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I personally made a decision many years ago that I wanted to crawl into portraiture because it had a lot of latitude.

— Annie Leibovitz

I was raised by my grandmother on a farm, where we were really poor - we had dirt floors - but so…

— Robert Herjavec

Back when 'social' had a broad definition, you could almost say that Yahoo Finance chat was the first social product.

— Carol Bartz

There are thousands of capable Americans who would pursue a degree in nursing if we had room in our schools for them.

— Jeff Merkley

When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed…

— Scott Thompson

When I started in the business in 1999 and 2000, we had companies that were going public in two, three or four years.

— David Sze

It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats - it was one of the greatest experiences I've…

— Common

I've been to the White House and had Hilary Clinton push through the crowd to come and meet me. Chelsea Clinton, too.

— Lesley Nicol

I had this inferiority complex as a child, as I was not good at speaking. I was also not good in studies…

— Suriya

I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the…

— Larry Mullen

Right right, because up to that point I had not been a viewer, and I didn't know alot about the show, it…

— David Selby

If there's one thing white men have never had a problem with in this clubby, white marble enclave of Washington, it's getting…

— Maureen Dowd

My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture…

— Mathias Rust

I just try to keep the same people I've had around me from Day One. Keep it a real small circle because…

— Kevin Love

My little girl, Anja, is really excited. We had a baby shower yesterday and she took the presents from everyone for me…

— Alessandra Ambrosio

Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best…

— Bobby McFerrin

We've always dreamt of a TV series and working in film. When we first sat down to seriously write 'A Little Nightmare…

— Aleksey Igudesman

I love going to theatres and seeing honest little indie films I know nothing about... being surprised by a beautiful film I…

— Laura Mennell

'The Last Patriot' is set in the present day but is based upon the premise that the Prophet Mohammed had a final…

— Brad Thor

I was in a bookstore one afternoon, and I stumbled across this book called 'A Guide to Film Schools.' I always loved…

— Brian Helgeland

I liked science very much. A science teacher in high school inspired me, and because of him, I began studying science at…

— Theo Jansen

I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap…

— Iggy Azalea

In politics, Joseph Smith was something of a radical. He preached, instead of democracy, a version of theocratic rule within a framework…

— Noah Feldman

'Filk' is the folk music of the science fiction and fantasy community - you get parodies, you get traditional music that's had…

— Seanan McGuire

My dad has a huge vinyl collection downstairs, but I was never too interested. The only CD I had was by Adam…

— Patrick Fugit

If I'm the weak link or whatever, I guess that means I've got something to prove. I've always had something to prove.

— Reggie Lewis

I'm a huge hip hop fan going way back, like, back to '83. I had my Gemini mixer listening to Run-DMC and…

— Adam McKay

I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.

— Cameron Russell

I've had a life where things have worked out for me beyond my wildest dreams, and my brother's had just the opposite.

— Bill Paxton

I had no trouble with strangers finding out about my anxiety. It was my friends and colleagues I was concerned about.

— Scott Stossel

I was actually in Japan when I had the conversation with the TNA brass about my situation coming to an end with…

— Lance Archer

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.

— Lynn Shelton

The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.

— Noam Chomsky

My greatest inspiration... is my mum, who had a baby at the age of 42 and is still so fit, independent and beautiful.

— Jaime Winstone

The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.

— Mother Jones

I've never had any interest at all in being a journalist or writing some sort of historically accurate autobiography.

— James Frey

I have had to tell my son, my parents, my friends that I used steroids. It's been very hard. It's been very…

— Mark McGwire

Since the founding of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, theoretical physics had nurtured an extremely radical tradition.

— David Gross

I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold…

— Ed Lee

To me, 'Warrior' was a real turning point - probably one of the greatest experiences I've ever had as an actor on…

— Joel Edgerton