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Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Don't copy another writer's style, because that is not authentic, and that's how it will... DOUGLAS BRUNT When I'm running fast, I don't feel anything, it's effortless, it's like my feet don... EVELYN ASHFORD I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about ... EMILY BLUNT When starting a project, your influences are the things around you. It doesn't mean you have to ... ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy eno... JOHN ORTBERG The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am w... TENNESSEE WILLIAMS If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... I've never met or spoken to David Lee Roth, yet it's rather ironic that even he's saying... SAMMY HAGAR I read recently that the problem with stereotypes isn't that they are inaccurate, but that they&... TAIYE SELASI The pirating thing is bad. The people it hurts the most are the ones you least think it hurts. It... ROB ZOMBIE Best two rock voices I've heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands: it's E... BRUCE DICKINSON The problem of sexism is getting better, but I don't know if it's getting better fast enough... AJA NAOMI KING I am definitely of the method-acting school. Everything to me is about sound. I don't dress up i... TOM REISS I don't want to do something that's watered down. I don't want to take what I'm know... BILLY EICHNER The thing is, a lot of our vets come home and they feel displaced, and they don't feel like thei... J. R. MARTINEZ Playing characters who are wonderful and beautiful is hard because you don't feel like that most... HANS MATHESON I don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people who wr... PAULA FOX The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they ar... OREN PELI I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'T... ZARA LARSSON It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit o... NICKI MINAJ I know that this sounds grand, but I don't try to compete with other people. I like to think the... STEPHEN MERCHANT I don't like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and ... JOHNNY MARR I don't think geometric art is... I don't like to call it that. I don't think it's a... DONALD JUDD My favorite role is mommy. I know that sounds cheesy to people who don't have kids, or there are... VANESSA LACHEY When people look and decide they have nothing in common with me - I'm 43, balding, blond, whatev... JIM GAFFIGAN It's very rare that I get stopped or get asked for an autograph or anything - none of which I mi... DANIEL RADCLIFFE I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS The genre of science fiction is a fun house, an amusement park ride, but it's also a problem. Th... DOUGLAS LAIN All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that th... FREIDA PINTO I don't like to see projects that are all black or all white. It's how life is. I do like to... VIVICA A. FOX I'm really intrigued by those eternal questions of creation and belief and faith. I don't ca... RIDLEY SCOTT It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only th... ABEL FERRARA My thing is, I don't get in nobody's business or nothing like that or try to bash anybody fo... WARREN G The most common thing over the years is, 'What's it like to work with David Lynch?' That... MADCHEN AMICK Most of the time when people work with an artist, they don't give them what they need for the fu... BENNY BLANCO The best swimmers are the ones that almost don't try the most... It's just about relaxing an... CATE CAMPBELL But as they say about sharks, it's not the ones you see that you have to worry about, it's t... DAVID BLAINE A lot of comedians get a bad rep once they have kids and that's all they talk about, and people ... TIG NOTARO I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, ... RYAN GOSLING 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because th... JENNY ECLAIR I think the problem with the word 'happiness' is that it sounds fluffy. It sounds like somet... DANIEL GOLDSTEIN I definitely don't like anyone messing with my friends or loved ones. I'm quick to step up t... BLAIR REDFORD All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all j... OZZY OSBOURNE All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all j... NEIL YOUNG I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I ... VENUS WILLIAMS Even though there's an entertainment value to the film, I think it's very important because ... WOODY HARRELSON It's like you always have to put on a happy face, be the phony baloney, and I'm so not that.... CHLOE SEVIGNY I think what's cool about Slayer is no matter how old their albums are, it's the one band to... BLAKE ANDERSON India's connection with philanthropy didn't begin with western influences. The connection wi... SHIV NADAR As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn't from school, it was the &... JUNIOR SEAU My influences are, number one, hand to Jesus, Halle Berry. I think that she's so brilliant, and ... ALEXANDRA SHIPP It's valid that the Strokes and the Pleased have been influenced by some of the same bands. But ... JOANNA NEWSOM I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that... FRED WILSON