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" I'm not actively avoiding television. I just haven't found the right fit yet, as it were. And that's O.K. "
Diane Lane
Just
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" Are we asking terribly much of people to be curious and interested in the female experience from the female perspective? "
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" I don't want to live in a bubble, in my craft or in the world... I can't, I would be cheating myself out of my generation and the world we live in. "
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" To be honest, relationships with the opposite sex are the most challenging things I've done. You lose your compass, gravity changes, you don't know what's up or down, you're trying to figure it out. You're trying to make everybody happy, including yourself, and it's just... it's humbled me. "
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" I was so much more insecure at 19. Thank God. It would be really cruel if there were a 19-year-old walking around with my confidence. "
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