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What makes a classic is difficult to define. It's entirely subjective, of course. And the term is employed far too promiscuously. — John Boyne Copy Share Image
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Literally thousands of e-mails over the course of a book go out to people I've never met, people who might end up… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Lana Del Rey seems to be bothering everybody because she allegedly 'remade' herself from a folk singing, girl-next-door type into an electro-urban… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C.,… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
I'm part of a speech therapy course called the Maguire Programme. It isn't a cure; it's something you need to maintain and… — Gareth Gates Copy Share Image
Of course, like all organic processes, there is an ebb and a flow to writing. One does not exist without the other.… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
There's a thing at the Museum of Natural History in New York, where I live: they have a stairwell where you follow… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
When you work on big commercial movies, of course there's more money involved and you can still do some good work. But… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say… — Alexander Downer Copy Share Image
I did a practical theatre degree, which I took seriously, and then told my parents I wanted to go into acting -… — Shelley Conn Copy Share Image
The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there -… — Waldemar Januszczak Copy Share Image
Theater is definitely something that, through the course of my childhood and even in college, I enjoyed participating in. I would love… — Jennifer Nettles Copy Share Image
When you make machines that are capable of obeying instructions slavishly, and among those instructions are 'duplicate me' instructions, then of course… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe. Of course, there is… — Mario Andretti Copy Share Image
I needed more knowledge in rigging and knotting. I started collecting books on knots and really learning more and more. That's how… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
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Like any self-governing group of people, the Recording Academy has made missteps over the years. Still, it has corrected course and done… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
I appreciate very much Vilayat Khan, the sitar player, and Bismillah Khan, the shehnai player; and among the tabla players, of course,… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to… — Hal David Copy Share Image
PGA of America has been very good to me; played some of the Junior Ryder Cups, and those go down as some… — Jordan Spieth Copy Share Image
When you tell people you're in history, they give you this pained expression because that was the course they hated in high… — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
Of course, a law that is selectively used is in one aspect even worse than a law that is generally used because… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I have, I think to do a play a year is very good if you can afford the time and the energy… — David Naughton Copy Share Image
People who think about time travel stories sometimes think that going back in time would be fun because you would have all… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than 40 million Americans don't have health insurance, and for many, not having… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Of course. I favor passive investing for most investors, because markets are amazingly successful devices for incorporating information into stock prices. — Merton Miller Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that the position of the Sun relative to the stars slowly changes for any given date, and over… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great lesson that The Royal Hunt of the… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal,… — Patrick Chan Copy Share Image
Of course, women have long exercised influence behind the scenes. A few thousand years ago this drove Aristotle to distraction: 'What difference… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
They say that women's sexual peaks are in their 30s or 40s, and I think that it happens because they're more comfortable.… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
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