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“We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place.”

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Author:Tim McGraw

“If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.”

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“I can go into LinkedIn and search for network engineers and come up with a list of great spear-phishing targets because they usually have administrator rights over the network. Then I go onto Twitter or Facebook and trick them into doing something, and I have privileged access.”

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Author:Kevin Mitnick

“I'm going to guess Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, all want clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. I'm sure most people think women should be paid the same as men if they're doing the same job. I think we all want good schools for our kids. If we made that list, we actually are in agreement on more things.”

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Author:Michael Moore

“Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.”

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Author:Alanis Morissette

“A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'”

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Author:Viggo Mortensen

“I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.”

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Author:Viggo Mortensen

“Going to the gym wouldn't be on my list of favorite things to do.”

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Author:Kate Moss

“I'm obsessed with making lists.”

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Author:Rachel Nichols

“The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'”

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Author:Rachel Nichols

“I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.”

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Author:Jack Nicholson

“One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.”

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Author:Bill Nighy

“All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities ... the list goes on!”

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Author:Frances O'Grady

“There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.”

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Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.”

“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.”

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Author:Michelle Obama

“When I get up and work out, I'm working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It's just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.”

“Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to see. The list of human and civil-rights abuses he’s committed in Maricopa County is long and well documented.”

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Author:Conor Oberst

“I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.”

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Author:Gary Oldman

“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.”

Author:Robert Orben

“Number one, you can sell before you buy. I call it reverse e-commerce. You take a picture, you list it for sale, you sell it, you collect the revenue, then you go buy it and send it to the customer.”

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Author:Marc Ostrofsky

“In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real estate, copyrights, leasing, entertainment, intellectual property, forensic accounting, criminal offenses... the list goes on. Now, you have to have a separate lawyer for each one of those categories!”

“I always liked film as a teaching tool - a way of getting exposed to ideas that had never been presented to me. It just wasn't on the list of career options where I grew up.”

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Author:Brad Pitt

“In the current climate motorists have a long list of issues from which to choose to raise on the doorstep. Policies aimed at reducing emissions - like the changes to Vehicle Excise Duty or here in Manchester the proposals for congestion charges - are not without controversy.”

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Author:Lucy Powell

“I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, 'What?'”

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Author:Lisa Marie Presley

“We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.”

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Author:Philip Pullman

“Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there.”

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Author:Jonathan Raban

“A lot of us think we're invincible... but we have to start putting ourselves on the to-do list.”

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Author:Giuliana Rancic

“I do love to shop. But I'm a social shopper. I like to do it while hanging out with my friends. Some of them hate shopping because they treat it like something you have to plan, like a grocery list. But if I'm out and I pass a store, I just pop in.”

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Author:Nicole Richie

“I also pray for favor and His anointing on my life and ministry that I might have spiritual blessing when I minister to people. They're my principal prayers; I don't have a prayer list that I go down.”

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Author:Pat Robertson

“I don't plan out my visits rigorously, but I do have a list of about 125 New York galleries, alternative spaces, museums, and so forth that I visit regularly. That's the closest thing I have to a strategy: I go to a lot of places, many that artists don't visit.”

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Author:Jerry Saltz

“Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task. That's OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.”

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Author:Adam Savage

“Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.”

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Author:Marilyn vos Savant

“I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values.”

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Author:Howard Schultz

“When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. Own a Picasso was one of those things.”

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Author:Jill Scott

“I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.”

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Book:Naked

Source: Naked

“I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.”

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Author:Ronald Biggs

“Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.”

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Author:Yakov Smirnoff

“In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.”

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Author:Will Smith

“Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.”

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Author:Steven Spielberg

“There's nothing self-serving about what motivated me to bring 'Schindler's List' to the screen.”

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Author:Steven Spielberg

“I was a D student in high school and on the dean's list in college.”

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Author:Patti Stanger

“Gene sometimes... well, he has his dream list.”

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Author:Paul Stanley

“I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making.”

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Author:Ben Stein

“There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.”

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Author:J. Michael Straczynski

“When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list - somewhere between politicians and car salesmen. Generally, insurers are seen as clever hucksters who prey on insecurity and ignorance to sell people what they don't need at prices they shouldn't have to pay.”

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Author:James Surowiecki

“I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.”

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Author:Candice Swanepoel

“My husband and I both have our bucket lists. Running a marathon was on mine.”

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Author:Alison Sweeney

“As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.”

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Author:Taylor Swift

“I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.”

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Author:Taylor Swift

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