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• I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of the mirror.

  Jonathan Pryce

  Mirrors, Rocks, Tennis

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

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• I've spoken in front of members of the U.S. Congress about a new dream of living in communities where everybody is welcome and everyone can live and go to school and work without facing the fear of bullies.

  Lauren Potter

  Dream, School, Community

  "On World Down Syndrome Day, Speaking Out on How Bullying Hurts and Kills Dreams" by Lauren Potter, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2012.

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• Our kids are actually doing what we told them to do when they sit in front of that TV all day or in front of that computer game all day. The society is telling kids unconsciously that nature's in the past. It really doesn't count anymore, that the future is in electronics, and besides, the bogeyman is in the woods.

  Richard Louv

  Kids, Past, Games

  "Saving Kids from 'Nature Deficit Disorder'". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 25, 2005.

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• Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day.

  Richard Louv

  Powerful, Cost, Way

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• When you're sitting in front of a screen, you're not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way.

  Richard Louv

  Kids, Sitting, Use

  "Saving Kids from 'Nature Deficit Disorder'". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 25, 2005.

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• I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later.

  Derek Luke

  Mom, Mother, Simple

  "Shadow & Act One On One w/ Derek Luke On His Work In ‘Sparkle’ & Upcoming Projects". Shadow & Act Interview, www.indiewire.com. August 09, 2012.

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• One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I've never done stand-up and I never will. I'm a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters.

  Eugene Levy

  Character, Laughing, Comedian

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

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• I like to take my dog on the road. He stays up front; he likes it there.

  Jake Owen

  Dog, Likes, My Dog

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• If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word 'just' is not so good, but 'mess' might be right. Why not a mess? If it makes you say, 'Wow, I've never seen anything like that', that's beautiful.

  Albert Oehlen

  Beautiful, Might, Wow

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• I definitely feel much more comfortable in front of the cameras after 'The Hills.' Before, it was much more nerve-racking.

  Audrina Patridge

  Cameras, Nerves, Hills

  Interview with Michael Martin, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 28, 2009.

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• For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you're telling a story worth telling, it's worth investing the time into developing.

  Danny Pino

  Art, Thinking, Stories

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• One of the first times I ever performed in front of a big group of people was at my kindergarten graduation. I did, like, a Michael Jackson impersonation as, like, a five year old. I had the suit and blazer, the glove and the fedora, and I just performed a whole Michael Jackson song. I'm sure it was 'Smooth Criminal.

  Chance the Rapper

  Song, Years, People

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• One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren't comfortable with that. I don't have a problem with that.

  Kathy Reichs

  Writing, Fiction, Problem

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• That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made a lot of good friends.

  Adam Rich

  Good Friend, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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• But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.

  Amy Ray

  Country, Thinking, Rocks

  "Lung Of Love : A Conversation With Amy Ray". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 24, 2012.

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• I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second.

  Aron Ralston

  Thinking, Climbing, Flow

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• I would say, stay the hell away from the party scene. Anything you put in front of your goal, and especially something like that, whether it's too much gambling, too much food, too much (sic) cold beers on the weekend - anything that you put in front of the prize is going to end up getting in the way and hurting you in the end.

  Brad Renfro

  Hurt, Party, Beer

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

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• When you're working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel.

  Dave Van Ronk

  Incentives, Audience

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• If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.

  Dave Van Ronk

  Practice, Tape, Pieces

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• I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.

  Eddie Redmayne

  Fashion, Self, Ideas

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• It was extremely useful to grow up in front of the camera. It gives the camera no significance. I think it helped me have perspective on things. The attraction that Hollywood can have, I feel like I'm over that. Instead I just concentrate on acting.

  Giovanni Ribisi

  Growing Up, Thinking, Giving

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• When you perform in front of an audience after only two days of rehearsal, you're flying by the seat of your pants - particularly when they're rewriting the show right up to the moment the camera goes on.

  Michael Richards

  Two, Flying, Cameras

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• What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

  Phylicia Rashad

  Imagination, Growth, Development

  "Letter to My Younger Self: Phylicia Rashad" by Phylicia Rashad, www.oprah.com. April 2006.

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• If you see someone in the kitchen that has good hands and a quick brain, then you need that person to be in the front of everything.

  Rene Redzepi

  Hands, Kitchen, Brain

  "René Redzepi: the outsider" by Sabine Durrant, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2010.

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• Sometimes I know what my characters are moving away from or toward; more often I just wait and see. For instance, though I knew Sinkler in 'The Trusty' was going for water, I did not know that he would meet a fetching young farm wife until I got him into her front yard.

  Ron Rash

  Moving, Character, Water

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