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• I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.

  Rachel Maddow

  Sleep, Light, Weakness

  "Bay Area's Maddow is cable talk's newest star". Interview with Joe Garofoli, www.sfgate.com. September 11, 2008.

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• One of the manifestations of depression for me is that I lose my will. And I thereby lose my ability to focus. I don't think I'll ever have the day-to-day consistency in my performance that something like This American Life has. If I'm not depressed and I'm on and I can focus and I can think through something hard and without interruption and without existential emptiness that comes from depression, that gives me - not mania. But I exalt. I exalt in not being depressed.

  Rachel Maddow

  Thinking, Giving, Focus

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• But I think there are some who believe they are actually protecting women, you know, and that it is better for women to be taken care of. I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important. And frankly, I don’t understand — I mean, I’m obviously a card-carrying Democrat — but I can’t understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.

  Madeleine Albright

  Taken, Believe, Mean

  "Madeleine Albright: ‘I Can’t Understand Why Any Woman Would Want To Vote For Mitt Romney’". Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 3, 2012.

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• I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements, the adherents of programme music - should there be any left - would go mad with joy.

  Alban Berg

  Spiritual, Mad, Joy

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• I do actually believe in love. I can't say that I'm 100 percent successful in that department, but I think it's one of the few worthwhile human experiences. It's cooler than anything I can think of right now.

  Trent Reznor

  Believe, Successful, Thinking

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• But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  People, Attention, Littles

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• When I hear women talking about how their wedding is going to be/was the best day of their life, I can’t help but think, You just haven’t taken enough MDMA in a field at 3 a.m., love.

  Caitlin Moran

  Taken, Thinking, Talking

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• If I'm going to spunk £500 on a pair of designer shoes, it's going to be a pair that I can a) dance to 'Bad Romance' in and b) will allow me to run away from a murderer, should one suddenly decide to give chase.

  Caitlin Moran

  Running, Shoes, Giving

  "How To Be a Woman".

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• Ive just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can.

  Kimi Raikkonen

  Jobs, Long, Good Job

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• I will do everything I can to bring the number one to Ferrari. The whole team and all the fans deserve it.

  Michael Schumacher

  Team, Numbers, Ferrari

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• I love kissing. If I could kiss all day, I would. I can’t stop thinking about kissing. I like kissing more than sex because there’s no end to it. You can kiss forever. You can kiss yourself into oblivion. You can kiss all over the body. You can kiss yourself to sleep. And when you wake up, you can’t stop thinking about kissing. Dammit, I can’t get anything done because I’m so busy thinking about kissing. Kissing is madness! But it’s absolute paradise, if you can find a good kisser.

  Sufjan Stevens

  Sex, Sleep, Kissing

  "Sufjan Stevens, Robyn, Hot Chip, Blood Orange, Phosphorescent on Arthur Russell Tribute" by Evan Minsker, pitchfork.com. July 15, 2014.

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• I enjoy traveling and recording far-away places and people with my camera. But I also find it wonderfully rewarding to see what I can discover outside my own window. You only need to study the scene with the eyes of a photographer.

  Alfred Eisenstaedt

  Photography, Eye, People

  Alfred Eisenstaedt, Arthur A. Goldsmith (1969). “The eye of Eisenstaedt”, Studio

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• People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I can stand in front of a leaf with a dew drop, or a rain drop, and stay there for ages just waiting for the right moment. Sure, people think I'm crazy, but who cares? I see more than they do!

  Alfred Eisenstaedt

  Photography, Crazy, Rain

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• I can’t stand these damn shows on museum walls with neat little frames, where you look at the images as if they were pieces of art. I want them to be pieces of life!

  W. Eugene Smith

  Art, Wall, Museums

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• I can do a gig without an instrument

  Gavin DeGraw

  Gigs, Instruments, Can Do

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• I go to the gym five days a week and I have a personal trainer. I am on a strict diet, which is kind of hard to keep up with on the road, but I stick to it as well as I can.

  Lou Gramm

  Sticks, Kind, Week

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• He (Tesla) was 84, and he died in a hotel, completely broke and alone. In love with a pigeon. This is a nightmare. I'm in hell. This is hell. I'm talking about Tesla in my puke. Tesla was the electric Jesus. I can't breathe.

  Duncan Trussell

  Jesus, Talking, Tesla

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• There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember.

  Italo Svevo

  Inspirational, Names, Three

  Italo Svevo (1969). “Essays on Italo Svevo”

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• When people use the word hell, what do they mean? They mean a place, an event, a situation absent of how God desires things to be. Famine, debt, oppression, loneliness, despair, death, slaughter--they are all hell on earth. Jesus' desire for his followers is that they live in such a way that they bring heaven to earth. What's disturbing is when people talk more about hell after this life than they do about Hell here and now. As a Christian, I want to do what I can to resist hell coming to earth.

  Rob Bell

  Christian, Jesus, Loneliness

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• I can no longer seduce because I love my husband. I don’t want to hurt him. I am no longer a man-eater.

  Carla Bruni

  Hurt, Husband, Men

  "The Sarkozys: One Year Of L’Amour". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 24, 2009.

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• I can't fill the hole with money. I can't fill it with alcohol, or drugs, or sex, so what do I need to fill it with?

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Sex, Alcohol, Drug

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• The most important three words you can say to yourself: Yes I can!

  Denis Waitley

  Yes I Can, Important, Three

  Denis Waitley (1988). “Being the best”, Pocket

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• I must be the only person in the world who's looking forward to going into hospital. I can't wait to get it over and done with.

  George Best

  Waiting, Done, World

  "Best undergoes liver transplant". www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2002.

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• I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say that playing football is all I have ever wanted to do and to have had such a long and successful career at Manchester United has been a real honour. This was not a decision that I have taken lightly but I feel now is the right time for me to stop playing. To have been part of the team that helped the Club reach that 19th title is a great privilege.

  Paul Scholes

  Football, Real, Team

  "Manner of Paul Scholes's retirement reflects his lack of ego" by Andy Hunter, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2011.

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• I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say playing football is all I have ever wanted to do.

  Paul Scholes

  Football, Men, Wanted

  "Paul Scholes' 38th Birthday: Compliments Paid To The Manchester United Maestro" by Samuel Luckhurst, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. November 16, 2012.

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