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• It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.

  Eric Clapton

  Powerful, Drug, Outlook

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• Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon.

  Nick Clegg

  Thinking, Political, Needs

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• I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.

  William J. Clinton

  Believe, Government, Facts

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• There's nothing better than having a baby. I've always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I'd be overwhelmed, and it's true... I can't tell you how much my attitude has changed since we've got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.

  Kurt Cobain

  Summer, Baby, Children

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• There were 'big stars' at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events at Goliad and San Jacinto, changed the look of a map of America. America would be a very different place if Texas had remained Mexican.

  Phil Collins

  Stars, America, Texas

  "Pop star Phil Collins shows passion for all things Alamo". Interview with J. R. Gonzales, www.chron.com. May 04, 2012.

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• My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I changed agents. The new one said, 'Why aren't you using your family name? It's a real attention-grabber.' I worried, 'How much is it going to cost to put my name in lights?' But then I decided that's not my problem.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Real, Light, Names

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• There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Needs, Disputes, Currents

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• I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but Mad Men changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.

  Park Chan-wook

  Men, Air, Ideas

  "On my radar: Park Chan-wook". Interview with Corinne Jones, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2013.

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• I don't have any illusions anymore. The illusion that rock 'n' roll could change anything - I don't believe that. I've changed.

  Roger Daltrey

  Believe, Rocks, Rock N Roll

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My life has changed. I'm not walking around any more wishing I wasn't me, which was the case at one time.

  Larry David

  Wish, Cases, Walking

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• Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.

  Richard Dawkins

  Science, People, Religion

  "Has the world changed?". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2001.

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• Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

  Cat Deeley

  Perception, Fame, Being Famous

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• I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Careers, Race, Mind

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• I think that for the five-year-old watching MTV right now, Lady Gaga is going to be an iconic person. In 20 years, the people who are here and talking to journalists will be like, 'Oh Lady Gaga changed my life, Nicki Minaj changed my life.' They'll be saying who influenced them and it will be Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, artists like that.

  Beth Ditto

  Thinking, Artist, Mtv

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• 'Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was written in that context, but the principles of child rearing have not changed.

  James Dobson

  Children, War, Book

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• The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place.

  Sylvia Earle

  Strong, Law, Numbers

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• I'm a recovering lawyer. The practice of law has changed. Every agreement is a fight.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Fighting, Agreement, Law

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• Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Book, Writing, Men

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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• I looked about me once again, and suddenly the dancing horses without number changed into animals of every kind and into all the fowls that are, and these fled back to the four quarters of the world from whence the horses came, and vanished.

  Black Elk

  Horse, Animal, Numbers

  Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books

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• We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We've scored some victories in the sense that we've cured or treated thousands and changed the discourse about what is possible.

  Paul Farmer

  Country, Taken, Victory

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• 'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film.

  Michael Fassbender

  Film, Hunger, Term

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• I think American television changed world television in its reinvention of the series.

  Julian Fellowes

  Thinking, Television, World

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• I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.

  Sally Field

  Actors, Studios

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• The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience.

  Sally Field

  Play, Roles, Life Experience

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• However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage.

  Mike Fitzpatrick

  Senior, Drug, Towns

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