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If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts - but it's not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it's any better - but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.

Jay-Z

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Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders.

John Culberson

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You always know. You have basic needs, and when they aren't met, your body sends signals. Hunger, loneliness, exhaustion, thirst, and fear are all signals that something is missing, and you need to act on it now.

Mel Robbins

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Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

Sparky Anderson

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While people can differ on the issues, no one should seek to discourage freedom of speech.

Stan Van Gundy

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Writers are in control of editing processes - making a sentence better, cutting out a paragraph. But the initial outpouring has very little to do with conscious control or manipulation.

Siri Hustvedt

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I'm a big fan of Tony Blair. I'm not saying that I think his judgment has always been right, but I look at him as a person.

Louise Nurding

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I always feel I sing better if I have been playing a lot of tennis or football.

Juan Diego Florez

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Athletes aren't allowed to have an opinion. It's tough. Athletes are evolving right in front of our eyes. You see athletes who are politicians, etc., and still, we're told to shut up and dribble.

Jaylen Brown

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To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.

Jean Anouilh

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Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' slows the world down.

Jason Winston George

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Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.

Joni Eareckson Tada

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I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

Chris Cleave

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