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HANNAH SIMONE In Israel, if a person doesn't agree with you, she just says no. In Alabama, someone would say, ... ODEYA RUSH As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody... DANIEL CRAIG If I couldn't have discipline, if I sit up eatin' fried chicken in bed at night, I'd jus... JIM BROWN It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say... SIMON SINEK Women are so strong and knowledgeable. You know, instead of competing with each other, I would love ... MARIE OSMOND It's not easy to sit down and open yourself up and say, 'This is how much I love you,' y... JASON ISBELL As soon as you go into merchandising, everyone nods sagely and says, 'Ah, now we know why you ar... DAVE SIM I'm that person who says, 'No matter what the problem is, there's a solution.' That&... MIRANDA KERR All my life, men have told me I wasn't pretty enough - even the men I was dating. And I'd be... LIL' KIM I think it's part of your mental health to let go of things. I think if you would have it all ri... DYLAN WALSH Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I... KACEY MUSGRAVES I'm not at the point where I'd feel safe in a house alone. I would be really scared. I'm... BRITNEY SPEARS But, yeah, I'm really happy when I'm writing. When I'm being creative and when I have so... JOSH RADNOR If my son came to me years from now and told me, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'That's... VIVIENNE MING Americans are so direct. They'd ask me, 'What's your five-year plan? Do you have a five-... ASHLEY JENSEN I'm not someone who enjoys long talks, long rehearsals. I'm very technical: I tell my actors... MICHAEL HANEKE Meetings are the linchpin of everything. If someone says you have an hour to investigate a company, ... PATRICK LENCIONI I wanted to be a singer forever. But it's not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know ... ADELE Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And whe... ERIC MCCORMACK When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and ... LANA TURNER I really feel like if they'd have let me just pace in the back of the classroom while the teache... RYAN GOSLING I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're... GREGORY MAGUIRE If someone says, 'Democracy is a sham, those people don't speak for me... the system's r... JESSE WILLIAMS Are you here for a reason, Cheshire? Why, yes, I would enjoy a cup of tea. I take mine wi... MARISSA MEYER No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. ... ED KOCH People are much deeper than stereotypes. That's the first place our minds go. Then you get to kn... CARSON KRESSLEY It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'... JUNO TEMPLE Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay,... OLIVIER MARTINEZ I have to say, if someone literally said to me, 'You're going off to a desert island, what i... DREW BARRYMORE If someone says 'grunge' or 'punk,' you know what the sound is, but if you say '... LYDIA LUNCH I think whenever you have a common goal with someone, you're going to bond. It's really hard... BEN SCHNETZER We do a lot of crafting at our house. I don't even know how it got started because if you ask me... JENNIFER GARNER Why I would sell the whole world for a single kopek, just so that nobody would bother me. Should the... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY You know I used to sit there and I'd go outside and play ball and everything, but now in my free... SCOTTY MCCREERY When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think l... AUDREY HEPBURN I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down. ROBERT FROST I love funny people, and when I'm with funny people, or people who are amusing in their weirdnes... PAUL FEIG This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say th... RORY MCILROY It's extraordinary to think that if you walked into a room and said you had never heard of Hamle... ROBERT WINSTON I used to cold call labels and pretend I was one of their artist's attorneys. I'd say, '... BENNY BLANCO I dinna know what's a sadist. And if I forgive you for this afternoon, I reckon you'll forgive me, t... DIANA GABALDON If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Simply, if you're working with good material, then it's right there, and you don't have ... DULE HILL In real life, if I were firing you, I'd tell you what a great job you did, how fantastic you are... DONALD TRUMP I definitely think that females have a harder time. It's a lot harder to be a girl because you... NIKKI REED If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be abl... JEFFERY DEAVER I noticed that there are no B batteries. I think that's to avoid confusion, cause if there were ... DEMETRI MARTIN When I go back to family reunions everybody goes, 'Hey cousin! Hey Auntie!' And I'm like... SHERRI SHEPHERD I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring,... KACEY MUSGRAVES When I first used to tour, guys would come up and say, 'Where's the fight club in my area?... CHUCK PALAHNIUK All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour c... MARK STRONG There's that side of me that wants to be the loving, caring father, and there's the other si... DAVE GAHAN Just as you can accept Miss Marple going to tea with the vicar, there's no reason why Long Islan... SUSAN ISAACS I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as... JILL SCOTT When Steven Spielberg comes to you and says, 'Hey do you want to write a movie about robots?'