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• I don't listen to music, actually. Obviously I go to clubs; I stand in elevators; a lot of my friends are musicians; I hear music all the time. But I don't have my own collection of music.

  Natalia Kills

  Musician, Clubs, Elevators

  "A Moment With Natalia Kills". Interview with Romy Oltuski, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 28, 2014.

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• I have long been an ardent believer in the science of Homeopathy and I feel happy that it has got now a greater hold in India than even in the land of its origin. It is not merely a collection of a few medicines but a real science with a rational philosophy at its base. We require more scientific interest and inquiry into the matter with special stress upon the Indian environment

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Stress, Philosophy, Real

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• It is the tragedy of other people that they are to us merely showcases for the very perishable collections of our own mind.

  Marcel Proust

  People, Mind, Tragedy

  Marcel Proust (2015). “Remembrance of Things Past: The Sweet Cheat Gone”, p.123, Marcel Proust

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• Some people collect paperweights, or pre-Columbian figures, or old masters, or young mistresses, or tombstone rubbings, or five-minute recipes, or any of a thousand other things... My own collection is sunrises; and I find that they have their advantages. Sunrises are usually handsome, they can't possibly be dusted, and they take only a little room, so long as it has a window to see them from.

  Peg Bracken

  Tombstone, Long, People

  "I Didn't Come Here to Argue (The Sunrise Collector: What to Do till Your Horoscope Gets There)". Book by Peg Bracken (Fawcett Crest edition, p. 37), 1969.

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• Heroin may be bad, but it sure as hell hasn't hurt my CD collection.

  Bill Maher

  Hurt, Cds, Addiction

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• A newspaper, as I'm sure you know, is a collection of supposedly true stories written down by writers who either saw them happen or talked to people who did. These writers are called journalists, and like telephone operators, butchers, ballerinas, and people who clean up after horses, journalists can sometimes make mistakes.

  Daniel Handler

  Horse, Mistake, Media

  "The Vile Village". Book by Daniel Handler, 2001.

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• Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always so composed, so full of wisdom, that we are able to take in at once the whole scope of a work according to its merits. Do we not mark in a book passages which seem to have a direct reference to ourselves? Young people especially, who have failed in acquiring a complete cultivation of mind, are roused in a praiseworthy way by brilliant passages.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Book, People, Mind

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• I think jeans have gotten away from the original meaning, that symbol of freedom; they've gone gimmicky and turned into a status item. Our denim is offered at lower price points for that reason. As far as the men's clothing in the collection, it's basically my wardrobe. I think men's clothes should be grounded, strong and classic. I like simple: a blazer, jeans, a low cut tee and maybe a silk scarf.

  Johan Lindeberg

  Strong, Cutting, Simple

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• The paintings by dead men who were poor most of their lives are the most valuable pieces in my collection. And if an artist wants to really jack up the prices of his creations, may I suggest this: suicide.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Suicide, Artist, Men

  Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Bluebeard: A Novel”, p.53, Dial Press

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• I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.

  Jean Paul Gaultier

  Thinking, Renewal, I Can

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• Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I also had access to some old collections, the little paperbacks of the really good stuff.

  Alison Bechdel

  Mad, Magazines, Littles

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• The words we choose can build communities, reunite loved ones, and inspire others. They can be a catalyst for change. However, our words also have the power to destroy and divide: they can start a war, reduce a lifelong relationship to a collection of memories, or end a life.

  Simon Tam

  Memories, War, Catalyst For Change

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• A student researching into my work has actually traced the newspapers and magazines where I found theses images and has found out that many of them illustrate a collection of gruesome stories, murders and suicides which contrast with the images used. There is a contrast between the message carried by the text and that suppressed by the illustration.

  Gerhard Richter

  Suicide, Art, Illustration

  Gerhard Richter, Sean Rainbird, Tate Gallery (1991). “Gerhard Richter”, Tate Gallery Publication

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• My life had become an endless race against the clock. I was always in a hurry, scrambling to save a minute here, a few seconds there. My wake-up call came when I found myself toying with the idea of buying a collection of One-Minute Bedtime Stories Snow White in 60 seconds. Suddenly it hit me: my rushaholism has got so out of hand that I'm even willing to speed up those precious moments with my children at the end of the day. There has to be a better way, I thought, because living in fast forward is not really living at all. That's why I began investigating the possibility of slowing down.

  Carl Honore

  Children, Race, Hands

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• I hate funerals and would not attend my own if it could be avoided, but it is well for every man to stop once in a while to think of what sort of a collection of mourners he is training for his final event.

  Robert Tappan Morris

  Death, Hate, Men

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• I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Basketball, Fashion, Design

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• I love Polaroids and I have a Polaroid camera collection from the '50s.

  Jennifer Jason Leigh

  Cameras, Polaroids

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• You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.

  Glen Hansard

  Funny Things, Decision, Intellectual

  "Singer-songwriter Glen Hansard". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 18, 2012.

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• I remember my mom had a big collection of copies of Saturday Evening Post magazines, and that was really my introduction to those great illustrators.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Mom, Evening, Magazines

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• When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.

  Camilla Belle

  Fashion, Art, Years

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• Sometimes when I speak to groups or I'm interviewed by a journalist, I ask them to imagine their communities without Girl Scouts - to imagine the thousands of food drives and clothing and toy collections that would never take place if not for Girl Scouts.

  Anna Maria Chavez

  Girl, Community, Groups

  "Girl Scouts Changed the World 100 Years Ago — Now it’s Our Turn" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.

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• If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Book, Mouths, Recommendations

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• I have lots of records, quite a collection, actually, that I stole from my mom. I have the original 'Thriller' album and I have a really great 'Elton John's Greatest Hits,' and I also have a N.E.R.D. album. Records sound more original. They have more edge.

  Elisha Cuthbert

  Mom, Sound, Albums

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• Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Allies, United States, Defense

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• Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.

  Dimebag Darrell

  Cds, Your Favorite

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