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Johnny Cash Musician, Singer-songwriter
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"We went down [Folsom Prison] and there's a rodeo at all these shows that the prisoners have there. And in between the rodeo things, they asked me to set up and do two or three songs. So that was what I did. I did "Folsom Prison Blues," which they thought was their song - you know? - and "I Walk The Line," "Hey Porter," "Cry, Cry, Cry." And then the word got around on the grapevine that Johnny Cash is all right and that you ought to see him."

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Earl Campbell American Football Player
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"Sometimes I pay for it, With the way I walk now, the things I did to my body wasn't supposed to be done. At 48 years old, it is saying, 'Hey, Earl, remember what you did to me?'."

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David Barton Politician
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"There’s a passage that I love in Romans 1. … [I]t talks about homosexuality and it says that they will receive in their bodies the penalties of their behavior. … The Bible [is] right every time … and that’s why AIDS has been something they haven’t discovered a cure for or a vaccine for. … And that goes to what God says, ‘Hey you’re going to bear in your body the consequences of this homosexual behavior.’"

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Desmond Tutu Theologian, Activist
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"I wish that we did have a magic wand which we could wave and hey presto! Magic! Unfortunately life is not like that."

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Theresa May Politician
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"A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!"

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Adrian Peterson Professional Athlete
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"I try to be open with everybody, try to make everybody feel welcome and make them feel like, hey, I'm an easy person to talk to, get along with."

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Venus Williams Tennis Player
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"Sometimes, you know, once you pay your taxes and once you pay your expenses, once you've lived this life, things add up quickly. And it's easy to become a statistic. And that's something I've always tried to avoid, and I've always said, hey - not that it won't be me, that, hey, it could be me."

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Kami Garcia Author
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"You can read minds, and you didn't tell me?” Link stared at me like he just found out I was the Silver Surfer. He rubbed his head nervously. “Hey, man, all that stuff about Lena? I was yankin’ your chain.” He looked away. “Are you doin’ it now? You're doin’ it, aren't you? Dude, get out of my head.” He backed away from me and into the bookshelf. “I can't read your mind, you idiot."

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Kanye West Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer
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"It don't gotta be Mother's Day, or your birthday, for me to just call and say Hey Mama"

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Drake Bell Actor
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"It wasn't like a "I know I wanted to do this," I was sort of just - I was five and my dad kinda said hey, you wanna be an actor and I said sure."

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Brad Williams Comedian
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"People ask me a lot like, "Hey, so when are you done with your tour?" Like when I die. That's when I'm done with my tour."

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Stan Lee Comic Book Writer, Editor
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"If I got a superpower I wouldn't say, oh, I got to get a costume and put on a mask. I would say hey, I can do something better than other people. How can I turn it into a buck?"

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Mike Tyson Professional Boxer
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"I ain't never loan friends money; I give it to 'em and I don't expect to get it back. Even when he says, "I'll pay you back," I never expect it. If he gives it back, then hey, that's a feather in his cap, but I don't expect to get it back."

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
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"And wow! Hey! What's this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding word like... ow... ound... round... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me?"

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