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Dan Stevens Actor
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"I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can."

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Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, Author
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"Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money"

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Aimee Mann Singer-songwriter
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"I probably would've kept slogging on that same chord change, because there's a tendency to have that happen. You get into the cadence in your mind, and it's hard to make the kind of left turn that you probably need to keep it really interesting."

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Charles Dickens Novelist
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"It is one of those problems of human nature, which may be noted down, but not solved; - although Ralph felt no remorse at that moment for his conduct towards the innocent, true-hearted girl; although his libertine clients had done precisely what he had expected, precisely what he most wished, and precisely what would tend most to his advantage, still he hated them for doing it, from the very bottom of his soul."

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Charles Dickens Novelist
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"It was understood that nothing of a tender nature could possibly be confided to old Barley, by reason of his being totally unequal to the consideration of any subject more psychological than gout, rum, and purser's stores."

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Colin Hanks Actor
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"I've been able to find just as much interesting, exciting music through the Internet and iTunes... The personal interaction is not the same, and I'm not walking out of a store with a physical thing, so there's definitely an element that is lost, for sure."

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
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"There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to work at a higher level than they would have without all that information just a few clicks away."

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
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"I love nuclear. It does this radiation thing that's tricky. But they're good solutions. You know, it was interesting; recently, in Connecticut this natural gas plant blew up 11 guys. It just blew them up."

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Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter
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"Some of the old folk singers used to phrase things in an interesting way, and then, I got my style from seeing a lot of outdoor-type poets, who would recite their poetry. When you don't have a guitar, you recite things differently, and there used to be quite a few poets in the jazz clubs, who would recite with a different type of attitude."

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