Becky Albertalli Quotes

I lived in the D.C. area for eight years.

Becky Albertalli

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'Magic' is a word that's too often misused in the record industry.

Jimmy Iovine

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I had to find stories no one else was writing, so I got away from the quarterback and the coach. I'm still looking for stories no one else has written.

John Branch

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Coming from an immigrant background, where a lot of parents don't want their kids to be comedians, success was just showing my mom that I could make a living. I was like, if I can get my mom off my back, that was my success.

Maz Jobrani

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I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering.

Matthew McConaughey

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I say 'incantation' a lot, when what I really mean 'incarnation.' It's a programmed mistake.

Michael Carbonaro

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I got recognized on the subway in South Africa because of 'Big Bang.'

John Ross Bowie

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All I knew growing up was that my father was married to and loved my momma, period. He worked hard, made some money, and put it on the dresser. She spent it on the family, and he went out and earned some more. He taught me the most about love.

Steve Harvey

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Looking back, when I was fourteen, I aspired to... be the best believer, husband, father, businessman, and man of integrity that I can be.

Steven Crowder

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I do most of my vocals - aside from a couple of little one-shot vocal samples. I record everything into the Saffire with an SM58 then scratch it with loads of plug-ins. I don't do much vocoding to be honest. All my vocals are usually done with Melodyne and a ton of other plug-ins to make it sound weird.

Skrillex

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I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.

Tony Hawk

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I think if you say that art and politics, or religion and politics, mustn't mix, don't mix, that is itself a political statement. Even if you are writing a 19th-century novel where the money comes from a plantation in the Caribbean and you don't talk about that, that itself is a political thing.

Mohsin Hamid

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When people think of Mozilla, they generally think of the browser, but Mozilla is really much more than that. Mozilla is of interest to people who want an end-user application like our browser that's not tied directly into the Windows platform.

Mitchell Baker

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