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• I don't plan out my visits rigorously, but I do have a list of about 125 New York galleries, alternative spaces, museums, and so forth that I visit regularly. That's the closest thing I have to a strategy: I go to a lot of places, many that artists don't visit.

  Jerry Saltz

  New York, Artist, Space

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• Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Sea, Office, Abbreviations

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• I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values.

  Howard Schultz

  Trying, Billionaire, Wanted

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• When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. Own a Picasso was one of those things.

  Jill Scott

  Things To Do, Died

  "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my son is due in 5 weeks'". The Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.

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• Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Funny, Gay, Men

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• In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.

  Will Smith

  Motivational, Confidence, Attitude

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• Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.

  Steven Spielberg

  Poetic License, Historical, Schindler

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. December 17, 2002.

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• There's nothing self-serving about what motivated me to bring 'Schindler's List' to the screen.

  Steven Spielberg

  Self, Motivated, Schindler

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• I was a D student in high school and on the dean's list in college.

  Patti Stanger

  School, College, Students

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• Gene sometimes... well, he has his dream list.

  Paul Stanley

  Dream, Sometimes, Genes

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• I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making.

  Ben Stein

  Sound

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• There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Kids, Age, Sidekicks

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• When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list - somewhere between politicians and car salesmen. Generally, insurers are seen as clever hucksters who prey on insecurity and ignorance to sell people what they don't need at prices they shouldn't have to pay.

  James Surowiecki

  Clever, Honesty, Ignorance

  "Mixed Motives". www.newyorker.com. November 8, 2004.

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• My husband and I both have our bucket lists. Running a marathon was on mine.

  Alison Sweeney

  Running, Husband, Buckets

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• As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

  Taylor Swift

  Careers, Make You Happy, Should

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• I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.

  Taylor Swift

  Tired, Long, People

  "Taylor Swift Tapes VH1 'Storytellers,' Lifts Curtain on New Songs from 'Red'". www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 17, 2012.

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• I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.

  Antonio Tabucchi

  Rights, Doubt, Should

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• I am a goal setter and I set more goals everyday. I keep lists of goals in my office to stay on track.

  Kiana Tom

  Track, Goal, Office

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• NASA has spin-offs, and it's a huge and very impressive list, including accurate and affordable LASIK eye surgery.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Eye, Nasa, Lasik

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• I loved the idea of recording. The idea of sound-on-sound-recording captured me as a young kid, and once I realized what it was I had an epiphany. Before I was even playing the guitar, I would create these lists of how I would record things and overdub them, like Led Zeppelin song, 'I could put this guitar on this track...' and so on.

  Steve Vai

  Song, Kids, Ideas

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.

  Eddie Vedder

  Artist, Kind, Environment

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• I think that when Americans go to vote, states should not list what party the candidates are affiliated with. That would require voters to actually think and get to know a candidate instead of voting for their favorite gang. 'Oh, this guy is a Republican, so he must be good.'

  Jesse Ventura

  Party, Thinking, Guy

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• Lists have always implied social order.

  David Viscott

  Order, Social, Implied

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• People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.

  David Viscott

  People, Accomplishment, Feels

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• The original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like 'Get More Clay. Make Better Oven.'

  David Viscott

  Clay, Stones, Periods

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