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• I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.

  Maggie Grace

  Fun, Long, Style

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• I think there's a tendency for actors like myself, and I don't mean to generalize myself, but I've played 'men's men,' if you will, characters that are simmering rage and calculated. There's a trend not to play anything that is opposed to that.

  Idris Elba

  Character, Mean, Men

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

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• All caught up in the trends, well the truth began to bend.

  Jack Johnson

  Art, Media, Entertainment

  Song: Posters, Album: Brushfire Fairytales

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• Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

  Ray Davies

  Fashion, Art, Media

  Song: Dedicated Follower of Fashion

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• Who you going to tell when the repercussions spin, showing off your ass because you think it's a trend.

  Lauryn Hill

  Art, Thinking, Media

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• Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen.

  Thomas Sowell

  Science, Years, Variables

  Thomas Sowell (1995). “The Vision of the Anointed: Self-congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy”, p.102, Basic Books

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• Any attempt to shape the world and modify human personality in order to create a self-chosen pattern of life involves many unknown consequences. Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back. The multiplicity of determinants which affect biological systems limits the power of the experimental method to predict their trends and behavior.

  Rene Dubos

  Destiny, Self, Order

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• If we could only put God first, maybe this ugly trend could one day be reversed.

  Rebecca St. James

  Religious, Religion, One Day

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• I think we have a great track record on being relevant, on identifying consumer trends, needs and wants.

  Jim Cantalupo

  Thinking, Track, Needs

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• Maybe this will be the beginning of a trend? Flat taxes, cutting foreign aid, a referendum on Europe, grammar schools. Who knows?

  Nigel Farage

  School, Cutting, Europe

  "Theresa May accused of lifting cat anecdote from Ukip leader" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2011.

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• I've always been the girl the kids in school would be like, 'What is she wearing?' Then eventually some trends would stick.

  Shenae Grimes

  Girl, School, Kids

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• I've had my ring since I was 12 years old. But for me it's not something I want to go around saying, 'Hey, look what I have', It's a promise I made to myself and God. I think some people misinterpret that as a trend and think everyone's getting one.

  Selena Gomez

  Thinking, Years, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  People, Choices, Together

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• The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.

  Naoto Kan

  Country, India, Nuclear

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• Believe me, I love commerce as much as the rest of the readers of 'Businessweek.' But in art, you have to be true to yourself and your musical vision. People have known me well for a long time, so if I was chasing a trend and doing something that wasn't authentic to who I am, they would know it in just a few seconds.

  Lionel Richie

  Art, Believe, Who I Am

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

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• Sometimes it feels like it hurts when you make a big purchase, so I really believe that the more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends.

  Amber Valletta

  Hurt, Believe, Sometimes

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• There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens.

  Vance Havner

  Son, Bigger And Better, Laziness

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• I've been accused countless times of writing gloomy futures. But to me, the texture of my sci-fi just feels like an extrapolation of current trends.

  Richard K. Morgan

  Writing, Texture, Sci Fi

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• Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.

  Zhang Ziyi

  News, World, Today

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• Today, models are able to share industry news, trends, and communicate with fans through Twitter, Instagram and blogs. So in a way, our position as models is way more personable and relatable.

  Karlie Kloss

  Fans, News, Able

  "Exclusive Interview: Supermodel Hosts Usher In New Generation of 'House of Style'". Interview with Colleen Nika, www.rollingstone.com. September 10, 2012.

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• If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.

  Veronica Roth

  Fiction, Utopian, Ifs

  "Divergent Author Veronica Roth Imagines Terrible Utopian Fiction" by Sabrina Rojas Weiss, December 2, 2011.

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• When I hear about something allegedly happening in the world I always ask: who is doing it? Trends break out because they're based on real demographics, like there being fewer nuclear families or more people living alone. If 10 people in Shoreditch are doing it, it's a 10-minute fad.

  Peter York

  Real, People, World

  "This Much I Know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2007.

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• I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.

  U Thant

  Vietnam, Firsts, Inevitable

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• One of the reasons there may be a trend toward moving out of the cities, again, it may be conscious or it may be unconscious, but it is a desire to connect more with nature. And with the natural rhythms. We [people] need that! We've been missing it.

  Shakti Gawain

  Moving, Cities, People

  "An interview with Shakti Gawain about transformation locally and globally". Lotus Guide interview, lotusguide.com. June 6, 2012.

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• You can see the next big trends in fashion on the red carpet and see what colors, silhouettes are hot right now. You might see Taylor Swift wearing Gucci, and most of us can't afford that Gucci dress, but you can look at the beading and be inspired by it for, say, your prom or a friend's wedding.

  Giuliana Rancic

  Fashion, Color, Dresses

  "Giuliana Rancic on Oscar Fashion and Why "Every True Fashionista" Should Aim to Be on the Worst-Dressed List". Interview with Sophia Chabbott, www.glamour.com. February 21, 2014.

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