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I started writing with intent to publish on January 1st, 1985, when, as my New Year's resolution, I resolved to finish a book before I turned 25. It's one of only a few New Year's resolutions I remember keeping - I finished that one with a couple weeks to spare.

Holly Lisle

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There must be so many people who have various artistic talents that, for whatever reason, just have no way of expressing them. Either they have no support from their family or they live in a part of the world, maybe they've never heard a piano or seen a piano.

Stephen Hough

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Aziz Ansari was on 'Parks and Recreation' for, I don't know, what, seven years? And he was a really popular stand-up comedian. He even says that his Netflix show wouldn't have gotten made unless he created it himself. No one was probably willing to put someone like Aziz as the lead in a show until he actually created it himself.

Steve Zissis

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Well, it's 15 years since Sex, Lies And Videotape, and if you hang around long enough you're having the same arguments with just a new set of people every few years and it gets boring.

Steven Soderbergh

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I got out of this school and went to Camberwell College of Arts, a terribly prestigious thing to do. I was there to be a painter. And I sketched so well that, a year later, I was sent to Slade School of Fine Art, one of the great art schools.

Roger Rees

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As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.

Ron Francis

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I wanted to be a baseball player, but I became fascinated with wrestling as a teenager.

Mick Foley

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Barring public demand, any person who pursues the presidency out of personal ambition must be suffering from a basic genetic defect.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

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I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing.

Luc Ferrari

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When I go back to France now I spend all the my time with press and sponsors. I do not have a lot of time to spend at home with my family.

Jean Alesi

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I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books.

Cornelia Funke

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For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother.

Anne Lamott

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There used to be very few women in prisons, but this changed with the introduction of the hudood laws.

Asma Jahangir

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