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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
  • Work
  • Want
  • Capitalism

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

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
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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
  • Painting
  • New York
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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
  • Democracy
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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
  • Life
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• We should all love animals.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • Love
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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
  • Country
  • Cancer
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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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• Moonlight is sculpture.

  

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
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• My father usually does not talk to me about my films, and it was a pleasant moment when he appreciated me the first time.

  

  Mahesh Babu
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• The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.

  

  Haley Barbour
  • Trust
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• Human life can be lived like a poem.

  

  Lin Yutang
  • Life

• I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

  

  Emily Giffin
  • People
  • Women
  • Real

• An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so!

  

  Lionel Blue

• Uncontrolled immigration threatens to deconstruct the nation we grew up in and convert America into a conglomeration of peoples with almost nothing in common — not history, heroes, language, culture, faith, or ancestors. Balkanization beckons.

  

  Pat Buchanan
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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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