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It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.

M.I.A.

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CreativeMomNameFakeInteresting

The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.

Joe Orton

GoodPeopleBadGoKindTaste

Nobody pays attention to the way a person's shirt folds around his shoulder when they sit down, but if that shirt folded in an unusual way, you'd notice it.

John Lasseter

AttentionYouDownPersonNobody

Some wonderful things have taken 10 years to make.

Robert Stigwood

YearsWonderfulThingsSomeTaken

I priced my books at what I would want to spend on an electronic book.

Amanda Hocking

BookWantBooksWouldElectronic

Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements.

Trombone Shorty

MusicBornNewWillNew Orleans

With the Internet, there are so many ways to connect with other writers who will be some of your best friends and best sources of support for your entire life.

Tomi Adeyemi

LifeBestSupportInternetFriends

Anything you can do that connects believers with one another engages the church to go the next level, which keeps the pastor from being burnt out, which therefore keeps him in the ministry.

Tony Evans

ChurchYouGoNext LevelAnything

When someone has spent a lifetime trying to survive a death sentence, the last thing you want is your children uncovering what you have been at such pains to conceal.

Michael Korda

ChildrenDeathSurviveSomeoneYou

I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly.

Bobby Farrelly

ThinkKeyMove OnDirectorMoveGet

Words in a person's word stock are like paints on a palette. It helps to have just the right shade when you need it.

Anu Garg

WordsYouPersonNeedRightShade

I had studied Russian in college. I had gotten into it first through literature and then just really found it kind of fascinating; of course, this was during the Cold War. So they were kind of the other great enemy that you grew up hearing about.

Scott Shane

GreatWarCollegeColdLiterature

Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.

Timothy Thomas Fortune

WorkEducationFutureMenMindMay

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