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• Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you struggle to write and have to write 50 times.

  Justin Cronin

  Running, Struggle, Book

  "Book Talk: "Fun" bestsellers a big switch for Justin Cronin". Interview with Elaine Lies, www.reuters.com. November 1, 2012.

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• I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out story.

  Katie Cassidy

  Character, Views, Focus

  "Katie Cassidy Talks About Playing Dinah Laurel Lance in ARROW; Starts Shooting in July". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your heart broken, it's like the end of the world. And I look at it as that was one moment in your life, one chapter. That person helped you grow and figure out what kind of person you want to be with in the future.

  Colbie Caillat

  Heart, Broken, End Of The World

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• Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.

  Jay Asher

  Book, Trying, May

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• We all need to figure out what's right for us because nothing about life is one size fits all. Even for an Olympian, that's for sure. And such discovery starts with you paying attention - to yourself.

  David Agus

  Discovery, Needs, Attention

  "Living Like an Olympian" by David B. Agus, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2012.

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• I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.

  Priyanka Chopra

  People, Way, Tvs

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• I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting.

  Anna Chlumsky

  Acting, Too Much, Taste

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• Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade - gigolo - John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He's in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he's Steve Jobs.

  Howie Carr

  Jobs, Two, Might

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• Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

  Ricky Jay

  Art, Hands, Magic

  "Seven Lies About Lying". Interview with Errol Morris, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2009.

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• Your work isn't just to learn and say the lines. Your work is to figure out what the chatter in your brain is, that's going on under the lines. It doesn't matter whether you're speaking or not speaking because your mind is working the way your character's mind would work.

  Sarah Wayne Callies

  Character, Brain, Mind

  "Sarah Wayne Callies Talks Latest Episode of THE WALKING DEAD in Spoiler-Filled Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 7, 2012.

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• With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold.

  Artur Davis

  Issues, Community, African American

  "Artur Davis: This isn't the Democratic Party I used to know". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.

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• Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.

  David Herbert Donald

  Might, Tests, Lists

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• When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.

  Jackie DeShannon

  Thinking, Trying, Records

  Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. August 2, 2015.

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• There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.

  Jeffrey Deitch

  Art, Ebb And Flow, Historical

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• I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Jobs, Reading, Character

  "Venice star Jesse Eisenberg on fame, film and politics". Interview with Jon Frosch, www.france24.com. January 09, 2013.

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• Well, I'm still experimenting, trying to figure out my style. I'm trying lots of things from many designers including Christian Siriano.

  Isabelle Fuhrman

  Christian, Style, Trying

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• You know, frankly speaking, money just doesn't figure largely in my world view.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Views, World, Knows

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• The first line in the first Gasland is: “I’m not a pessimist. I’ve always had a great deal of faith in people that we won’t succumb to frenzy or rage or greed. That we’ll figure out a solution without destroying the things that we love.” I have not lost that sense.

  Josh Fox

  People, Greed, Lines

  "“Gasland Part II”: The Fracking Empire Strikes Back". Interview with Brett Brownell, www.motherjones.com. July 8, 2013.

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• Nixon is fascinating because he's our most alienated president. Everybody felt that they never knew who he was - that's palpable in the histories. His face is so cartoony that he's become this cartoon figure. I never really related to the romanticization of J.F.K., and I knew too much about Reagan to idealize him. Nixon falls in between.

  Austin Grossman

  Fall, Cartoon, President

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• But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into.

  Donald Glover

  Thinking, Effort, Lucky

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, 'Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool.

  Billy Gardell

  Thinking, Insecurity, Would Be

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• The ideal situation would be to bypass all of the drama and mayhem and just get the music right to the people. I'm confident that we'll eventually figure it out.

  Debbie Gibson

  Drama, People, Would Be

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• If you're going to figure something out, study ethics. You can ask What's the answer? What's Right and Wrong? What I learned is that nobody knows the answer and there is no Right and Wrong. So I'm incapable of becoming a fundamentalist because there are no absolutes, there's always a what if.

  Duff Goldman

  What If, Answers, Becoming

  "Duff Goldman: The Ace of Cakes On A Sugar High" by Regina Varolli, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 15, 2011.

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• I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't want your character to figure everything out and then at the end of the day, go home and eat soup from a can by herself.

  Lisa Gardner

  Home, Character, The End Of The Day

  "Cosmo's Book Club: Meet Your Next Must-Read". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 9, 2010.

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• I think running a business, doing what I've done for the last - since 1996, has taught me so many things because I started from just an idea and then had to figure out how to make it, market it, every single thing from soup to nuts on how to get a product done and out there.

  Lori Greiner

  Running, Thinking, Nuts

  "Think You Can Pitch? Creatives Break Down Their Art". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. January 31, 2012.

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