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In the winter of 1940, 'The Atlantic Monthly' invited Peter Viereck, a twenty-three-year-old Harvard graduate who had won the college's top essay and poetry prizes, to write about 'the meaning of young liberalism for the present age.' - Tom Reiss
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Prizes
Liberalism
Tom Reiss
Growing up, I really looked up to the classic Hollywood actors like Spencer Tracy, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Falk. I love character actors - I've never wanted to be the leading guy. - David Harewood
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Leading
Classic
David Harewood
When Peter Jackson made the 'Lord of the Rings' movies, I remember there was a concern that people who didn't read Tolkien wouldn't go see the first one. But the films were so good in their own right that the audience grew beyond the readership of the book. - Duncan Jones
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Films
Right
Duncan Jones
The first important role was a Broadway lead I did called 'The Royal Hunt Of The Sun' by Peter Shaffer, the guy who did 'Equus' and 'Amadeus.' Many of the important roles that I got later on were because the guy who was going to hire me was in that audience and had his mind blown. I tend to do that. I blow people's minds with my performances. - David Carradine
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Blow
Performances
David Carradine
I only met Ian Fleming once, at a party given by my father's friend the director Carol Reed, at his house at 211 King's Road, Chelsea, the garden of which he shared with Peter Ustinov. - Michael Korda
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Shared
Garden
Michael Korda
I was born in 1937, in Yakima, Washington, the oldest child of Robert Emerson Lucas and Jane Templeton Lucas. My sister Jenepher was born in 1939 and my brother Peter in 1940. My parents had moved to Yakima from Seattle to open a small restaurant, The Lucas Ice Creamery. - Robert Lucas, Jr.
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Restaurant
Moved
RobertLucas
Jr.
Peter Weir is remarkable. He can do anything. - Norman Lloyd
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Anything
Remarkable
Norman Lloyd
Madeleine Albright introduced herself to me. I talked to Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters. And I asked Peter Jennings to write a note of encouragement to my son, Logan, a news anchor at the ABC affiliate in Palm Springs. - Edd Byrnes
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Anchor
Encouragement
Edd Byrnes
One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed. - Iman
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Majoring
Stopped
Iman
Saint Ignatius was a convert and disciple of S. John the Evangelist. He was appointed by S. Peter to succeed Evodius in the see of Antioch, and he continued in his bishopric full forty years. - Sabine Baring-Gould
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Bishopric
Continued
Sabine Baring-Gould
I eat everything. I still like to go to Peter Luger once in a while. - Jean-Georges Vongerichten
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Luger
Still
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
I heard about the Holocaust before hearing the 'Cinderella' story or watching 'Peter Pan.' - Joshua Oppenheimer
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Hearing
Heard
Joshua Oppenheimer
I became a horror fan during the early 1960s, back when Hammer was putting out their groundbreaking 'Dracula' series with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, and grew up watching 'Dark Shadows.' - Nancy A. Collins
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Groundbreaking
Watching
Nancy A. Collins
I think people see me as someone very much associated with political agreement and, probably more than anything else, being able to build a relationship with loyalist leaders Ian Paisley and Peter Robinson. - Martin McGuinness
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Paisley
Someone
Martin McGuinness
I think that Peter Mandelson, particularly in relation to the issue of policing, made a huge mess of it. He allowed himself to be manipulated by the securocrats within the British establishment. - Martin McGuinness
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Establishment
Particularly
Martin McGuinness
When I grew up, one of comedy idols was Rowan Atkinson, who of course is Mr. Bean and uses physical comedy. Same with Jim Carrey. Both of those guys. And Peter Sellers. Most of my comedy idols are physical comics. - Rhys Darby
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Sellers
Comedy
Rhys Darby
I'm a lifelong 'Doctor Who' fan. Like, Peter Davison/Colin Baker, lifelong fan. - Andrew Kreisberg
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Lifelong
Like
Andrew Kreisberg
I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov's nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl. - Nnedi Okorafor
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Reading
Nonfiction
Nnedi Okorafor
Ordinarily, I'd claim that I'd never write directly about my children, but the opening conversation of 'Peter Elroy' is a verbatim conversation that my children had that I just loved: morbid, funny, passionate, and obsessed with the truth of things - all natural qualities of children that I'd like my work to contain. - Elizabeth McCracken
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Directly
Children
Elizabeth McCracken
I'm completely absorbed by Peter Guralnick's definitive, two-part biography of Elvis Presley: 'Last Train To Memphis' and 'Careless Love.' Meticulously researched, this is a compelling mix of history, myth-busting, and, of course, some timeless music. - Mark Billingham
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Completely
Compelling
Mark Billingham
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