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Movies and media really can influence us. A few years ago, my daughter wanted to be a dancer; since Obama came into… — Common Copy Share Image
I've got my bell rung, and when I first came in the league, the term wasn't 'concussion,' it was 'getting dinged' or… — Shannon Sharpe Copy Share Image
Obviously, that off-the-ice battle I went through, plus injuries I came back from, I always felt the fans are really knowledgeable there… — Saku Koivu Copy Share Image
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My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later… — Karen Finerman Copy Share Image
NBC's pilot season of 1994 is legendary in the business. In a world where failure is commonplace, we midwifed the birth of… — Warren Littlefield Copy Share Image
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If I would characterize my life, I would say that I was a very lucky actor who came into very lucky times,… — Efrem Zimbalist, Jr Copy Share Image
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I literally came to L.A. like every actor does from this little town with this big dream, and I'm living in it… — Tracy Spiridakos Copy Share Image
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When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The real technical problems came because people working on the project didn't really follow my proposal at all, but set out to… — Gordon Gould Copy Share Image
I came up with idea of a solar airplane flying around the world with no fuel - that would be a beautiful… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
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I was sort of born into a Subud cult that has ties to Islam and Indonesia and Middle Eastern spiritualism. My parents… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
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We all should be proud of the United States. For those of us that came from the Dominican, we've been able to… — Robinson Cano Copy Share Image
I remember one game when I pitched in Yankee Stadium and gave up five runs in the first inning. It would have… — Hal Newhouser Copy Share Image
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I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No. No. They gave me hope, and they gave me encouragement,… — Craig T. Nelson Copy Share Image
Utilities get out of the way. Can you imagine if you flipped a light switch and had to watch an ad before… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
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The biggest culprits in the housing fiasco came from the private sector, and more specifically from a mortgage industry that was out… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I maintain that the period during the first half of the 1990s, the period in which rising inequality reached its peak, was… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
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The plunder of black communities is not a bump along the road, but it is, in fact, the road itself that you… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Whenever I'd go to restaurants, the main chef came out and was cooking for me, and he's asking me how the food… — Inbee Park Copy Share Image
For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so… — Mark Boal Copy Share Image
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