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  • Arlen Specter I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it.
    Arlen Specter
    American lawyer, author, and politician (1930 - 2012)
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  • John Irving I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Andy Rooney I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Andrew Wiles I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will make young mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future.
    Andrew Wiles
    English mathematician (1953 - )
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  • Abraham Pais I knew all the time I was going to get through the war. It was completely irrational, a silly idea, but I was not going to lie down and get myself killed. I was going to get out of it.
    To Save A Life : Stories of Holocaust Rescue (2000)
    Abraham Pais
    Dutch-American physicist (1918 - 2000)
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  • David Malouf I knew that the world around you is only uninteresting if you can't see what is really going on. The place you come from is always the most exotic place you'll ever encounter because it is the only place where you recognise how many secrets and mysteries there are in people's lives.
    David Malouf
    Australian writer (1934 - )
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  • Philip Roth I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the frustration. Writing is frustration - it's daily frustration, not to mention humiliation.
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • August Wilson I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it's going to be about a piano, but that's it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along.
    August Wilson
    American playwright (1945 - 2005)
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  • Aldous Huxley I know very dimly when I start what's going to happen. I just have a very general idea, and then the thing develops as I write.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Bruce Coville I know what I'm going to write for the next three years. It's frustrating, because if I get a good new idea, I have to put it aside.
    Bruce Coville
    American author (1950 - )
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  • Adele I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.
    Adele
    English singer-songwriter (1988 - )
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  • Donald Trump I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Acker Bilk I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know.
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  • Col. Harland Sanders I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.
    Col. Harland Sanders
    American businessman, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) (1890 - 1980)
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  • Shirley Conran I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.
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  • Adriana Lima I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.
    Adriana Lima
    Brazilian model and actress (1981 - )
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  • Aaron Spelling I must tell you, I haven't done the drug problem that is faced by cops and people on the border. It's a hard show to do, but I think it's going to say a lot about drugs and the problems related to them. I just hope people can watch it, it's a pretty strong show
    Aaron Spelling
    American film and television (1923 - 2006)
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  • Bruce Dickinson I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy I never know when I press these whether I am going to blow up Massachusetts or start the project.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
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    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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