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Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.

American Born English He
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What I love about tennis is the gracefulness. It's an aggressive and powerful game, but it takes touch and finesse.

About Aggressive Finesse Game
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I'm a kid from Chicago. I know what it was like to see Obama become president. We felt the tectonic plates of the world shift.

Become Chicago Felt Kid
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The amount of random conversations that lead to culture-shifting ideas is insane.

Amount Conversations Ideas Insane
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I think my original ambition was to be an artist.
Ambition Artist I Think Original
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My general premise is not about selling clothes. If that's your end goal, then all of a sudden everything looks the same, you know - you start designing by numbers.

About Clothes Designing End
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My goal was to tell a dialogue between high fashion and streetwear. So, the name Off-White, in my mind, is between black and white. So, that middle ground is a mixture between both genres of fashion.

Between Black Black And White Both
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My place in design history is to sort of interpret youth culture, and I think we've seen that done in fashion before - it's not a new concept - but it hasn't been done with the same vigour in a modern context.

Been Before Concept Context
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I don't know where my parents got my name. I'm sure they saw it in a movie, maybe.

Got Know Maybe Movie
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I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.

Accent Accents Accessible Adjust
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Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.

Championship Championships Down Goal
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Drama is for TV, not for real life. Don’t play a part in someone else’s episode in which they are the only star. Stay clear of Gossip

Drama TV Episode Stay clear
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I am, always have been, and always will be proud of my Nigerian heritage.

I Am Always Have
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America is haunted by an apparition steeped in slavery, and I wanted to remind everyone that, 'Yo, we've got to handle this.'

America Haunted Apparition Steeped
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Ever since the decision of Robin Thicke and Pharrell, we believe that it was important to make sure that we are safe. When that Robin Thicke verdict came out, we realized that the game had changed in music.

Ever Since Decision Robin
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I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
First IThink Me Succeed
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The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame.

Entitlement Feed Feeds Power
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I definitely have a happy marriage and family life.
Definitely Family Family Life Happy
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The reason I became an actress is because I wanted my acting to reflect life as it is. I want to put truth on the screen. I want real women to see real women on the screen.

Acting Actress Became Because
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I've always felt like I was an actor for hire. And almost apologetic for being a woman of color, trying to stifle that voice. But I don't feel that way in Shondaland. I feel like I am accepted into a world where I'm a part of the narrative - I'm a part of it.

Accepted Actor Almost Always
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If it were just a dream to be famous, then I probably would have died a really quick death, because there is nothing about me that equals fame. I'm not a standup comedian. I don't sing.

About Because Comedian Death
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You can't be perceived as 'the black actress who doesn't get the same kind of roles as the white actress.' You gotta run the same race. You gotta give the same quality of performances. You gotta have the same standard of excellence, even though people know that you're coming to the race in a deficit. That's just what life is about.

About Actress Black Coming
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I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various.

Any Formula Great More
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You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

Basketball Besides Game Gave
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I feel like Barack Obama, kind of in a political sense, embodies that same kind of spirit as a Q-Tip or a Santogold or a Common. I feel like there is a synergy going on here in this country and abroad. I feel like the doors are open, and it's time to push them wide open.

Abroad Barack Barack Obama Common
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I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.

Afford Because Fight Game
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Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't.

After Better Could Focus
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I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

Basketball Championships Every Fulfilled
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When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
Comfortable Lot Makes More
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I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

Championships Going Out Playing
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I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.

Am Anybody Basketball Because
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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Fellow Ask Country Do
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When hip-hop came along, men and women started dressing down as a form of rebellion.

When Hip-hop Came Along
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Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

Progress Nation Swifter Education
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I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.

Sorry Point Life Extinct
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I was raised in Nigeria, and my mother is white, but I never saw her as white, not until I came to America. She was just my mother. She didn't really have a color.

Was Raised Nigeria My
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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Courage Life Dramatic Spectacle
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War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
War Exist Conscientious Objector
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When I originally came to the U.S., my mother came with a couple hundred dollars to her name. I didn't know we were struggling because she hid that from me.

When Originally Came To
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I began my studies in a sound and electrical engineering program, but I ultimately created a major called 'Ritual Art.'

I Began My Studies
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We're social beings, and I need to know and remember where I came from.

We Are Social Being
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First of all, I respect The Game. He's trail-blazed for artists like myself. I appreciate him, having - living in L.A. myself and knowing what he stands for and what he stood for.

First Of All Respect
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The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

Became Businessman Court First
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I make impact plays. I make game-changing plays.
Impact Make Plays
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I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever!

Bad Games Going Heartbeat
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Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.

Basketball Contact Everything Family
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My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to.

Above Ahead Ball Before
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I've always been an unselfish guy, and that's the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability - not only for myself but for my teammates.

Ability Always Been Court
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Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about.

About Field Get Help
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I love showcasing my talents - not only to my hometown fans and my own team but to the world.
Fans Hometown ILove Love
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