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JACK MOORE People give themselves to you, in their talking, and in other ways, if you are quiet and patient and... LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD Maybe they know my name, maybe they don't, but we're going to get that damned play on, even if I hav... WILLIAM PETERSEN [Autobiographies] are all the same -- it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned i... DEBORAH KERR Anyone would feel an enormous sense of guilt going to one of these places - and if you're in a posit... SIR RICHARD BRANSON If at first you don't succeed, try, try, and try again. Then give up. There's no use being a damned ... I'm damned glad to be here... GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON Out, damned spot! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break. CHUCK PALAHNIUK No, it’s not fair, but what makes earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for. 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