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• Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.

  Lukas Foss

  Creative, Age, Process

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• I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. 'It's a job, Al,' Guy told me. 'We work at it every day.'

  Al Franken

  Jobs, Couple, Seven Months

  Al Franken (2002). “Oh, the Things I Know!”, p.47, Penguin

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• You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.

  Stephen Fry

  Six, Film, Five

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• I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers.

  Al Gore

  Years, Newspapers, Articles

  Interview with John McMurtrie, www.sfgate.com. February 17, 2013.

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• Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Dream, Giving Up

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• Carmelia Montiel, a twenty-year-old virgin, had just bathed in orange-blossom water and was strewing rosemary leaves on Pilar Ternera's bed when the shot rang out. Aureliano José had been destined to find with her the happiness that Amaranta had denied him, to have seven children, and to die in her arms of old age, but the bullet that entered his back and shattered his chest had been directed by a wrong interpretation of the cards.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Children, Orange, Years

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• The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all of them, and I know what it’s like. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.

  Mitch Albom

  Wise, Children, Men

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• A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just goes on giraffing.

  Robert Fulghum

  Long, Black, Twenties

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• Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

  Elie Wiesel

  Dream, Night, Dust

  Night ch. 3 (1960)

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• Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and that a vegetarian diet reduces our risk of heart disease by 40 percent and adds seven or more years to our lifespan.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Heart, Vegetarian Diet, Average

  "The Skinny on our Growing Girth" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. Sptember 26,2009.

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• By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Home, Play, Hours

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• I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby.

  Gary Numan

  Baby, Cousin, Brother

  "Gary Numan: My family values" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2012.

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• Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second.

  Conan O'Brien

  Dream, Regret, Seven Months

  "Conan O'Brien quips about next career move: nudity" by Catherine Donaldson-Evans, Marla Lehner, www.cnn.com. January 23, 2010.

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• I mean, I'm an uncle of seven or eight, and I don't mind it at all! Kids are great. Kids are the best six-hour experience you can have!

  Chris O'Dowd

  Uncles, Mean, Kids

  "Our Hilarious Interview with Friends With Kids Star Chris O'Dowd: "Women Just Want To Spoon Me."". Interview with Jessica Radloff, www.glamour.com. March 8, 2012.

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• The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.

  Frances O'Grady

  Country, Data, Imf

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• Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been replaced, you're meant to experience that seven-year itch.

  Yoko Ono

  Cells, Years, Body

  "This much I know" by Alice Fisher, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2009.

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• Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say the exact same thing in three characters? I can't think of a sentence in which 'use' can't replace 'utilize.'

  Susan Orlean

  Character, Thinking, Three

  "Wordy Rappinghood" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. September 8, 2010.

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• Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.

  George Orwell

  Birthday, Trust, Eight

  George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.

  Clive Owen

  Drama, School, Europe

  "Clive Owen: I would do anything for my family". Interview, sg.news.yahoo.com. July 2, 2012.

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• My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.

  Bettie Page

  Dark, Victory, Actresses

  FaceBook post by Bettie Page from Feb 18, 2014

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• I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it.

  Gordon Parks

  Cameras, Dollars, Fifty

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• I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

  James Patterson

  Writing, Joy, Four

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• I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love being able to get on a plane and basically carry around seven books and it weigh 10 ounces.

  James Patterson

  Book, Thinking, Able

  "Surviving Summer Camp In James Patterson's 'Middle School'". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. June 22, 2013.

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• The Seven Cities of Gold always fascinated me. Southwestern U.S. history especially fascinates me. The whole spur of the Spanish exploration of the Southwestern U.S. was the search for these mythical Seven Cities of Gold.

  Neil Peart

  Cities, Gold, Spurs

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• There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.

  Tom Robbins

  Stories, Existence, Stills

  "Novelist Tom Robbins Plays Not My Job". Interview with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. June 5, 2010.

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