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I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation.

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• The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

  

  Samuel Butler
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• It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'

  

  Laura Dern
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• We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.

  

  Patricia Hewitt
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• That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
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• The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

  

  C. L. R. James
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• You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.

  

  J. C. Watts
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• It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.

  

  Halsey
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  • Fall

• You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.

  

  Tamora Pierce
  • World
  • Real
  • Best

• I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Important
  • Book
  • Me

• Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
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• My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Life
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  • Money

• Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.

  

  J. Maarten Troost
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• We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.

  

  Zac Brown Band
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• Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

  

  Harold Coffin
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• It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
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• When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

  

  Eartha Kitt
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  • Country
  • Truth

• I was supremely fortunate to do several projects that I'm really excited about. So within all that, there's a lot going on this year. I'm excited about 2016.

  

  Mahershala Ali
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• Our soldiers and people form one family. United, we may count on victory.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
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• I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on this Republic's roll of honor.

  

  Carl Schurz
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• All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or a waterfall, a flood, if you can get that too.

  

  Edwidge Danticat
  • Hope
  • Flood
  • Cup

• I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people.

  

  Carol Moseley Braun
  • People
  • Believe
  • American

• On the Internet, people do not know each other, they don’t have common leaders, sometimes not even a common political goal. But they come together on certain issues. I think that is a miracle. It never happened in the past. Without the Internet, I would not even be Ai Weiwei today. I would just be an artist somewhere doing my shows.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • People
  • Together
  • Today

• So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • May
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  • Ability

• I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation.

  

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