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		I put my name on that Occupy Musicians list because someone wrote to me and said, "Would you do this?" I said, "Yeah sure, I support this." What artist wouldn't support that? What's the big deal? But then people wrote to me, "Wow! You're on that list!" And I'm like, "Who isn't on that list?" That would be more shocking.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian MacKaye 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		People look at stuff like 'Godzilla' and 'Avengers' and think I only do blockbusters, or however you wanna put it, but in reality, I can make double or triple what I got paid for 'Avengers' by doing other stuff - there are other options, but I don't want to work with this person or that person, and so I don't do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Taylor-Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maisie Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Val Kilmer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carine Roitfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Alarcon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Elliott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damian Loeb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,' people always say it's so political, but I think 50 per cent of the album is not very political at all. It's just really a shouty, shouty girl thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M.I.A. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daisy Fuentes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was amazed at the support that I got when I was in there. And when I came out people knew that I was back on track. I was interested in working again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Moss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Schilling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm not trying to be evasive, but when I say yes and no, I say 'yes' because there are narrow-minded people that won't look past the logo and 'no' because 'American Idol' put me in front of millions of people and I would not have a career without 'Idol.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bo Bice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The most embarrassing thing for me was the day Bob Hope called me up and I was spaced out on cocaine. I was supposed to do his TV special, and I didn't turn up. Consequently, I was blacklisted by NBC for a long time. I damaged my career, and almost ruined my whole life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andy Gibb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Throughout my high school years, I was very quiet, I didn't have many friends. I distanced myself from a lot of people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alessia Cara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Hagee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn't be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to take its course over time. I pictured it as a butterfly, simultaneously beautiful and fragile, that once afloat belonged to the air and any attempt to grab at it would only destroy it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Tammet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I put my name on that Occupy Musicians list because someone wrote to me and said, "Would you do this?" I said, "Yeah sure, I support this." What artist wouldn't support that? What's the big deal? But then people wrote to me, "Wow! You're on that list!" And I'm like, "Who isn't on that list?" That would be more shocking. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian MacKaye