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At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet. – Ama Ata Aidoo

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I wanted to be an English teacher. I wanted to do it for the corduroy jackets with patches on the side. When I got to college, as I was walking across campus one day, I ripped off a little flyer for this sketch-comedy group. It ended up being one of the greatest things Ive ever done. – John Krasinski

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I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someones going to know all your secrets. And then she stopped using a journal, but I always write everything down… Anytime I travel, I try and fill up notepads. – Garrett Hedlund

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I didnt read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else. – Haruki Murakami

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