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" Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency. "
Paul Rudd
Perfect
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" I don't feel like a dork, but I certainly have many moments of nerdism, and I embrace it wholeheartedly. I've always cottoned to that crowd more, anyway. "
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" In eighth grade, I wore a tie to school every day. I didn't own jeans. But it wasn't a granola thing, it was really more of an INXS thing. "
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" My parents raised me to treat people the way you would want to be treated and to be polite. Sometimes, when I get nervous or insecure, I might overcompensate and might not be totally true to what I am feeling inside. But I get nervous and maybe too smiley and polite. "
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" Personally - and I don't mean to brag - my jokes have been falling flat for most of my life. "
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