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I really only put stuff out when I have something to say and I feel like I've got a direction and I've got an idea - and that can even take two, two-and-a-half years to flesh out.

El-P

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Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

John Burdett

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With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. Even great women artists, like Louise Bourgeois and Lee Krasner, are only fully embraced very late in their career.

Siri Hustvedt

WomenGreatArtMenCareerLate

I love John Waters. There's stuff in it that's beyond the boundaries of my taste, but his movies have always been like that.

Tracey Ullman

LoveMoviesBeyondBoundariesTaste

I don't think much of anything I wrote before the age of 30.

Tony Parsons

AgeThinkAnythingMuchBefore

Constant rotation, based on a 19th century Army model, prevents spouses from putting down roots and gaining meaningful deployment.

Robert Wilkie

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A rough beginning doesn't have to mean there is a rough end.

Jon Jones

BeginningEndMeanRough

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

Joseph Conrad

SeaManNeverHumanFriendlyBeen

That's always the goal. If you don't want to be the best or have the company on your back with everyone relying on you, then you shouldn't be here.

Dolph Ziggler

BestYouBackGoalWantCompany

The American education system couldn't be more badly directed or poorly funded if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood.

Dennis Miller

EducationAmericanWoodMoreSystem

I'm interested in youth culture - when your parents are running your life, but you think you're the big man - but I'm not trying to make a statement.

Chris Lilley

LifeCultureManParentsYouthYou

My first professional acting job was in 'Hair' during the Vietnam War. So I think I've always been drawn to projects with a social conscience.

Clarke Peters

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I often work by avoidance.

Brian Eno

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