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• Frankly, the people probably most interested in having computer lists on disk are junk mail vendors and solicitors.

  Karen Hughes

  People, Junk, Mail

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• My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.

  Polly Berrien Berends

  Years, Parent, Parenthood

  Polly Berrien Berends (1987). “Whole child, whole parent”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• When I think about what makes Canada great, fresh water is right at the top of the list. We have over two million lakes in this country and more than enough people who are willing to mess with them. My Canada includes weird scientists who are devoted to keeping our water clean. When we stand up and we sing O Canada, we pledge to stand on guard for thee. If that doesn't include our water, we might as well sit down and give up.

  Rick Mercer

  Country, Giving Up, Thinking

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• Oddly, though, lists are reassuring. We become aware of this if we scrupulously follow a recipe, which is essentially a list of ingredients and actions; but if we give this 'list' too much importance, we leave no room for the imagination.

  Jean-Claude Ellena

  Giving, Imagination, Recipes

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• Guitarists shouldn't get too riled up about all of the great players that were left off of 'Rolling Stone Magazines' list of the Greatest Guitar Players of all Time' ... Rolling Stone is published for people who read the magazine because they don't know what to wear.

  Joe Satriani

  Music, Player, Guitar

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• Don't know if it's good or bad that a Google search on “Big Bang Theory” lists the sitcom before the origin of the Universe

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Google, Bangs, Bigs

  Twitter post from Oct 7, 2010

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• Stupidity-The top of the list for Satanic Sins.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Stupidity, Satanic, Sin

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• Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.

  Carl Honore

  Airplane, Journey, Lunch

  "Recession? The Perfect Time to Slow Down" by Carl Honoré, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2008.

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• If history starts as a guest list, it has a tendency to end like the memory of a drunken party: misheard, blurred, fragmentary.

  Sarah Churchwell

  Memories, Party, Guests

  Sarah Churchwell (2013). “Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby”, p.71, Hachette UK

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• When you play a smaller, more intimate venue, you can have real conversations with your audience, take risks, and stay current. You can also change the set list, on how the day feels or how the audience reacts. When you do arena shows, every arena looks and feels the same. You can't see who is in the room.

  Jason Mraz

  Real, Play, Risk

  "Yes! Jason Mraz returns to his 'coffeehouse performer' roots". Interview with Mike Nunez, www.tennessean.com. February 11, 2015.

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• The reality is each new day and each project is another opportunity to learn, experiment and try something I haven't done before. I've found that's what keeps me motivated and moving forward - learning new things and challenging myself on a daily basis to improve as a composer, recording engineer, percussionist, guitarist, producer...the list goes on and on!

  Jason Graves

  Moving Forward, Opportunity, Reality

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• In the past that you should choose a list of female action superhero movies that haven't worked. I don't believe they haven't worked because they had a female in the lead, I believe they didn't work because they weren't good. They weren't technically well done movies.

  Kevin Feige

  Believe, Past, Superhero

  "Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige Talks Choosing Directors, THE AVENGERS 2, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, DOCTOR STRANGE, and Much, Much More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 8, 2013.

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• Clearly, audiences are very accepting of A-list talent both giving them what they want - Tom Hanks is the most classic example - and then going on, from time to time, to do things that are unexpected. That's part of what makes people want to go to the movies and not just sit home.

  Mark Canton

  Home, People, Giving

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• When I turn in my list, obviously every record was important to me. I didn't just put records on there to put records on there. I was excited that "All I Do Is Win" could go on there because you hear it at the end of the game and that represents victory. That's undeniable. You can't hate on that, it's impossible.

  DJ Khaled

  Hate, Winning, Games

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I'm grateful for the experiences I've accumulated. Of course, there are certain things you wish were not on anyone's list of life experiences, but it's a life. It's a good life. And I like what's there.

  Renee Zellweger

  Good Life, Grateful, Wish

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I've kept the people who've been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy [Kennedy] had been with me since 1978. Janusz Kaminsky, my cinematographer, has made every movie with me since Schindler's List. Michael Kahn has cut every movie I've directed since 1976 when we made Close Encounters together. Rick Carter has done more than 15 of my directed films as a production designer.

  Steven Spielberg

  Cutting, Careers, People

  "War Horse - Steven Spielberg interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• As an artist, I move along in my life, into whatever things I'm doing, and I hear things where it's like, "Oh, that'd be a great [song] title! I'll use that!" So I keep a running list of titles on my computer. I've got these words and phrases that just sustained my interest. So I'm a step ahead, really, with the titling!

  Andy Summers

  Running, Song, Moving

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• There are jokes I know I want to tell, and there's sort of a rough order, but usually I try to change it up every show, to improvise and talk with the audience. I think when you tell jokes, if you're not careful, you can end up telling the whole list of jokes and then that's it. And that can get a little boring.

  Demetri Martin

  Thinking, Order, Trying

  Source: www.isthmus.com

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• I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits - and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!

  Al Yankovic

  Song, Ideas, Bigs

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• All men think that they're nice guys. Some of them are not. Contact me for a list of names.

  Rita Rudner

  Funny, Nice, Humor

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• I have the most devoted and loyal following. I could probably type up my grocery list and they'd all want to read it. I love that they're willing to let me go wherever I need to go as an author, and they're happy to come along for the ride as the reader.

  Jodi Picoult

  Want, Needs, Loyal

  Source: www.goodreads.com

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• When you talk about heroines and heroes, at the top of the list has got to be the single moms of America.

  Bernie Sanders

  Mom, Hero, America

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• Nothing can kill the future dreams and goals of a new graduate than 50k of debt like an anvil over your head. I got to Indiana University not because I visited the campus and loved everything about it. I picked Indiana University because I saw a list of the top 10 business schools and it was the cheapest.

  Mark Cuban

  Dream, School, Goal

  Interview with Ryan Babikian, elitedaily.com. May 30, 2012.

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• When you make a to-do list, you should also make a to-not-do list. Warren Buffet was asked about the secret to success, and he said that it was saying no to almost everything. Some of those little tasks won't matter as long as you get the big tasks done.

  Brian Tracy

  Long, Secret, Tasks

  Source: www.webpagefx.com

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• I used to prefer cash but I'm more and more drawn to cards because with certain cards you get the full lists which you can then pass on to your accountant so you don't have to do the whole receipt, receipt, receipt thing as it's all itemised.

  Lemar

  Cards, Cash, Used

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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