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• God does things that fly completely in the face of what we've all been taught that He is supposed to do and every time He does this, we all just say, 'Oh, well, I guess there must be some good reason why He did that.

  Paul Feig

  Doe, Faces, Reason Why

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• For me, I grew up in a house doing charity work for homeless people, and my parents had a lot of homeless friends. We were always taught to not discriminate and not judge.

  Shenae Grimes

  People, Judging, House

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• But you're never taught in schools - we don't teach anyone in public schools that government is the problem. We don't teach anyone in college that government is the problem - except maybe a handful of sort of unique, conservative schools. But mainstream media never talks as if government is the problem.

  Jonah Goldberg

  School, Unique, College

  "Do Liberals Live Under A 'Tyranny Of Cliches'?". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 2, 2012.

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• Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.

  Kathie Lee Gifford

  Mom, Biblical, Self

  Kathie Lee Gifford, Jim Jerome (1993). “I Can't Believe I Said That!”, Pocket

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• I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.

  Ryan Gosling

  Mother, Strong Women, Emotional

  "Ryan Gosling interview - 'Gangster Squad'". www.viva-press.com.

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• I taught myself to drive. I hope that the child in me never dies.

  Tom Glazer

  Children, Dies

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• All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted.

  Virchand Gandhi

  Names, Effort, Doctrine

  "Christian Missions: A Triangular Debate, Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York". The Monist Magazine, Volume 5, 1895.

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• Obviously, in journalism, you're confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it's in us. It makes things more interesting, a closer call. But journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one.

  Amy Hempel

  Writing, Interesting, Want

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• My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right away that I was an actor, even from 4 years old. I've never waited a table. I taught some - I'll teach classes in improv or Shakespeare, but there's some motor in me that needs to do that.

  John Michael Higgins

  Years, Class, Parent

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. June 23, 2011.

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• My mom, Emilie, always taught me to think hard about marriage.

  Alyson Hannigan

  Mom, Thinking, Hard

  "Alyson Hannigan Followed Mom Emilie Posner's Advice on Marriage to Alexis Denisof" by nationalledger.com, April 30, 2012.

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• The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me.

  Dhani Harrison

  Dad, Guitar, Sound

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.

  Geri Halliwell

  Important, Learning From Others

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• In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

  Jeff Hawkins

  School, People, United States

  "America’s Shameful Moments" by Jeff Hawkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.

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• My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.

  Jennifer Hudson

  Home, Grandmother, Church

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• Well, I believe in God. I taught Sunday school.

  Kay Hagan

  Believe, School, Sunday

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• We're taught to take care of people we love, but sometimes you can't.

  Mariel Hemingway

  People, Care, Sometimes

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• I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself.

  Susanna Hoffs

  Song, Thinking, Play

  "Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art : Chatting With The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2011.

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• My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.

  Thierry Henry

  Dad, Done, Want

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• My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.

  Tommy Hilfiger

  Mother, Forgiving, Kind

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• My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did two things. First, he taught me that all human beings should be treated equally because no one is better than anyone else, and he never pressured me to become a doctor.

  Greg Iles

  Mother, Teacher, Father

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• Society's Child' was a real hard record to start with. That's all you want is for you to put your first record out and have people screaming at you in the streets. But it taught me right away that what I was doing was valuable and important.

  Janis Ian

  Children, Real, People

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• I have a huge breakfast every morning because I never know if I'll have time for lunch, especially during Fashion Week. It keeps my mood positive all day. And my parents taught me to have tons of fruit and vegetables, which I think helps my skin.

  Constance Jablonski

  Fashion, Morning, Thinking

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• John Henry Lloyd is the man I gave the credit to for polishing my skills. He taught me how to play third base and how to protect myself. John taught me more baseball than anyone else.

  Judy Johnson

  Baseball, Men, Play

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• These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act scripting and where to put the reversal and all of that - and I think we can do more interesting narratives.

  Hari Kunzru

  Thinking, Play, People

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• I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Writing, Passion, Important

  "Interview: Lisa Kleypas, author of 'Crystal Cove'". Interview with Pamela Clare, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. February 14, 2013.

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