Taiye Selasi quote: "The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don't know where these people come from, and I've often wondered if writing is just a socially acceptable form of madness."

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ADRIAN LYNE

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RACHAEL HARRIS

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DAVID DENMAN

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IRVINE WELSH

Well, I don't go out much socially. I don't enjoy going out.
BEATRICE WOOD

I don't know if I can prepare for what's to come because I don't know what will.
DAISY RIDLEY

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PSY

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EUGENE CERNAN

Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? W...
GENE CERNAN

I don't come and fight for fun. I don't do that. I don't like to hurt people for fun.
NATE DIAZ

I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people...
TYNE DALY

If you go all the way back, I've always written science-fiction, I've always written fantasy...
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

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AARON HUEY

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KAJOL

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LAURA HADDOCK

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CHRISTOPHER WALKEN

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.
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ANDRE WARD

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CHANCE THE RAPPER

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SUE MONK KIDD

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P. G. WODEHOUSE

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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY

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JIM BROWN

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MAYA ANGELOU

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TAYLOR SCHILLING

I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.
DAVID ORTIZ

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SEAN ASTIN

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R. KELLY

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NICK CAVE

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FRANK DILLANE

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NORMAN LEAR

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JOHN TRUDELL

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NANCY REAGAN

I don't think I ever had a swollen head: I remember where I come from.
EVA HERZIGOVA

People want to know where I'm going, and I just don't ever know.
QUAVO

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JAIME KING

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MARINA ABRAMOVIC

I don't come from a privileged background.
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DAVID ZUCKER

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BOB UECKER

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JACOB DEGROM

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CASEY NEISTAT

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BILL COSBY

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JACK KEVORKIAN

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DR. DRE

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WALTER MOSLEY

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JOAN SUTHERLAND

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DAN AYKROYD

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DAN FOGLER

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IGGY AZALEA

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JOYCE DIDONATO

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DOUGLAS ADAMS

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TADASHI SHOJI

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AMY SEDARIS

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GREG KINNEAR

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BURTON RICHTER

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JOHN DE MOL, JR.

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MIKE YACONELLI

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CHYLER LEIGH

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JASON MEWES

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MELVYN BRAGG

I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don&...
LUCINDA WILLIAMS

The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don't know where these people come from, and I've often wondered if writing is just a socially acceptable form of madness.

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The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don't know where these people come from, and I've often wondered if writing is just a socially acceptable form of madness.

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