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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style,… — Pietro Aretino
I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of… — Paul Auster
I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. — Rodney Atkins
In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use… — David Attenborough
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although… — John James Audubon
I don't want to be a passenger in my own life. — Diane Ackerman
If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord. — Johann Sebastian Bach
I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though. — Kevin Bacon
I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I… — Amy Adams
I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. — Mikhail Bakunin
I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene. — Christian Bale
In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get… — Alan Ball
I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can… — Alan Ball
I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders. — Tyra Banks
It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who… — Tyra Banks
I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them. — John Banville
My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films. — Brigitte Bardot
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I just want everyone… — Roseanne Barr
I personally battled with my own body image for years. I used to tell myself, You can't wear anything sleeveless or strapless. And all of… — Drew Barrymore

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