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When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.

~Christine Lagarde

Topics: Away Birth Else Everything Everything Else Experiences Father Gave Later Passed Perspective Put Sort Then Those

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Stevie Winwood played like I'd never heard anybody play before. It just gave me goose bumps.

~Christine Mcvie

Topics: Anybody Before Bumps Gave Goose Heard Just Like Me Never Play Played Stevie

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I grew up in the GOP sandbox. My dad took me, age 7, to meet Herbert Hoover, in his apartment at the Waldorf Towers. He gave me a silver dollar. Being a young Republican, I spent it on comic books.

~Christopher Buckley

Topics: Age Apartment Being Books Comic Comic Books Dad Dollar Gave Gop Grew He Herbert His Hoover Me Meet Republican Sandbox Silver Spent Took Towers Up Young

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I gave my parole once, and it has been shamefully violated by the British Government; I shall not give another to people on whom no faith can be reposed.

~Christopher Gadsden

Topics: Another Been British Faith Gave Give Government Once Parole People Shall Violated Whom

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When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - 'I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest,' and so forth, I switch off quite early.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Aunt Cancer Climbing Doctors Early Elbow Everest Forth Gave Great Had Heard Her Just Last Live Meet Mount Mount Everest Must Off People Quite Say Seconds She Switch Tell Time Which Who You

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I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful.

~Christopher Lee

Topics: Acknowledged Always Am Debt Face Gave Grateful Great Great Opportunity Hammer Known Made Me Opportunity Over Profoundly Said Them Very Well Well Known Which World I Am

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In 1956, the success of the Hammer films kick-started my career. That immediately gave me a name and a face to go with it. I will always be grateful to Hammer for that.

~Christopher Lee

Topics: Always Be Grateful Career Face Films Gave Go Grateful Hammer Immediately Me Name Success Will

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The biggest direct influence on my career is Ben Edlund, who gave me my first real professional break and, through his friendship and example, turned me into a writer and a more critical thinker in general.

~Christopher Mcculloch

Topics: Ben Biggest Break Career Critical Direct Example First Friendship Gave General His Influence Me More Professional Real Thinker Through Turned Who Writer

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When I was a kid, my parents gave me piano lessons and guitar lessons for a while, but I was never very good at it. I have big, sort of awkward hands. It's hard to keep going when you don't get any better.

~Christopher Walken

Topics: Any Awkward Better Big Gave Get Going Good Guitar Hands Hard Keep Keep Going Kid Lessons Me Never Parents Piano Piano Lessons Sort Very While You

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Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.

~Christy Turlington

Topics: Ability Calm Calm Down Down Gave Me Yoga

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