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• Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don't reflect who women are, and there's something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.

  Carla Gugino

  Movie, Silly, Kind

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Louis Vuitton, the world's biggest luxury brand in terms of sales, is planning to dampen its expansion worldwide and focus on high-end products to preserve its exclusive image.

  Bernard Arnault

  Luxury, Focus, Expansion

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• A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.

  Jonathan Ames

  Writing, Landscape, Action

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• I wanted to write about relationships. But I didn't feel I had the experience to sing about them in a deep way. Studying psychology helped me out in terms of my understanding. I still look through my old textbooks when I'm in need of inspiration.

  Natasha Bedingfield

  Inspiration, Writing, Psychology

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• I'm a very, very handsome man, and have had to come to terms with it... um, do I like the way I look? In the right light, and with a following wind.

  Rob Brydon

  Men, Light, Wind

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term.

  Bob Barr

  Military, War, Moving

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• In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.

  Caprice Bourret

  Moving, Careers, Anything Goes

  "Caprice Bourret...the sexiest fish in the pond". www.askmen.com.

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• For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world.

  Conrad Black

  America, World, Has Beens

  "A Terrible & Vacuous Crisis of Leadership" by Conrad Black, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 29, 2010.

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• The dualism itself becomes a sort of presupposition or datum; its terms condition the further problem.

  James Mark Baldwin

  Data, Problem, Conditions

  James Mark Baldwin (1913). “History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation”

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• I have made lots of mistakes in terms of contracts and spending money when I shouldn't have spent money.

  Jenson Button

  Mistake, Made, Spending

  "Jenson Button drinks in memories before joining F1's 200 club" by Giles Richards, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2011.

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• In terms of sheer writing I might have done most of my work by 11. If you get up at 6:30 or 7 you can get a huge amount done by 11 and have the rest of the day off if you want to, though I have to check my accumulating e-mails. No one ever sends me horrible e-mails. Although some of my books are supposed to be hated, no one ever tells me.

  Melvin Burgess

  Book, Writing, Mail

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• In a system where the cost of care is hidden by taxes levied on your income, property, and business activities, it is no wonder why so many Americans rely on Medicaid to pay their long term care.

  Michael C. Burgess

  Long, Pay, Income

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• As a major economic force worldwide, India and Indian companies have the opportunity to set the standards in Asia in terms of women's right to decent work.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Opportunity, India, Asia

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• The Mozilla project is big in terms of lines of code and complexity.

  Mitchell Baker

  Lines, Mozilla, Projects

  "Next generation browser: Pure open source software development comes of age". Interview with Dana Greenlee, www.tacomadailyindex.com. September 10, 2004.

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• I embrace the term 'evangelical,' if by that we mean a belief that we together can actually work for change in the world, caring for the environment, extending to the poor generosity and kindness, a hopeful outlook. That's a beautiful sort of thing.

  Rob Bell

  Beautiful, Kindness, Mean

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• In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  Hands, Icons, Grease

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• I live in L.A. and I do have wonderful friends; I moved there when I was 19 so I developed a close knit group of friends, none of whom are actors, none of which are Australian, but I couldn't do it long term.

  Adelaide Clemens

  Wonderful Friends, Long, Groups

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What gets posted online is not short term, and is open for easy misinterpretation. Messages and pictures spread faster through the Internet than they ever could by word of mouth.

  Anna Maria Chavez

  Mouths, Messages, Internet

  "Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.

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• Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

  Ben Casnocha

  Goal, Long, Limits

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• Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

  Anatoly Chubais

  Long, Fundamentals, Institutions

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• When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.

  Anderson Cooper

  Long, Adults, Gone

  Buography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow a dress code. I don't know if that's an Asperger's thing or not, I think it's just being reasonable.

  Bram Cohen

  Attitude, Thinking, Dresses

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• Whether via social media or in person, building your relationships is a long-term process, and the ultimate goal is to strengthen your network one person at a time.

  Raymond Arroyo

  Media, Long, Goal

  "The Power of 'No'” by Raymond J. Arroyo, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2012.

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• If Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan get elected to the White House, Medicare will be bankrupt by the end of their first term.

  Stephanie Cutter

  White, House, Firsts

  "Obama, Romney Campaigns Trade Barbs On Medicare" By Lucia Graves, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2012.

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• I take things on a day to day basis when it gets really hectic. But I do think long term and I'm looking forward to the next couple of years when I do start producing my own films with my production company and playing some characters that are older and that's really exciting to me.

  Erika Christensen

  Couple, Character, Thinking

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