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'Paper Planes' was an accident. It wasn't a song we made for the masses. It took two years to get popular, and there were many fights about censoring the gunshot sounds.

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Every job I've ever gotten has transformed me in some way as an actor.

Viola Davis

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I wasn't that academic, but I always made sure I was earning money. I never wanted to put all my eggs in one basket. Even when I started doing music, my parents were like, 'You need to work; you can't just live off music.' I always knew that. So I worked until I knew I was going to be financially okay.

Jess Glynne

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Psychological horror is more interesting to me than the explicitly physical.

Andrew Pyper

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The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule.

Jeffrey Sachs

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I am a believer in the evolutionary process, and yet I have sympathy for the friends of mine who are creationists. I don't find the positions incompatible.

John Rhys-Davies

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The amount of silliness that happens to me is insane.

Amanda Seales

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I feel like music and acting are so much my love, and they're so much equal in my eyes. I couldn't really choose between the two.

Aly Michalka

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I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.

Sting

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Learning all the intricacies, all the nerd elements to 'Twilight' was really fun.

Toni Trucks

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I love the fact that there is now a skate park in almost every city, but it will always have a rebellious/underground edge to it because it is based on individuality.

Tony Hawk

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If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.

Roddy Doyle

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Indebted countries can only grow out of their debt troubles through strong economic growth; austerity measures alone cannot work. It is imperative to engage in deep structural reform to spur growth.

Lou Jiwei

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