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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

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• I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.

  

  Jack Irons Pearl Jam
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• I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.

  

  Edgar Wright
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• Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.

  

  Malcolm Boyd
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• The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Country
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• We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.

  

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• People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
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• I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.

  

  Naomie Harris
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• Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Time
  • You
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• I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.

  

  Randy Quaid
  • Alone
  • Space
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• The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Life
  • Death
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• Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.

  

  Ian McShane
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• I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.

  

  Karl Rove
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• Actors don't have real value.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • Real
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• The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

  

  Quentin Crisp
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• As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.

  

  Manti Te'o
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• You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.

  

  Randy Bachman The Guess Who
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• It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.

  

  Harrison Ford
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• When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.

  

  F. Gary Gray
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• As a little girl, I was athletic: 'Oh, mom, look at me. I can do cartwheels.' I was one of those annoying kids. I craved the spotlight. I had the feeling since I was little that the stage was my home.

  

  Ashley Leggat
  • Home
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• Today, the scope for variety has shrunk drastically. There are only a handful of topnotch composers like A. R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit... that's it.

  

  Lata Mangeshkar
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• I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.

  

  Ben Kingsley

• I just write and do what I think is funny. Sometimes, you do have it in your head about certain bits. There are certain jokes where I know if I did them in certain situations, it would irk people. There are times where I look at the news and see a story going on, and I'm like, 'Wow, if I tweeted this, I would get press if I wanted to.'

  

  Hannibal Buress
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• You can put art experiences in different parts of the community where people who are shopping can take a break or explore an adjacent historical neighborhood unique to the city.

  

  Jack Williamson
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• My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

  

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