Up Quotes
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I think most Americans probably believe that our relationship with Japan began in 1941. In fact, obviously, it began in 1854 when Commodore Perry sailed into Yokohama harbor and threatened to burn it down unless they would open up to trade with us. The imperial impulse was first ours historically.
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In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for at least an hour after I wake up. I also try to avoid alarm clocks as much as possible, because it's just nice to wake up without one.
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We won't enshrine the Tories' policies in Scotland. We won't run away from the Tories but then let them run our economy. We will face up to the Tories, and we will beat them.
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If Turkish or Moroccan boys misbehave here, it's up to us to re-educate them and, when necessary, to punish them.
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What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got to be something a little bit loose in there.
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I'm a huge video gamer, sometimes a little too much. I'll shut myself in my room just so I can play video games all day and I end up neglecting my friends.
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I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.
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My mother never wore much make-up, and she was a kind of natural beauty; she knew just how to enhance what she had.
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When I was growing up, I heard horror stories about producers losing their houses overnight. No matter who the family is, hearing of them getting evicted is very sad.
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I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.
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I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut.
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I have been involved in a lot of wild ones. That one was right up there.
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Family relationships are just so fascinating - how they shape you as a person, how you can wound each other, how you're imprinted in a way by your family and the conditions under which you grow up.
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I grew up in Communist China and never had much money to my name, and then, all of a sudden, I had giant student loans.
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I grew up in D.C.
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The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to.
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I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games. I made paper medals and wore them the whole night. I didn't start skating until 2000, but I was so inspired by their skating that it was why I wanted to start.
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When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.
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The best kind of art or writing holds up a mirror to society.
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My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up.
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I wish we could just pick up and do 'Kenan & Kel: The Grown-Up Years,' getting everyone back working together. I feel like it would be an awesome moment for everybody.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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It's crazy in just the difference it makes turning up to sound check without a hangover.
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I was twenty-seven when I came up with the idea for my first novel.
