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• A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.

  Daniel Berrigan

  Revolution, Heal, Bubonic Plague

  Lee Lockwood, Daniel Berrigan (1972). “Daniel Berrigan: Absurd Convictions, Modest Hopes: Conversations After Prison with Lee Lockwood”, New York : Random House

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• Debating clubs among boys are very useful, not only as affording pleasant meetings and interesting discussions, but also as serving for training grounds for developing the knowledge and the qualities that are needed in public life.

  Annie Besant

  Boys, Training, Quality

  Annie Besant (1917). “The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs”

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• Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.

  Bjork

  Rocks, Turning 50, Development

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• One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.

  Lewis Black

  Comedy, Release, Faster

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• Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers.

  Alain de Botton

  Hegel, Terrible, Thinker

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• If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that’ll lead me to their blog, I’m going to their blog.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Crafts, Tweet, Leading Me

  "Anthony Bourdain Talks ‘No Reservations,’ ‘Hunger Games’ And The Death Of Angry Bobby Flay". Interview with Maggie Furlong, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2012.

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• I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Moving, Writing, Stories

  "Chef Anthony Bourdain". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 18, 2010.

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• Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Perfect, Together, Meals

  "On tour with a guerrilla gourmet". BookPage interview, bookpage.com. December 2001.

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• Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.

  Elizabeth Bowen

  Understanding, Experience, Doe

  Death of the Heart (1938) pt. 1, ch. 1

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• I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.

  David Bowie

  Moving, Artist, Challenges

  "We'll miss you, David Bowie" by Dylan Jones, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. January 11, 2016.

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• Facts are not interesting to me.

  Ray Bradbury

  Facts

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• What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

  Anita Brookner

  Art, Self, Analysis

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• If I'm going to act in someone's movie, I want the movie to be interesting and be able to get a couple of solid doubles.

  Albert Brooks

  Couple, Want, Able

  "Albert Brooks, ‘This Is 40’ Star, On Oscar Snubs, Working In LA & The Danger Of Twitter" by Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2012.

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• Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera.

  Lindsey Buckingham

  Musical, Soap, Levels

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• My first review for the TV movie The Bionic Showdown said I was as interesting as a bus ride.

  Sandra Bullock

  Movie, Actors, Firsts

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• It is also interesting to note that the original supermodels are now making a comeback after being dismissed in the Nineties as being 'greedy' by a gaggle of male designers who lived like Sun Kings.

  Julie Burchill

  Kings, Males, Sun

  "Do women really need life tips from gay men?" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2008.

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• My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away.

  Carol Burnett

  Mean, Meals, Packs

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• I don't look at my films or my old drawings much, so that was an interesting way to kind of reconnect with myself a bit.

  Tim Burton

  Drawing, Way, Looks

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• I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

  Steve Buscemi

  Character, Elements, Film

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• Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting.

  George Clooney

  People, Trying, Movement

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• It's not that I lead this oblivious life where I think I've got such a great personality that people want to spend time with me. If someone has a poster of you or asks for your autograph, clearly you can't take them out on a date. It's not that interesting if someone is just interested in you.

  George Clooney

  Thinking, People, Personality

  "Bedside manner". Interview with Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2002.

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• I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

  Jarvis Cocker

  People, Appreciate, Trying

  "Jarvis Cocker on radio: this isn't hardcore" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2012.

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• I am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies, that's what makes it interesting. I've always striven to be as sloppy as possible.

  Jarvis Cocker

  Rough Edges, Passionate, Dimensions

  "This much I know: Jarvis Cocker". Interview with Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2010.

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• Like when I host a party. I hope my guests get along. But if not, how interesting!

  Andy Cohen

  Party, Guests, Host

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• I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you'll have to wait until January to see them.

  Sasha Cohen

  Sports, Waiting, Different

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