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I love being in the archives, traveling, sitting in dusty places and looking at books with brittle pages. I love reading biographies and researching, to make myself informed about whatever political or historical time I'm writing about. From there, a lot of the emotional truths about my characters emerge.

Molly Antopol

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I teach in M.F.A. programs now, and I think that's a great way to become a novelist, but I mourn that Pete Dexter and Joan Didion's route is maybe less likely because there are fewer of those jobs. I always liken it to playing piano in some great dive jazz bar. You didn't pick the songs, you played what people asked for, but you got your chops.

Jess Walter

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Airships could be part of the answer to Africa's infrastructure woes - if the financial challenges are overcome.

Jens Martin Skibsted

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My favorite thing that I can do with my iPhone is dictate a letter.

Robert Picardo

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I think, for a while, my music was exclusively for those who shared my beliefs. But I realized I was perpetuating the bubble that I was living in instead of inviting people into my world.

Andy Mineo

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I've always enjoyed teen characters, and kids as well. For whatever reason, I seem to have an ability to do it sort of well, and I enjoy doing it.

Jeff Lemire

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The United Nations has a lot of capacity on the ground.

Stephen Lewis

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We want President Trump to have all the tools he needs to build the wall.

Steve Scalise

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I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

Sidney Poitier

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I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish.

Robin Williams

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My daughter couldn't care less about me being famous. She finds it revolting and, like a lot of teenagers, is virtually allergic to me. That started at 12 and hasn't gone anywhere yet.

Dawn French

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So I'm still in my romantic stage with London, I love it as a place.

Christian Cooke

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You can't pick and choose who's going to win or who's gonna mess up.

Chuck Liddell

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