Up Quotes
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I choose to live in the present because when you suffer from chronic illness, you don't have a choice. It's day by day, one foot in front of the other. When there is a good day, you soak up that moment. Those 'good selfie' moments are captured because they're a gift.
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Sometimes, I make music in my sleep. So I get up, put on my headphones, and compose it on the piano.
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The best kind of art or writing holds up a mirror to society.
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People think we just wake up looking perfect, but it's all about the hair and the make-up, staying in shape, and eating healthily.
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I'm a stand-up. And no one on the circuit's terribly impressed if you're on TV. I suppose I've stolen my ethos from Jay Leno. You can do all the TV in the world, but that's a team game, and anyone can be dropped from the squad. And if you haven't gigged in a while, you're not firing, you're not match fit. So I try and do it whenever I can.
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I have been involved in a lot of wild ones. That one was right up there.
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This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.
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I think that what is always true when you run against an incumbent president is, is that you end up talking more about that president's record than your vision for the future, and I think that the Democrats do have to present a proactive agenda and vision for the country and not simply run against something if they're going to be successful.
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Most advertisers spend millions upon millions of dollars to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, and millions in creating eye-popping ads, hoping to create catchy, unforgettable commercials. Unfortunately, most Super Bowl commercials end up being unmemorable. Costly mistakes for brands and creative flameouts for advertising firms.
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I grew up eating anything at any time and going straight on court. So I'm not really that picky.
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To be physically fit is just a small aspect. You can be a beautiful physical specimen, but you're empty as far as what it takes to be a person, and that shows up real fast.
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I write at home. I like to be able to take a nap, watch TV, make a sandwich, and if I wake up and don't feel like working, I'm not going to bang my head on my desk all day: I'll go out and do something else.
Colson Whitehead -
To wind up in Cooperstown is surreal for me. To go into the Hall of Fame is one thing. When you think of all the other Yankees that are in here, it's pretty special. This is just a shrine. To visit it, much less be inducted, it's still sort of unbelievable to me.
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Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.
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My mom lives in New York still in the home that I grew up in.
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I love to be comfortable, but I also love to play up the glamour.
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If you're a journalist, and you want to see live photos happening at any location in our system, you can simply type in the location, and up comes the page.
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If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie.
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I'd want to start being a creative director of a specific line, like Adidas, for example. If they called me up to collaborate on something, I would do it.
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Even though I spent the first five years of my life in Nagasaki, going to Japan can be really difficult. Even if they know I've been brought up in the West, they still expect me to understand all the subtleties of their culture, and if I get it wrong, it matters much more than if a British person gets it wrong. I find it intimidating.
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Everyday when you wake up, create the intention and then commit to making it your best day ever. Seriously. Do it.
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I feel like the networks always end up doing similar stuff at the same time.
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My dad grew up in Washington Heights. I grew up in New York in Manhattan. So we're purebred New Yorkers.
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I grew up with 'Star Wars' and was a massive fan of the original films.
