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It's our responsibility for the village to say, 'Hey we're going to create these programs,' whether it's sports, creative arts, music, we need some things to give young people positive things to do, and that's including jobs.

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PositiveMusicSportsResponsibility

We're both accustomed to being the center of attention. We're both accustomed to being spoiled by the people around us. And we don't expect to have to compete with somebody for all of that.

Jim Lampley

PeopleAttentionCompeteSpoiledUs

I don't want people reading my books just because they're horror or mysteries. I want them to read them because they're Joe Lansdale books.

Joe R. Lansdale

PeopleReadingJust BecauseWant

It's a fact that people who are in a weakened position, whether physically or mentally, have this perception of the outer world as threatening. Everything that is unexpected or unknown is seen as a potential danger.

Michael Haneke

PeopleWorldPerceptionPotential

You need to keep something for yourself. As a writer, I feel that even more strongly. I feel like I need to be able to freely observe the world. That's the way I like to move through the world; I don't need to be the focus of attention. If I am, it impairs my ability to write and to do what I do.

Tracy Chapman

FocusYourselfI AmWorldAttention

We need to pay attention to each other. We are our brother's keepers. We are our sister's keepers.

Trai Byers

BrotherSisterAttentionNeedPay

I hate wearing suits and ties.

Rob Delaney

HateSuitsWearingTies

I'm enjoying my life, post-menopause, so much. It's just so great to grow into yourself, and not be bothered with all that tyranny of biology.

Roseanne Barr

LifeGreatYourselfGrowMy Life

Modelling killed me.

Milla Jovovich

MeModelling

There are a few people who are, let's say, personality-challenged, who would like to set up a cult, but in large part they fail due to the innate stroppiness and independence of their fellow pagans.

Liz Williams

PeopleIndependenceSayUpFailSet

Well, that day is gone, and it will not occur again.

Dianne Feinstein

DayWillGoneWellAgainOccur

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Desiderius Erasmus

GreatHonorWealthSinWithout

Speech, not violence, is how we will bridge the divides between us.

Deeyah Khan

BridgeViolenceSpeechWillUsHow

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