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		It tasted like a shade of white near blue; it tasted like the idea of pearls; it tasted like a memory nearly grasped but lost at the last moment.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
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		I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
	
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		I made all my generals out of mud.
	
	  Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte
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		I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
	
	  Pat Sajak Pat Sajak
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		I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.
	
	  Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding
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		Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
	
	  Gary Lineker Gary Lineker
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		I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.
	
	  Francesco Carrozzini Francesco Carrozzini
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		Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
	
	  Caitlin Flanagan Caitlin Flanagan
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		So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
	
	  Barry McCaffrey Barry McCaffrey
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		You have giant Facebook, which wants people to be more engaged, and they also want to grow and trade different things, including content.
	
	  Walt Mossberg Walt Mossberg
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		However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
	
	  Randy Neugebauer Randy Neugebauer
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		The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
	
	  Carl Hiaasen Carl Hiaasen
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		I could live in a sari; I was born to wear a sari.
	
	  Vidya Balan Vidya Balan
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		Nothing, however, can be more arrogant, though nothing is commoner than to assume that of Gods there is only one, and of religions none but the speaker’s.
	
	  Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf
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		The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
	
	  Ralph Marston Ralph Marston
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		We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money.
	
	  Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson
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		I was a journalist. I was a drummer. I was everything. I didn't know what the heck I was. But with Jack Paar, the job was very specific - no confusion. You came in each day. You wrote five pages of jokes. You handed the pages in... The pressure was to write five pages of jokes every day. I did it, and I thought, 'This is what I like to do.'
	
	  Garry Marshall Garry Marshall
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		It tasted like a shade of white near blue; it tasted like the idea of pearls; it tasted like a memory nearly grasped but lost at the last moment.
	
	  Catherynne M. Valente Catherynne M. Valente