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" I'm very good at deconstructing. I'm a very good troubleshooter for why something is unlikely to work. And most everything is unlikely to work. "

Robert Downey, Jr.

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" All I want, and I think all any parent with a semblance of a moral psychology wants, is for my kid to have his own experience, uninhibited. "

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" Sometimes if you're wanting to look just a little bit taller, then you want to dress with just more of a thin cut. "

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" Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think. "

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" Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do? "

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" I've always been a fella who put most of my eggs in one basket and then take a dump in the basket but I really don't know. "

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" Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest. "

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" I understand reversal of fortune; that usually has come through my own hand, but you know, you live life on life's terms. "

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