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The things you think you can suppress, those idiosy... JANE GREEN Last year, if I made that turnover, I would've got down. Today, I put it behind me and just tried to... CORY HOLT We keep coming back in these games and we keep playing harder, harder and harder. But we need to pla... LARRY EBERST A being who, as I grew older, lost imagination, emotion, a type of intelligence, a way of feeling th... FERNANDO PESSOA I remember very vividly - I wrote about it in one of my books - my first IRA. I contributed $2,000 e... CHARLES SCHWAB In the end, what matters is this: I survived. GAIL HONEYMAN I've been bisexual for as long as I can remember. I remember being made fun of in junior high fo... CRYSTAL BOWERSOX I stopped doing standup because it stopped being fun. And the reason it stopped being fun was it was... EDDIE MURPHY I think it’s because you’re frightened and you feel helpless, and even though you’re trying, t... NICHOLAS SPARKS I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. 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