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		Especially at night she was afraid of waking up and finding him formless in the bed, transformed into excrescences that burst out because of too much fluid, the flesh melted and dripping, and with it everything around, the furniture, the entire apartment and she herself, his wife, broken, sucked into that stream polluted by living matter.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elena Ferrante 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Stewart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At the end of Season 1 of 'Cheers', it was the lowest rated show in all of network television... So we turn to 'Bill Cosby'; when he came to Thursday night, he just exploded. And once the audience was there, we said, 'Hey, by the way, we also have this other great show. It's called 'Cheers'.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Littlefield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My wife is a painter, musician, and fiber artist. We married in 1993, and as she worked, I found that my reading about art was helping me understand what she was doing, just as seeing her work gave me a language with which to speak of art. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Floyd Skloot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damian Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, 'I spent a night with interesting people.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Portman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Shotgun's one of the first songs I ever wrote. It's about a couple I met at Waffle House, an all night diner I used to hang at before I could go to bars. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Caitlin Rose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My wife's a loving, funny, Irish-spirited person, and I'm still surprised at some of the things she says. She makes me laugh every day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Sinise 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife, one small daughter, $276 in the bank, and an idea. The idea was for an export business to supply items badly needed everywhere in Europe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. Joseph Cossman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry David 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The modern woman has a modern life, and most of us work. There's no time to change before we go out in the evening, so a dress should always look appropriate for day and night. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'What you doin' with such a big ol' dog in New York?' 'Never had a wife.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abraham Polonsky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Tonight the lilacs magnify The easy passion, the ever-ready love Of the lover that lies within us and we breatheAn odor evoking nothing, absolute. We encounter in the dead middle of the night The purple odor, the abundant bloom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wallace Stevens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A rental car in Savannah, Georgia. In the middle of touring, we had a week off. I have a problem with flying, so instead of going home, my wife came to me and we rented a car and drove around. Just pulled off on some dirt roads... 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Last night I dreamtThat somebody loved meNo hope, no harmJust another false alarmLast night I feltReal arms around meNo hope, no harmJust another false alarmSo, tell me how longBefore the last one?And tell me how longBefore the right one?The story is old - I knowBut it goes onThe story is old - I knowBut it goes onOh, goes onAnd onOh, goes onAnd on 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I shop for clothes when I have time - early in the morning or late at night. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		My wife is German, so I know something about German energy policy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bret Stephens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm trying to think how I impressed my wife. We had an on-stage kiss, and I really went for it. Because I liked her. Usually you can get away with it being just technical, but it was a problem when I ended up kissing my wife on the set. I'd say I stopped acting and kissed her on set. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Walton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is much easier to fight through this thing called life with someone, as opposed to fighting alone. I absolutely want to be a wife and to come home to somebody who I know adores me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				LisaRaye McCoy-Misick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But I just think we've got such a continuity with what we're doing that most people come in and fill in the blanks. And sometimes we leave a lot of blanks to be filled. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Charlie Hunter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Especially at night she was afraid of waking up and finding him formless in the bed, transformed into excrescences that burst out because of too much fluid, the flesh melted and dripping, and with it everything around, the furniture, the entire apartment and she herself, his wife, broken, sucked into that stream polluted by living matter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elena Ferrante