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• I don't think he'd [Andy Warhol] be that amazed because he was so driven to be the Picasso of the second half of the 20th century.

  Bob Colacello

  Thinking, Warhol, Driven

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• OK, so $1 trillion is what it costs to run the federal government for one year. So this money's going to run through September of 2016. Half of the trillion dollars goes to defense spending and the Pentagon. The other half goes to domestic spending - everything from prisons to parks. So there's also about 74 billion in there that goes to the military operations that we have ongoing in Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria.

  Susan Davis

  Running, Military, Iraq

  "Here's What You Should Know About The $1.8 Trillion Spending Bill". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. December 21, 2015.

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• Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon Valley, you know, Van Gogh. And at the other end of the spectrum, you got much more severe handicaps where they never learn to speak.

  Temple Grandin

  Jobs, Autism, Valleys

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

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• Half of Silicon Valley's got a little bit of autism.

  Temple Grandin

  Autism, Valleys, Littles

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

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• These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over what it should be, and it has changed. It's not precise like a diagnosis of tuberculosis would be very precise.

  Temple Grandin

  Doctors, Autism, Other Half

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

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• The perfect Sunday morning is the family at home, staying in pajamas for half the day and eating a late breakfast.

  Christine Taylor

  Morning, Home, Sunday

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• I definitely want to write some fiction, for sure. I already have half of the next book. I already have it all mapped out. I'm ready. I'm ready to bring it to the world.

  Moshe Kasher

  Book, Writing, Fiction

  Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.

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• What the Des Moines Register said - you know, there were coin - I think there were half a dozen coin flips - a fairly chaotic type situation. At the end of the day, no matter how it's recounted, it will break roughly even. I love and respect the caucus process in Iowa. See, and I don't have to say it, because they voted already.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, Iowa, The End Of The Day

  Bernie Sanders during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

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• More than half of Americans have changed religions at least once in their adult lifetime. This is - the rate of religious conversion here is much, much higher than it is anywhere in Europe, for example.

  Susan Jacoby

  Religious, Europe, Adults

  "'Strange Gods' Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 17, 2016.

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• I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap old fish.

  Harry Turtledove

  Reading, Writing, Stuff

  Source: www.sfsignal.com

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• So with science, it's original idea was to ignore the spiritual or nebulous side of reality and to strictly work on concrete things. Say there's a brick which we cut it in half and then see there's two half's of a brick. If we keep cutting we can then see there's particles and so on and so forth.

  Brad Warner

  Spiritual, Cutting, Reality

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we go, let's deal with this" because we're not dealing with it. I'm waiting for somebody to write another book but it hasn't happened yet, though I guess mine's only been out for a year and a half.

  Brad Warner

  Book, Writing, Doors

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• The world is very disparate, in terms of the US using the most energy per person, and then the other rich countries - Europe, Japan, New Zealand - using about half of what we do, and then the world average being about a fifth of what we use, with China just now surpassing the world average.

  Bill Gates

  Country, Rich Countries, Japan

  "THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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• They told me I'd have to be there for the entire shooting of the movie which was two and a half months and again, I was surprised. Most movies I'd worked on before took only a day or so, so I realized this was a pretty big deal. I got to the set and was involved in a very integral way, which was a fun experience to be a part of.

  Mike Vallely

  Fun, Two, Way

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• Many philosophers in the second half of the 20th century really seemed to think that they were laying the foundations for science by laying down the conceptual (necessary) truths.

  Patricia Churchland

  Thinking, Foundation, Laying Down

  "Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.

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• I think given all the different imperatives - getting energy to Africa, security of energy, climate change, that we should be spending half as much as we spend on health, which will get you all the way up to $15 billion - the health people don't like it when things get compared to their number.

  Bill Gates

  Thinking, Numbers, People

  "THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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• Anyway, the US, as in most issues, is the best, has the best capability to lead, and really needs to lead. It doesn't [mean] that other countries won't pick different tacks and emphasize different things. In aggregate, they're almost half of the energy R&D. Europe, China, Japan - it's very important that they come along and contribute to these things.

  Bill Gates

  Country, Mean, Japan

  "THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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• It's a big responsibility to be the main part of a film because if you don't like me, you have a problem for two-and-a-half hours.

  Carice van Houten

  Responsibility, Two, Film

  "Carice van Houten Talks to Cole Smithey About Making Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

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• I was just talking to Bono the other day, and he was like, "Are you doing shows?" I've just been off the road for a month-and-a-half, and he was like, "You lucky girl."

  Alicia Keys

  Girl, Talking, Lucky

  "6 Questions With Alicia Keys". Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. October 20, 2005.

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• We can't win - if we nominate someone - if we nominate someone that half of the Republican Party hates, we're going to be fighting against each other all the way to November [of 2016]. We will never win that way.

  Marco Rubio

  Hate, Party, Fighting

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I created my own space, which was called the cave. It was a live/work space in downtown Los Angeles on 7th and Spring. When I lived there it was quite derelict. I got this massive space and half of it was my bedroom and the other half of it was the back room - no [natural] light, all fluorescent lights.

  Kesh

  Spring, Light, Space

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I saw Vicente Fox use the word that he used. I can only tell you, if I would have used even half of that word, it would have been national scandal. This guy used a filthy, disgusting word on television, and he should be ashamed of himself, and he should apologize, OK?

  Donald Trump

  Guy, Use, Television

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• When I was younger, I had an older brother a year and a half older than me, so we always had each other, and I felt very fortunate in that regard.

  Rib Hillis

  Brother, Years, Regard

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• Half of the reason why people aren't able to succeed in life is because they hypnotize themselves into believing that they can't accomplish their goals, it's a mind game they play with themselves.

  Rahki

  Believe, Games, Play

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• God is my spiritual guide. Half the music I come up with I really don't know where it comes from.

  Rahki

  Spiritual, Guides, Come Up

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