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Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.

Scott Anderson

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I used to eat Danny Kaye's food. I had his Chinese and Italian meals, and that was as good as it gets.

Joel Grey

GoodFoodEatMealsUsedChinese

Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays.

John Clayton

ChallengeGiftHolidaysMorePuppy

You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.

John Turturro

StarsThinkYouAggressiveAmbitious

As our products have improved, and you add value at the high end, customers move to the high end.

Amy Hood

ValueEndYouHighProductsMove

Protestantism came to America to make America Protestant. It was assumed that was to be done through faith in the reasonableness of the common man and the establishment of a democratic republic.

Stanley Hauerwas

FaithManAmericaDoneThrough

When I lived in New York City, I loved it so much. But every six months, I had to go home to Texas to remember who I was. Get filled back up.

Sissy Spacek

When I'm on stage, the songs that we've chosen to play from the back catalog are things that still resonate with me, and matter to me. And the songs that I couldn't be a part of, we don't play anymore.

Trent Reznor

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Coming back to the UFC was huge. I was ready for the spotlight for the first time.

Robbie Lawler

TimeBackReadyFirst TimeFirst

A country, people, and society are in a sorry state when the guardians of its democratic values and the rule of law are the officers of the armed forces who are forced to stand up to the mob and the politicians who incite it and kowtow to it.

Ronen Bergman

PeopleLawSocietySorryStand Up

Posture has such a big impact on the way people perceive you.

Mary Helen Bowers

PeopleImpactYouWayBigPosture

We wanted to sit down and conceptually work out songs.

Mike Lowry

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Housekeeping ain't no joke.

Louisa May Alcott

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