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I didn't get as much attention as I wanted from girls as a teenager. I thought that if I became a rock star, I would finally get all that I wanted - but it didn't happen.

Rivers Cuomo

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ThoughtRock StarAttentionRockGet

Wanting money has been made so taboo. We're not allowed to talk about it or admit we want it, and yet we use it every single minute of our lives.

Jen Sincero

MoneyAdmitWantTalkSingleBeen

I find there is room in music to talk with music. It may expand ways people can participate with music. It doesn't sound hokey or like some kind of voice-over.

John Trudell

MusicPeopleFindKindTalkSound

Growing up, I was always super into fantasy and 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Game of Thrones' and all of that, but I could never find black characters whom I really liked.

Amandla Stenberg

Growing UpGameBlackFindGrowing

I know there are thousands of images of me.

Stevie Wonder

MeKnowImagesThousands

Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard.

Toni Collette

DesertBrilliantHardBeing

I was in love with the idea of love, so I created elaborate fictions for my relationships - fictions that allowed me to believe that what any given paramour and I shared looked a lot like love.

Roxane Gay

LoveMeBelieveRelationshipsIdea

I like girls who like the countryside, put on walking boots and can bend with the wind a bit. If you're going to live with me, you need to be able to embrace the countryside and wet dogs.

Jay Kay

LiveMeWindWalkingBootsYou

I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches.

Dolly Parton

MusicSimplePeopleSingingThink

I've been fascinated with Stevie Nicks for a long, long time. I've written 'Stevie Nicks' inside everything I've made for the past 20 years.

Chris March

TimePastLongLong TimeInside

Writing so that I can act became a way of having not more control over my future but not having to wait for permission. You can choose yourself. Hmm, who should play this part? I nominate me!

Brit Marling

FutureYourselfMeWaitControlYou

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

Wyndham Lewis

MeLongRunComfortableMoreRude

Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals.

Paul Theroux

GreatDestinationShortIceDark

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