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• We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?

  Thomas Frank

  Wall, Government, Opinion Leaders

  "Bipartisanship Is a Silly Beltway Obsession" by Thomas Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2009.

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• You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.

  Stephen Fry

  Fall, Writing, Wish

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• I don't generate a storyline and then fill it out in the course of writing. The story actually generates in the course of the writing. It's one of the reasons I've never been comfortable doing screenplays, because in order to get the contract for the screenplay, you have to sit down and tell them what's going to happen.

  William Gibson

  Writing, Order, Stories

  Interview with Zack Handlen, www.avclub.com. September 7, 2010.

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• I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.

  Martin Gore

  Guitar, Piano, Atmosphere

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• 'The Simpsons' from the very beginning was based on our memories of brash '60s sitcoms - you had a main title theme that was bombastic and grabbed your attention - and when you look at TV shows of the 1970s and '80s, things got very mild and toned down and... obsequious.

  Matt Groening

  Memories, Tv Shows, Tvs

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• There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up.

  Robert Griffin III

  Football, Blow, People

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• I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

  Arsenio Hall

  Dream, Failing, Reaching

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• My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!

  Josh Hartnett

  Girl, Mom, Dad

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• I spent my entire first pay cheque from Cracker, a TV show on ABC, on an Audi because my other car broke down and I needed to get to work.

  Josh Hartnett

  Tv Shows, Car, Audi

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2007.

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• The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.

  William Hazlitt

  Positive, Running, Men

  William Hazlitt (1852). “Men and manners: sketches and essays”, p.37

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• Frankly, most of my friends hold very different political beliefs. It's just a funny thing in this country that supposedly you can't sit down and have dinner and enjoy another person's company if you don't have the same beliefs. It's ridiculous.

  Patricia Heaton

  Country, Funny Things, Political

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• You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference.

  Patricia Hewitt

  Thinking, Talking, Differences

  "Reviving the love Labour's lost". Interview with Jackie Ashley, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.

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• My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?'

  Tom Hiddleston

  Strong, Father, Men

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• Everybody, at some point in their life, has fallen down and not felt like getting back up, but you have to, no matter how difficult it is.

  Charlie Hunnam

  Getting Back Up, Matter, Fallen

  "Comic-Con: Guillermo Del Toro and Charlie Hunnam Talk PACIFIC RIM, Giving the Robots a Personality, Ghost Stories, PROMETHEUS, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2012.

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• Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Boys, People

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.88, Prabhat Prakashan

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• There's people who watch shows while they're preparing their dinners, and they don't want to focus, and they don't want to be challenged, and whatever. And then there's people who want to really sit down and get into a character in a world, and feel like they're expanding, or they have complex relationships, or whatever.

  Rashida Jones

  Character, People, Focus

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• Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.

  Janis Joplin

  Texas, People, Want

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• If you wanted to torture me, you'd tie me down and force me to watch our first five videos.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Ties, Watches, Video

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• Never, ever deal with terrorists. Hunt them down and, more important, mercilessly punish those states and groups that fund, arm, support, or simply allow their territories to be used by the terrorists with impunity.

  Meir Kahane

  Support, Important, Groups

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• I'm constantly playing this game in my head where I'm thinking, 'Can this quote be pared down and misinterpreted?' It doesn't matter what outlet I'm talking to and how comprehensive the interview is, because I have to think in terms of, 'Right, but 'People' magazine could just take this one quote and take it out of context.'

  Anna Kendrick

  Thinking, Talking, Games

  "Anna Kendrick Talks PITCH PERFECT, Singing Live on Set, Interacting More on Twitter, Her Love of Reddit, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 5, 2012.

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• I am a survivor and not a victim. Life isn't perfect. When you get a knock, you have to get up, dust yourself down and get on with it.

  Patsy Kensit

  Dust, Perfect, Survivor

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• There's no one place a virus goes to die - but that doesn't make its demise any less a public health victory. Throughout human history, viral diseases have had their way with us, and for just as long, we have hunted them down and done our best to wipe them out.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Long, Victory, Done

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  When my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass.

  Bobby Knight

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

  "Knight moves to Texas" by Kevin Asseo, news.bbc.co.uk. March 22, 2001.

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• Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke.

  John Krasinski

  Happiness, Smile, Girl

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• I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Sports, Daughter, Mother

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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