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The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we installed our fabric, we had our workers remove 42 tons of garbage off the beaches of those islands. We never brought the garbage back.

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• I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Life
  • Live
  • Trying

• Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.

  

  Banks
  • Music
  • Me
  • Walking

• I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.

  

  Mamie Gummer
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• I like politics. I like traveling in the United States.

  

  Laura Bush
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• I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Up
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• The thing I like to do most is shop.

  

  Madison Pettis
  • Like
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  • Shop

• I've wanted to be an actor since I was 6 years old. I was literally picked off the streets of Paris... while I was modeling there. I was asked to audition for Oliver Stone's 'Alexander.' I didn't get the part, but that led to commercials and roles in South Africa.

  

  Tanit Phoenix
  • Paris
  • Streets
  • Modeling

• Whatever I feel comfortable in is usually what I'll wear. I go to different events and premieres and walk the red carpet... those things are awkward enough on their own. You don't want to be pulling up a top all night. I will sacrifice foot comfort though. I love high heels.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Night
  • Feel
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• The massive migration from dumb phones to smart phones is a great opportunity for young companies to take advantage of.

  

  Adam Dell
  • Great
  • Opportunity
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• I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • World
  • Work
  • Better

• Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.

  

  Yeardley Smith
  • Dead
  • Republican
  • Voting

• People expect old men to die, They do not really mourn old men. Old men are different. People look At them with eyes that wonder when... People watch with unshocked eyes; But the old men know when an old man dies.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • People
  • Men
  • Different

• The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

  

  Anais Nin
  • Knowledge
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• I'm a graphic-novel guy. I can't handle the wait for monthly or bi-monthly comics; I need the story finished so I can buy the whole thing.

  

  Chris Wooding
  • Guy

• I'm Jewish, I can say it. We're storytellers. We were the moneylenders... Therefore we tell great tales to get what we need. I love Jewish men. They make the best husbands.

  

  Patti Stanger
  • Great
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• A lot of people ask, 'What's the best advice Tina Fey's given you?' But she doesn't, like, go about doling out advice - like, 'I've got another tip for you!'

  

  Ellie Kemper
  • People
  • She
  • Advice

• Restaurants in Chicago are seldom disappointing.

  

  Bonnie Hunt
  • Chicago

• The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.

  

  Agnetha Faltskog
  • Earth
  • Mysterious

• Even though I played in the NBA, we tried to give our kids as normal a life as possible. We gave them everything they needed, not everything they wanted, and they had to work for what they wanted. I think that mentality helped.

  

  Dell Curry
  • Life
  • Work
  • Kids

• It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid to speak up and be a leader. I mean, our team, we have 25 players, we have about 25 leaders, too. So whatever someone says, people listen.

  

  Johnny Damon
  • People
  • Up
  • Feeling

• You're the hope in the morning, you're the light when the night is falling, you're the song when my heart is singing, it's your love!

  

  Brandon Heath Knell
  • Love
  • Hope
  • Song

• If I'm anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that's my favourite thing to do.

  

  Lily Cole

• The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we installed our fabric, we had our workers remove 42 tons of garbage off the beaches of those islands. We never brought the garbage back.

  

  Christo