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Going back to South Sudan after the independence took place was deeply emotional for me because I had gone through the civil war with my family just before going to seek refuge in London.
Alek Wek
War
Family
Me
Independence
Before
Gone
Took
Back
Civil
London
Seek
Civil War
Through
Emotional
Had
Because
South
Going
Refuge
Just
After
Place
Sudan
Deeply
My mother has always instilled in us that we should carry ourselves with dignity despite the horror that came with the civil war. She also taught us that where you come from is very important because that's what makes you who you are. So for me, whatever I've gone through had profoundly shaped me; it has given me strength and unwavering faith.
Alek Wek
War
Faith
Strength
Me
You
Dignity
Mother
Important
Whatever
Gone
Despite
Ourselves
Carry
Civil
Civil War
Horror
Given
Through
Shaped
Had
Instilled
Come
Also
She
Because
Unwavering
Makes
Always
Came
Very
Taught
Where
Us
Should
Who
Profoundly
I did not intend to stay; I had no experience in the United States - I may have been here less than 24 hours - but I knew I would never get inside there. And 'there' not being America necessarily, but that harmonious mode of living that some people are lucky enough to have in this country.
Aleksandar Hemon
Experience
People
Some People
Country
Living
Enough
Harmonious
States
Would
Stay
Inside
No Experience
Some
Never
Had
Knew
Hours
Been
Mode
Than
America
Get
Intend
Did
May
Being
Less
Lucky
United
United States
Necessarily
Here
I mean that at least 80% of the Russian people feel destitute. It's the people who had their past and future taken from them - they don't get paid - many of them face a wall. They have nowhere to go.
Aleksandr Lebed
Future
People
Face
Past
Destitute
Russian
Russian People
Had
Taken
Feel
Least
Go
Past And Future
Wall
Get
Mean
Them
Paid
Who
Many
Nowhere
From the very beginning, I started doing music performances with a lot of theatrical aspects to them, where humor was a part of it but not necessarily had to be. Humor is just another tool to make the palette more rich and interesting for myself and eventually for the public. It's a great way to break out of convention.
Aleksey Igudesman
Music
Myself
Great
Humor
Beginning
Rich
Tool
Way
Out
More
Had
Part
Performance
Make
Great Way
Another
Doing
Lot
Very
Just
Where
Convention
Break
Theatrical
Interesting
Public
Them
Aspects
Eventually
Palette
Necessarily
Started
We've always dreamt of a TV series and working in film. When we first sat down to seriously write 'A Little Nightmare Music,' to write something for TV was our original inspiration. But all the stuff we were writing down is not going to work on stage. We had to rewrite it so it would work on the stage.
Aleksey Igudesman
Work
Music
Writing
Seriously
First
Stage
Down
Our
TV
Would
TV Series
Dreamt
Something
Inspiration
Write
Had
Stuff
Always
Were
Going
Rewrite
Little
Working
Original
Sat
Series
Film
Nightmare
I have definitely had times in my career where I have wondered whether I have had to work a bit harder, prove myself more, but I would never want to be in a position where I am saying, 'Oh, I did not get that job because of my race.'
Alesha Dixon
Work
Saying
Myself
Job
Bit
Definitely
Would
More
Never
Had
Because
Am
Prove
Wondered
Times
Get
Did
Oh
Where
Want
Whether
Race
Harder
Career
Position
A family holiday to Jamaica in 2004 - my uncle was getting married out there, and it was the first holiday I'd had in Jamaica, which is where my father is from. My friends and I stayed in a really plush hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, so we had a great experience.
Alesha Dixon
Great
Family
Experience
Father
Uncle
First
Great Experience
Out
Married
Stayed
Had
Hotel
Friends
Getting
Getting Married
Where
Jamaica
Which
Holiday
Really
I started out as a duo with Mis-Teeq's Sabrina Washington, and we worked for four or five years before signing a record deal. I had no money, and I was taking part-time jobs just to earn the train fare to get to rehearsals.
Alesha Dixon
Money
Before
Earn
Out
Jobs
Signing
Record
Record Deal
Had
Part-Time
Taking
Deal
Years
Five
Train
Duo
Get
Just
Worked
Fare
Rehearsals
Washington
Four
Started
My little girl, Anja, is really excited. We had a baby shower yesterday and she took the presents from everyone for me and was telling them, 'No, it's my baby.'
Alessandra Ambrosio
Me
Girl
Yesterday
Baby
Took
Everyone
Telling
Had
Excited
She
Little
Them
Little Girl
Really
Shower
Presents
I always lose every single pencil I ever had. So I can draw with everything. With pencil, with pen.
