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Books should be full of stuff you could never say to people in public.

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Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them. Pierre Trudeau
Mr Churchill, to what do you attribute your success in life? Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down. And never sit down when you can lie down. Winston Churchill
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The mall tour was right off of my second record, before it came out. It was very different. I did an acoustic performance every day in a different mall! One interesting thing I remember is playing 'My Happy Ending' a lot, and that song was so new that I remember getting emotional. Avril Lavigne
Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes. Charles de Lint
J. K. Rowling quote: "I'm dying!" Malfoy yelled, as the class panicked. "I'm dying,..."
I'm dying!" Malfoy yelled, as the class panicked. "I'm dying, look at me! It's killed me! J. K. Rowling
I've been keeping a diary for thirty-three years and write in it every morning. Most of it's just whining, but every so often there'll be something I can use later: a joke, a description, a quote. It's an invaluable aid when it comes to winning arguments. 'That's not what you said on February 3, 1996,' I'll say to someone. David Sedaris
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "Her face was calm, but inside she was tense."
Her face was calm, but inside she was tense. Jeffrey Eugenides
I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas. Norman McLaren
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I don't know who Little Richard is. Bar Refaeli
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And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years. Nicholas Lea
Upon this first, and in one sense this sole, rule of reason, that in order to learn you must desire to learn, and in so desiring not be satisfied with what you already incline to think, there follows one corollary which itself deserves to be inscribed upon every wall of the city of philosophy: Do not block the way of inquiry. Charles Sanders Peirce
If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But, if orders are clear and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their oficers. Sun Tzu
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. Eva Mendes
DAISY: I never knew you were such a realist-I thought you were more poetic. Where's your imagination? There are many sides to reality. Choose the one that's best for you. Escape into the world of imagination. Eugene Ionesco