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• I've seen neighborhoods that I would have never driven though because I'm riding my bike, because I'm looking for side roads, looking for maybe more hills or less hills depending if I'm exercising or not. You see a lot more, and you get the flow of a city a lot more.

  Stone Gossard

  Exercise, Cities, Sides

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• I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.

  Garrett Hedlund

  Children, Kids, Ducks

  "Garrett Hedlund Exclusive Interview TRON: LEGACY; Plus an ON THE ROAD Update". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 27, 2010.

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• Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is driven in large part by concerns about fairness.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Selfish, Party, Thinking

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• When you look at what I've done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the water, but a radical agenda to make sure Northern Ireland's people enjoy equal opportunities, driven by the values of social justice.

  Peter Hain

  Opportunity, People, Justice

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• The confidence is really driven by the woman - whether she can have the confidence that there will be enough earning or income to finance all the domestic spending - but also by the middle-income class, which for many Asian countries has become the growth power for the economy.

  Sri Mulyani Indrawati

  Country, Class, Growth

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• Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Song, Guitar, Aggressive

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• The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.

  Fredric Jameson

  Heart, Clothes, Culture

  Fredric Jameson (2009). “Valences of the Dialectic”, Verso Books

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• I am very driven by fame and success; I like to succeed at everything I do.

  Jenna Jameson

  Succeed, Fame

  "Interview: Jenna Jameson gallery". www.askmen.com.

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• We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.

  Natalie Jeremijenko

  Florida, Environmental, Hurricanes

  "Society's signposts / Natalie Jeremijenko's trees aren't simply decorative -- they can be read like a social register." by Zahid Sardar, www.sfgate.com. October 23, 2004.

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• A comedian is sort of like a wild animal. It really just depends on where you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up, and sometimes they'll snap at you. But for me, more often than not, if I'm talking to somebody who makes their living in comedy, it'll be a very thoughtful conversation driven from an emotionally honest place.

  Nick Kroll

  Animal, Thoughtful, Talking

  "Q&A: Nick Kroll Tells You About His Feelings". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. January 23, 2013.

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• I feel like fans who like old Southern rock and country, and more lyric-driven songs in general, have come to country radio. I think that's why you see country radio growing and albums selling: People are craving a little more of the singer-songwriter stuff going on in country.

  Charles Kelley

  Country, Song, Thinking

  "Lady Antebellum: On Heels of No. 1 Album, Charles Kelley Talks Crossover Success". Interview with Andy Eiser, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 22, 2011.

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• I'm not driven by being understood.

  Kary Mullis

  Understood

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• I look for characters who are emotionally driven.

  Stacy Keach

  Character, Looks

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• I'm very career-driven, so my focus and my energy has been into that.

  Stacy Keibler

  Careers, Focus, Energy

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• I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.

  Aaron Levie

  Thinking, Would Be, Kind

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• India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its mission by noxious practitioners of terror.

  Pranab Mukherjee

  India, Tables, Prosperity

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• What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

  Robert Moog

  Opportunity, Thinking, Inspire

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• Law and Order' is completely story-driven and completely characterless, really. If you do that format for five years and you're an actor, you're bound to get bored. It wears on you. And it was really wearing on me.

  Chris Noth

  Order, Years, Law

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

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• If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign.

  Graham Nelson

  Games, Issues, People

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• That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That in itself had driven me to try to find some better way of life.

  Buck Owens

  Dream, Trying, Cotton

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• Invariably, it is this for which I write: the joy ... of an argument firmly made, like a nail straightly driven, its head flush to the plank.

  George Will

  Writing, Joy, Nails

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• I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.

  Daniel Pipes

  Strong, Islamic, Law

  "Islam and Islamism in the Modern World". Interview with Tom Bethell, spectator.org. February 8, 2013.

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• When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.

  Francine Pascal

  Girl, Sweet, Real

  "How the Sweet Valley girls grew up". Interview With Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2012.

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• I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

  Ricky Ponting

  Succeed, Determined

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think 'growing up' would mean that you are incredibly tolerant and easygoing, liked everything, curious about the world because you weren't so egotistically driven.

  Louise Rennison

  Growing Up, Mean, Thinking

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