Up Quotes
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Early inspirations included Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie... Those were the people I actually wound up studying just to hone my craft.
Ne-Yo
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I was born in New Jersey but grew up mostly in Florida. My dad died when I was 8.
John Joseph Adams
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I grew up in Los Angeles, where long drives on packed freeways make everyone a fan of radio and, particularly, of America's national treasure, National Public Radio.
Leila Janah
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Other than friends and family, my favorite things are New York and stand-up. I love doing comedy in New York - I can do way more stand-up here than in Los Angeles.
Aziz Ansari
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When I began teaching, my colleagues and I quickly realized that our students didn't have access to the same resources we had growing up. We knew there were supplies and resources that could help our students, but our school district simply couldn't afford them.
Charles Best
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Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad.
Jimmy Wales
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Leo Byzantius said, 'What would you do, if you saw my wife, who scarce reaches up to my knees?… Yet,' went he on, 'as little as we are, when we fall out with each other, the city of Byzantium is not big enough to hold us.'
Plutarch
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I grew up in Palm Springs, California, which is a suburb like a desert town, and I love it.
Alia Shawkat
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We never made attempts to say we were anybody's role model or the be-all-end-all of what people should look up to. We have always just been very open about the fact that we have difficulties and we are messed-up people, just as our fans are.
Andy Biersack
Black Veil Brides
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A campaign gives you focus. You wake up to a different hotel alarm clock every day, but you know your mission.
John Dickerson
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The movies have got more corporate, they're making fewer movies in general, and those they are making are all $200-$300m tent-pole releases that eat up all the oxygen.
John Cusack
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Credit default swap is basically just an agreement that I have with you, where I sell you insurance on some bond you own. If the bond goes belly up, I promise to pay you. And as long as the bond doesn't go belly up, you pay me for selling you insurance.
Charles Duhigg
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There was a time when I was - after my very first record from Nashville, I thought I might not be one of those who actually really makes it, and I may end up back in Canada, just playing clubs. And that might - this might have just been it.
Shania Twain
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Sitting around with Jim Carrey, coming up with bits, is, like, beyond a dream come true.
Ari Graynor
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I kind of like to write fast. It keeps the pacing up. And it keeps me off the streets.
Marcia Clark
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Art morphs with what's going on in the world. We say 'Ferguson'; we don't say 'Mike Brown.' Just like we say 'Selma,' not 'Jimmie Lee Jackson.' There is something startling about the people in a particular place, a city or a small town, rising up and taking to the streets.
Ava DuVernay
