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" Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie! "
Yvonne Strahovski
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" I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was, 'Who are you? I don't know you, and I don't care about how good your car is.' "
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