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" You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true. "
Christopher Hampton
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" If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women. "
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" I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have done that. "
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