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Gene Wilder Actor, comedian
California

"I came home [after funerals] and I thought if I go back to California, where I had a small house, I don't think I'll ever come east again. So I decided to stay and go through the halls and stairways, talk to Gilda Radner, holler, express some of my anger and make sure there were no ghosts in the hallways that I should ever be afraid of.And then I found out - it sounds strange, but I found out she had left me the house. We never talked about her dying and what she was going to leave me or I would ever leave her. We just didn't talk about those things."

Thinking Home California
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Kevin James Actor/Comedian
California

"For some reason and I don't know why, but I don't think that I'm funny in California. So I always want to do my movies east somewhere."

Thinking California East
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Khaled Hosseini Author, Physician
California

"I came to the US as an immigrant and I recall vividly those first few years in California, the brief time we spent on welfare, and the difficult task of assimilating into a new culture."

Years Tasks California
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Josh Schwartz Television Producer, Writer
California

"Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California."

Views Relationship California
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Joan Didion Author, Essayist
California

"The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion will live here in only the most temporary way."

Believe California Ease
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Barack Obama Politician
California

"California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest agricultural producer. So what happens here matters to every working American."

Matter Economy California
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Calvin Trillin Author, Humorist
California

"Everything was blamed on Castro. Mudslides in California. The fact that you can't buy a decent tomato anymore. Was there an exceptionally high pollen count in Massapequa, Long Island, one day? It was Castro, exporting sneezes."

Long Islands California
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Ed Rollins Political Consultant
California

"I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term."

Running Summer California
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Carl Gardner Musician
California

"The music I wanted to get into when I went to California, was to, uh, get into, uh, pop, mostly. And the big band era was on at that time. I was doing the "Mona Lisa"s, the "Stardust"s, "Stars Fell On Alabama," all this kind of stuff. And that was my thing that I wanted."

Stars California Alabama
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Elon Musk Entrepreneur, Business Magnate
California

"I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor."

Technology California Fruition
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Erma Bombeck Humorist, Writer
California

"Myths that need clarification: "Everyone in California lives on a white, sandy beach." False. The only people who live on California beaches are vacationers from Arizona, Utah, and Nevada who own condos."

Beach California Utah
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Ben Harper Musician, Singer-Songwriter
California

"I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music."

Kind Boys California
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Dean Smith Basketball Coach
California

"The real issue is not if a crossing is put in, but when. It would be negligent on the part of Union Pacific and the California Public Utilities Commission to not address the problem."

Real Issues California
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Dwight Henry Actor
California

"I'm not ready to pack my bags and leave the town and my business that I love and my kids that I love more than anything and pack them up and come to Hollywood. I love California. I love Hollywood. But I'm not ready to uproot what I believe in to come to Hollywood."

Believe Kids California
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Dylan Lauren Businesswoman
California

"While I'm in L.A. I always make time for my favorite activity which is hiking. The trails in California are amazing, as they are always challenging, and I never get bored from all the beautiful scenery."

Beautiful California Hiking
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