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" I knew becoming an analyst would allow me to see the game from a new perspective. " - Jalen Rose

" I’m just like a photographer or a director. Of course I have an opinion, but I don’t think my opinion, or what I want to say… is so obvious ’cause that’s not my job. My job is just to give a point of view, not more than that. " - Stromae

" The main thing I love about street photography is that you find the answers you don’t see at the fashion shows. You find information for readers so they can visualize themselves. " - Bill Cunningham

" I never write something and consciously embed political commentary or any other kind of commentary. I just try to get the characters into a room or out of a room, or onto the plane, or through the grocery store. The political stuff, the class stuff, the gender stuff, is in the air, it’s in their interactions, because it’s there for all of us. " - Curtis Sittenfeld

" If you write a lovely story about India, you’re criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you’re seen as portraying it in a negative light – it also seems to be a popular way to present India, sort of mangoes and beggars. " - Kiran Desai

" Without meaning to sound crass, I’ve never had any psychological… help. It’s because I feel my work is so revealing about who I am and what I am trying to understand about myself. It’s a therapeutic process. " - Robert Lepage

" All Americans knew was ‘The Joy Luck Club’ and children of dry cleaners trying to assimilate. The Asia that I was seeing was a world of people who are incredibly sophisticated, and I wanted to represent that side. " - Kevin Kwan

" What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that. " - Barbara Corcoran

" I’m a big fan of outlining. Here’s the theory: If I outline, then I can see the mistakes I’m liable to make. They come out more clearly in the outline than they do in the pages. " - Cynthia Voigt

" There’s something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it’s dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it’s about. " - Aaron Koblin