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Man, if I get a chance to speak on the microphone, I've got to say something somewhere in there. You know, I'm going to laugh and have fun, too, but something has to be said that has some substance, because this is a platform, and the power that we have with words and with this microphone is phenomenal.

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Science fiction is huge and varied, and there's almost any sort of book or story you might imagine.

Ann Leckie

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I think it's pretty apparent who my favorites are because I keep coming back to them. At the top of that list would be Harry Bosch, who's now going on 20 years of literary life. I still like him the best because there's still a lot to say about him.

Michael Connelly

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China is a very brand-intensive society. The reason that brands are so very important is that they are a way to signal social status.

John Quelch

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I think a lot of people want to blame their fathers for not being good enough when they were growing up. I think it can be an excuse for not coming to terms with your own problems.

Stromae

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I'm choosy to a fault. You want to hold out for a project that means something. You're the one who's there working fifteen hours a day, and if you don't believe in it, it can feel a whole lot longer.

Lizzy Caplan

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Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia, and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy.

Colson Whitehead

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I wanted to be a marine biologist my whole life until I graduated high school. And even now, I'm still like, 'Maybe I'll just quit the biz and go to Santa Cruz and study marine biology and have my own research center in the Bahamas.' Yeah, I'm sure it would be just that smooth.

Cobie Smulders

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I am 30, but there are things about me that are still 15.

Brigitte Bardot

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If you're going to be a bum, be the biggest. If you're going to blow it, blow it big.

Broderick Crawford

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I have been told I say 'shucks' quite frequently... Shucks, I'll have to work on that.

Aubrey Peeples

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Painting is almost like a sport. It's like this action thing. When I do it, I'm really not thinking. The paintings are like a diary that I might not want to read again.

Alison Mosshart

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I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.

Poppy Z. Brite

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