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ELIZABETH SEARLE
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ERIC MASKIN I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
VICTOR GARBER
It has had a tremendous impact on my life, more than on the life of most Prize winners, because I wa... JOHN FORBES NASH, JR.
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I would never describe Charlotte as a prude - maybe at the start, but that was in comparison to the ... KRISTIN DAVIS I wrote in coffee shops in Japan when I was 22, 23, before I had the stamina to sit down and write. ...
SUSAN BARKER
I love going to theatres and seeing honest little indie films I know nothing about... being surprise... LAURA MENNELL Marvin was looking at it, and it had all these blitzes we were doing. Marvin said to me, 'Let me kee...
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LAURA VANDERVOORT
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KATHRYN STOCKETT I was one of the only people of color at my grade school and also my high school. It's weird rec...
IAN ANTHONY DALE I had a dream of music and art and the big city in which I would get lost, where no one would know m...
ORI GERSHT I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at...
MICHAEL PENA
I never modeled myself after anyone. The person who had most influence on me was my mother, but it w... DIANE VON FURSTENBERG
I think, when I was a young lawyer starting out, I was so determined to prove that I was as good as ... CHERIE BLAIR
'Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theate... TRACY LETTS
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Growing up wasn’t easy for me, even as a boy, ...
JOSEPH EJIRO
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The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly awar... 
Birmingham people are the salt of the earth, and I've carried that with me all around the world.... 
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Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. 
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Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs i... 
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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time. 
I always go for simplicity. 
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses. 
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People use irony as a defense mechanism. 
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Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off? 
I like time off. I'm not a workaholic. 
I've had an awful lot of good fortune. 
Every day is a blessing - not to get too schmaltzy, but, really, it is. 
What happened to me during the last couple of years of 'The Partridge Family' was I became s... 
The law always limits every power it gives. 
Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination. 
False modesty can be worse than arrogance. 
This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top. 
If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve. 
What I value most in my friends is loyalty. 
I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea ... 
Language itself changes slowly, but the Internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you ... 
I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to... 
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in... 
The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason. 
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. 
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