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Orson Welles Director, Actor, Producer
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"A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own."

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Lauren Graham Actress
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"My biggest goal was - I thought, God, if I could just be a rep company member at the Arena Stage in Washington, D. C. and get to play a bunch of parts in a year! And now in my work everything is about promoting it. It's not about the doing of it! Everything is: You have to sell it, and they ask you to tweet about it or do photo shoots, even for the smallest job. There's an imbalance in terms of what is actually gratifying. The stuff that is gratifying is, like I said, the day of work and the doing of it."

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Lee Child Author
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"I love Italian food but that's too generic a term for what's available now: you have to narrow it down to Tuscan, Sicilian, and so on."

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James Hunter Author
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"For me, hearing the term 'apply yourself' was like a crucifix to Bella Lugosi's Dracula. 'Ahhh, it burns!'"

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"To use the terms that are reserved for official enemies, it is the commissars and apparatchiks, not the dissidents, who are respected and privileged within their own societies."

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Lewis Black Comedian, Actor, Author
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"Most of the longer-term relationships I've known have been gay relationships. They seem to be able to hang out longer."

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James Taylor Singer-Songwriter
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"I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms."

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