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" And so from that, I’ve always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity. " - Will Wright

" I tend to latch on to things pretty obsessively for awhile. I listened to Russian pop music exclusively for almost five years. It’s weird. " - Katya Zamolodchikova

" Acting is different from mental gymnastics. You try to discover as much about the character as you can, but a large area is mysterious. " - Faye Dunaway

" I want to learn more about the world. It makes me want to get up and go. " - Henry Rollins

" I don’t want people buying my records for this summer’s hit. I want people buying them because they’re interested in what Ministry will have to say in the future. " - Al Jourgensen

" Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking, than learning how to critically think. And therefore, what I always think should be the basis of education is not answers but questions. " - Lawrence M. Krauss

" We had a simple 8-track studio set up in the record store where I worked. And just staying after work and experimenting, realizing what was possible with recording – that’s why my project was called The Microphones at first. Because it wasn’t even songs really. It was just sound. " - Phil Elverum

" The idea that a story has to be ‘exceptional’ in order to be worth telling is curious to me. What if we looked at every single person’s story as a site of possibly infinite meaning? What if we came to believe that there isn’t hubris or narcissism in thinking your story might be worth sharing – only a sense of curiosity and offering? " - Leslie Jamison

" Children have a very good idea of how to distinguish between fantasies and realities. It’s just they are equally interested in exploring both. " - Alison Gopnik

" My kids listen to rap, so I try to keep up with as much as I can. " - Rakim