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Writing fiction is the 'job' I try to keep at the center of things. The movie stuff has been a wonderful accident, though not entirely bizarre, either, as I have done some work in film before, and even directed a ridiculous, cable-access feature back in my 20s.

Jonathan Raymond

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No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.

Jo Brand

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Pay attention, don't let life go by you. Fall in love with the back of your cereal box.

Jerry Seinfeld

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Despite not looking like a matinee idol, I feel like I have a lot to give. I've never had any trouble with women. People are always surprised with the romantic aspect of my movies.

John C. Reilly

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Our employment future rests on the shoulders of the small employer, and we should be investing with them.

John Delaney

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If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.

John Ensign

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Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.

Stephen Moyer

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A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.

Tom Rachman

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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Roger Bannister

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At this late hour a wagon has been procured, and I have had it filled with plate and the most valuable portable articles, belonging to the house.

Dolley Madison

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Some people take me as being a rowdy, honky-tonk hero type. Some people see me as a quiet person. I guess I can be either one, you know, at any moment.

Dickey Betts

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Kids need to be equipped for that. They need to learn to use that technology to keep the new economy going.

Dennis Moore

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Using medicine in the service of cosmesis is generally bad for patients, bad for doctors, and bad for democracy. The only exceptions are when we know the intervention will actually reduce suffering, as with a primary cleft lip repair.

Alice Dreger

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