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Sometime in the early Seventies, gender-free toys were briefly a popular idea. So at Christmas on the California beach in 1972, we downplayed the dolls with frilly dresses and loaded up Santa's sack with toy trucks and earth movers for our three daughters.

Tom Brokaw

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Who would have thought that a tap-dancing penguin would outpoint James Bond at the box office? And deserve to? Not that there's anything wrong with 'Casino Royale.' But 'Happy Feet' - written and directed by George Miller - is a complete charmer, even if, in the way of most family fare, it can't resist straying into the Inspirational.

Robert Gottlieb

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I always collect a bunch of images for every film that I do, that reminds me of an essence of the character, or the time that they live in, or what they're experiencing.

Mia Wasikowska

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The real advantage for me is that I have the opportunity to lead worship every Sunday.

John Tesh

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People know what authentic communication feels like, so having someone else handle your social media/commenting doesn't feel honest to me.

Amanda de Cadenet

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Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

Stendhal

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There's almost nothing that distracts you from your day-to-day problems more than a trip. You're totally consumed in the present, you've got new sense impressions, you've got all this stuff to digest.

Tom Freston

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Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth.

Robert B. Laughlin

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I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there's some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama.

Miranda Richardson

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Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists.

Mitchell Baker

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In the juniors, you are kind of a star, but just because you are a good junior doesn't mean you will be a good pro.

Dominic Thiem

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I was a huge fan of monster movies.

Conrad Vernon

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We're going through a kind of ancient, barbaric war dance now - it's almost an ultimate in absurdity.

Clark M. Clifford

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