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  • Bruce Vilanch I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Brock Lesnar I missed the NFL by an inch. IRS problems... No money coming in, and not that many options left because I signed that stupid no-compete clause with WWE. I had no one to blame but myself.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Sebastian Faulks I never for a moment considered killing myself, because it wouldn't have achieved anything.
    Source: Engleby (2007)
    Sebastian Faulks
    British novelist, journalist and broadcaster (1953 - )
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  • Mary Corelli I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.
    Mary Corelli
    British writer (1855 - 1924)
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  • George Bernard Shaw I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bryan Adams I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride would never have allowed me to.
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • Mahatma Gandhi I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Busy Philipps I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Adam Jones I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong.
    Adam Jones
    American musician (1965 - )
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  • Anthony Holden I personally felt that his ad hominen attacks on British architects were not the sort of thing a Prince of Wales should be doing because, apart from anything else, they put various people out of business.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Arthur Keith I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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  • Benazir Bhutto I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger. People are worried. We will bring the country out of this crisis.
    Source: At the rally in Rawalpindi after which she was assassinated. (27 December 2007)
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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W. Bruce Cameron I read that all dogs have wolf DNA in them, which seemed preposterous because my dog, Tucker, is... afraid of plastic bags blowing in the wind. I thought, 'How can Tucker have wolf in him? How can this be?' So I started researching it.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Burt Shavitz I realized I had it made because you don't have to destroy anything to get honey. You can just use the same things over and over again, put it in a quart canning jar, and you've got $12.
    Burt Shavitz
    American beekeeper and businessman (1935 - 2015)
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  • Bruce Johnston I really dig the scene that's happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow... you can't beat that.
    Bruce Johnston
    American singer, songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Barry Humphries I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we are.
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Bryan Greenberg I really hope people go out and support the indie filmmakers, because it's a dying breed and there's a lot of cool voices out there that need to be heard.
    Bryan Greenberg
    American actor and singer (1978 - )
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  • Busta Rhymes I really only respect the Arab culture. I ain't really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in political positions and executive positions that ain't Arab culture oriented people because a lot of the times, what are you really showing all of this concern for?
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Assata Shakur I really prefer to be kind of anonymous. Because when people know your whole history, they have a tendency to relate to you differently and maybe put you up on a pedestal. I want people to just be normal with me. I just want to live my life.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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