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		According to my grandmother, I started singing as soon as I began talking. I always wanted to be an entertainer. I knew that from the start.
	
	  Vesta Williams Vesta Williams
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		It's very difficult to escape your background. You know, I don't think it's necessary to even try to escape it. More and more, I start to think that it's necessary to see exactly what it is that you inherited on both ends of the stick: your timidity, your courage, your self-deceit, and your honesty - and all the rest of it.
	
	  Sam Shepard Sam Shepard
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		Blogs are easy to start, but unless the author is famous, it takes years to build a following.
	
	  Adam D'Angelo Adam D'Angelo
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		If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
	
	  Jaan Tallinn Jaan Tallinn
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		NASA should start thinking about this planet.
	
	  Wally Schirra Wally Schirra
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		The fact is that viewers are fickle and it's rare that such a large group of people can be categorized in any type of way. There's enough content to go around, and if we stop focusing on numbers and start focusing on the quality of the project, then I think everybody - viewers and artists alike - is going to be a lot happier.
	
	  Natalie Zea Natalie Zea
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		Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
	
	  Aaron Allston Aaron Allston
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		A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
	
	  Barbara Corcoran Barbara Corcoran
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		I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.
	
	  Taylor Swift Taylor Swift
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		You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
	
	  Malcolm McDowell Malcolm McDowell
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		We went out for six weeks a year. We first started in Mexico and we did that for so many years that we finally said we've got to explore and start going globally. And then we started going all over the world.
	
	  Gavin MacLeod Gavin MacLeod
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		I don't want to start getting my little violin out, but travelling across the world constantly and staying in hotels is tough, man.
	
	  Taron Egerton Taron Egerton
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		But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.
	
	  Nate Ruess
			
			
				Fun. Nate Ruess
			
			
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		I had the humble beginnings. I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
	
	  Dane Cook Dane Cook
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		I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.
	
	  Larry Ellison Larry Ellison
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		What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
	
	  Mae Jemison Mae Jemison
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		In the first couple of years when you're transitioning you don't really fit into any gender, because you're changing over. You have to start getting electrolysis before you even start your therapy. But I think all the weird looks help to give you conviction in who you really are.
	
	  Candis Cayne Candis Cayne
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		I start out with the assumption that a lawyer in a criminal case is going to be incompetent - substantially so. I find my assumption to be rarely wrong. Yet society starts out with the very opposite assumption.
	
	  Vincent Bugliosi Vincent Bugliosi