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Don't weep for me; don't write any sob stories.


Gertrude Ederle

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TAYLOR SCHILLING I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.
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W. P. KINSELLA I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.
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LANA DEL REY Never regret what you don't write.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Don't write outlines; I hate outlines.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.
JAMES AGATE Feminists don't like me, and I don't like them.
MEL GIBSON I don't have any assistants, I do it all myself, I don't have any secretaries.
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DAVID LEVITHAN Don't be a smart ass!
Smartass die first!!
DEYTH BANGER Don't hate the black, don't hate the white, if you get bit, just hate the bite.
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DEYTH BANGER You don't know what in reality has happen...!?
DEYTH BANGER Paper or razor blade, never give up
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A couple yea...
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BROM Don't blame the situation, don't blame other people
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Don't be afraid of change,
Don't underestimate yourself,
Don't ...
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GREGORY PECK Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.
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