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• The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it.

  Buchi Emecheta

  Husband, Book, Looks

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• One of the chief things which my typical man has to learn is that the mental faculties are capable of a continuous hard activity; they do not tire like an arm or a leg. All they want is change - not rest, except in sleep.

  Arnold Bennett

  Sleep, Men, Legs

  Arnold Bennett (2009). “How to Live on Twenty-four Hours a Day: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.32, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I guess you could say, I'm just a typical Methodist kid at heart.

  Hugh Hefner

  Heart, Kids, Methodists

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• People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts, neglecting children, destroying relations with family and losing interest in anything except the drug or cult.

  Keith Henson

  Children, People, Drug

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• I'm a Cancerian, the typical crab with the tough outer shell and the soft bit in the middle. I don't think I'll ever come to terms with people being unnecessarily nasty, but I can take it if someone doesn't like my music - I'm not everyone's cup of tea.

  Katherine Jenkins

  Thinking, People, Tea

  "Katherine Jenkins: this much I know". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2012.

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• I don't like to look typical.

  Adam Lambert

  Looks

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• I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.

  K. D. Lang

  Stars, Rocks, Rock Star

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• I'm a typical middle child. I'm the mediator. The one that makes everything OK, puts their own needs aside to make sure everybody's happy. It's hard to change your nature, even with years and years of therapy.

  Jennifer Jason Leigh

  Change, Children, Years

  "What you see and what you get". Interview with Zoe Williams, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2005.

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• Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Struggle, Class, Evil

  V. I. Lenin (2008). “Lenin on Literature and Art”, p.51, Wildside Press LLC

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• It's absolutely imperative for the parents and the typical kids to have time by themselves, to go out to dinner or even go on vacation while someone else cares for the autistic child.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Children, Kids, Vacation

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• My days all follow much the same pattern. They are structured and typical.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Patterns

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• When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different.

  Mandy Moore

  Beautiful, Thinking, Years

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• In a dream it's typical not to be rational.

  John Forbes Nash

  Dream, Rational

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• A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.'

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Memories, Degrees, Anecdotes

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• Like a typical Gemini I'm changeable, I can be two different types of people. I can be very outgoing, but sometimes very shy.

  Denise Van Outen

  Two, People, Different

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• In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.

  Brad Paisley

  Past, Guitar, Impress

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

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• Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.

  Herbie Hancock

  Unique, Miles, Session

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• I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.

  Ryan Gosling

  Thinking, Men, Hollywood

  ""If women love me it’s because I listen …not for my abs" by Amy Jones". www.thesun.co.uk. August 25, 2012.

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• I bought a lot of rubbish things that kids buy: skateboards and clothes and typical teenage stuff.

  Tom Felton

  Teenage, Kids, Clothes

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• When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose.

  Marina Abramovic

  Baby, Princess, Boys

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• I will never say never, but I will say never to doing the more typical romantic comedies. You know, unless I'm getting audited and I'm on the street and I desperately need some dough and that's the only thing that I'm getting.

  Christian Bale

  Needs, Comedy, Never Say Never

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• I didn't want to do something typical.

  Beck

  Want

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• Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city.

  Bill Bryson

  Cities, Circles, Malls

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• My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.

  Smedley Butler

  Peace, Military, War

  "War Is A Racket". Smedley Butler's speech in the U.S. (1933); later published as a book "War Is a Racket", www.businessinsider.com. 1935.

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• My life is anything but typical.

  Margaret Cho

  Life Is

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