I'm allergic to doing the obvious thing.
Neneh Cherry
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm grateful to be successful, and I'm grateful that we can make a living, and I hope we can maintain our integrity forever. That's really my only dream. The notion of bigness or smallness, I feel like that comes and goes in such waves that are kind of out of my control.
Jim James
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The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.
John Cage
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The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative - things like the queuing system for Netflix, which was patented in 2003. Yes, it makes renting movies a snap, but was it really a breakthrough deserving patent protection?
Robert Pozen
QualityAmericanMoviesNetflixYes
I quit my band in New York City in 1969 and I got really angry at them. I got angry at one of my guitar players and I dove over the drum set and we got into a fight.
Steven Tyler
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In the end, all Republicans want to make sure we don't increase taxes. That's where we differ with the Democrats.
Tom Cole
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If someone tried to take the hierarchy thing too seriously - for example, being lovely to producers but moaning to runners about the tea - that would not be accepted on 'Harry Potter'; someone would pull you aside and have a word.
Tom Felton
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I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten very far away from the idea that there's something sacrosanct about retirement investments.
Ron Chernow
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If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?
Martin Scorsese
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I am proud to be able to exhibit my work and inspire young people. Especially young black women so they know that they are beautiful, that they don't have to hold onto any negative stereotypes.
Mickalene Thomas
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I always knew I wanted to be a character in the movies. When I was growing up, I had to have a lot of surgery, and I spent a lot of time recovering at home and in the hospital. Watching movies took me away from my own problems and gave me a total escape.
Josh Ryan Evans
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I can't tear up a poem and be a sound bite for you. Why is that so hard for anyone to understand?
Derek Walcott
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When I read comics, they were dense stories. When you put them down, there was a sense of having gotten a great deal from them.
Christopher Priest
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