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• There is a one-in-300 chance that Earth will be struck on March 16, 2880, by an asteroid large enough to destroy civilization and possibly cause the extinction of the human race. But, on the bright side, Prince could re-release his hit song with the new refrain 'We're gonna party like its twenty-eight seventy-nine.'

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Song, Party, Race

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• I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there.

  Robert De Niro

  Rejection, Balls, Actors

  "What I've Learned". Esquire, January 2003.

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• While I filmed the 'Walker, Texas Ranger' series for eight and a half years, I had never had much time to read, except for screenplays of the episodes.

  Chuck Norris

  Texas, Years, Half

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• I mean, I'm an uncle of seven or eight, and I don't mind it at all! Kids are great. Kids are the best six-hour experience you can have!

  Chris O'Dowd

  Uncles, Mean, Kids

  "Our Hilarious Interview with Friends With Kids Star Chris O'Dowd: "Women Just Want To Spoon Me."". Interview with Jessica Radloff, www.glamour.com. March 8, 2012.

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• I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You don't have to get books repaired.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Book, Months, Kindles

  "Joyce Carol Oates: 'I had a dream about a woman whose make-up was dried and cracking, she made a fool of herself'". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2012.

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• Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.

  Barack Obama

  Years, Coal, Lifetime

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• Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.

  Yoko Ono

  Song, Moving, Numbers

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• If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.

  Suze Orman

  Jobs, Focus, Balance

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• Make it a priority to have at least eight months of living costs set aside in a federally insured bank or credit union account.

  Suze Orman

  Priorities, Cost, Credit

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• I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance.

  Suze Orman

  Home, People, Frustrated

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• You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving

  "Pastor Joel Osteen On Negativity And Setbacks — And How To Turn Negative Energy Around". www.huffingtonpost.com. April 06,2013.

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• I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina's wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day , sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go .

  Evita Peron

  Government, Hands, Years

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• I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart.

  Michael Phelps

  Heart, Decision, Mind

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• Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent.

  Terry Pratchett

  Years, House, Nuclear

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• When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody.

  Prince

  President, Found, Wanted

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• I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well.

  Rachael Ray

  Writing, Vacation, Cooking

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• For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!

  Nancy Reagan

  Sleep, Years, Giving

  1989 MyTurn (withWilliamNovack).

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• I always felt really guilty if I spent too much time playing video games. It's a colossal waste of time. And I can't say it's a very satisfying feeling at the end of the day, if you've spent eight hours playing a video game; you just end up feeling kind of spent, and used.

  John C. Reilly

  Games, Feelings, The End Of The Day

  "Interview: John C. Reilly On His Animated Anti-Hero 'Wreck-It Ralph'". Interview with Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. October 31, 2012.

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• The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

  Alan Rickman

  New York, Rocks, Agendas

  "'CBGB' was never on Alan Rickman's 'Agenda' - now he's the boss"by Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. October 11, 2013.

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• President Obama is closing the prescription drug doughnut hole. He strengthened Medicare! He extended the life of the program by eight years. And what Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan won’t admit is that their plan would require current seniors to pay, on average, $600 more each year for prescription drugs.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Senior, Average, Years

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

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• Working with Tracy Morgan on '30 Rock' is really great. I love Tracy. He's wonderful. Well, until his fish tank caught fire - his apartment burned up and flooded my apartment. We live in the same building, but I'm eight floors below him and we had to evacuate.

  Sherri Shepherd

  Fire, Rocks, Tanks

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• I didn't see my son the entire time I did 'Dancing With the Stars.' The only time I saw Jeffrey was when he came to the show Monday and Tuesday nights to watch me dance. You literally rehearse six to eight hours every single day - 40 to 50 hours a week.

  Sherri Shepherd

  Inspirational, Dance, Monday

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• Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.

  Arthur Smith

  Funny, Laughter, World

  "Culture" by Arthur Smith, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2001.

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• I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books.

  Wilbur Smith

  Book, School, White

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• It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.

  Kevin Spacey

  Athlete, Character, Night

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