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When I brought home a 98 percent on a test, my father would say, 'Ah, ah, where are the other two points? Go and get them, then bring them back.' My father and Nigerian culture has always stood for excellence.

Jidenna

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FatherHomeCultureExcellenceBack

I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships.

Mayer Hawthorne

LoveMusicCoolEnemyRelationships

I think there's an interesting contradiction of having a young face and an old soul. There's something funny about it, and it also allows you to reinvent being old.

Matt Smith

FunnySoulFaceThinkInteresting

My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.

Anna Lee

FatherPowerPrayerAlwaysBeenDad

Because of all the concurrent stories going in 24 and its fast pace, it can be complicated in terms of the story, so I thought sound could help with the storytelling.

Stephen Hopkins

StoryThoughtHelpFastComplicated

We have as a nation been duped by those who use our guilt about how we treated the innocent pawns in the Vietnam War game - the soldiers - into missing the point once again about the utter senselessness that is war.

Steven Weber

WarGameGuiltInnocentVietnam War

Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men. And believe me, to them it is a question of power. It is their attempt to impose their will on the rest of society, particularly on men.

Rush Limbaugh

PowerMenMeSocietyBelieveRest

On the Internet, speed matters. According to research by Microsoft, Google, and others, if a website is even 250 milliseconds slower than a rival, people will visit it less often.

Marvin Ammori

PeopleResearchInternetSpeedWill

I am ambidextrous. I write with my right hand but played basketball in high school with my left.

Julia Stiles

SchoolI AmBasketballHigh School

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

Joyce Maynard

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The body must stay fit. Fit people like themselves much better.

Diana Vreeland

PeopleBetterBodyStayMustLike

Every single person that spent a few bucks to buy a book that I wrote deserves a big thank you from my whole family.

Colleen Hoover

FamilyBookThank YouYouPerson

I am using soybean based ink, which is recyclable.

Rick Danko

I AmInkWhichBasedAmUsing

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