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Census figures be damned: If you choose to be alone, you're destined to spend a certain amount of time wondering why.

~Caroline Knapp

Topics: Alone Amount Census Certain Choose Destined Figures Spend Time Why Wondering You

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'Sin Nombre' was almost like the adolescent version of 'Jane Eyre.' 'Jane Eyre' sort of picks up where 'Sin Nombre' ends. It's about this girl who starts off on her own at her lowest point of despair, and she figures out how she got there.

~Cary Fukunaga

Topics: About Adolescent Almost Despair Ends Figures Girl Got Her How Jane Like Lowest Off Out Own Picks Point She Sin Sort Starts Up Version Where Who

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In my house, there is an old Chinese cabinet full of little figurines on two shelves. They are for my daughter, to tell stories. We have told hours and hours or stories using these figures. There are all kinds of people, children and adults, and all kinds of animals - elephants, tigers, snakes.

~Caterina Fake

Topics: Adult Animals Cabinet Children Chinese Daughter Elephants Figures Full Hours Hours And Hours House Kinds Little Old People Shelves Snakes Stories Tell Tigers Two Using

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What really ticks me off is how the public figures you automatically become the roles you play. What most people never see is the silly side of me.

~Catherine Oxenberg

Topics: Automatically Become Figures How Me Most Never Off People Play Public Really Roles See Side Silly You

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My mum left my dad when I was six months old, so I don't know him at all. I had no male figures in my life, really. I had my godfather, but he's more like a grandfather, so I was quite sheltered. I've never tried to find my father.

~Catherine Tate

Topics: Dad Father Figures Find Godfather Grandfather Had He Him Know Left Life Like Male Months More Mum My Life Never Old Quite Really Sheltered Six Tried

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On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

~Charles Babbage

Topics: Able Am Answers Apprehend Asked Been Come Confusion Could Figures Ideas Kind Machine Occasions Out Pray Provoke Put Question Right Rightly Two Will Wrong You I Am Mr

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If I were to give you a list of names of the people, world political figures, who have been assisted by the CIA, and even assisted to office around the world, you'd be astonished and probably wouldn't believe it. But it's very long, and the names are very distinguished.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: Around Astonished Been Believe Cia Distinguished Even Figures Give List Long Names Office People Political Very Were Who World You

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I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.

~Charles Van Doren

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I'm less shy now than I was as a kid. After Flight 1549, my family and I had to become public figures and more complete versions of ourselves. I had to teach myself to become an effective public speaker.

~Chesley Sullenberger

Topics: After Become Complete Effective Family Figures Flight Had Kid Less More Myself Now Ourselves Public Shy Speaker Teach Than Versions

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In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions.

~Chetan Bhagat

Topics: Decisions Does Education Figures Help How Lifetime Make Our Remember System Taught Them

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