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I remember taking my demo to every dance person in London. People were like, 'We don't know what this is!' The first people to champion me were a club in Manchester.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?
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Yes, iD is a machine vision and sensor browser for the physical world. That's what we have been working on with Coca-Cola, Verizon, Bank of America and Disney to launch content when an image is recognised.
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To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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My mum wants the best for me. And I like having my mum around me.
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It was a good feeling to have a lot of support. A lot of people respect me as a player but also as a person as well.
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I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you can't remember because it's just like all the others.
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Thank God for such women, who make no apologies for their oceanic depth and riptides of emotion.
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I remember taking my demo to every dance person in London. People were like, 'We don't know what this is!' The first people to champion me were a club in Manchester.
