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		Women tend to break the network of friends they make, but it is a habit that men have learned. It is an approach to life that involves planning almost without thinking about it. And men sustain this. I came from a northern grammar school. I had a good education, but I didn't have a good network.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Pauline Neville-Jones
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		What you think now about the cross of Christ, I cannot tell; but I can wish you nothing better than this - that you may be able to say with the apostle Paul, before you die or meet the Lord, 'God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				J. C. Ryle
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I think the essence of humor has not changed. It's all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed. Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It's brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bette Midler
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				K. Eric Drexler
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I think [nancy Reagan] was a very controlled and controlling person, because she was so scared all the time and because she had such an inner sense of panic.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Cynthia Nixon
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The answer to religion is not no religion, but another way of thinking of it. Another way of being in it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Salman Rushdie
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		It was at the Children's Defense Fund that I met Hillary. I was 21, feisty, and ready to fight. And I remember thinking immediately, 'Here is a woman who doesn't mess around.' Steel in her spine, Hillary didn't want to talk about anything other than how to make children's lives better.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Donna Brazile
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end it itself.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Gabriel Garcia Marquez
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I kind of just want to get to know people and I have a genuine interest in people that listen to my music. I've just always felt like that. I think it's from the days of playing guitar to a few people and being very conversational and very intimate and I've always wanted to keep that vibe.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ellie Goulding
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If the fidelity [ in a book] isn't maintained, the reader will think your structure is extraneous, or superficial, or that you're trying to curry favor, or live up to the expectations of some sort of genre or structure.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Bezmozgis
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. I see them and I have this word in my head - respect. I also look to learn. I see these women and I think, 'Yes, it can be balanced, it can all work out.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
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		I think it's safe to say people are going to be interested in Kim Kardashian's love choices for the next 30 years. But they can take a minute to think about the new robotic arm that could replace the one they lost to cancer. Then they can keep thinking about Kim Kardashian.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				James Woods
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I don't have a clue. These things don't bother me. I think about the technical stuff but not how many steps or what my heart rate is.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Usain Bolt
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If you really want to change the Trump administration, you have to change the guy at the top. And that's not happening anytime soon. But, again, where I do think where you will see some movement is on this economic side, where I suspect, for example, this is a victory for China, because Trump was - I mean, Bannon was the hawk on China trade.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				E. J. Dionne
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When I first met Lars [Von Trier] he was sat on the sofa wearing socks and sandals. He wanted me to imagine my cat had died. It took me a while to think about it, but then I felt myself physically crumble. I got myself into a state that was actually pretty hard to get out of.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mia Goth
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When I turned 25, something changed in me. I see children in my future 100%. Soon. I started thinking I want my kids to look back and say, 'Wasn't Mummy amazing?' I've really started thinking about what I'm leaving for them.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jessie J
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool resting these tired bones, so I'll be thinking of music then.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Garth Brooks
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I don't ever want something that I didn't do because I was afraid of it or I didn't think I'd be good at it - within reason. Obviously I'm never going to be able to play the trumpet.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Chris Cornell
			
			
				Audioslave