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When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.

Walter O'Brien

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I go around the world, working with all kinds of people who I love.

John Malkovich

LovePeopleWorldGoKindsWorking

It has taken Thomas Harris 11 years to publish the sequel to 'The Silence of the Lambs,' which suggests that while everyone was desperate to read it, he was not desperate to write it.

Jeff Giles

SilenceWriteEveryoneYearsPublish

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

Stephen Leacock

ImaginationWholeWouldThanSooner

I'm a very practical, pragmatic capitalist. I was trained at Goldman Sachs. I went to Harvard Business School. I was as hard-nosed a capitalist as you get. I specialized in media, in investing in media companies, and it's a very, very tough environment.

Steve Bannon

BusinessSchoolToughMediaYouGet

Good sci-fi and fantasy use fantastical situations to represent real-life issues. It really is all a metaphor for what we all go through as humans.

Stella Maeve

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Implanting a microchip inside the brain to augment its mental powers has long been a science fiction trope.

Steven Levy

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Repetitiveness and discipline are the secrets of cake decorating. The art comes from the meticulous technique, the way it does for a dancer.

Ron Ben-Israel

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I love learning new things, and 'Austin & Ally,' honestly, was probably the best foundation for the acting side of me, just cause I learned so much.

Ross Lynch

LoveLearningBestNew ThingsMe

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

Mary Catherine Bateson

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Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing.

Mike Tyson

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I did regret not graduating high school, but I made a point of going back and getting my GED later. It was important for my kids.

Christian Slater

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I'm not a Gingrich fan. He's just difficult to work with. It's either Newt's way or the highway.

Bob Dole

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