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DAN COATS I'm a big fan of period pieces, and I'm a big fan of the old-time westerns.
GIANCARLO ESPOSITO I'm a massive fan of David Lynch and 'Twin Peaks.'
AMANDA PALMER I'm a big 'Firefly' fan. I'm a Nathan Fillion fan because of 'Firefly.'
TARAN KILLAM I'm a big greens fan. I'm a big vegetable fan. I'm a big whole grains fan. And I exercis...
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TARON EGERTON I'm a big fan of the DEA.
JEFF SESSIONS I'm a big fan of the underdogs.
BRYAN COGMAN I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan.
JENNIFER LYNCH I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
ZOE MCLELLAN I'm not a big fan of anniversaries.
SAM SHEPARD I'm a big fan of Michael Morpurgo.
CELINE BUCKENS I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol.
PETER STEELE I'm a big Letterman fan.
ANDY SAMBERG I'm a big taco fan.
LESLIE EASTERBROOK I'm a big yachting fan.
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RACHAEL HARRIS I like death. I'm a big fan of it.
GUY RITCHIE I'm a big John Woo fan.
JAMES WAN I'm a big video game fan.
KYRIE IRVING I'm a very big Faulkner fan 'cause I'm a Southerner.
GREGORY BENFORD I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big b...
MAE WHITMAN But, I'm a big Johnny Cash and a big Lou Reed fan and a Fellini fan.
NOAH TAYLOR I'm a big fan of matching outfits in general.
CLARK DUKE I'm not a big slasher film fan.
DAVID NAUGHTON I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket.
DANNY BOYLE One of my biggest influences of all time would be somebody like Tom Waits. David Bowie is another hu...
HOZIER I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.
PETER JENNINGS I'm from New York, so I'm a big Howard Stern fan.
STEPHEN ROOT I'm a big fan of pantomime storytelling, being an animator.
JOHN LASSETER I support Real Madrid. I'm a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.
VIRAT KOHLI I'm a huge David Lindsay-Abaire fan. If I could write, I would want to write like him.
TATE DONOVAN I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
BROOKE ELLIOTT I'm a big Aqua fan. 'Barbie Girl' was a big deal growing up.
ALLISON WILLIAMS I wouldn't mind working with Outkast. I'm a big fan of them.
FLO RIDA I'm a really big 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I have all the extended editions.
NATHAN KRESS I love the Sex Pistols. I'm a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan.
BRUNO MARS I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead.
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BILLY CAMPBELL I'm not a big fan of the high-altitude approach of mega TV ads.
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STEVE BUSCEMI I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
VERNE TROYER Harley's been influential, but I'm not a big Harley fan.
NOAH HATHAWAY I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.
ED WESTWICK I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual.
MADS MIKKELSEN I'm a big fan of hip-hop, so it reflects in my approach.
DAMIAN MARLEY I'm not a big fan of those who are egotistical and so outspoken.
ERIC HEIDEN I'm not a big fan of cold weather; that's why I moved to Vegas!
DAVE KEUNING I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
BECKY G I was a huge 'Deadwood' fan because I'm a huge David Milch fan, so I've always wante...
EMILY ROSE Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.
STEVE VAI I'm a big Tom Hardy fan. He dresses pretty stylish, right?
CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE I'm a big karaoke fan and I also love Justin Bieber unashamedly.
EVAN RACHEL WOOD I'm a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one.
NICK CAVE I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.
MICHAEL SHEEN I'm not a big horror movie fan. I am afraid of them; they scare me.
ALAN TUDYK I'm Canadian, so I'm a big fan of the Canadian tuxedo - that's what we call it. I wear i...
BRAD GORESKI I'm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, they're my two favorites.
ANDREW SHUE Being busy with work, and as a mum, I'm a big fan of online shopping.
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PAUL RUDD I'm not a big fan of the George Lucas school of meddling and tinkering. That's a slippery sl...
MARK WAID Boxing should probably be banned. But until then, I'm a big fan.
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SEAN BEAN I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it w...
FEDE ALVAREZ I'm not a big metal fan. I love and respect the musicianship, which is spectacular.
STEVEN ADLER I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY I'm a big fan of rocky girls. I love Hayley Williams and the lead singer from Tonight Alive.
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DAVID H. KOCH I love comedy, but it has to be hysterical and really amusing; I'm not really a big fan of roman...
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RITA ORA I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
ABEL FERRARA I'm quite happy being myself. I'm a big fan of Jessica Lange and Jeanne Moreau, but I don...
JACQUELINE BISSET I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.
ICE T I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.
IAN AXEL I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.
GABOUREY SIDIBE As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does.
ROB ZOMBIE I'm not a big fan of any video, especially my own. In a word, I hated the Hall & Oates video...
DARYL HALL I'm a big fan of a great glass of red wine and a delicious bowl of pasta made from scratch.
ZOE MCLELLAN I'm not a big sports fan, but I love it when they 'slam dunk.' That's sexy.
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PENN JILLETTE Listen, I'm a big fan of everything on NBC. When I think of comedy on TV, I really think of NBC.
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THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his ...
THOMAS B. MACAULAY This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoun...
THOMAS B. MACAULAY In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something that shall for a few days supersede the last fas...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Every schoolboy knows who imprisoned Montezuma, and who strangled Atahualpa.
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life-blood of real civilization
GEORGE MACAULAY TREVELYAN Boswell is the first of biographers
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY And even the ranks of Tuscany / Could scarce forbear to cheer.
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY A single breaker may recede; but the tide is coming in
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth readin...
GEORGE MACAULAY TREVELYAN Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people oug...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suff...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Then none was for a party;
Then all were for the state;
Then the great man helped the poor...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Pour, varlet, pour the water
The water steaming hot!
A spoonful for each man of us
An...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
To every man upon this earth
...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
A...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Enlarged sympathy with children was one of the chief contributions made by the Victorian English to ...
GEORGE MACAULAY TREVELYAN No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations ...
SUSAN SCHAEFFER MACAULAY From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics, compounded of misanthropy and voluptuous...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY My biggest objection to Marxism has been the presumption that industry should exist at all. I think ...
DAVID DAVID KATZMAN I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've stil...
LARRY DAVID The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly awar...
DAVID HAREWOOD Birmingham people are the salt of the earth, and I've carried that with me all around the world....
DAVID HAREWOOD In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to ...
DAVID COVERDALE George W. Bush: a person who is the ultimate outcome of the American condition. Someone promoted abo...
DAVID LANGE