I wanted to be a barrister for a long time.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
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The lyrics came out of necessity. When we started writing the record, we started in a more fusion environment and that got boring really quick and that wasn't what we were about on an organic level.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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Writing 'Hoop Roots' was a substitute or a surrogate activity. I can't play anymore - my body won't cooperate - so in the writing of the book, I was looking to tell a good story about my life and about basketball, but I was also looking to entertain myself the way that I entertain myself when I play.
John Edgar Wideman
LifeGoodMyselfRootsWritingBook
Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.
Andre Rieu
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'Dead peasants insurance' is a term that sounds as if it comes straight out of Monty Python. If only that were true.
John Lanchester
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You can create the perfect triceps by just pushing yourself off your wall.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
YourselfYouPerfectWallCreate
There are all kinds of voices in YA, and they are realistic and unflinching.
Jeff Giles
RealisticVoicesKindsYa
Mainstream media tends to showcase a very specific kind of Mardi Gras, but my experience of Mardi Gras is very different; it's very cultural.
Solange Knowles
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice.
Robert E. Lee
FriendManSacrificeYouWrongKeep
It's very weird about movies: you never know which ones are going to stay alive and which one are going to be meaningless. When you're there, you couldn't possibly predict it. Some things slowly die, and others slowly stay a while.
Mike Nichols
WeirdDieYouAliveKnowMovies
In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.
Minoru Yamasaki
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The embarrassment of a situation can, once you are over it, be the funniest time in your life. And I suppose a lot of my comedy comes from painful moments or experiences in life, and you just flip them on their head.
Miranda Hart
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I would want to know if, at 15, if my daughter loves me the way she does right now. And if she's proud of me, just because I want to be a good example for her, and seeing her grow and how much she loves Daddy saying 'Daddy, te quiero mucho,' which means 'I like you a lot,' those are the things that melt my heart.
Juan Pablo Galavis
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