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"Deep down, I'm pretty superficial."

"Deep down, I'm pretty superficial."

Ava Gardner, American Actress

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"I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures."

"I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures."

Christina Aguilera, American Musician

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"Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help."

"Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

Deep, Help, Singing

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"Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender."

"Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender."

Ione Skye, English Actress

Deep, Surrender

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"Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep."

"Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep."

Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician

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"Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found."

"Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found."

Eminem, American Musician

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"I have a very deep and wide relationship with my fans."

"I have a very deep and wide relationship with my fans."

Wynonna Judd, American Musician

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"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."

"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"Your mind can't always tell the difference between pretend and reality if you pretend too long; or if you go too deep and really believe in what you're doing."

"Your mind can't always tell the difference between pretend and reality if you pretend too long; or if you go too deep and really believe in what you're doing."

Annabella Sciorra, American Actress

Deep, Difference, Mind, Reality

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"Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade."

"Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade."

Bono, Irish Musician

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"When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin."

"When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin."

Daniel Johns, Australian Musician

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"I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain."

"I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain."

Jane Wagner, American Comedian

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"If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room."

"If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room."

Bill Laswell, American Musician

Deep, Listening, Sound

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"Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside."

"Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

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"That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are."

"That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are."

Terri Clark, Canadian Musician

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"When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do."

"When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do."

Whitney Houston, American Musician

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"Errors of taste are very often the outward sign of a deep fault of sensibility."

"Errors of taste are very often the outward sign of a deep fault of sensibility."

Jonathan Miller, British Entertainer

Deep, Errors, Fault, Sensibility

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"We walk ourselves into ruts so deep we cannot see over them."

"We walk ourselves into ruts so deep we cannot see over them."

Tom Brown, Jr., American Celebrity

Deep, Tom Brown, Jr.

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"The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide."

"The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide."

Lesley Garrett, English Musician

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"Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles."

"Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles."

Cyndi Lauper, American Musician

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"I like characters with problems. I like to understand them... To play alcoholics, fetishists, strange girls, you have to dig deep within yourself. It's 'elsewhere' that interests me."

"I like characters with problems. I like to understand them... To play alcoholics, fetishists, strange girls, you have to dig deep within yourself. It's 'elsewhere' that interests me."

Marie Trintignant, French Actress

Deep, Girls, Play, Problems

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"I feel safe in white because, deep down inside, I'm an angel."

"I feel safe in white because, deep down inside, I'm an angel."

Puff Daddy, American Musician

26

"I'm sure if you dig deep, Joe and Ralph Fiennes do it because they want to be noticed."

"I'm sure if you dig deep, Joe and Ralph Fiennes do it because they want to be noticed."

Steve Guttenberg, American Actor

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"It takes a fool to test how deep the water is with both feet."

"It takes a fool to test how deep the water is with both feet."

J. Wallace Day, American Writer

Deep, Feet, Fool, Water

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"Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?"

"Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?"

Fanny Crosby, American Musician

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"But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go."

"But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go."

Amy Grant, American Musician

Deep, Now, Questions

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"Fame has sent a number of celebrities off the deep end, and in the case of Michael Jackson, to the kiddy pool."

"Fame has sent a number of celebrities off the deep end, and in the case of Michael Jackson, to the kiddy pool."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

Deep, End, Fame

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"I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band."

"I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band."

Greg Ginn, American Musician

Deep, First, Sabbath

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"Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state."

"Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state."

Ira Gershwin, American Musician

Deep, May, State, Suffering

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"Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help."

"Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

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"It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed."

"It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

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"I deep sea fish a lot."

"I deep sea fish a lot."

John Entwistle, English Musician

Deep, Fish, Sea

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"So I had to just kind of go back to the hotel, take a shower, sit quiet, dig down deep, warm up, and allow myself to move into some kind of zone. And then I remembered that a lot of my favorite musical moments are not about perfection."

"So I had to just kind of go back to the hotel, take a shower, sit quiet, dig down deep, warm up, and allow myself to move into some kind of zone. And then I remembered that a lot of my favorite musical moments are not about perfection."

Kathy Mattea, American Musician

Deep, Favorite, Moments, Perfection

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"At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self."

"At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self."

Brendan Francis, American Playwright

Deep, Loneliness, Self, Yearning

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"I told him that I can play it if he wanted to write it, and I would be willing to try and go there emotionally. I did not know as an actress if I would be able to get there, because when you feel really deep emotions or pain, you don't want to go back there."

"I told him that I can play it if he wanted to write it, and I would be willing to try and go there emotionally. I did not know as an actress if I would be able to get there, because when you feel really deep emotions or pain, you don't want to go back there."

Hunter Tylo, American Actress

Deep, Emotions, Pain, Play

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"During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep."

"During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep."

Mike Love, American Musician

Deep, Meditation, Rest, Sleep

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"You only have a week to do a show. I mean, there's only so deep you can dig in that week."

"You only have a week to do a show. I mean, there's only so deep you can dig in that week."

David Hyde Pierce, American Actor

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"I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly."

"I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly."

Pat Metheny, American Musician

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"You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down."

"You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down."

Maya Lin, American Architect

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"How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man."

"How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man."

Johnny Cash, American Musician

Deep, Heaven, Hell, Man

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"Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls."

"Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls."

Marcus Annaeus Lucan, Roman Poet

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"He saved the production a tremendous amount. Now they did the scene where Omar is on the horse and he's in the deep snow, they went to Finland to do that. That scene they went to Finland for a week. I wasn't around then."

"He saved the production a tremendous amount. Now they did the scene where Omar is on the horse and he's in the deep snow, they went to Finland to do that. That scene they went to Finland for a week. I wasn't around then."

Rod Steiger, American Actor

Deep, Now, Production, Snow

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"I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain."

"I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain."

Lily Tomlin, American Actress

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"If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when one wishes to go deep into the different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies existing."

"If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when one wishes to go deep into the different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies existing."

Henri Poincare, French Mathematician

Deep, Physics, Problems, Wishes

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"Elaine is just in pain. I think Elaine has become very, very sad woman. She is someone who is in deep need of many hours of analysis and I like to think that I'm not that type of person."

"Elaine is just in pain. I think Elaine has become very, very sad woman. She is someone who is in deep need of many hours of analysis and I like to think that I'm not that type of person."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

Deep, Pain, Woman

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"The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with leopard skin floor, wallpaper and toilet."

"The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with leopard skin floor, wallpaper and toilet."

Macy Gray, American Musician

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"Oppression does not make for hearts as big as all outdoors. Oppression makes us big and small. Expressive and silenced. Deep and dead."

"Oppression does not make for hearts as big as all outdoors. Oppression makes us big and small. Expressive and silenced. Deep and dead."

Cherrie Moraga, American Playwright

Deep, Oppression

20

"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain."

"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain."

Lily Tomlin, American Actress

Deep, Language, Man

20

"I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I knew everything, it just had to be developed."

"I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I knew everything, it just had to be developed."

Michael Schenker, German Musician

Deep, Play, Sound

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"I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl."

"I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl."

Katie Price, english Model

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