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  • Campbell Scott Most of us... are simply just trying to get through the day. And wait for those times in their life that are markers, that put things into relief. That's why we like movies and books so much.
    Campbell Scott
    American actor, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Caroline Dhavernas Most reporters I've spoken with want very badly to understand what is happening to her, but the why is really very unimportant. That is just not the point of the show. The journey is how she will deal with this situation, and how it will change her life.
    Source: About her character on Wonderfalls, in Wonderfalls Spills Torrent of Wit by John Crooks at Zap2it.com (2004)
    Caroline Dhavernas
    Canadian actress (1978 - )
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  • Angela Carter Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Marquis de Sade Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime? If it is not, why make laws for its punishment? And if it is, by what barbarous logic do you, to punish it, duplicate it by another crime?
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Thornton Wilder My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate - that's my philosophy.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Bill Rancic My best friend Jerry started a boat-washing business, and it was one of the most critical experiences of my life. I got to meet a lot of people who were entrepreneurs. My parents were schoolteachers, and I was now meeting people who owned companies. I realized that if this guy can do it, why can't I?
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Bill Goldberg My character is just an extension of me. The in-ring work, the things that will always be said about me: Big, overbearing, powerful, in-your-face, couldn't wrestle - I never needed to wrestle. Why did I need to learn how to wrestle? Did Hulk Hogan need to learn how to wrestle? Nope. Is Hulk Hogan a good athlete? Nope.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Tiger Woods My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works.
    Tiger Woods
    American professional golfer (1975 - )
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  • Bella Thorne My dad would call me his Cuban princess because I had really dark olive skin because I was always in the sun; but I don't really go in the sun anymore, so that is why I am so white.
    Bella Thorne
    American actress, model, singer, and director (1997 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I changed agents. The new one said, 'Why aren't you using your family name? It's a real attention-grabber.' I worried, 'How much is it going to cost to put my name in lights?' But then I decided that's not my problem.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Stephen Hawking My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
    Source: Stephen Hawking's Universe (1985) by John Boslough , Ch. 7
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so easily.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Virginia Woolf My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • George Bernard Shaw My own education has been entirely controversial: that is why I know what I am writing about.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Ben Stein My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it's a vacation destination for me. I say, 'Because I sometimes have perfect days there.'
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Bruce Vilanch My skirt fell off on stage during a performance of Hairspray on Broadway, revealing my fat suit over my own natural fat suit. I turned to the audience and said, 'Now you know why I spent six years in a square.'
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Brett Hull My teeth have never been touched. Why did I tell you that? Knock on wood. I've got a few scars over the eyes, a couple on the chin, a few on the beak and one across the cheek. But my luck is running out.
    Brett Hull
    Canadian-born American former ice hockey player (1964 - )
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  • Erma Bombeck My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
    Erma Bombeck
    American writer (1927 - 1996)
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  • Bill Rancic My wife was born and raised in Italy until she was about 9, and then she came to America, and her mom was a great cook, and they have great recipes, and whenever her mom would come into town, we would have all these friends just randomly showing up at our house, and eventually we figured out why. They wanted Mama's cooking.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it were federally mandated - serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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