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I didn't want to take a chance at drawing a foul, losing the ball, whatever the case may have been, so I stopped and shot the jumper.


Seimone Augustus

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ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media.
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WALLIS SIMPSON I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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WALLIS SIMPSON Never explain, never complain.
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WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin.
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