... most Amazonians don't want to give others the power to threaten them with physical injury if they don't do as they are told. Maybe we should better be asking what it says about ourselves that we feel this attitude needs any sort of explanation.


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My mother, Evelyn, was an actress and singer, and my father, Jack, was an actor. My earliest recolle...
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Once they began doing 'Celebrity Apprentice,' apparently the audience wasn't that keen o...
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My music was never considered cool, but I've always felt that connection with the audience.
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I've always had a special relationship with the U.K. fans, because even when I wasn't workin...
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My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I.
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I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.
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I don't need to remind myself of the trophies. I know what I accomplished.
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What I want is credibility I got as a songwriter and actor and doing 'Blood Brothers' on Bro...
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In the '80s, it was difficult and frustrating to appear in the theater and TV again, even though...
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All that stuff - 'teen idol' - that wasn't me.
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I wasn't ever a bad guy, and I was never arrested or anything like that, but I was a wild boy in...
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I saw Jimi Hendrix - it must have been four times. And he was incomparable, and his legend lives on.
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Acting was absolutely my first focus. I graduated high school in L.A., and two weeks afterwards, I m...
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I've really sensed that people have an affection for me.
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I've done an enormous amount of bringing light into people's lives, and I'm very proud o...
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I bought my first horse when I was 15. I always loved racing and I started studying about breeding a...
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I've always had a love for horses since I was really young. When I was 5 years old, the only thi...
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My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.
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In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.
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I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw s...
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I found myself very lost after 'The Partridge Family,' and I lost my dad and I lost my manag...
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I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five yea...
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It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.
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We live in a world of strange priorities, where Kim Kardashian buying a Lamborghini creates internat...
DAVID HAREWOOD
The law always limits every power it gives.
DAVID HUME
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million differe...
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination.
DAVID RUSSELL
False modesty can be worse than arrogance.
DAVID MITCHELL
This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.
DAVID LYNCH
I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that...
DAVID HARSANYI
Once you get over the culture shock, Filey is a pleasant spot, particularly at the beginning or end ...
DAVID HEWSON
Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds...
DAVID HANSON
If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve.
DAVID SEDARIS
College is a magic time. Yes, you're young and fickle, but you want to be part of this college e...
DAVID SZE
What I value most in my friends is loyalty.
DAVID MAMET
I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea ...
DAVID LACHAPELLE
Gribenes have been referred to as Jewish popcorn or kosher pork rinds. It's basically chicken sk...
DAVID SAX
Texas hold 'em is all about folding and waiting for that time that comes up every hour or two wh...
DAVID EINHORN
I spent most of high school working on the debate team, probably at some expense to my grades. Being...
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During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first pr...
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I rooted for the Milwaukee Brewers and its stars, Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. I went to a lot of g...
DAVID EINHORN
I've got a fantasy-baseball team with my brother. But I have to admit, he does all the work.
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My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. Wh...
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There's more at risk in what happens in Microsoft than I could ever bet on a poker table.
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On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughn...
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