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" You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. "

Denzel Washington

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" Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn't like what a woman her age is offered. That's a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn't work the other way around. "

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" The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then. "

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" My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back. "

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