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		The more adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it is to make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that more people will make more plans in such areas.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Thomas Sowell
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		So, the kind of precious memories about being black for my generation won't exist for my kids' and grandkids' generations unless we preserve them through fiction, through film, through comic books, and every other form of media we can possibly utilize to perpetuate the story of the great African-American people.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Henry Louis Gates
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Try to be a whole person. Not just a night person, or a day person. Be the kind of person who can live in both.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Regina Doman
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		You're not the kind of person who smiles for nothing, Colie. I have to earn every one.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Sarah Dessen
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I think the country's in trouble. And I think I have a pretty clear sense of the values and principles that have made this country great. I've had a chance to govern and lead with those in mind, with some significant success in Minnesota. And I think the country needs that kind of leadership and insight and perspective.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Tim Pawlenty
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I’m all mixed up inside. It’s like—I don’t know—like an ignition of some kind. one minute, I’m fine, and the next I’m losing it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Catherine Anderson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
		
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		My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eric Clapton
			
			
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		Technique to me is a kind of a ... I'm reluctant to talk about it because it seems so obvious to me what good technique is. I mean, you sit down, you shut up, and you pay attention is basically the good technique. And then the footnotes add; on an empty stomach, in a dark room, feeling comfortable.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Terence McKenna
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Willie Mays
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		For me, I sort of felt like it was kind of a fairytale... but an interesting one. I don't know of anybody who has had a romance quite like this, but I certainly know people who have stuck it out.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ryan Gosling
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The two teachers that I had in the Art Institute who affected me the most were Kathleen Blackshear and Robert von Neumann; Kathleen Blackshear because she taught a class called design - I can't remember, design something, and in this class - it met once a week - we would do work centered around some theme, word or subject or technique or whatever, and bring it in for a three-hour discussion. And Kathleen was able, in watching and looking at our work, to direct us to all kinds of things which might relate to what we were trying to do, but she never attempted to tell us what to do.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Warren MacKenzie
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Tim Robbins