I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do ... PETE POSTLETHWAITE If people don't think I can fall into what the norm is, that's their problem and not mine. I... PETE BURNS Psychopaths are actually, really, really, really rare in our culture, are people who don't... Or... ANNIE PARISSE I've learned that there's a signature Metallica sound, and if we stray too far from that, ou... KIRK HAMMETT I know it's financially lucrative to go out on my own, but I don't like it. It's really ... JASON ISBELL I don't want to disrupt anything. We never conceive of our products as disruptive - we don't... EVAN SPIEGEL We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fas... TONY GOLDWYN What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the gen... JOHN DE MOL, JR. You don't wanna walk around and say, 'I'm somebody's niece, I'm somebody's c... MARIA SHRIVER I'm pretty professional. I'm very aware when I'm not playing well and what I need to imp... DANIEL NESTOR The cool thing about 'Sweet Tooth' is that you can bring influences from the underground and... JEFF LEMIRE I think the problem I have is that first impressions are the ones that stick with people. And people... JOHN GORDON SINCLAIR I don't like gratuitous violence. I don't like the 'Saw' movies. I don't like th... MICHAEL BIEHN I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, wh... T.I. I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or st... TOM PERROTTA I don't know anybody who said, 'I love that teacher, he or she gave a really good homework s... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they'r... EVE ENSLER Eddie Murphy said once in an interview that nothing is offensive if it's funny. I sort of agree ... ARTIE LANGE We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest.... NATE RUESS I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think muc... JACKIE EVANCHO Bands don't last. Bands don't last forever - it's a rarity when they do. JERRY CANTRELL Kids are naturally curious about what they don't know, or don't understand, or what is forei... AIMEE MULLINS I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people... CHAZ BONO About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My in... GRIMES Go up in an airplane. Go high enough, and it's like we don't even exist. MUHAMMAD ALI I don't think I'm an angry person. I think I'm a person who's angry. I'm angry a... AL FRANKEN I don't think my competition is with the heroes. I don't think I'm competing with anyone... VIDYA BALAN Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There a... GARY CHERONE I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we'... SAMUEL LARSEN I'm tired of playing people who are complete washouts and bums. I don't mind waiting for the... HARRY DEAN STANTON I have thought about the next steps, and you know, they still don't know that I can dance. They ... NAIMA ADEDAPO When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to h... JACK WHITE We can't all work in the inner city. And, I don't even think that it is incumbent upon an Af... HENRY LOUIS GATES I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE
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EDDIE PEREZ A lapse in judgment is not a crime. EDDIE PEREZ Pouring concrete on land you don't own is called a calculated risk, if you don't pour you lo... EDDIE PEREZ If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the ... EDDIE OBENG We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future. EDDIE OBENG We spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no l... EDDIE OBENG In the 21st century, somebody or something has changed the rules about how our world works. EDDIE OBENG I don't wish I did anything differently. The most important thing to me was to play baseball. EDDIE MURRAY And I tell you that's one of the reasons why I didn't have the friendships with the media, m... EDDIE MURRAY And like I said, I appreciate my older brothers because they would not allow me to win. They made me... EDDIE MURRAY I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians. EDDIE MURRAY I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseba... EDDIE MURRAY It makes you feel at home when you can talk to somebody and really talk about anything. EDDIE MURRAY Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here. EDDIE MURRAY Baseball is a team game. EDDIE MURRAY No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven he... EDDIE MURRAY When I signed a contract, I was here to play 162 games. EDDIE MURRAY And, you know, you try and preach to them there's more to this game than just walking up to home... EDDIE MURRAY For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning. EDDIE MURRAY I learned life from some good teachers. EDDIE MURRAY When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned... EDDIE MURRAY You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together. EDDIE MURRAY Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest ... EDDIE MURPHY As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older. EDDIE MURPHY I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor. EDDIE MURPHY I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have t... EDDIE MURPHY I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and tha... EDDIE MURPHY I love the Beatles. EDDIE MURPHY