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Everything that I had done creatively related to two or three incidents that happened to me when I was a child that… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I do think that Live Aid (1985) (TV) was a great thing, it focused people, I think it showed young kids the… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
In real life, as well as in experiments, people can come to believe things that never really happened. — Elizabeth Loftus Copy Share Image
I was at one of the lowest points of my life when we started this film [Dream of Life], except, of course,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Some people seem to think there's no trouble just because it hasn't happened yet. If you jump out the window at the… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going… — Judy Holliday Copy Share Image
I remember when I first moved to L.A. from Michigan when I was 11 years old and I walked down the Walk… — Taylor Lautner Copy Share Image
Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
How can time be long or short? Time is without length or breadth. The question is, what happened during its passing. And… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
Reminiscing No one knows ... until you live it, to be there, to tee it up each week, to get yourself ready,… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
Hitting bottom and hitting it hard was the worst thing that ever happened to me and the best thing that ever happened… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
Let me demonstrate. When you greet a friend this is the duration of the kiss that's acceptable. "Hi, good to see you… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
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Emotions are our spontaneous response to life. We have these emotions, but if the emotion is a negative emotion, then I have… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I was curious as to why a million Americans weren't lining the beaches in boats and with buckets to preserve the life… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
What happened during the previews of 'Taboo' [musical] was that it was the first time I'd ever been written about as a… — Boy George Copy Share Image
The moment a man questions the meaning and value of life, he is sick, since objectively neither has any existence; by asking… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
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A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now. — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
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What happened to [Michael Brown] should've never happened. Never. But when we don't have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Well, we have got to understand, for example, Russia is an orthodox Christian nation. So is Ukraine. That happened in 988 in… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
The first term of the Clinton administration was very jolly. Everybody was running around meeting people and of course, in the second… — Sally Quinn Copy Share Image
No one wakes up one day and decides they want to become a drug dealer or they want to be a stick-up… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
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It's hard if you're just touring constantly. It's like, "What am I going to write about? I'm in the van, I'm playing… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
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What happened in the US is a regression to the domination side of the social scale. Trump claimed that he, as a… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
I remember back in the day, when Jordan wore the 7s, something magical always happened. He always performed at high levels, but… — Nate Robinson Copy Share Image
I know what happened to cycling from 1999 to 2005. I saw its growth, I saw its expansion. — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
Vietnam was the first time that Americans of different races had to depend on each other. In the Second World War, they… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened. — Monica Lewinsky Copy Share Image
All the same stuff that happened to [Bob] McDonnell , and McDonnell got prosecuted. And he [Tim Kaine] is sitting there free… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. I mean the idea that… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image