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I saw what religion did to people when I grew up, and I certainly didn't want any part of it. That turned me off it.

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• I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
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• It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.

  

  Jackie Mason
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• In the future, I want to have super-fights.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
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• Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
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• I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.

  

  Fernando Botero
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• My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
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• No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.

  

  Mahesh Babu
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• I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.

  

  Iman
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• Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
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• It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
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• Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'

  

  Edgar Wright
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• Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.

  

  Gary Oldman
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• We should all love animals.

  

  Karl Pilkington
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• Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
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• Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.

  

  Gary Hamel
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• What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!

  

  Gail Porter
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• To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.

  

  Campbell Scott
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• When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.

  

  Jack O'Brien
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• IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is.

  

  Vernor Vinge
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• It is presumed, that juries are the best judges of facts; it is, on the other hand, presumed that courts are the best judges of law. But still both objects are within your power of decision ... You have a right to take it upon yourselves to judge of both, and to determine the law as well as the fact in controversy.

  

  John Jay
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• Eat turkey all night long, 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong.

  

  Adam Sandler
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• For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.

  

  Barack Obama
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• The thing with sculpture is, 90% of the time, when I pass a piece of sculpture, it's in public or somewhere, and it's just, how inconvenient that that's there. It takes up so much room, and it's so oppressive.

  

  John Lurie
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• I saw what religion did to people when I grew up, and I certainly didn't want any part of it. That turned me off it.

  

  Kristian Nairn
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