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• It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

  Tibor Fischer

  Senior, Strong, Laughter

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• AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority has the guts to call it one.

  Larry Kramer

  Definitions, Modern, Aids

  "AIDS is a plague allowed to happen" By Larry Kramer, www.cnn.com. January 14, 2011.

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• When actors get pigeonholed, that's their own doing to a large degree. Because if you do something that people like, obviously they're going to ask you to do it again. It's up to you to say no. If you're that insecure about working, you'll probably do what you're known to do.

  John Larroquette

  Insecure, People, Degrees

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think that once you open the door and allow people in on a certain aspect, it's very hard to then control how far that ripple effect is. So I think that the person who is known or famous has the ability to decide what they do or don't want to share.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Thinking, Doors, People

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• There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.

  George Henry Borrow

  Country, Islands, World

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• I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have done that.

  Christopher Hampton

  Done, Film, Ifs

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• I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first book I've written that I've always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.

  Ben Elton

  Brother, Book, Writing

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• I have more fun and more grand and glorious moments of my life than anyone I've never known. I know that some people call that manic-depress, and that other people call that being touched by God. I just call myself lucky.

  Richard Dreyfuss

  Depressing, Fun, People

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• As an actor, you always have to reinvent yourself or you end up in the gutter somewhere. It's my job to always change people's minds. I've known that for a long time and I've had to do it.

  Dylan McDermott

  Jobs, Long, People

  "'The Campaign's' Dylan McDermott Reveals How He Broke the Ice His First Day on Set" by Rebecca Ford, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 10, 2012.

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• In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Book, Character, Amusement

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• I do not want to die being known for doing baby mama DNA tests on my show.

  Ricki Lake

  Baby, Dna, Want

  "Ricki Lake Delivers Maternal Health Awareness" by Eleanor Goldberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2011.

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• Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame or embarrassment about that attraction on the other. It is well known that the mind struggles to sustain conflicting views.

  Evan Davis

  Struggle, Views, Hands

  "Glad to be gay, glad to be Tory" by Evan Davis, www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2012.

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• I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me.

  Rita Coolidge

  Song, People, Singers

  Interview with Donna Kimura, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.

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• I'm trying to write poems that involve beginning at a known place, and ending up at a slightly different place. I'm trying to take a little journey from one place to another, and it's usually from a realistic place, to a place in the imagination.

  Billy Collins

  Writing, Journey, Imagination

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• The church has been brought into the same value system as the world: fame, success, materialism and celebrity. We watch the leading churches and the leading Christians for our cues. We want to emulate the best known preachers with the biggest sanctuaries and the grandest edifices. Preoccupation with these values has perverted the church's message.

  Charles Colson

  Christian, Religion, Church

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• The earth is a tremendous gift. There is nothing else like it in the known universe. I want to leave it the way I found it.

  Dennis Weaver

  Earth, Want, Way

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• From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law.

  Leon Jaworski

  Years, Law, Generations

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• My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.

  Robert Cormier

  Dream, Sweet, Book

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• Because I'm so known as a meat-chef, when I talk about Meatless Monday some people look at me like I've lost my mind. I'm like, look, I'm not saying beef and pork is bad, I love it and I eat it six days a week.

  Michael Symon

  Monday, People, Mind

  "Meat Man Michael Symon Does Meatless Monday (Really!)". Interview with Peggy Neu, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.

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• I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.

  Steve Carell

  Mistake, Drama, Thinking

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• People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters - in other words, people - rather than quilts or quilting.

  Jennifer Chiaverini

  Quilts, Book, People

  Jennifer Chiaverini (2011). “The Quilter's Legacy: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel”, p.321, Simon and Schuster

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• When I was on 'Dallas,' I was known to audiences of the '80s. And then when my sons, who are in their 30s now, were going to college, 'Dallas' was the cult thing to watch because it was being done on the soap channels, so a whole new generation saw it. And then I have the young fans that knew me from 'Step By Step' in the '90s.

  Patrick Duffy

  Son, College, Done

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• I've always known I was adopted.

  Emily Procter

  Adopted

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• I love a good road trip. And I have been known to sing cheesy '80s songs at the top of my lungs on a windy road when no one can hear.

  Morena Baccarin

  Song, Cheesy, Road Trip

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

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• No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician who's Asian. I've heard it from a few musicians, too.

  James Iha

  Nice, Successful, Years

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