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But he didn't come with the right formula on '8 Diagrams.... RAEKWON Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Twitter is so severe, you know? And it's completely for free, it's scattershot, and it's... JONATHAN AMES Coney Island is and always will be 'the people's playground.' It's a place where peo... HAROLD FEINSTEIN This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I ha... WENDELL BERRY When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers and it's OK not to be perfect, you ... WINONA RYDER The most common thing over the years is, 'What's it like to work with David Lynch?' That... MADCHEN AMICK For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will be like... WILLIAM BARCLAY What it's like to be me? You know, it's good to be me. My life is good. CONOR MCGREGOR I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it ... DANICA PATRICK Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we ... RANI MUKERJI If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the poin... FEDOR EMELIANENKO When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You k... NANCY REAGAN If we don't fear God, it's because we don't know God. CRAIG GROESCHEL Very often, people are obsessed with what others think of them. It's like if a flower wants to b... STJEPAN HAUSER A musical, in its true form, is where emotions reach a height where true spoken word cannot be enoug... DONNA LYNNE CHAMPLIN It's not the music you hear in your head that other people are going to hear. You have to be abl... NEIL PEART An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's... MAGGIE SMITH Tap dancing is like... it's equivalent to music, not only for the African American community, bu... SAVION GLOVER Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I'm going to let people know that it's cool to have a child and be young and still be a good... BRANDY NORWOOD There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failur... KEVIN SMITH Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is th... YEHUDA BERG We all went to Kelsey's wedding, and yeah, we go to parties. We also go to each other's hous... DAVID HYDE PIERCE City people live the city. We live in L.A., New York, we live in places where it's chaotic and y... ALICE COOPER Maybe it'll be like 'The Simpsons,' and everybody will remain unchanged. Maybe that'... CORY MONTEITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON This is not the beginning of American civilization where we need guns because it's the Wild, Wil... RICK PITINO I am never sure that anything's good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomor... AZZEDINE ALAIA I am drawn to those parts; I like the tough girls because they are not tough. It's a veil; it... TATIANA MASLANY American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it ... ROBERT FISK Pro wrestling is not fake; it's sports entertainment. We go out there and we perform, and a lot ... KURT ANGLE The reason my kids like McDonald's is that they always know what they're going to get. It... TONY DUNGY I said it's a cold universe and I don't mean that metaphorically. If you go out into space, ... DAVID CHASE Traditional television as we have known it will make love to the Internet and have a child. That chi... AASIF MANDVI I guess I think like deep inside, I know that it's like, it's a different kind of performing... AVICII We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what yo... VICTORIA LEGRAND It's not the same without Jerry. It never will be. BILL KREUTZMANN It's very alarming to see what's happening in the Muslim world. And it's about time we c... NAJIB RAZAK It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your... JIM MORRISON To be let go from a soap opera is the most embarrassing confidence basher in the world. It's lik... CAM GIGANDET A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does thi... FEDE ALVAREZ If we find life out there, and it's not us, we will deem it not intelligent. But what may be equ... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. W... HARLAN COBEN Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts wh... LAURA DERN It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-al... CHER It's like you always have to put on a happy face, be the phony baloney, and I'm so not that.... CHLOE SEVIGNY They know you're not Alfred Hitchcock, but you need to be enough Alfred Hitchcock for them not t... TOBY JONES For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA The way I talk to the puppets is real, and it's in the moment, and it's seeing what will hap... NINA CONTI We need to be creative, on the cutting edge, challenged, and it's really hard going. It's re... LARRY MULLEN, JR. It's okay', you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's o... KRISTEN STEWART I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES To be in a position where an organization like the Bulls creates a bust of you that will permanently... SCOTTIE PIPPEN A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If y... EVAN DAUGHERTY Usually, I'll be auditioning for the third lead, and there will be Latina actresses, Indian actr... CONSTANCE WU Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise ever... TED CRUZ What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where... TED DEUTCH On 'Late Night,' it's like we're all in on the joke. That's what I wanted it to ... JIMMY FALLON I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career.... LAURA LEIGHTON I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public to hear interviews like this an... FLOYD ABRAMS Virtual currency, where it's called a bitcoin vs. a U.S. dollar, that's going to be stopped.... JAMIE DIMON I like the end of the year to be about something. Especially with younger shows, the network pushes ... BILL LAWRENCE Even with most finite planning, you never know what the final result will reveal itself to be until ... STURGILL SIMPSON He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead. ERIN HUNTER Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it'... PAUL RYAN Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I... CAROL BARTZ 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 Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment. It's not about tr... CHARLIE HUNTER For queer people, the personal is very political, just to talk about it in a public space. It's ... BEN HOPKINS I think we probably will end up in America because he would be giving up much more to come and live ... EMILY MORTIMER It's important not to think about Bitcoin as a replacement for cash or gold or something that wo... NAVAL RAVIKANT It's about learning what's important and what's not important, and at the end of the day... AUBREY PEEPLES We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business... JERRY GARCIA I drive an American car. It's a Chrysler. That's not an endorsement. It's more like a cr... MICHAEL MOORE Something that's good in the mini-culture of 'Happy Endings' is that the goal is to try ... CASEY WILSON I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even ... K'NAAN Cuba is like going to a whole other planet. It's so different but it's so similar to the Uni... HENRY LOUIS GATES If explicit metadata is a real problem, it raises problems that just can't be solved. It's n... DAVID WEINBERGER We know in the end this is not a good thing. Medicare Part D will have an effect on our sales and we... DAVID MACKAY There's places where a secure fence will work, and that strategic type fencing will work. But th... RICK PERRY We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young... BARACK OBAMA We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to ch... SAMANTHA MORTON A man doesn't know what it's like to be a woman; it's that simple. TRACEY EMIN For us to grow globally, it's not enough to just be an exporter. We have to be a creator. BOB IGER For me, it's always about what's on the page. I have tremendous respect for writing. When yo... NESTOR CARBONELL We need to know how we are feeling. Mindfully acknowledging our feelings serves as an 'emotional... NOREENA HERTZ Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we wo... EARL NIGHTINGALE I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache - it's a giv... RASHIDA JONES
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