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CHUCK NOLL RUSSELL SMITH KATE FORSYTH PETER ACKROYD BILL GATES I just saw a copy of a cover of a magazine that I'm on, and it's very weird and unusual. MIA KIRSHNER ILAN STAVANS Traditional copyright has been that you can't make a full copy of somebody's work without th... PATRICIA SCHROEDER WHITLEY STRIEBER ALAN PERLIS LAUREN GROFF The first comic I can remember ever reading was a 'Fantastic Four' issue that my dad bought ... CHARLES SOULE I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON DAVID BERGEN GILLIAN ANDERSON SARAH MACLEAN JAMES PATTERSON You know that book 'Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking', ... JESSICA RAINE I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I t... OLAFUR ELIASSON I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become ... 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JACK COLEMAN My college roommate gave me her copy of 'Lord of the Rings,' and I read that probably five o... CAROL BERG LAURENCE OLIVIER CHARLIE TROTTER WILL FERRELL I would say that molecular gastronomy is a field of science. I would - I would say that it's pro... WYLIE DUFRESNE I'm more of a homebody. I'm constantly asked: 'Why don't we see you out?' But th... KRISTEN BELL PAULA DEEN AYELET WALDMAN JAY KAY ANN HOOD Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA WARREN BUFFETT RICHARD DAWKINS PENN JILLETTE Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't wan... TASHA SMITH FRANCESCA ANNIS I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also be... J. A. JANCE BILL WALSH Every cell in our body, whether it's a bacterial cell or a human cell, has a genome. You can ext... GEORGE M. CHURCH I've reread 'The Secret Garden' every year as an adult. I have a battered copy on my boo... ELLEN POTTER What is a Man / Woman who does not try and make the World Better? 'KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ' THE MOVIE HARUKI MURAKAMI FRANK LAUTENBERG DOUGLAS BRUNT KESHA LIBBA BRAY The theme of counterfeits, of those that produce and sell them, has always been part of the culture ... M.I.A. SKRILLEX
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