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• That's absolutely correct and in addition to that life just isn't an accident of the laws of physics. There's a long list of experiments that suggest just the opposite.

  Robert Lanza

  Law, Opposites, Long

  Interview with Deepak Chopra, www.beliefnet.com. June 12, 2010.

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• I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.

  Laura Linney

  Stars, Laughing, Normal

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• I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me.

  John Lydon

  Song, Thinking, Islands

  Interview with Jason Heller, music.avclub.com. April 6, 2010.

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• Listen, here's the thing about an English degree - if you sat somebody down and asked them to make a list of the writers they admire over the last hundred years, see how many of them got a degree in English.

  David Mamet

  Years, Degrees, Down And

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• I'm not invited. I'm not on the A list, haven't been on it in 20 years and my feet have never trod its red fluffy carpets.

  Nick Mancuso

  Feet, Years, Fluffy

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

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• I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and England and Denmark and whatever, and I learned all the different flags and I tried to imagine what it would be like to be voyaging on some of these ships.

  George R. R. Martin

  Looks, Flags, Ships

  "Fantasy Author George R.R. Martin: Blood of Bayonne". Interview with Joanna Buffum and Dylan Runco, njmonthly.com. March 15, 2013.

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• I wish I could do a lot of things different. I'm not going to tell you what they are, but if I had a list of all my films right now, I'd go, 'Okay, I'll cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out.' Really. But I've made over 40 films. How can I not have some losers in there?

  Steve Martin

  Wish, Different, Loser

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

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• I wished to God the doctor had handed me a pamphlet that said, 'Hey, sorry about the autism, but here's a step-by-step list on what to do next.' But doctors don't do that. They say 'sorry' and move you along.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Sorry, Moving, Doctors

  Jenny McCarthy (2007). “Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism”, p.75, Penguin

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• We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place.

  Tim McGraw

  Kids, Numbers, Parent

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• If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Anniversary, Marriage

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.24, BookBaby

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• I can go into LinkedIn and search for network engineers and come up with a list of great spear-phishing targets because they usually have administrator rights over the network. Then I go onto Twitter or Facebook and trick them into doing something, and I have privileged access.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Rights, Target, Linkedin

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• I'm going to guess Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, all want clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. I'm sure most people think women should be paid the same as men if they're doing the same job. I think we all want good schools for our kids. If we made that list, we actually are in agreement on more things.

  Michael Moore

  Jobs, School, Kids

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• Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.

  Alanis Morissette

  Couple, Years, My Boyfriend

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• A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'

  Viggo Mortensen

  Winning, Years, Top 10

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• I'm obsessed with making lists.

  Rachel Nichols

  Obsessed

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• The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'

  Rachel Nichols

  May, Problem, Endless

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• All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities ... the list goes on!

  Frances O'Grady

  Responsibility, Caring, Equal Pay

  "The history woman". Interview with Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2006.

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• There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Climate, Phrases, World

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 16, 2009.

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• Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to see. The list of human and civil-rights abuses he’s committed in Maricopa County is long and well documented.

  Conor Oberst

  Rights, Years, Long

  "‘MariKKKopa’: Conor Oberst Explains New Desaparecidos Track, Which Takes Aim At Sheriff Joe Arpaio". Interview with Kia Makarechi, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2012.

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• Number one, you can sell before you buy. I call it reverse e-commerce. You take a picture, you list it for sale, you sell it, you collect the revenue, then you go buy it and send it to the customer.

  Marc Ostrofsky

  Numbers, Reverse, Revenue

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• I always liked film as a teaching tool - a way of getting exposed to ideas that had never been presented to me. It just wasn't on the list of career options where I grew up.

  Brad Pitt

  Teaching, Careers, Ideas

  "Brad Pitt: A Life So Large" by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. May 20, 2013.

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• In the current climate motorists have a long list of issues from which to choose to raise on the doorstep. Policies aimed at reducing emissions - like the changes to Vehicle Excise Duty or here in Manchester the proposals for congestion charges - are not without controversy.

  Lucy Powell

  Issues, Long, Climate

  "The plea of car owners ..." by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2008.

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• Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there.

  Jonathan Raban

  White, House, President

  "'He tried his best to veil it, but Obama is an intellectual'" by Jonathan Raban, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2008.

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• I do love to shop. But I'm a social shopper. I like to do it while hanging out with my friends. Some of them hate shopping because they treat it like something you have to plan, like a grocery list. But if I'm out and I pass a store, I just pop in.

  Nicole Richie

  Hate, Shopping, Social

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

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• I also pray for favor and His anointing on my life and ministry that I might have spiritual blessing when I minister to people. They're my principal prayers; I don't have a prayer list that I go down.

  Pat Robertson

  Spiritual, Prayer, Blessing

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