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I began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that I took music seriously.

Tom Curren

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I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.

Jessica Savitch

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Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.

Jennifer Capriati

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With the rise of social media, it has given me an opportunity and a platform to have a voice as a blogger and as an activist, but it has also made me nervous that I might become a meme or a viral sensation, all without my consent.

Sinead Burke

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I was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking order, and everybody knew it.

Ron White

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But thankfully, my first album, 'Wide Screen,' was sort of a critics' darling - everyone raved about it, but no one bought it. They only manufactured 10,000 copies; I wasn't even in the running for failure!

Rupert Holmes

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'Beloved' by Toni Morrison. I think I read it first in college and have read it every few years since. The language itself is remarkable. I don't know that I've read a book that explains America so well.

Ross Gay

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There are certain tuxes you can get away with a black tie, but with others, you'd be dishonoring the workmanship if you didn't wear a full bow tie.

Luke Evans

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Math and science were my favorite subjects besides theater.

Jason Earles

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What can we be in life? Few figures in history have answered this question with as much clarity and moral authority as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Chris Gardner

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During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.

David Sylvian

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It's amazing what you can learn to get used to.

Chesley Sullenberger

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When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.

Brandon Sanderson

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