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I strongly believe in the art form of the album.

El-P

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U2 are a great band; they've given us an unbelievable body of work, and all of us musicians owe them at least something. I can honestly say that every time I have played the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, as soon as my drums are set up, I go into the beat of 'Sunday Bloody Sunday.'

Jimmy Chamberlin

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I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me.

Jodi Picoult

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We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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There's a danger of some of the best people saying, 'I don't want a career in science.'

John Gurdon

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I couldn't even contemplate anyone even making a film about my life!

John Caudwell

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When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally think of prose as a way of doing that. It fits our time, the culture.

Robert Morgan

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The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world.

Robert Green Ingersoll

PowerGreatPeopleGoldWorldCry

You simply cannot do a sitcom by committee. It will not work. You've got to have one or two clean, creative voices in charge, and there's got to be some faith by the studio and network in those people to make the right choices.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

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At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.

Simon Cowell

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You know, in playing a role like this, you really want to get it right, because this is a person who was revered by so many doctors, women doctors especially.

Mary Stuart Masterson

WomenYouPersonKnowWantRight

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

Lou Holtz

ExperienceThinkLearnYouCareer

You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it down to two or three that are half the length of the original verses.

Josh Tillman

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