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• It's funny. When I saw the script in my inbox and it said 'Sparkle,' I thought, 'For real? It's really called 'Sparkle?'' I was wondering, too, how does 'Jordin Sparks as Sparkle' sound?

  Jordin Sparks

  Real, Sound, Doe

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• I like what I see in the mirror. I liked what I saw in the mirror before. It just didn't work in a bikini. And now it does. So I'm excited!

  Jordin Sparks

  Mirrors, Doe, Bikinis

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• I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my father. And then the greatest thing that happened to me was when I saw the light, and realized I needed to love him in a way that he could love me back.

  Steven Spielberg

  Father, Thinking, Light

  "Spielberg: A director's life reflected in film". "60 Minutes" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. January 10, 2013.

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• I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.

  Steven Spielberg

  War, Cities, People

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• I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his ideals, to his vision.

  Steven Spielberg

  Father, Vision, Stories

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• ...So in his own way Guy Clinch confronted the central question of his time, a question you saw being asked and answered everywhere you looked, in every headline and haircut: if, at any moment, nothing might matter, then who said that nothing didn't matter already?

  Martin Amis

  Guy, Might, Matter

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• I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Musician, Would Be, Lifetime

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• Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Mother, Father, Self

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• I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Children, School, Bird

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• I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Kids, Insecure, Gone

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• When I saw 'Hercules,' my mind just exploded because I was extremely thin; I was insecure. I literally ran out of the theatre and started lifting things, anything I could think of - milk crates. I'm still lifting things. It changed my life.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Insecure, Thinking, Mind

  Interview with Brian D. Johnson, www.macleans.ca. March 6, 2012.

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• People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,'' and, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Oprah.'' And it's really nice, and a lot of people say, 'Is it a pain?' And I say 'No.' And it's not annoying.

  Mattie Stepanek

  Kings, Pain, Nice

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• Hey, T-Rex? Remind me next time I want to get smartass with you that it’s a really stupid move on my part? (Talon) Oh, no, you don’t, you wuss. You told me the next time you saw Ash you were going to ask him if he’d seen the movie 10,000 BC and if it’d made him homesick. (Wulf)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Stupid, Moving, Ashes

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.756, St. Martin's Press

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• When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Smart, Kids, Rope

  "Wonder Woman's New Era". Interview with Richard George, www.ign.com. June 29, 2010.

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• It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.

  Barbra Streisand

  Creeps, Wanted, Audience

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• I went to watch Coldplay in Florida and saw Chris Martin before they went on. He sang 'What Makes You Beautiful' before the chorus of 'Yellow' kicked in. That was so strange because he's an inspiration for me. I think he's so good, he's sick... he's a really nice guy too.

  Harry Styles

  Beautiful, Nice, Inspiration

  "Yum Direction! Boyband reveal secret recipe for success - bucket-loads of fast food" by Tom Bryant, www.mirror.co.uk. November 19, 2012.

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• When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else.

  Kiefer Sutherland

  Mother, Virginia, Firsts

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• I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.

  Jonathan Swift

  Country, Common Sense, Religion

  'Thoughts on Religion' (1765)

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• Sabrina turned back to the house and saw the horrible truth- a pair of legs was sticking out from beneath it and they were wearing a pari of shiny silver shoes with a remarkable red tint to them. She suddenly realized they hadn't just entered a story. They had entered one of the most famous stories ever told. "Daphne, I don't think we're in Ferryport Landing anymore.

  Michael Buckley

  Thinking, Shoes, House

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• Picture the moment when your mom and dad first saw you as something other than a pretty, tiny version of them. You as them, but improved. Better educated. Innocent. Then picture when you stopped being their dream.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mom, Dream, Dad

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey”, p.28, Random House

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• The worst part is that I saw the whole thing -- our whole life. And I want it bad, Jake, I want it all. I want to stay right here and never move. I want to love you and make you happy. And I can't, and it's killing me.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Moving, Love You, Want

  Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

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• See," he began, leaning back into the booth, "I was at this car dealership today, and I saw this girl. It was an across-a-crowded-room kind of thing. A real moment, you know?" I rolled my eyes. Chloe said, "And this would be Remy?" "Right. Remy," he said, repeating my name with a smile. Then, as if we were happy honeymooners recounting our story for strangers he added, "Do you want to tell the next part?" "No," I said flatly.

  Sarah Dessen

  Girl, Real, Eye

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.30, Penguin

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• He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.

  Mervyn Peake

  Independence, Revolt, Seeds

  Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.21, The Overlook Press

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• After the last shovel of dirt was patted in place, I sat down and let my mind drift back through the years. I thought of the old K. C. Baking Powder can, and the first time I saw my pups in the box at the depot. I thought of the fifty dollars, the nickels and dimes, and the fishermen and blackberry patches. I looked at his grave and, with tears in my eyes, I voiced these words: "You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over.

  Wilson Rawls

  Eye, Years, Old Friends

  Wilson Rawls (2011). “Where the Red Fern Grows”, p.235, Laurel Leaf

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• With my sister perched on my arm, I walked to the elevator. A business man with a rolling suitcase was waiting by the doors. His eyes widened as he saw me. I must’ve looked pretty strange—a tall black kid in dirty, ragged Egyptian clothes, with a weird box tucked under one arm and a bird of prey perched on the other. “How’s it going?” I said. “I’ll take the stairs.” He hurried off.

  Rick Riordan

  Dirty, Kids, Eye

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