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The next time you see a spider web, please, pause and look a little closer. You'll be seeing one of the most high-performance materials known to man.

~Cheryl Hayashi

Topics: Closer Known Little Look Man Materials Most Next Next Time Pause Please See Seeing Spider Time Web You

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While writing 'Half of a Yellow Sun,' I enjoyed playing with minor things: inventing a train station in a town that has none, placing towns closer to each other than they are, changing the chronology of conquered cities. Yet I did not play with the central events of that time.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: Central Changing Cities Closer Conquered Did Each Enjoyed Events Half Inventing Minor None Other Placing Play Playing Station Sun Than Things Time Town Towns Train While Writing Yellow

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I work very hard at creating complex characters, a mix of positives and negatives. They are all flawed. I believe flaws are almost universal, and they help us understand, sympathise and, paradoxically, feel closer to such characters.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Topics: Almost Believe Characters Closer Complex Creating Feel Flawed Flaws Hard Help Mix Negatives Positives Understand Universal Us Very Work I Believe

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My history of singing has always probably been closer to a David Bowie approach than, for example, an AC/DC approach.

~Chris Cornell

Topics: Always Approach Been Bowie Closer David David Bowie Example For Example History Singing Than

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I think visual seduction is really a lovely thing. To be able to look at something and feel you want to get closer and closer to it, and as you get closer to it, the more you drop your guard.

~Chris Ofili

Topics: Able Closer Drop Feel Get Guard Look Lovely More Really Seduction Something Thing Think Visual Want You Your I Think

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I like a fragrance that you notice and want to find out more about - get a bit closer. I don't want to walk in and be jolted awake by someone's smell.

~Chris Pine

Topics: About Awake Bit Closer Find Fragrance Get Like More Notice Out Smell Someone Walk Want You

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Does having a wife and kids change your act? Yes, but only in the best way. It gives you weight and authority. It also makes you closer to the audience because the audience is married and has kids.

~Chris Rock

Topics: Act Also Audience Authority Because Best Best Way Change Closer Does Gives Having Kids Makes Married Only Way Weight Wife Yes You Your

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As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.

~Chris Van Hollen

Topics: Addressing Affordable Affordable Health Care American American People Care Children Closer Congress Education End Energy Energy Policy Fair Fiscal Get Health Health Care Iraq Needs Our People Policy Quality Quality Education Retirement Security Sensible Should Sound Urgent War

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I can definitely say that of all my friends who I consider to be really great cartoonists, we're all trying to aim at basically the same thing, which is an ever closer representation of what it feels like to be alive.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Aim Alive All My Friends Basically Cartoonists Closer Consider Definitely Ever Feels Friends Great Like Really Representation Same Same Thing Say Thing Trying Which Who I Can

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It's not like I had big dreams to go to California and become an actor. I loved doing my shows at school and community theater, and I probably would have settled in New York because it was closer. I was going to go to NYU.

~Christine Taylor

Topics: Actor Because Become Big California Closer Community Doing Dreams Go Going Had Like Loved New New York Nyu School Settled Shows Theater Would York

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