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They've taught... PETE WENTZ I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't ... LAPO ELKANN I think 'In The Heat Of The Night' was one of the most influential films on me. Looking back... TAYLOR SHERIDAN About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN Even if I have a good day, I still am aware of other people that are going through really hard, tumu... CHRISTIAN SCOTT The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room'... BARBARA CORCORAN There are many people who probably don't agree with my acting, and it should be that way: they d... ALIA BHATT I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something... STEVEN SPIELBERG You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't. 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The extraordinary doesn't interest me. I&... JOHN HUGHES The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home. WILLIAM TEMPLE I think that probably the most important thing about our education was that it taught us to question... THABO MBEKI I really don't care what people think of me. I've got my family. I've got my friends. Ye... CHRIS KYLE Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It... GENE SIMMONS I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible thing... BEN ELTON You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withst... ARIEL SHARON 'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we&... SAM SMITH Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, because it's not a good feeling to... SEAN COMBS My parents, my family, that's the biggest inspiration in my life. I've been in a lot of dark... J. R. SMITH Over the years, I've heard a lot of people who don't feel that they have it in them to do an... KAJA FOGLIO Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT All of the details that most of us memorize in medical school - you don't have to learn those th... LEROY HOOD Psychopaths are actually, really, really, really rare in our culture, are people who don't... Or... ANNIE PARISSE I don't be remembering women that I've met before. I don't remember people as a whole. I... WALE I don't go crazy buying expensive technology. I'd probably say my laptops and TVs are the mo... JOEL DAVID MOORE The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime... ELLEN DEGENERES I am a Christian person, and I do love the Lord, and I feel no matter who you are, what you believe,... CARRIE UNDERWOOD I've made mistakes. 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KACEY MUSGRAVES I've had shows as a painter, as a photographer, I've done shows as a sculptor. I've done... NORMAN REEDUS The songs in 'Wonderland' don't have a melodic life for me - I'm not a musical perso... STACEY D'ERASMO Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I've never hosted a party in my life, not even my own birthday party. I'd feel really uncomf... ALESSIA CARA Most of the hotel gym's are not adequate. I mean you might be able to train your arms, but you a... WARREN CUCCURULLO Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in fro... BRENE BROWN It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Ni... CHRISTOPHER DARDEN I've had tons of bullies who would call me retarded, even on my Facebook page. It's sad and ... LAUREN POTTER I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to a... ANNE FRANK People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here ... RUPAUL If you agree to do a sex scene, you have to be willing to not be awkward about it. C'mon! I don&... AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON I've realized that although Valentine's Day can be a cheesy money-making stint to most peopl... REEVA STEENKAMP Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT At this very moment in time there will be people making, breaking relationships, regretting deeply w... DAVID BLUNKETT Growing up, I've had plenty of obstacles, but to be honest, I didn't always have doubters. I... ROMAN REIGNS A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that perso... CAM NEWTON Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don&... JOHN IRVING You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that'... CHARLES OLSON The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You... DOM DELUISE Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't... DALTON MCGUINTY Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Jap... F. SIONIL JOSE But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always ... JENA MALONE In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don... BILL NIGHY There's no point thinking, 'Well, my life's certainly worked out, I've got all the a... MICHAEL FASSBENDER If my life depended on being a social-media person in terms of talking myself up, I probably would b... BABYFACE My favorite parable for living a positive and influential life is the Golden Rule: 'Do unto othe... TONY OLLER I've personally never wanted to be 'the babe', and refuse to let vanity get in the way o... ZOOEY DESCHANEL It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think t... BEN STEIN I've got a really great team around me. They're the ones that are in the restaurants on a da... TODD ENGLISH
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