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When me and Eric did songs back in the day, we didn't go and sit down in front of no A&R. We made our album, and then, when we finished, we handed it in, and then we picked the best song for the first single.

Rakim

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BestDayMeSongBackDown

I've learned to accept that I'm a children's writer, even if it's not what I set out to become. It's what I should have been all along, and I'll stay in this role as long as I'm a writer.

Jeff Kinney

ChildrenLongAcceptBecomeOut

I read 'Huffington Post' as if I am a shareholder.

Michael Arden

I AmPostReadAm

My movie now, to me, is going to help so many people to realize that it is okay to ask for help. It took me so long to be able to ask for somebody to help me.

Tonya Harding

PeopleMeHelpLongNowOkay

If the door is nailed shut, and you're 'Leaning In,' you're just going to get bruised and battered.

Ruth Porat

DoorYouGoingGetJustLeaning

There had to be something more important than me being comfortable, me being OK, and me being that one person that made it from Stockton. That's why I decided to run for city council in 2012.

Michael Tubbs

CityMePersonImportantRunWhy

If you grew up white before the civil rights movement anywhere in the South, all grown-ups lied. They'd tell you stuff like, 'Don't drink out of the colored fountain, dear, it's dirty.' In the white part of town, the white fountain was always covered with chewing gum and the marks of grubby kids' paws, and the colored fountain was always clean.

Molly Ivins

YouWhiteDirtyCleanMovementOut

Like many of my friends and colleagues, I can't get enough of Obama news; latest polling, speeches, visits, reaction of world leaders.

Lucy Powell

WorldColleaguesFriendsEnoughNews

Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

VisionGreatImaginationMindsFires

Yevtushenko is a high member of his country's establishment, and he lies terribly about the United States to his Russian readers.

Joseph Brodsky

CountryHighUnitedUnited StatesHe

The way I look at it is, when you allow people to submerge themselves into a story, they will react by thinking through what it's about. That's just so much more fun and effective, I think, than a lecture.

Jordan Peele

FunPeopleStoryThinkThinkingYou

There are writers who pour out words, concepts that sound really important but that basically say nothing. I always tried to be as concise as possible, all to try and reach everyone, but especially the simple people, those who needed to be reached more than anyone else.

Chespirito

SimpleWordsPeopleReachPossible

There should be choice in healthcare.

Anne Wojcicki

ChoiceHealthcareShould

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