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" If I'm not a successful human being, who I am? "
Nick Nolte
Human Being
Am
Human
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" Electing a black president was probably the only coup America could pull off. "
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" The way you conquer fear is to feel it all the way, and then you'll find out that there's nothing there - it's just emotion. "
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" We're very reluctant to change, even though we know that all things change, and especially our relationships are just determined to change. "
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" I've been in movies where the movie doesn't come together but the role comes together, or the movie comes together but the role doesn't come together or something like that. Something misses. It's very difficult to make it hit on all cylinders - it's just very rare. "
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" All American males are failed athletes, and it was big time even if it was Little League. It meant a lot to you. "
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