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TIM TEBOW Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.
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AKIVA SCHAFFER I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do.
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STUDS TERKEL It's the easiest thing in the world to be down about anything. I think the body responds to good...
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GIA COPPOLA I've just always felt it's an incredibly empowering thing, particularly for young women, to ...
ALANIS MORISSETTE The easiest person to deceive is one's self.
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle,...
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SPIKE JONZE I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of ...
SPIKE JONZE I like naps. I don't drink coffee.
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SPIKE JONZE You can go on Nike's website and choose exactly what fabrics and colours and shapes you want you...
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SPIKE JONZE I'm a little slow, so forgive me if I'm inarticulate.
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SPIKE JONZE I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already.
SPIKE JONZE It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping....
SPIKE JONZE I am better at math than spelling.
SPIKE JONZE I skated and rode bikes on ramps, and my mom was always super supportive. She was one of the only di...
SPIKE JONZE Our subjectivity is so completely our own.
SPIKE JONZE I'll still make movies for studios, but my editing process will be much further removed from the...
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LOUIS C. K. Quitting is the easiest thing to do.
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MARK BOAL It's nice to be irritated. It's a very joyous thing.
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KIRK HAMMETT I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; it's a very specific task.
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DARREN ARONOFSKY Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
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BRANDON GRAY I can make a scene that's not supposed to be sexy, very sexy. It's a power you're born w...
TARA REID I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing.
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ALLISON ANDERS The easiest thing was a Web site. It just seemed the natural thing to do.
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ALTON BROWN It's a different way of getting across an emotion. You're trying to get it across to the ani...
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FRANK DEFORD The easiest thing on the life is to make question, but the difficulties one it’s to answer it.
IBNOULKHATIB YAHYA It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
JOHN GREEN It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.
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