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I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer. — Jill Lepore
Surrealism - in particular with Salvador Dali - was all about ego. It was all about extreme individualism. — Alejandro Jodorowsky
I believe what makes great television is wanting to watch particular characters. — Joanna Garcia
The idea of free software is that users of computing deserve freedom. They deserve in particular to have control over their computing. And proprietary software… — Richard Stallman
I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were… — Koren Zailckas
It is often difficult to definitively link a specific instance of disease to one particular cause, like water pollution. Even when tests show that drinking… — Charles Duhigg
Fraudulent and improper payments have long bedeviled Medicare, a $466 billion program. In particular, payments for durable medical equipment, like power wheelchairs and diabetic test… — Charles Duhigg
I think it can be really powerful, and one of the reasons I love making films is I do feel they can reach beyond the… — Rory Kennedy
Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if… — John James Audubon
Orientals, and the Malays in particular, are a sensitive people: delicacy of sentiment is predominant with them. — Jose Rizal
In order to describe a particular subculture, you might want to portray people who are typical or representative of that subculture; but to dramatize it,… — Jonathan Dee
My very first records, I was very interested in how you get the particular quality you want out of it, and I began to learn… — Todd Rundgren
I spoke at TED Global 2010 about the ways that video games engage the brain, and in particular, the idea of reward structures: how a… — Tom Chatfield
Simple numbers of people of a particular age tell us nothing about the condition of their health, the environment in which they live, and the… — David Blunkett
A man who reads a book for no particular profit becomes, while he reads, a gentleman, a man of leisure, a dandy of a sort;… — John Updike
Many comics stay in one city and develop their acts for that particular audience. — Judy Gold
Since 9/11, the Justice Department has been widely criticized for one particular tactic it uses in fighting the War on Terror: it detains suspicious persons… — Annie Jacobsen
Belief in liberal freedom and democracy is always belief in it in a particular place, in a national home with histories that only those who… — Michael Ignatieff
The challenge in daytime in particular, I think, is to go against all the traditional cliches of daytime and try to make it real. — Eric Braeden
I think when I started acting, the whole time I was working towards one day coming to America. Hollywood, in particular, is seen to be… — Liam Hemsworth

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