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" My mom bought me an ‘Anne of Green Gables’ journal. And I just remember thinking it was so cool, and I could write anything in it. " - Jurnee Smollett-Bell

" Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair’s-breadth worth of difference that makes one hopeless dipstick slightly less awful than the other. But it does raise the question: Why bother? " - Molly Ivins

" It takes me time to realize things; I’m a speedy person but a slow thinker. " - Julie Christie

" We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. " - Iris Murdoch

" People always ask me, ‘Why do you only write about heartbreak?’ I think I only write when I’m broken, so that’s just what happens. It makes me feel better, but having some distance helps. " - Sharon Van Etten

" I’ve been disrespectful over the years in my career because I was living a young, turnt up life. So I’ve said a lot of crazy things about a lot of stuff and looking back, I wouldn’t take anything back, but looking forward, I wouldn’t do it again. " - Ray J

" Bereavement is terrible, of course. And when somebody you love dies, it’s a time for reflection, a time for memory, a time for regret. " - Richard Dawkins

" I’m the last person to claim that I’m sane. " - Noel Edmonds

" When I’ve had to edit my albums, I’ll listen to it one time through, and I’ll make edits. I want to remember to set up a camera to record myself listening to my set, because I don’t even slightly crack a smile, I am just listening for technical details, and I look like somebody that has absolutely no sense of humor. I look insane. " - Tig Notaro

" Why are some things remembered and others forgotten? That is the theme I want to pursue about the Second World War. " - Norman Davies