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		You see, you could never do a sketch like that these days. The audience is too uninformed. I blame the Americans. Nation of obese, violent, pig-ignorant, bible-thumping morons contaminating world culture. That’s why I spend most of my time here in France. … Beautiful, isn’t it? Just look at those olive trees. Interviewer: This is Santa Barbara.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Cleese
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		As soon as I find myself in the presence of a rich man, I cannot help looking upon him as an exceptional and beautiful being, as a sort of marvellous divinity, and, in spite of myself, surmounting my will and my reason, I feel rising, from the depths of my being, toward this rich man, who is very often an imbecile, and sometimes a murderer, something like an incense of admiration. Is it not stupid? And why? Why?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Octave Mirbeau
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
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		I was an only child of a father who loved me deeply, but we didn't play catch, even though I was an athlete. We didn't go fishing or hunting or any of the things I wanted to do. Why not? He just didn't do that.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Charlie Rose
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I like disagreement because it forces both sides to question their own opinions and why they feel that way.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Sam Hunt
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Given the right set of circumstances any one of us could become dangerous - so why not show that in our programmes?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bryan Cranston
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ellie Goulding
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It's a tough town, it's a loving town, it's a supportive town, and that's why so many great news people, journalists have come through Chicago or are from Chicago.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Tamron Hall
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Chris Abani
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I do look upon all of life as an episode - which is why the people around me are probably on guard!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bette Midler
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to their public know and believe intellectually that lying is immoral. Why then do they lie? They lie to others because they first lie to themselves.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lewis B. Smedes
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				A. S. Byatt
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		A lot of why I climb is for the friendship, the loyalty and trust, the shared experience of being in that moment.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jimmy Chin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If I had to play only for people who liked the music because they heard it on the radio, it wouldn't make me happy. That's why I'm working so hard to have, yes, a profile as an artist, but also a profile as a DJ.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Guetta
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Well, they didn't lack for topics after Hiroshima. Why should 9/11 slow them down? I know it got a lot of press, but it's just a few large buildings and aircraft, it's not like D-Day and the Seige of Berlin.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bruce Sterling
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I saw a niche in the market where made-to-measure wasn't being done in a modern, fresh way or in a short period of time. Traditionally, bespoke orders take a very long time, but I thought, 'Here we are with all these fashion-forward ideas - why not?'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Emilia Wickstead
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		One funny thing is, though, I wear my watch on my right hand and I'm actually right-handed. People always wonder why - I don't know myself, I've just always done it that way and I like it the way a good watch fits on my right wrist.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Luke Evans
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When you open your mind up, and you go into a creative state, you can't just switch if off. When you have an idea, a creative impulse, and then you ignore it, it can keep you up when you just want to go to your bed - which is why it's great to have voice recorders on your phone!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Paolo Nutini
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In the psalms, we have a collection of 150 prayers that were inspired originally by the Holy Ghost. If you want to know how God is pleased and honored in prayer, why not immerse yourself in the prayers that he himself has inspired?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				R. C. Sproul
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There are two questions that you ask yourself as a writer, and one of them is, 'But why?' The question that takes the book forward is, 'What if? What if x y or z happened? How would those characters react?'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Penny Jordan
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If I was a boy, nobody would care that I worked out six, seven hours a day when I was 9 years old, no? Why were people always saying 'poor little girl?' I liked to work out and always did more than I was asked to.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Nadia Comaneci