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When I was a child, women spoke to me of how all they had was their memories, how their husbands went to war and never came back... - Svetlana Alexievich

When I was a child, women spoke to me of how all they had was their memories, how their husbands went to war and never came back, so many tragedies. That chorus of voices filled my consciousness. It was part of life itself.

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I'm a special drunkard... I drink too much.

Bon Scott

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I have this weird musical thing I do: I play violin, and I even went on tour with Tim Robbins. We did a bunch of Canadian cities, and then went down to the States, and then we ended up in Japan.

David Alpay

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It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as writing hit songs that you pitch to the national artist, I just don't write that way.

Emily Robison

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I never spoke out as a kid, I was never good at it as a kid, I was always too shy but I think I have a story and would like to be good at it and tell my story.

George Groves

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Perfect retention. I don't think I could do that-I've never disciplined myself to do it. I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improvisation is not.

George Shearing

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I'm a Caucasian American Jew. These are all things that make up who I am.

Greg Rucka

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Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.

Henry Cloud

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There's kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even throw your arm back. It's kind of a mind-set. You want to be in this perfect mind-set before you released the ball.

Jeff Bridges

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Spider-Man is supposed to be 'neighborhood friendly', but I've never seen that dude at a Black Lives Matter march.

Jermaine Fowler

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Not exactly sure there can be a final chapter to Thanos, considering what he is and his relationship with Mistress Death. Might just be that as long as there is a Marvel, there will be a Thanos to plague that universe's heroes.

Jim Starlin

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I know deep down I'm a star.

Kelela

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I can sit down and watch the Discovery channel and see something on nuclear submarines that gets me thinking about torpedoes and darts . Or I can see a documentary about someone preparing for a big challenge and I'll use the same techniques. You always need to aim to get better.

Phil Taylor

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Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious - it's almost impossible to fight the power of pink. It's not such a terrible thing to want to be a princess when you're five, but it would be nice if there were some other options.

Robert Webb

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I'm someone that likes to not think too binary about human qualities.

Tessa Thompson

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We want a direct relationship with our customers. To build a business and sell products to them.

Tim Sweeney

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