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By all means, give me a reason to decline,” Ronan suggested as Felix moved to stand. “You came with high demands, and everyone knows a warlock collects in blood.


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SAMANTHA BOND I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been v...
SAMANTHA BOND If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50....
SAMANTHA BOND Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I...
SAMANTHA BOND My best friend is my husband.
SAMANTHA BOND I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.
SAMANTHA BEE It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
SAMANTHA BEE I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
SAMANTHA BEE If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a sh...
SAMANTHA BEE I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
SAMANTHA BEE I don't think the show would be funny to you if you didn't already have a base of informatio...
SAMANTHA BEE I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people worki...
SAMANTHA BEE I think that my love of cooking grew out of my love of reading about cooking. When I was a kid, we h...
SAMANTHA BEE There are some people who believe that these are not real stories with real people, but they actuall...
SAMANTHA BEE It's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doi...
SAMANTHA BEE A lot of funny stuff happens in Canada.
SAMANTHA BEE I think NASCAR's coming to Canada now so it'll take on a whole new relevance. Be afraid.
SAMANTHA BEE I never believe them when they say that because you really have to sort of be aware of what's go...
SAMANTHA BEE My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are ...
SAMANTHA BEE If I could live in New York the rest of my life, I absolutely would, but it's also prohibitively...
SAMANTHA BEE It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real...
SAMANTHA BEE I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
SAMANTHA BEE Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven bill...
SAMANTHA BEE It's not every day people fly you to New York for auditions.
SAMANTHA BEE I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything li...
SAMANTHA BEE I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my ch...
SAMANTHA BEE You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
SAMANTHA BEE The best part about poker is there's no down side.
SAMANTHA BEE I'm capable of living in the moment. And I'm especially capable of living in the moment of s...
SAMANTHA BEE I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's...
SAMANTHA BEE Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.
SAMANTHA BEE We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our be...
SAMANTHA POWER All advocacy is, at its core, an exercise in empathy.
SAMANTHA POWER Daniel, my big brother, is eight years older. I'm lucky he didn't mind hanging out with his ...
SAMANTHA STOSUR I don't really remember the day we lost our home in the floods, but looking back I can understan...
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