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My sister Tiffany told me years ago, 'You can never write about me.' Then she called six months ago and said she wanted to be in a story. She was worried people thought I didn't like her. ↗

— David Sedaris

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The umlaut isn't on my birth certificate. I had this book as a child called Chloe and Maude, and there was an umlaut on the e, and I said, I want that! It's a little flair. Just to confuse people even more. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

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My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. ↗

— Hu Shih

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When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent. ↗

— Thomas Mann

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Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well. ↗

— Ahmad Jamal

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I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability. ↗

— LeBron James

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