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I think the novel is at one end of the art-entertainment continuum - the play in the middle - while TV and cinema veer a bit more towards entertainment.

Irvine Welsh

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I think 'World of Warcraft' shows that people today still like a good fantasy hack and slash game. I always thought that a lot of computer fantasy games leapt into complex party-based play somewhat prematurely.

John Carmack

GoodTodayPeopleWorldGameThink

My optimism for life carried through my work.

John Dyer

LifeWorkOptimismThroughCarried

You can't lose your concentration at all. And there are times when you're on the stage, and you've got silence, which is wonderful, but you have to have the confidence to make you realize it's fine. You can't suddenly wobble and think, 'They're not interested.'

John Hurt

ConfidenceSilenceThinkYouLose

I tried a Les Paul when I was a lot younger. I tried the Les Paul, and because of the weight of the thing, it nearly dislocated my hip.

Angus Young

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My own child doesn't even know that Stephanie is my name.

Stormy Daniels

ChildNameKnowMy OwnOwnEven

I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.

Tony Hillerman

MindStoryTryAlwaysFitSetting

If you read a lot of Chinese literature, there has always been very strong women figures - warriors, swordswomen - who defended honor and loyalty with the men. So, it's not new to our culture - it's always been very much a part of it. It's good that now the Western audience would have a different image of the Chinese women.

Michelle Yeoh

GoodWomenLoyaltyCultureMenYou

I do not want to be president because I am a woman. Being a woman is important, but it's not the most important. I want to be president because we have the talent and the platform and the vision of a Mexico that we want for all Mexicans, not only for a select few.

Josefina Vazquez Mota

VisionWomanTalentI AmImportant

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Christopher Morley

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On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.

Clive Anderson

EnvironmentalTreesGlobal Warming

My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.

Brandi Chastain

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Friends confront each other sometimes, and sometimes the friendship lasts, and sometimes it doesn't.

Brooke Elliott

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