... DREW GODDARD My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if t... TRENT REZNOR If I went on vacation, I'd rather go camping than stay in some four-star hotel... My friends tre... TRAVIS FIMMEL If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word ... ALBERT OEHLEN I want someone that I can have fun with and laugh with. I love to laugh, and I'm really sarcasti... MATT LANTER If I was making a tea advert, I would want to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it c... MATT SMITH I've lived in L.A. for a long time, and they say, 'If you sit in a barber's shop for lon... ROBBIE WILLIAMS I mention I'm going home, and I'm a star immediately! This used to happen with my boyfriends... ELAINE STRITCH I like fruit baskets because it gives you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appea... DEMETRI MARTIN Because I'm so in the eye of the hurricane, I don't have a really good perception of what... BARRY JENKINS I'd love to go and I'd love to play for my country and go to a World Cup again. I've got... MICHAEL OWEN I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skyd... YVES ROSSY Let's just say, if I weren't a model, I'd be a walking collage. I see my body as a blank... ABBEY LEE KERSHAW And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If... TOM COBURN When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have... JOHN LENNON As soon as you say that there is a community called, let's say, black Americans, you've imme... RANDALL KENNEDY I still have a lot of judgmentalism in me, where I'd see somebody, and I just would, you know, I... SAM BROWNBACK As long as I get those running shoes on, then there's no turning back, and I have to go for that... KIM RAVER Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I g... MARILYN MONROE I think ... I should go home soon. Mom and Luke are probably going nuts. What about you?" He sh... JULIE KAGAWA My mom told us never to reveal that we were Shia in school. You would find out that some other kid w... KUMAIL NANJIANI 'Just Can't Let You Go' is a song about passion. It's when you have such a strong pa... MANIKA I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you... ELMORE LEONARD I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'... GABRIEL IGLESIAS I find I go in airports anywhere in the country, and someone's always coming up to me and saying... DYLAN BAKER To be able to sit back and enjoy the game, sit back and watch guys that you know played and you migh... CALVIN JOHNSON As soon as you see 'Dame' in front of someone's name, you get nervous, but Dame Maggie S... TOM FELTON That's what sofas are for: sit down, drink a cup of tea, talk of literature. At least that's how I s... SOPHIE DIVRY I would love to have a conversation with you when we're working, and if I'm at a basketball ... EMILY RIOS You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedl... SONIA SOTOMAYOR All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out,... CHET FAKER Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for thi... MELISSA ETHERIDGE If you get an audition and you're out of work, you just say, 'I've gotta go on this.'... EVAN PETERS You know if you would just do as I say I wouldn't have to hurt you. AMANDA STEPHAN I put hibiscus flower in every cup of tea I have. It's sweet, sexy, and cleansing. MARIO BATALI No one is so busy they can't take time to make a decent cup of tea and if you are that busy you don'... FRANK MCCOURT I want to go skydiving. I'd love to go to the Galapagos. Nature still excites me. WAYNE KNIGHT
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RICK SANTELLI He hated being filled with terror. It was embarrassing. RICK RIORDAN Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally emba... RICK RIORDAN I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Wes... RICK RIORDAN Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said. "That's not what I me... RICK RIORDAN I wanted to argue but I found I couldn't. Athena was pretty darn smart. RICK RIORDAN There is always a way for those clever enough to find it. RICK RIORDAN When Athena falls in love, it's purely intellectual. It's a meeting of minds. The purest kind of lov... RICK RIORDAN Headache!" Zeus bellowed. "Bad. bad headache!" As if to prove his point, the lord of the univer... RICK RIORDAN your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos's traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty ... RICK RIORDAN Wisdom's daughter walks alone. That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. I... RICK RIORDAN The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. ... RICK RIORDAN People usually asked her if she had a belly button. Of course she had a belly button. She couldn't e... RICK RIORDAN Athena stood in the middle of the road with her arms crossed and a look on her face that made me thi... RICK RIORDAN Athena called, "Annabeth Chase, my own daughter." Annabeth squeezed my arm, then walked forward... RICK RIORDAN I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, ... RICK RIORDAN She studied me with concern. She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly... RICK RIORDAN There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it. RICK RIORDAN The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never... RICK RIORDAN Not knowing is half the fun," Aphrodite said, "Exquisitely painful isn't it? Not being sure who you ... RICK RIORDAN Annabeth gripped the hilt of her dagger. “A bounty on our heads . . . as if we didn’t attract en... RICK RIORDAN The cord, a familiar voice said. Remember your lifeline, dummy! Suddenly there was a tug in my ... RICK RIORDAN You sneaked into my cabin?” Annabeth rolled her eyes. “Percy, you’ll be seventeen in two ... RICK RIORDAN I learned a long time ago: Never bet against Annabeth. RICK RIORDAN Hoover Dam," Thalia said. "It's huge." We stood at the river's edge, looking up at a curve of c... RICK RIORDAN And,” Annabeth continued, “it reminds me how long we’ve known each other. We were twelve RICK RIORDAN He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth a... RICK RIORDAN I could have killed you.” “Or I could have killed you,” Percy said. Jason shrugged.... RICK RIORDAN I'm Dylan. I'm so cool. I want to date myself, but I don't know how! You want to date me instead? Yo... RICK RIORDAN Argh!" Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the wa... RICK RIORDAN This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people. RICK RIORDAN You drool when you sleep. RICK RIORDAN Hey, can I see that sword you were using?" I showed him Riptide, and explained how it turned fr... RICK RIORDAN I'm calm," Rachel insisted. "Every time I'm around you, some monsters attack us. What's to be nervou... RICK RIORDAN Remind me again-why do you hate me so much?" I don't hate you." Could've foole... RICK RIORDAN Leo: Rainbows. Very macho. Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the... RICK RIORDAN It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay , or we're alive ... RICK RIORDAN Monkey bar," Annabeth said. "I'm great at these." She leaped onto to the first rung and start swingi... RICK RIORDAN She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?" You'd probably ki... RICK RIORDAN Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up. "Y... RICK RIORDAN