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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY I'd very much like to explore that, ... I know it's a big idea and it's very ambitious and costly, b... DAVID VITTER I always write things that entertain me, and one of the things that I find really enjoyable to explo... STEPHENIE MEYER Even after the dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') has gone, people will say, "I saw you eat... DADA BHAGWAN The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS Before we start filming, I have a strong idea of the look and the feel that I want to create, and I&... DANIEL BARBER We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager bea... ELISABETH ROHM One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put t... JACK PALANCE I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century... WALTER MURCH For many 19th-century artists, the usual reaction to photography was no reaction at all. They simply... EDWARD SAYWELL And the idea of light unexplainably produced out of nothing was haunting, it shook me. A flat drab m... ASPEN MATIS The more frightening and sort of dark and oppressive a movie is, the more free you are to explore th... SCOTT DERRICKSON Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that art... GLEN HANSARD When I was a child, I wanted to... go into space! To go to Mars. I wanted to explore and explore and... BRIAN BLESSED I'm acting for the same reasons I wanted to become a diplomat. I've thought about it a lot a... EDGAR RAMIREZ Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let th... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let th... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA , RAMAKRISHNA PARAMHANS, SARDA DEVI It was an idea, I thought, that could almost be written as a helping tool. People seemed to like the... FLORENCE SEIDELMAN The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone ... PANKAJ MISHRA I love the 19th-century idea of the flaneur, the poet wandering through the streets. TOM HODGKINSON I tried to go to college in the U.K. a couple of times, but at that point, I think I was a little di... BILLY HOWLE I get a very vague idea and - perhaps because I once was a journalist, or perhaps because that's... AMINATTA FORNA I'm more obsessed with the idea of vacation than any one particular vacation spot. I love to exp... CANDICE ACCOLA Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same t... RADHA MITCHELL Life's irony;The mediocre minds are ever ready to confront a great idea in a very great way. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was ba... JENNIFER LYNCH In the late 19th and into the 20th century, the European image of the girl was very prominent in soc... LOREN LERNER The Imperial Senate, ever conscious of the weight of public opinion resting on the tip of the pencil... CHRISTINA ENGELA Vents were added to the rear bonnet in 1972 and resulted in wet engines and starting problems, and t... CHRISTINA ENGELA We try to do a Shakespeare play every year, because I feel that it provides the best tool for actor ... JACK CIRILLO Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL You see, that's the whole point of being in government. If you don't like something you simply make ... RICHARD CURTIS Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be... PALANIAPPAN CHIDAMBARAM I was very impressed by Walt Disney and the idea that you could have a dream and you could realize i... RYAN GOSLING Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let th... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA I left Belle and Sebastian because I just wanted to explore different kinds of music -- to mill arou... ISOBEL CAMPBELL You can't be that or that or that... but you can try to behave as that... So, what next!?... DEYTH BANGER What's really interesting and fun to explore is not just the falling in love and everything bein... PATRICK J. ADAMS A couple of years ago, I came up with the idea for a film that I thought could be interesting, and I... HERBIE HANCOCK The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think the very idea of character, of developing not just grit, but empathy and curiosity, emotiona... ANGELA DUCKWORTH For those who have walked through the fires of hell and rather than fall to its flames, have emerged... SHERRILYN KENYON There are a lot of films that explore sci-fi, ... What attracted me to the script is the fact that t... VIN DIESEL When I had that idea about the gaslights in the street, I glanced at the sky. It was very dark, but ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Don't tell me you're one of those people who becomes their disease. I know so many people like that.... JOHN GREEN Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I ... EDWARD RUSCHA It's not going to be true that every country has the same technological possibilities, but there... JAMES MIRRLEES Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of... JOSCHKA FISCHER Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a mov... SPIKE JONZE It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a hou... NEIL GAIMAN One of the ideas that I wanted to highlight, which is actually a very bipartisan idea - it's not... NAOMI KLEIN People speculate or think what they want to think, but it's been really fun for me to kind of ex... SELENA GOMEZ I'm not attacking the idea that people live in conglomerations of houses in proximity to one ano... EDMUND PHELPS It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I don't know if I have a favorite color. 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