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I feel that when I began writing, I had a need to know more about the play before I got into it. I think that's the way I was thinking. But my actual experience is that the best way to find out what the structure is, is by writing the play out laterally. You just have got to be brave enough to start without knowing where you are going.

Tom Stoppard

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I had three weeks of prep on 'Wolfman,' a ridiculously inadequate amount of time to try to bring together the fractured and scattered pieces of the production. I had taken the job mostly because I had a cash flow problem, the only time in my career I've ever let finances enter into the decision process.

Joe Johnston

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I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't.

Joe Perry

GoodBadMoreSeenBecauseSongs

People get to a certain age and success that they stop being curious. I'm still curious because I haven't really had that success. I've never done a record to catch whatever the latest sound is. It's my love of music, eclectic-ness, and the music that I heard my entire life that seeps in. That's what you're hearing.

Jill Sobule

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I'm a big believer than a great bit is a great bit - if I go and see someone I love, like Robert Klein. I want to hear some classics and some new stuff. But a great stand-up bit takes a long time to really polish and perfect, and they're beautiful things when they're done.

Jerry Seinfeld

LoveBeautifulGreatTimeSomeone

People who are different are constantly dealing with families who don't understand them.

Andrew Solomon

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Now, it's weird not to have gay characters on a show.

Megan Mullally

WeirdGayNowShowCharacters

Like now what Urban Outfitters has become is very much how I always dressed in high school by going to garage sales and getting stuff for 50 cents. Cost a little more now, to look like crap.

Amy Lee

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Your health is your starting point - without it, you have nothing.

Sienna Guillory

HealthYouNothingStartingWithout

I try and let the film do the talking.

Tom Holland

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I'm not selfish at all.

Judy Gold

Selfish

I don't let the haters get their way.

JoJo Siwa

HatersWayGet

When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.

Donald Dunn

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