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• There’s a whole list of things I would probably change about myself. For example, I’m always trying to lose fifteen pounds. But I never need to be skinny. I don’t want to be skinny. I’m constantly in a state of self-improvement but I don’t beat myself up over it.

  Mindy Kaling

  Self, Always Trying, Example

  "Mindy Kaling Makes Her Vogue Debut, Proudly Tells the Magazine: 'I Don't Want to Be Skinny'" by Zach Johnson, www.eonline.com. March 27, 2014.

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• I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.

  Yvette Nicole Brown

  Heart, Mind, Actors

  "Yvette Nicole Brown: Prep work is necessary for a successful stalk". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. July 8, 2010.

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• Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there is a good reason why they are there; people really like them.

  Joe Cocker

  Song, People, Reason Why

  "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• Write down five things you love to do. Next, write down five things that you're really good at. Then just try to match them up! Revisit your list once a year to make sure you're on the right track.

  Hugh Jackman

  Writing, Years, Track

  FaceBook post by Hugh Jackman from Jul 22, 2013

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• The thing is, my appearance – that’s never been my moneymaker. I’m fine being small. I’m fine being all the things I am. And I’m happy I’m not supposed to be on the 50 Most Beautiful list all the time, because that would be super f**king stressful.

  Anna Kendrick

  Beautiful, Kings, Would Be

  "Anna Kendrick on Pitch Perfect 2, That Hilarious SNL Skit, and Why She's OK Not Being on the Most Beautiful List". Interview with Ashley Edwards Walker, www.glamour.com. July 15, 2014.

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• If I had a bucket list, I'd say raising my four girls to be strong, good women would be No. 1.

  Matt Damon

  Girl, Strong, Children

  "Matt Damon: I Want to 'Raise My Four Girls to Be Strong Women' " by Jeanne Wolf, parade.com. October 21, 2010.

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• Can I add a class? Do you have a problem with letting me audit 8th grade American Civics? Can you get the AP English reading list for me right now? What is this carton of milk? Will you tell me how many calories are in five and half Gummi Bears? Why are there birds in the air right now? Why is the sky so blue? Can I get the home phone number of the school district supervisor? You know I was in Basic Instinct, right?

  Sharon Stone

  Reading, Home, School

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• I sat down with my long time business partner and Rap-A-Lot CEO James Prince to review the music that we had and quickly came up with an outstanding track list.

  Bun B

  Rap, Opportunity, Long

  "Bun B Set to Release New Album 'The Epilogue' in November" by Edwin Ortiz, www.complex.com. October 5, 2013.

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• There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman.

  Cary Grant

  Stars, Names, Bankers

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

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• I don't know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of 'Teen Vogue' has been on my bucket list forever.

  Lily Collins

  Forever, Buckets, Bucket List

  "Lily Collins opens up about Taylor Lautner: 'He's a great guy'". www.mtv.com. September 09, 2011.

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• I am coming to the end of acting. I have a list: another stage production, maybe one or two more movies, one more season of American Horror Story. . . and then that is it for me. Because I think that's enough. I want to go out with a bang. . . or should I say, a scare?

  Jessica Lange

  Thinking, Horror Stories, Two

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• I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

  Deborah Norville

  Long, Wanted, Validity

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• Besides, when I read the list of people who are supporting Kerry, if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush.

  Alice Cooper

  People, Vote, Reason

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• If I ever had the time to take on another job, being a party planner would be high on my list.

  Tori Spelling

  Jobs, Party, Would Be

  "CBB Chats With Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott". Interview with Michael Simon, celebritybabies.people.com. February 5, 2010.

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• I make a list of what I have in common, and what I don't have in common, with someone I'm playing

  John Turturro

  Common

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• When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the beginning, God created Pink Floyd.

  Rick Wakeman

  Book, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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• If Martin Scorsese calls, I am available. And then there the ones, well, you can just run down the list - any of those Oscar-nominated films, they have amazing directors across the board.

  Timothy Olyphant

  Running, Directors, Boards

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• I was number 1 on the who's likely to die list for 10 years...I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.

  Keith Richards

  Years, Numbers, Disappointed

  "Keith Richards turns 70! Celebrate with rocker's famed wisdom" by Kurt Schlosser, www.today.com. December 18, 2013.

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• All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook.

  Aldous Huxley

  Book, Cooking, Special

  Aldous Huxley (1933). “Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books”

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• I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.

  Diana Ross

  Order, Years, Parent

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• The truth is I'm a dork. I collected comics. I still love cartoons. I'd rather be at home on a Friday night than out at some club… My sense of humor is that of a geek. My likes and dislikes are that of a geek. I've memorized every crappy sci-fi movie there is, but still haven't seen Schindler's List.

  Nathan Fillion

  Friday, Home, Night

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• Some of the things that I do, I think are very important and much more important than the radio show or the television show that I do or anything else that I do. I think right at the top of the list is the basic thing. And of course the basic thing is to hopefully stop people from killing anything. And to create a non-violent diet for themselves, because a non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.

  Casey Kasem

  Thinking, Roots, People

  "Casey Kasem, voice of Shaggy in Scooby Doo, dies on Father's Day at 82" by Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2014.

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• I printed a list of Irish names from the Internet and my husband, Dave, saw Finley on the list. I really liked it but didn't want to scare Dave off with my enthusiasm. So I used a little reverse psychology and let him think it was his idea.

  Holly Marie Combs

  Husband, Thinking, Names

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• I'm an actress, model and athlete, and I'd put athlete third on the list.

  Serena Williams

  Athlete, Actresses, Thirds

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• It's pretty high up there on the list. Being able to return a serve at that speed is one of the biggest things that separates the professionals from the recreational players.

  Andy Roddick

  Player, Able, Return

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