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" Love the giver more than the gift. "
Brigham Young
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" I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face. "
Stephen Hopkins
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" We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic. "
Lance Burton
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Time
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" My father was a legendary copywriter. He wrote 'Timex Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking.' He named Earth Day 'Earth Day.' It falls on his birthday, April 22. Earth Day, birthday. So the idea came easily. "
Sarah Koenig
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" I believe that if writers want their readers to care about a character, they have to care themselves. I have to root for a detective who screws up as much as Thorne does, who shares my birthday, my North London stomping ground, and my love of country music, both alt and cheesy. "
Mark Billingham
Music
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Care
" The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. "
Samuel Johnson
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Care
" In the time of social media, I get lots of wishes. It's overwhelming! What makes the day most special is the love I get from my fans, who try to make the occasion extra special. Almost 50 days before my birthday, they have started making plans. In fact, I have been receiving letters, too. "
Harshvardhan Rane
Day
Time
Love
" It's odd the things that people remember. Parents will arrange a birthday party, certain it will stick in your mind forever. You'll have a nice time, then two years later you'll be like, 'There was a pony there? Really? And a clown with one leg?' "
David Sedaris
Time
Birthday
Mind
" I love photography. My boyfriend's got a great camera, which I bought for his birthday. "
Sarah Sutton
Birthday
Camera
Love
" I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day. "
Aimee Bender
Cake
Birthday
Happy
" I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar. "
George Saunders
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" As he approached his 28th birthday in February 1840, Dickens knew himself to be famous, successful and tired. He needed a rest, and he made up his mind to keep the year free of the pressure of producing monthly installments of yet another long novel. "
Claire Tomalin
Tired
Rest
Mind
" The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday. "
Tammy Blanchard
Cats
Birthday
Me
" Even when I was in Dubai, I used to host small birthday parties, events, and lots more to make money of my own to fulfil my wish to become an actor. I didn't take any money from my parents to fulfil my dream. "
Rithvik Dhanjani
Small
Money
Parents
" Friends and family do not believe you write fiction. They truly believe that every word you write is either autobiographical or based on them. I once had a character say that she never wanted to be invited to another children's birthday party, and I never received another children's birthday party invitation ever again. "
Liane Moriarty
Family
Birthday
Character
" I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too. "
Liv Tyler
Age
Nice
Birthday
" I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips. "
Amy Poehler
Birthday
Free
Giving
" I'm good in summer. My birthday is in summer. I don't like it when it's too hot, but, you know, blue skies, I think people genuinely loosen up a bit, and it's nicer. "
George Ezra
Blue
Good
People
" I'm not big on dark chocolate, but I do have a sweet tooth, so it gets me in trouble. I love warm chocolate chip cookies with ice cream. Then there's this chocolate pie my mom makes for me every year for my birthday. She's been making it since I was younger, and there's nothing like it. It's really so, so good! "
Phillip Phillips
Birthday
Good
Me
" It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them. "
Brigham Young
New
Forget
Always
" I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos. "
Jill Clayburgh
Birthday
Family
Son
" I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely. "
Mary Pickford
Now
Birthday
Child
" As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing. "
Mike Wallace
Eyes
Birthday
Search
" I was fired by 'America's Next Top Model' on my birthday. "
Paulina Porizkova
Birthday
Top
Next
" Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new. "
Sammy Hagar
Start
Year
You
" I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my birthday, but I think I'll probably be given jewelry instead. "
Susan Orlean
Birthday
Down
Jewelry
" I don't go into a fight mad. I go into a fight like it's my birthday. I love what I'm doing. "
Paige VanZant
Birthday
Doing
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" The Governors Ball is like a big birthday party, and all these stars are like excited kids running around - 'Oooo, look at my pretty new dress!' And what's the best, most fun surprise at a birthday party? When the cake comes out! "
Sherry Yard
Fun
Stars
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" The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it as we approach our nation's birthday, and as our men and women in uniform rally behind it in Iraq's battlefields. "
Joe Barton
Women
Birthday
Democracy
" I know that might sound silly coming from someone my age, but I remember on my 14th birthday having a crisis like my mom should be having. I kept thinking that I was getting older, and I haven't really accomplished anything. I remember thinking that I better accomplish something real soon. "
Q'orianka Kilcher
Birthday
Mom
Know
" The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday. "
Maxine Peake
Out
Posh
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