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" I just love movies. "
Edward Norton
Love
Just
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" I think a lot of people in their average day actually imagine two sides of a conversation at one point or another. I think that the mental trick of holding two sides of a conversation in your head is actually something that we all do. "
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" Identical twins are endemically alike in many ways. "
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" Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. "
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" Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed the easiest and most fun way to quickly set up a fundraising campaign and send it around to your friends and family. "
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Fun
School
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" It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you. "
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Having
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