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		I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
	
	  Adam Hicks Adam Hicks
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		I've said before, the number one thing that we have to work on is protecting the gay community from sharia law. Now, in the United States, it's probably not a big issue right now, but my brother-in-law is gay, and his partner and I would like them to be able to travel any place in the world without them risking harm.
	
	  Foster Friess Foster Friess
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		There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
	
	  Sam Heughan Sam Heughan
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		I'm the type of person who can get a feel for what you need and what I need to do to push you to get you to a breaking point, where you realize that you can't go on this way anymore, that the reason you're heavy is because you're ignoring all the stuff that's going on inside.
	
	  Cara Castronuova Cara Castronuova
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		George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men.
	
	  Larry Kramer Larry Kramer
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		Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
	
	  Naomi Klein Naomi Klein
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		The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
	
	  Youssou N'Dour Youssou N'Dour
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		If you're doing a prison show, HBO is the absolute best place in the world to be doing that because you're not going to have to do all that, you know, 'Prison Break' stuff where you can't really behave and speak like people do in a maximum-security prison.
	
	  J. K. Simmons J. K. Simmons
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		Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.
	
	  Natalie Merchant Natalie Merchant
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		Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
	
	  Yuri Milner Yuri Milner
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		I got into DJing and making beats when I was about 17. I was always fascinated by the four elements of hip-hop: you know, writing, rhyming, breakdancing and graffiti.
	
	  Abbie Cornish Abbie Cornish
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		I've never felt fallow in the sense that there's been no work.
	
	  Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes
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		I decided when I was a kid that I would only go out of the house if I felt good enough to be bothered. Could I be interrupted at dinner? Am I in the mood? If I am, I go out. If I'm not, I don't! So, it's the art of deciding what the truth of your job is, and what you can and cannot handle. You can design your stresses.
	
	  John Travolta John Travolta
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		There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
	
	  Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov
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		I came from a very loving home, had a happy life with no great aspirations, but going to the seminary changed me. There was a chunk of my childhood missing. Once I'd realised it wasn't for me, I still felt a tremendous pressure to continue for fear of letting everybody down.
	
	  Johnny Vegas Johnny Vegas
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		One thing I've learned - and I've said this to Republicans and Democrats - is, bees cannot sting and make honey at the same time. They have to make a choice. Either they are going to be a stinger or a honey-maker, and I contend that honey is a symbol of legislation and, the nuclear language used by members is the stinger, and you can't do both.
	
	  Emanuel Cleaver Emanuel Cleaver
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		When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves.
	
	  John Charles Polanyi John Charles Polanyi