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		When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						 Valerie Simpson
					
				
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		I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever.
	
	  Ed Smith Ed Smith
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		My coach is pushing me harder than ever to make sure I stay at a good level.
	
	  Usain Bolt Usain Bolt
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		I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.
	
	  Lady Gaga Lady Gaga
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		When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.
	
	  Jack Kemp Jack Kemp
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		I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.
	
	  Bebe Rexha Bebe Rexha
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		In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
	
	  Carice van Houten Carice van Houten
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		My couch is made of cat's hair. The cushions have been obscured, and it's made of salt-and-pepper fur. I can't have visitors. I can't ask people to sit on that couch because they become implicated in the furriness of it, and they're walking around, and it's not fair to people.
	
	  Kate McKinnon Kate McKinnon
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		People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.
	
	  E. M. Forster E. M. Forster
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		Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into the artist that I am, so - for people to actually hear that come through the music is exciting.
	
	  La'Porsha Renae La'Porsha Renae
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		Going around Rome, you can find beauty because, quite simply, Rome is very beautiful. But the beauty of the people is sometimes harder to discover.
	
	  Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino
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		I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
	
	  T-Pain T-Pain
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		The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.
	
	  Omari Hardwick Omari Hardwick
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		I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that you came.
	
	  Mandy Patinkin Mandy Patinkin
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		In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.
	
	  Irvine Welsh Irvine Welsh
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		I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it.
	
	  Kara DioGuardi Kara DioGuardi
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		I wasn't really the most charming person, socially – it took me a long time to develop my people skills – but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing.
	
	  Zooey Deschanel Zooey Deschanel
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		I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don't like me, I will obsess over it - and try to change my personality until they like me - even if they don't like me for reasons that have nothing to do with me, and even if they're strangers.
	
	  Damon Lindelof Damon Lindelof
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		I think a lot of writers are tempted to add complexity by over-complicating things, but always remember that most natural rules/laws are, at their core, simple. Start simple, and build from there, or you risk getting yourself and your readers tangled.
	
	  V. E. Schwab V. E. Schwab