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• I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Successful, Scripts

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• When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.

  Neil Abercrombie

  Land, Purpose, Assets

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• He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

  Douglas Adams

  Reality, Afterlife, Religion

  Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.138, Pan Macmillan

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• The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.

  Henry Adams

  Lying, Trust No One, Liberty

  Henry Adams (1938). “Letters of Henry Adams ...: 1892-1918”, New York, Houghton

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• It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure to the persons thus loved and not merely to use them for our own selfish pleasure.

  Mortimer Adler

  Selfish, Giving, Lust

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• Fighter pilots have ice in their veins. They don't have emotions. They think, anticipate. They know that fear and other concerns cloud your mind from what's going on and what you should be involved in.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Thinking, Clouds, Ice

  "Buzz Aldrin, Moonwalker, Says Us Must Aim For Mars". Interview with James M. Clash, www.livemint.com. May 24 2013.

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• I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was doing, from West Point to the Air Force combat, MIT, looking for new things to study and get involved in. And then I got into the space program, and how disciplined can you get?

  Buzz Aldrin

  Air, Knowing, Space

  "Buzz Aldrin Reflects on Moon Landing". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 29, 2009.

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• I like involved projects.

  Tori Amos

  Projects

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• I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

  Tori Amos

  Song, Character, Ideas

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• All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.

  Tadao Ando

  Attachment, Design, Architecture

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 12, 2007.

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• I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world.

  Tadao Ando

  America, Culture, World

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• I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself - all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.

  Maya Angelou

  Mother, Good Friend, Feelings

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Aug 14, 2015

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• My most disastrous date was not so much a disaster as uncomfortable for both parties involved.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Party, Disaster, Uncomfortable

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• I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.

  Francesca Annis

  Giving, Support, Goes On

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• In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.

  Hannah Arendt

  Order, Trying, Goes On

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• I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved.

  Dido Armstrong

  Being Single, Being Alone, Long

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• In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources safe, we have had to spread assets, encrypt everything, and move telecommunications and people around the world to activate protective laws in different national jurisdictions.

  Julian Assange

  Moving, Fighting, Law

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form of journalism you're involved with is going to be up against a biased viewpoint and partial knowledge.

  Margaret Atwood

  Views, Stories, Viewpoints

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• I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues.

  Michele Bachmann

  Light, Issues, Matter

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• John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved.

  Michele Bachmann

  War, Boys, Eras

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. June 28, 2011.

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• I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years.

  Michele Bachmann

  Running, Children, Years

  "'Hannity' Primary Part 2: Michele Bachmann". www.foxnews.com. July 01, 2011.

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• I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.

  Joan Baez

  People, Lucky, Winner

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• The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved.

  David Bailey

  Fashion, Hate, Integrity

  "Question time: David Bailey" by Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2009.

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• A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant political figures involved: Mark Hanna, Theodore Roosevelt, and Emma Goldman.

  Russell Baker

  Political, President, Stories

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• There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.

  James A. Baldwin

  Funny, Uplifting, Baby

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