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The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I'd written both of them.

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• The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.

  

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• I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.

  

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• I was captain in Atletico at 19, playing in the same team as Demetrio Albertini, who won three Champions Leagues, and Sergi Barjuan from Barcelona, who had won everything, and they were 32, 33. I was a kid as captain, so I wasn't the real captain, just a kid learning from them.

  

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• I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.

  

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• I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.

  

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• Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.

  

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• If I had to model clothes in a time period other than the 21st century, I think I'd like to model way back when they just wore skin loincloths. That would be best suited for me - better than corsets. I'm quite claustrophobic.

  

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• I go out in New York, and I think, boy, you can look at someone and pretty much determine their zip code. Everyone seems to want to conform. I wonder, are they all just button-pressers, on the Internet all day long? I don't know.

  

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• I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.

  

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• I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of people on a far greater level.

  

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• Being known for musicals is a great thing.

  

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• I am a child of the '70s, so I love classic rock - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, and I also love Coldplay.

  

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• The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I'd written both of them.

  

  Douglas Adams