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It was jarring to be berated for 'acting white' when I was placed in a predominantly black middle school in Southern California. I was also chubby, into boys who weren't into me, and tried too hard to fit into this 'blackness' I was supposed to be.

Issa Rae

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SchoolMeBlackActingWhiteHard

Continuity is a great thing; staying the course and being patient, those are important virtues. But also there is virtue in being realistic enough to know you have to make serious changes sometimes.

Jim Irsay

GreatEnoughYouKnowSometimes

I'm kind of like Britney Spears having a headache. Everybody wants to know about it.

Joe Wurzelbacher

KnowKindHeadacheLikeEverybody

When we were younger and first starting out in Australia, we found that we sold more records by word of mouth because we were playing the bars, clubs, and small places and building a following. And as we got bigger, we still relied a lot on word of mouth.

Angus Young

BuildingSmallMouthAustraliaFirst

When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I.

John Rocha

CollegeMeNobodyLeftExpectedDid

Like most people, I've always felt using words like 'best' when applied to art is a fun way for critics to stay busy at the end of the year, and I guess a good way to help get ratings for awards shows, which is fine.

Steven Van Zandt

GoodArtBestWordsFunPeople

I think there's a lot of mental instability in this whole country.

Rose Namajunas

ThinkCountryMentalWholeI Think

I always loved comedy, but in my mind, it wasn't a viable career option. I always thought, 'You go to college. You get a job, and then you pay off college.'

Michelle Wolf

JobMindCollegeThoughtLovedYou

Sustained exhaustion is not a rite of passage. It's a mark of stupidity.

Jason Fried

StupidityExhaustionMarkPassage

It can sometimes feel like the commercials for Activision's 'Call of Duty' series are always on. If the publisher has its way, the games will be, too.

Jason Schreier

FeelSometimesDutyGamesWillWay

I don't think I see the world in terms of stupid or clever, but in terms of being able to get irony. There's some awful statistic about only 20 per cent of Americans being able to understand irony.

Douglas Coupland

StupidWorldThinkUnderstandSee

I don't see myself going back to blonde outside of work though. I really like the red.

Deborah Ann Woll

WorkMyselfRedBlondeBackOutside

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Confucius

KnowledgeYouKnowTrue

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