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Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and the government, and the minority, who are the Tamils. That's where I'm from. And my lifetime sort of began there; I spent 10 years, and I was there during when the war started and fled as a refugee to England.

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When I design, I always pull from things that are significant to me. In my work, I search for happiness and then try to convey that joy in the clothes.

Jeremy Scott

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Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.

Joel Osteen

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I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.

John Greenleaf Whittier

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You look at who's actually created shows for FX that have succeeded, and there are a lot of first-time showrunners - Ryan Murphy, Denis Leary, Louis C.K., the 'It's Always Sunny' creators, Kurt Sutter, Joe Weisberg, Pamela Adlon, Donald Glover.

John Landgraf

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I'm not one to pat myself on my back, but I have had a career for 20 years, and if people are interested in how I did it or if I can give any advice, then that's lovely.

Matthew Williamson

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Brands are faced with the daily challenge of massively scaling their outreach in order to build personal relationships. While this may seem like a contradiction in terms, it becomes much more possible when brands shift from push to pull dynamics in their marketing.

Simon Mainwaring

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Lindsay Hatton's novel 'Monterey Bay' so beautifully evokes the landscape of the titular locale, you'll feel transported to Northern California even if you're reading it on the bus on your morning commute.

Rumaan Alam

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New York isn't segregated the way many American cities are, where there are specific ethnic neighborhoods that don't necessarily co-exist, or they co-exist but in a much separate sense.

Mike D

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I think poetry should be read very much like prose, except that the line breaks should be acknowledged somehow.

Jonathan Galassi

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As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing.

Douglas Adams

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I am very proud of The Saints and I'm very glad that I've been associated with them all these years, but the next record is the best record... has to be the philosophy for any band that remains even halfway decent or vibrant, and that is kind of where my head's at.

Chris Bailey

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In 2007, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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