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• I don't really... go to 'the opening of an envelope.' I don't really turn up to all the events, you know what I mean? If I'm involved, I'll go, and if there's a good friend who needs support, I'll go, but otherwise... I don't go. I'm probably just a bit like my grandparents; I like staying in.

  James McAvoy

  Mean, Good Friend, Grandparent

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• To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved.

  Paul McCartney

  Money, Records, Imagine

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• Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.

  Danica McKellar

  Children, Kids, Eye

  "Danica McKellar Faces Backlash Over Maxim Spread, Has Advice For Miley Cyrus" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. June 4, 2010.

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• My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.

  Danica McKellar

  Fun, School, Math

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

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• Where the whole man is involved there is no work. Work begins with the division of labor.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Men, Division Of Labor, Whole

  Marshall McLuhan (1964). “Understanding media: the extensions of man”

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• The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.

  Thomas Merton

  God, Kindness, Compassion

  Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.22, Sounds True

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• I have been involved with 'Spring Awakening' for six years. I am 20 now - I just turned 20 in August - and I originally auditioned when I was 14 years old. I auditioned for Michael Mayer, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater.

  Lea Michele

  Spring, August, Years

  "Diva Talk: Chatting with Spring Awakening's Lea Michele Plus News of LuPone, Kritzer and Gravitte". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. November 24, 2006.

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• But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.

  David Millar

  Cheater, People, Way

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• The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

  Henry Miller

  Hero, Men, Differences

  Henry Miller (1969). “Mémoires, Plaidoiries Et Documents”, p.167, New Directions Publishing

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• The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed.

  Sienna Miller

  Romantic, People, Strange

  "Sienna Miller: 'I've bought my freedom'". Interview with Andrew Dickson, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2011.

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• My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Government, Hacking, Action

  "They call me a criminal" by Kevin Mitnick, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2000.

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• I don't want to criticize any other designers, but I have to say that many of the people involved in this industry - directors and producers - are trying to make their games more like movies. They are longing to make movies rather than making videogames.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Movie, Games, People

  "Beyond the shoot-em-up: how gaming got killer stories" by Simon Parkin, www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2014.

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• A lot of times good, pristine recordings prevent the listener from getting emotionally involved in the music.

  Moby

  Pristine, Listeners

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• Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it's better for my health and for the environment.

  Moby

  Animal, Suffering, Want

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• I get involved with projects based on three parameters - the script, the actors involved and the director.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Directors, Three, Actors

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• I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Stars, Loss

  Telegram to Robert and Ethel Kennedy, 13 June 1962

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• Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point; certainly, many of us who were involved in the Nader campaign in 2000 felt that way.

  Michael Moore

  Important, Campaigns, Way

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• I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing.

  Alanis Morissette

  Writing, Piano, Expression

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• I don't want to get too involved in marketing budgets, online promotions and download set-ups because it would be a bit like Gertrude Stein mapping out a TV campaign. I want to sing. I want visibility. I am essentially Al Martino, not Seymour Stein.

  Steven Morrissey

  Marketing, Gertrude, Would Be

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• I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.

  Viggo Mortensen

  People, Trying, Offensive

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• In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only as good as the compromise made between the artists involved.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Book, Artist, Editing

  "Time, Volumes 172-173". Time Incorporated, p. 1, 2009.

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• Then finally I said, 'Okay, well, I want to know all the details. I want creative input. I want to be consulted. I want to know what they're doing and who's involved. And I want to see the space.' So they took me to see it, and then I realized it was major! All these red flags on the Rue de Rivoli with my name on them right by the Louvre!

  Kate Moss

  Names, Red Flags, Space

  "Kate Moss Muses on 20 Years at the Top". Interview with Glenn O'Brien, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 2, 2010.

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• If you don't have 30 years to devote to social policy, don't get involved.

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan

  Years, Social, Get Involved

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• In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Inspirational, Leadership, Hope

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• I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.

  Nas

  Hip Hop, Way, Hips

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

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