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CORKY SEMLER
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And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they... MARK WAHLBERG I did some pretty embarrassing modeling, like catalogs and QVC. I know there's probably a stereo...
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I was introduced to the Turducken in New Orleans. And it wasn't Thanksgiving. Glenn at the Gourm... JOHN MADDEN I loved the Sunday funnies, and then, as I got a little bit older, I think my dad recognized that it...
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IAN HARDING
I had my bad-boy moment in my teens. I'll never do that again. It wasn't pleasant, and I lea... JESSICA BIEL
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And it sort of jogged a memory of something that I read at school and I read it, and I thought God t... ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Years ago I had realized I was blaming myself for it. People and doctors would tell me it wasn't my ... ROBERT ANTHONY My parents aren't married. And one of the reasons why they never got married is because they had...
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I think, for a long time, people thought I was a figment of Phil Spector's imagination because t... DARLENE LOVE Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not ...
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Believe it or not, I was once just like you, ... I was sitting in a school just like this. I had dre... MAGIC JOHNSON
I grew up performing in glee club at my school; I was the ostrich in 'Peter Pan,' and then I... KELSEA BALLERINI
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I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he t... CARL LEWIS
I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral comp... MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
I wouldn't just come home from school and watch TV everyday, they had me involved in lots of loc... KERRY WASHINGTON
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MAE WHITMAN For a spectator this was a great game to watch. You could tell they had the momentum, then we had it...
GUY VIRGILIO
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Nowadays, if you have a mustache, people look at you like you're crazy. But when I was growing u... KEVIN CONNOLLY
I had lived with my mother in anger and love - I suppose most daughters do - but my children only kn... JUDITH VIORST
I said something really stupid once. I told a friend that my mother was so beautiful, but my dad was... GENE WILDER
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I had never been this mad at her before. It was one thing to be attacked by someone you hated, but t... KAMI GARCIA I never ever thought that I was a giggler. I was the one who could hold it together but I didn't on ...
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Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. 
The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love... 
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A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks. 
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I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitiv... 
There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
... 
Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which th... 
In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients ... 
Natural erosion had reduced the critical barrier islands in the Gulf, the result of the destruction ... 
Love without conversation is impossible. 
The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of the IRA, are co... 
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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory. 
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Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. 
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we cont... 
Honest people don't hide their deeds. 
I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and... 
Saying nothing... sometimes says the most. 
Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. 
Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-br... 
It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw. 
How much is an hour of your time worth? It's worth whatever wage you would get if you spent that... 
May she wake in torment!’ [...] ‘Why, she’s a liar to
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree. 
Oh, I'm burning! I wish I were out of doors! I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and ... 