Busy Philipps Quotes
I actually feel like, for a lot of my career, I wasn't able to show my comedic range. I did a lot of dramas and dramedies. I was on 'E.R.' That's not generally thought of as a funny show.
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Love is what sometimes holds us and binds us when we're not so happy.
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All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.
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The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another.
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I actually feel like, for a lot of my career, I wasn't able to show my comedic range. I did a lot of dramas and dramedies. I was on 'E.R.' That's not generally thought of as a funny show.
