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"sent": "We're interviewing Rob about new album,\" I told Rob."
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"sent": "\"Tell that guy to call me, would you?"
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"sent": "The following is an edited version of the interview."
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"sent": "Rob Thomas: I get to pick my own schedule, and that's nice."
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"sent": "When you became famous for being Rob Thomas the solo artist, did that cause problems within the band?"
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"sent": "the guys have a singer."
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"sent": "-- it's four lead singers, there's four front men, and everybody's tastes, everybody's schedule, everybody's personal life comes into account when you're doing something like that."
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"sent": "Like \"Her Diamonds\" -- one of the singles on this solo album -- is one of my favorite songs that I've ever written, and the guys loved the song, but didn't want to play the song."
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"sent": "Who has given you the best piece of advice?"
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"sent": "Sure, and sometimes that works -- but none of my favorites have done that."
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"sent": "If I'm not out supporting my work, I really don't want people to see me."
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"sent": "And you have to not think you're so great"
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"sent": "Carlos will call me at 10 at night and be like, \"Listen, I had a dream about you, and so much good is happening, but there's dark forces at work, and when you get out of here, I have this woman who wants to cleanse you."
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"sent": "Chelsea FC have teamed up with the Football Association (FA), anti-racism campaigners Kick It Out and the Asian Media Group for the The Search for an Asian Star event to be held in May at Chelsea FC's training ground in Stamford Bridge, London."
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"sent": "the The Search for an Asian Star event to be held in May at Chelsea's training ground in Stamford Bridge, London is aimed at players in the under 12, 13 and 14 age groups and is open to players based in London and the south-east of England who hail from Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi backgrounds."
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"sent": "I know from those who shared my Libyan experiences -- and who knew Chris -- e-mails that, like Christopher Stevens, those who shared my Libyan experiences -- and who knew Chris -- are also unspeakably sad."
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"sent": "Christopher Stevens traveled across the sparsely populated country savoring the rich archaeological sites, and broke bread with Berbers in Berbers cave homes."
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"sent": "its al Qaeda backers seek to establish a Sunni-dominated Islamic state stretching from Iraq to northern Syria."
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"sent": "We are now closer than ever to a regional war in the Middle East,\" said Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, who heads the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on northern Syria."
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"sent": "A senior State Department official said on condition of not being identified that the discussion concerns the ISIS threat to \"many countries in the region, including Iran,\" as well as the need to support a more inclusive approach by the Iraqi government than the sectarian efforts by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki."
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