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" I walked into the wrong examination room. I'm bad enough at facial recognition... I saw more that day than I cared to. Fortunately, I didn't recognize her from that angle, whoever it was, and I didn't ask. I'm off to a rocky start on the road to fatherhood, but I got a free view. "

Simon Helberg

Recognition

Road

Free

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Think

Rhythm

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Always

Parents

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Mick Jagger

Say

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Doing

Flexibility

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Character

People

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Hard

Your

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