arrogance and partly because there had been a long line of writers in my mother's family.
	
	  Antony Beevor Antony Beevor
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		Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive; it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes.
	
	  Jonathan Sacks Jonathan Sacks
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		We're warriors, this culture, and we're very puritanical about sex and very embracing about violence and I don't know why that is.
	
	  Mark Ruffalo Mark Ruffalo
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		Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once changed will never exist again in the infinite duration of time. But thou, in what a brief space of time is thy existence? And why art thou not content to pass through this short time in an orderly way?
	
	  Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius
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		Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?
	
	  Martin Freeman Martin Freeman
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		Why must we love the Lord? Because as we do so, we become refined, pure, and holy.
	
	  Joseph B. Wirthlin Joseph B. Wirthlin