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"We're going to investigate every single one of these hypotheses, and we'll tell you what
"I’m very interested in how people adapt to extremes” - Oliver Sacks on July 28, 1996
Marlene Dietrich in 1969, as interviewed by Jay Kent Hackleman
“I don’t feel any compulsion just to stand under the spotlight night after night unless I
"It’s okay being a woman now. I like it. Try it some time.” - Nora Ephron, 1975
“I‘m never going to become rich and famous” - Bob Dylan in 1962.
"I don‘t think that there‘s a girl around that would fit in with what we do."
"If God didn‘t want me to sing it, he wouldn‘t have given me the talent to do it“ - Stevie
"If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the rule.
"Sometimes when it all comes together ... you become the film you’re making."
Carl Sagan on October 4, 1985, as told to Studs Terkel.
"The key was somehow to know what was important and what was not important."
Buckminster Fuller in 1965, as told to Studs Terkel
Dame Stephanie Shirley in 2010 from an oral history at the British Library.
"When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan." - Jane Goodall, 2002
"Everything in my mind works like a search engine set for the image function."
“Any man who really has faith in himself will be dubbed arrogant by his fellows”
"There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction.” - Garrison Keillor, 1994
"I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life." - Nina Simone
"Nothing means anything" - Kurt Vonnegut on November 8, 1970
"I‘m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming." - Bill Murray
"I'm sorry, I‘m a coward. I didn’t want to die." - Patty Hearst in 1982
"I don’t know what the ‘big time’ is" - Tom Waits in 1988
“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.”- Hunter S. Thompson
Dustin Hoffman in 1971, as interviewed by Milton Hoffman.
"My singing
i'll just say it simple as possible: it's just godly." - Michael Jackson
"I was not the son he wanted to have." - Tim Gunn
"In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly." - Janis Joplin
"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell." - Fidel Castro
"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his face." - Farrah Fawcett
"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know." - Jim Morrison
Dave Brubeck in 2008, interviewed by John Dankosky.
"I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman."
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