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I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.

"G-Eazy: 'I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop'". Interview with Paul MacInnes, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2014.

WHEN YOU BOW deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you.

Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.181, Shambhala Publications

I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his money.

Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

I had quite a religious upbringing. I gave my life over to Christ at 11. I took it back when I was about 14.

"Happy Pills". Interview with Lawrence Ferber, www.laweekly.com. May 9, 2001 |.

I'm going to design again, but I come back when it's the right project, so I keep my passion for it intact.

"Hedi Slimane: 'Maybe I have to start designing again'" by Johnny Davis, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2011.

I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.

"Prof. Hawking Goes Weightless - The True Story" by Peter Diamandis, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2013.

Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.97, BookBaby

I was over self-medicating back when I was a kid and didn't know it.

"Larry Clark’s America". Interview with Owen Wilson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2016.

A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.

Howard Hodgkin, Enrique Juncosa, Irish Museum of Modern Art (Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland), Tate Britain (Gallery), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2006). “Writers on Howard Hodgkin”, Tate

It was great. We knew we were going back when we finished the movie. It was such a big movie [Star Wars].

"Alan Tudyk on making Moana's chicken noises and his fear of becoming Rogue One's Jar Jar". Interview with Esther Zuckerman, film.avclub.com. December 7, 2016.