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In Paris, AIDS was dismissed as an American phobia until French people started dying; then everyone said, 'Well, you have to die some way or another.' If Americans were hysterical and pragmatic, the French were fatalistic: depressed but determined to keep the party going.

Edmund White

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PeopleAmericanDieYouPartyParis

I'm a driver, and I love it.

Jerry Della Femina

LoveDriverI Love

People who believe in freedom of expression have spent several centuries fighting against censorship, in whatever form. We have to be certain the 'Net' doesn't become the site for technological book burning.

John Ralston Saul

FreedomPeopleBookBelieveFighting

I never second-judged my mother.

Shiv Nadar

MotherNever

Great upheavals produce shock waves that widen cracks in political, economic, and security orders. Sometimes the old orders break. Yet it can be in the power of leaders and peoples to shape the directions of change.

Robert Zoellick

ChangePowerGreatWavesPolitical

Lady Gaga has a very unjaded intelligence. It's brilliant, 'cause it's anti-snob.

Mika

IntelligenceLadyBrilliantCause

Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career in stand-up.

Mindy Kaling

LiveMePerformanceThinkCareer

It's easy enough to foist your music collection on your kids. Lectures are not required; you just play the stuff while they are prisoner in the back seat on a long drive, or softly in the background while eating dinner.

Dean Wareham

MusicDinnerEatingDriveEnough

I was born and raised in southern Utah.

Ally Condie

BornUtahSouthernI Was BornRaised

There's a clean simplicity to the plotting of 'Sinister,' whether you like it or not. And the scares are deliberate and even heavy-handed in a way. There's not a lot of sophistication or nuance in the plotting and not much restraint in the scares - and that's a part of what makes the movie accessible.

Scott Derrickson

SimplicityYouWayCleanRestraint

We're all conditioned to work hard, and it's not just an Asian thing: it's an Asian American thing. You maximize the little opportunity you have, and I've made a career.

Ken Jeong

WorkOpportunityWork HardAmerican

I just wanted to have my own dynasty. I wanted my own Cash Money or Roc-A-Fella. Outside of that, I also wanted my own media company.

Kevin Abstract

MoneyMediaMy OwnOutsideCompany

The more you play music, the better you'll get.

Glen Campbell

MusicBetterYouPlayMoreGet

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