Alison Gopnik
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MARK LEIBOVICH DEYTH BANGER ROBERT RODRIGUEZ KATHI APPELT EMMA WATSON How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I've had Republicans come to me and say, 'Tell me how I should talk to young people!' as... AARON SCHOCK TRAVIS KALANICK Am I R&B because I'm black? Am I pop because I have a song called 'Milkshake'? Or ca... KELIS ANNA PAQUIN I've got to be out doing a million things. That's how I find stories. That's how I get t... 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DAVID ALPAY JULIA STILES GARY VAYNERCHUK ALAN ARKIN TREVANTE RHODES The acting part of me is not me. The music side is who I really am and what I want to talk about. It... LUCY HALE RUTH REICHL FRANK OCEAN SYDNEY POLLACK G. WILLOW WILSON ZOSIA MAMET The attitude that poetry should not be analyzed is prevalent among many who consider themselves expe... X. J. KENNEDY BIPASHA BASU HARRY DEAN STANTON JIM BROWN It's not about how much movement you do, how much interaction there is, it just reeks of credibi... FRED DURST Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way? JUDY HOLLIDAY About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN EUGENIE CLARK ROBIN S. SHARMA IDINA MENZEL JENNIFER EGAN TIGER SHROFF People have mentioned, 'Maybe you should try to be more sexy. Look at how this butt stuff propel... 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I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, I'm kind of astonished... 
In 'Chappie,' you see this sort of young robot that's learning through maybe 'deep l... 
I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people. 
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I'm not hungry for success. I am only hungry for good work, and that is how it is with most supe... 
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I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the... 
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