Alessandro Michele
Single
Lose
Every
Everything
Pen
Draw
Pencil
Had
Always
Ever
Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've even had to play music in a lot of films that I've done.
Alessandro Nivola
Music
Films
Had
Instruments
Yeah
Lot
Up
Bands
Done
Even
Growing
Growing Up
Play
Play Music
Played
I feel like my whole life, I've had to prove myself to so many people because I'm young and because I'm a female; it's just constant. I'm always surprising people.
Alessia Cara
Life
Myself
People
Young
Constant
Had
Feel
Like
Because
Female
Always
Prove
Surprising
So Many People
Just
Many
Whole
I actually didn't grow up watching 'Degrassi,' but I saw the commercials and knew the characters. I didn't realize that Drake was the guy from 'Degrassi.' I had to piece it together and go, 'Oh! He's Aubrey Graham.'
Alessia Cara
Together
Drake
Saw
Characters
Guy
Had
He
Knew
Piece
Go
Up
Commercials
Oh
Graham
Realize
Grow
Grow Up
Actually
Watching
No one thought that the Disney Superpower had the ability to laugh at itself, but 'Enchanted' proved everyone wrong.
Alethea Kontis
Thought
Everyone
Laugh
Ability
Superpower
Had
No-One
Wrong
Enchanted
Proved
Itself
Disney
Insider trading is hard to prove. To be convicted, a person must have bought or sold a stock based on material information that is both unknown to the general public and likely to have had an important effect on a company's stock price.
Alex Berenson
Important
Unknown
Sold
Must
Insider
General
Both
General Public
Price
Had
Bought
Likely
Material
Prove
Trading
Effect
Stock
Person
Information
Public
Convicted
Hard
Company
Based
I was kind of the comic relief in my household. We had a chronic illness in the family. And so, a lot of emergency room visits, and my role was to be silly and add levity, and we're Jewish. So every Passover is a performance. You kind of learn to role play and do voices at the Passover Seder.
Alex Borstein
Family
You
Every
Add
Chronic
Kind
Visits
Relief
Silly
Emergency
Emergency Room
Voices
Had
Performance
Household
Learn
Comic
Comic Relief
Lot
Role
Room
Illness
Play
Levity
Jewish
I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.
Alex Borstein
Me
Try
Girl
Parents
Think
Born
Give
More
Had
Instead
Because
Boy
Got
Go
Wanted
Two
Losing my grandmother was one of the hardest things I ever had to go through.
Alex Borstein
Losing
Through
Had
Go
Grandmother
Ever
Hardest
Things
I had offers from Celtic and Southampton as well.
Alex Iwobi
Had
Well
Offers
Celtic
Growing up, I had always looked up to LG as a big brand and they are doing very well.
Alex Iwobi
Big
Had
Looked
Well
Always
Doing
Up
Very
Brand
Growing
Growing Up
If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.
Alex Kapranos
Success
Me
Mad
Would
Had
Along
Come
Either
Sent
We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough.
Alex Lifeson
Long
Enough
Record
Record Companies
Long Career
Never
Had
Said
Still
Were
Commercial
Quite
Vibrant
Who
Companies
Career
I think Rush have always had this reputation, particularly to non-fans, of being an ultra-serious and cerebral group when, in fact, the reverse is true. We don't take ourselves seriously at all. Sure, we take our music seriously, but that's altogether different.
Alex Lifeson
Music
Seriously
Reputation
Group
Think
Our
Our Music
Ourselves
Rush
Fact
Take
Had
True
Particularly
Sure
Altogether
Always
Reverse
Being
Different
In Fact
Cerebral
Of any guitarist, Jimmy Page was my biggest influence. I wanted to look, think and play like him. Zeppelin had a heavy influence on Rush during our early days. Page's loose style of playing showed an immense confidence, and there are no rules to his playing.
Alex Lifeson
Confidence
Guitarist
Style
Think
Our
Jimmy
Rules
Immense
Rush
No Rules
Had
Days
Like
Look
Him
Loose
His
Any
Influence
Heavy
Wanted
Biggest
Biggest Influence
Page
Zeppelin
Play
Early
Playing
Early Days
I would let climbing slide away if I had to maintain my relationship with my family. Because it really is the big adventure.
Alex Lowe
Family
Relationship
Big
Slide
Would
Had
Maintain
Adventure
Because
Climbing
Really
Away
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