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		I don't like to say 'dork' and 'nerd' and things like that because I think that everyone is cool in their own right.
	
	  Jaime Pressly Jaime Pressly
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		The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; ... the wise does neither.
	
	  Nassim Nicholas Taleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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		I was a solid C student because I was doing so many plays. I was a drama nerd, but I was also kind of a Zelig-like character; I would shift between different groups of people. But the people I spent most of my time with were either chorus or swing choir or the drama nerds.
	
	  John C. Reilly John C. Reilly
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		When I first started the show, I was known as the 'cop nerd.' I was in the 9th Precinct in the East Village every day. I'd be at work wearing a fake bulletproof vest with foam in it, then I'd leave and put on a real one to ride around with these guys.
	
	  Jason Wiles Jason Wiles
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		Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know. For me, the spark that turns an acquaintance into a friend has usually been kindled by some shared enthusiasm . . . At fifteen, I couldn't say two words about the weather or how I was doing, but I could come up with a paragraph or two about the album Charlie Parker with Strings. In high school, I made the first real friends I ever had because one of them came up to me at lunch and started talking about the Cure.
	
	  Sarah Vowell Sarah Vowell
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		I knew early on that I was a nerd and that films were my refuge. Those first few minutes before the lights went off, and you're alone in the theater waiting, were really pleasurable.
	
	  Alfonso Cuaron Alfonso Cuaron
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		I grew up as a fanboy and a giant nerd, and I mean that in the most loving sense. I loved playing 'Dungeons and Dragons.'
	
	  Derek Mears Derek Mears
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		I'm a Gemini, so there's two people in me. Straight up. There's the nerd who is totally zoned out in the studio, EQ-ing this kick drum, raising this snare one decibel, or swapping this high hat out for another. Then there's the other side who's a performer. I have to go out on stage and be electric, a fire cracker, just run around the stage and give a show.
	
	  G-Eazy G-Eazy
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		I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward.
	
	  Louis C. K. Louis C. K.
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		Slothful, feeble, pretentious, pedantic, elitist - these are some of the epithets that eventually become associated with the absent minded scholar, the poor sighted reader, the book worm, the nerd.
	
	  Alberto Manguel Alberto Manguel
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		I'm a total protein shake junkie nerd. I get creative every morning - you never know what you're gonna get in my shake... fruit? Peanut butter? Ice-cream?
	
	  Christina Perri Christina Perri
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		Female empowerment really is important to me. I'm a big nerd of the books from the 15th Century and 16th Century, when the men had all the power and the women had none of it.
	
	  Ariel Winter Ariel Winter