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Junior Seau

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PAMELA ANDERSON I'm basically a libertarian, and I'm a conservative on economic matters, and I'm a socia...
DAVID H. KOCH I'm basically nocturnal.
B. D. WONG I'm basically quite a cheerful person.
KENNETH BRANAGH I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.
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BURTON CUMMINGS I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at a...
ANA CASTILLO I used to be a Democrat, now I'm basically a Republican.
ADAM CAROLLA I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.
SAM MENDES Basically, I'm a people pleaser who has a knack for disappointing.
KEVIN NEALON I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer ...
DANIEL ALARCON I'd never really babysat. I feel like I'm Blair, or 'Gossip Girl.' A teenager, basic...
CECILY VON ZIEGESAR When I do stand-up, I'm basically doing a one-man show.
CHRIS ROCK I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in...
ISABEL ALLENDE I've studied Chinese in college, but basically, I'm not bilingual.
DAVID HENRY HWANG I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.
HENRY ROLLINS I'm basically a very happy person and I don't have to be anybody else.
JILLY COOPER Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.
LARS VON TRIER I'm actually half Brit and half American. I have a British father and an American mother, but as...
ADAM RAYNER I'm the American Winston Churchill.
MICHAEL MORIARTY I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a...
RAY MANZAREK The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.
PHOEBE SNOW The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me ...
STEPHEN FURST I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.
INDIRA GANDHI I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced.
RUBY WAX I'm an ardent American Football fan.
DON KING I'm as American as apple pie.
PAUL MOONEY I'm a third-generation American, so I like that American-looking, Northwestern style with a flan...
CODY HORN I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me ...
DINESH D'SOUZA I'm basically for the whole year just traveling with three suitcases.
PAIGE DAVIS Basically I'm trying to make men more sensitive and women stronger.
MIUCCIA PRADA I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springstee...
DANA CARVEY I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, ve...
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IGGY POP Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as we...
CHANEL IMAN I'm a member of the American Indian Movement, and I'm from the indigenous nations of the Wes...
JOHN TRUDELL I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.
JEFF BRIDGES I speak, Hindi, English, and American. I'm trilingual.
PRIYANKA CHOPRA I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.
TABITHA SOREN I'm Native American, so it's in my blood to always want brothers and friends. I'm a good...
DUANE CHAPMAN Most clubs would actually like homegrown players because they're a lot cheaper.
GARY LINEKER I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years.
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JACK BRUCE I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything t...
IAN MACKAYE Right now, I'm as single as a slice of American cheese.
NICK CANNON I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.
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TONY REAGINS I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.
BRYAN CLAY I'm like half Brazilian and half American now.
CAMILA ALVES It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
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MIKE TOW I'm just very grateful that the media has been so kind to me, because there's nothing unusua...
MARY BERRY Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
YANCY BUTLER I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American.
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