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People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.

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• Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • World
  • Culture
  • Interesting

• I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.

  

  P. L. Travers
  • Inspiration
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• When belief in a god dies, the god dies.

  

  Harlan Ellison
  • God
  • Belief
  • Dies

• I'm a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don't like it. I'm just chillin'. YouknowwhatI'msayin'?

  

  Wale
  • Know
  • Like
  • Person

• On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • People
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• There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • House
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• I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
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• I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Life
  • Worry
  • Boyfriend

• When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Emotional

• Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Always
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• Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.

  

  Larry Ellison
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• I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Time
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• I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
  • Hip Hop
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• I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
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• A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.

  

  Ed Miliband
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• Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
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• I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.

  

  Dan Chaon
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• I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.

  

  Karl Marlantes
  • Want
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• Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve.

  

  Dee Dee Myers
  • People

• You know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • People
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  • My Friends

• Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson have rejoined and gone off again and rejoined, but I've been there the whole time, and even though Alan White is the 'new' drummer, he has been there since 1972, so he also deserves the credit for being around for 20 years.

  

  Chris Squire Yes
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• Tithing is like training wheels when it comes to giving. It's intended to help you get started, but not recommended for the Tour de France.

  

  John Ortberg
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• People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.

  

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