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• I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job.

  Stan Lee

  Jobs, Book, Men

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• The greatest business icons-it's not that they were worth hundreds of millions, or billions or trillions of dollars, it's that they moved society forward.

  Donny Deutsch

  Dollars, Billions, Moved

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• Elizabeth Taylor is one of the great cultural icons. She is a part of our history and should be celebrated.… This presentation is very special for the community, there are so many people who want to understand this side of Elizabeth Taylor.

  Jeffrey Deitch

  People, Community, Special

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• American culture has a lot of great moustaches in its history. Mark Twain had a great moustache, Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin ... but Zappa, he's got the best moustache in American history. Got the moustache, right, and he's got that little thing on his chin, I think it's called an imperial, that is, like, the coolest thing. That's like one of the great icons of the twentieth century.

  Matt Groening

  Thinking, Culture, Littles

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• America has lost an icon. Ronald Reagan's leadership will inspire Americans for generations to come. His patriotism and devotion to our country will never be forgotten.

  Tom Daschle

  Country, America, Inspire

  "Quotes: A Nation Reacts", www.foxnews.com. June 6, 2004.

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• A hamburger is an icon of layered circles, the circle being at once the most spiritual and the most sensual of shapes.

  Tom Robbins

  Spiritual, Food, Circles

  Tom Robbins (2006). “Wild Ducks Flying Backward”, p.66, Bantam

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• I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy.

  Corazon Aquino

  Democracy

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• [F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon is the impeccably Tory, slavishly conformist Beckham. The Reds are no longer the Bolsheviks. Nobody serious about political change can shirk the fact that the game has to be abolished. And any political outfit that tried it on would have about as much chance of power as the chief executive of BP has in taking over from Oprah Winfrey.

  Terry Eagleton

  Soccer, Football, Games

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• True interactivity is not about clicking on icons or downloading files, it's about encouraging communication.

  Edwin Schlossberg

  Communication, Design, Files

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• I'm creative because I did an icon navigation while everyone else on the planet sticks to words? No, it just means I didn't want to stick to convention. If anything you can call it rebellious but certainly not creative.

  Paul Scriven

  Mean, Design, Creative

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• The principal sponsors of the terrorists are not religious fanatics. "Palestine's Yasser Arafat, Iraq's Saddam Hussein, and Syria's Assad family have made themselves the icons of Islamism despite the fact that they are well-known atheists who live un-Muslim lives and have persecuted unto death the Muslim movements in their countries."

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Country, Religious, Atheist

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• Like so many liberal icons, Marx seldom bathed and left his wife and children in poverty. As Schlafly says, no wonder liberal women think men are pigs: Their men are pigs.

  Ann Coulter

  Children, Men, Thinking

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• The trouble is that the hockey stick graph become an icon and deniers reckoned if they could smash the icon, the whole concept of global warming would be destroyed with it.

  Michael E. Mann

  Hockey, Would Be, Sticks

  "Death threats, intimidation and abuse: climate change scientist Michael E. Mann counts the cost of honesty" by Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2012.

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• Alec Nevala-Lee comes roaring out of the gate with a novel that's as thrilling as it is thought-provoking, as unexpected as it is erudite. The Icon Thief is a wild ride through a fascinating and morally complex world, a puzzle Duchamp himself would have applauded. Bravo.

  Jesse Kellerman

  Thought Provoking, Roaring, Thieves

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• I like individuality in fashion - it annoys me when celebrities put on a bodycon dress and a pair of high heels and suddenly they are 'style icons.'

  Georgie Henley

  Fashion, High Heels, Individuality

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• I really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionals...I would call me more of a monkey.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Fashion, Monkeys, Call Me

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• The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.

  Ricky Williams

  Football, Player, People

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• I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because it's about adolescence, which is the most important thing people go through in their development, becoming an adult.

  Joss Whedon

  Emotional, People, Important

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. September 5, 2001.

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• What I love most about icons is finding out what's behind them, exploring the price of their power.

  Joss Whedon

  Behinds, Findings, Exploring

  "Wonder Woman set for silver screen". www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2005.

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• I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

  Dionne Warwick

  Careers, Long, People

  "Dionne Warwick: Living for Now". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.

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• I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.

  Aisha Tyler

  Thinking, Nerd, Knows

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• For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Growing Up, Responsibility, Views

  "J. Michael Straczynski’s Superman: Outsider with a vulnerable heart". Interview with Jevon Phillips, herocomplex.latimes.com. November 5, 2012.

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• I am a huge fan of gays. They love me, and I love them. They think of me as sort of a gay icon.

  Tori Spelling

  Gay, Thinking, Fans

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• Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.

  Diana Ross

  Art, Mean, Thinking

  "'What is an icon?'". Interview with Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2005.

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• My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage.

  Katy Perry

  Doubt, Style, Garbage

  "Katy Perry (In Any Language)". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.wmagazine.com. October 22, 2013.

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