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		As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nate Ruess 
			 
			
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		I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Xavier Becerra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Christensen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahalia Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I hate these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manolo Blahnik 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lara Giddings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If at noon you sit down and there's just silence or blank tape, in an hour if you have a song, that didn't exist an hour ago. Now it exists and it might exist for a long time. There's something empowering about that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Vedder 
			 
			
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		Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Qandeel Baloch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Very often, writing a song is a process that happens to me rather than one that I instigate. I feel a song coming on and, like a sneeze; I wait for it until it comes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kat Edmonson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I hate the way chorus boxes sound. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Metheny 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Caitlyn Jenner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Micucci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Don't hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the start, is beyond thought, so that no matter what, you never get involved with thoughts. Illuminate original mind, and no other understanding is necessary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bankei Yōtaku 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In terms of job creation, every billion dollars invested in the physical infrastructure creates 47,000 new jobs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bernie Sanders 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adlai E. Stevenson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the costumes and make-up, the actors' reading of a line or emphasis of a word, the choice of lens and the pace of the cutting - these are all part of the translation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Nicholls 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it was my mom's attitude about art and being part of the narcissistic digital generation or whatever that made me think anyone would care what I had to say about anything! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tavi Gevinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nate Ruess 
			 
			
				Fun.