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  • Ben Nicholson When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.
    Ben Nicholson
    English painter (1894 - 1982)
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  • Carl Rogers When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
    Carl Rogers
    American psychologist (1902 - 1987)
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  • Camille Paglia When I meet gay men anywhere in the world, there is a spontaneity and a spirit of fun and mischief that lesbians seem incapable of.
    Vamps and Tramps (1994)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Bonnie McKee When I moved to Seattle in fourth grade, I joined the Seattle Girls' Choir. It's a world-class choir, and we competed, toured Europe, and went and sang at the Vatican, so it was a really awesome experience to have that young.
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  • Carmen Marton When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That's what I aim to do in Rio - my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can't get too complacent. I can't relax; I can't be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.
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  • Bob Newhart When I started, I was doing all the good comedians I'd ever seen. Then I developed my own voice. My routines are my natural way of looking at the world.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Bobby Keys When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and sideburns, man. Pink and black coloured clothes. Turn your collar up, comb your hair in ducktails. And the music was cool. It was a whole culture then - a different world.
    Bobby Keys
    American saxophonist (1943 - 2014)
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  • Bill Clinton When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Bill Clinton When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the World Wide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Carole King When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, 'Thank you.' Because out of my window I can see the mountains, then go hiking with my dog and share her bounding joy in the world.
    Carole King
    American singer-songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Beth Ditto When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand's flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard When I was seven, I was allowed to be an extra in 'Parenthood,' which was amazing. But then I kind of got addicted to it, and my parents didn't want me to want to act. They felt that would be putting your kid in an adult world.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Billy Collins When I write, I'm not trying to be funny. It's the way I look at the world.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Carl Hagelin When I'm in the city, I like to go to different events and get introduced to different people. That's what New York is all about. There is great diversity, and there are people from all over the world who have done amazing things. That's my favorite thing to do: meet new people.
    Carl Hagelin
    Swedish ice hockey player (1988 - )
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  • Agnetha Faltskog When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!.
    Agnetha Faltskog
    Swedish singer, songwriter and actress (1950 - )
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  • Bono When John Lennon sings, Oh, my love/For the first time in my life/My eyes are wide open — these songs have an intimacy for me that's not just between people, I realize now, not just sexual intimacy. A spiritual intimacy.
    Rolling Stone interview (2005)
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro When Limbaugh entered the world of talk radio, the AM dial was essentially moribund. He turned it into a weapon for conservatism, and in the process, led the revolution that has ended in the disintegration of the old media monopoly.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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