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Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.

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• Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
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  • You
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• I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.

  

  Daniel Barber
  • Remember
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• What Washington needs is adult supervision.

  

  Barack Obama
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• The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • World
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• I think America has a brilliant future.

  

  Harold Evans
  • America
  • Future
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• Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'

  

  Nadia Giosia
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• My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.

  

  Laura Dern
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• You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.

  

  Carlo Rubbia
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• I never fully understand all the drama and machinations within the Eagles.

  

  J. D. Souther
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• People hate cardio. I hate cardio. But pick the five top songs that you love. Do your cardio during these songs, and you're done. I'd say 95 percent of the time you don't even know you just did it.

  

  Taylor Kitsch
  • People
  • Time
  • Know

• I think pink is one of the saddest colors in the world, and many American humans are taught not to take anything pink seriously, which is weird.

  

  Kate Bernheimer
  • World
  • American
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• New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
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• When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Age
  • Responsibility
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• My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.

  

  Kate Bush
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• Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.

  

  Felicity Jones
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• Like the rest of the city, LAX is coming of age.

  

  Dana Goodyear
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• It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

  

  Carlton Fisk
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• Television and movies just take so long. If you pitch a show or develop a project, it can be a year before your show even gets on the air, if it gets picked up.

  

  Chris Hardwick
  • Up
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• It's always cool to go back home to Augusta, especially during The Masters week.

  

  Charles Kelley Lady Antebellum
  • Home
  • Cool

• We knowingly chose to protest in the Christ the Savior Cathedral, the most important church in the country, to denounce the connection between the church and Putin.

  

  Yekaterina Samutsevich
  • Important
  • Country
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• In 1980, business at my company, Chuck E. Cheese's, was thriving and I was feeling flush. So I bought a very large house on the Champ de Mars in Paris, right between the Eiffel Tower and the Ecole Militaire. The home was quite amazing: At six stories, it spanned 15,000 square feet and featured marble staircases and a swimming pool in the basement.

  

  Nolan Bushnell
  • Home
  • Business
  • House

• When I feel confident and comfortable, I'm better at my job.

  

  Colbie Caillat
  • Job

• Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.

  

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