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		I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
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		My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.
	
	  J. C. Watts J. C. Watts
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		According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
	
	  Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Brzezinski
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		Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up.
	
	  Dana Spiotta Dana Spiotta
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		As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
	
	  V. S. Naipaul V. S. Naipaul
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		There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.
	
	  Nathan Sawaya Nathan Sawaya
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		I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
	
	  Olivia d'Abo Olivia d'Abo
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		I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.
	
	  Aaron Tveit Aaron Tveit
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		As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's.
	
	  P. J. O'Rourke P. J. O'Rourke
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		Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.
	
	  Anton Zaslavski Anton Zaslavski
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		I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.
	
	  Patrick Swayze Patrick Swayze
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		Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts, Nicois, Corsicans, Arabs, Italians, Spanish. That's France.
	
	  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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		I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire.
	
	  Sam Phillips Sam Phillips
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		A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know?
	
	  Gotye Gotye
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		Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently.
	
	  Edward Cocker Edward Cocker
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		I keep waiting, like in the cartoons, for an anvil to drop on my head.
	
	  Angie Harmon Angie Harmon
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		For me reading a book is what I like doing, curled up in a corner in a comfortable chair.
	
	  Pete Hamill Pete Hamill
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		I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.
	
	  Matthew Ashford Matthew Ashford
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		I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
	
	  Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard