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> [In television there are only about 12 people who do what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lehrer/in-television-there-are-only-about-12-people-who-do-what-i-do/)

[Jim Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lehrer/)

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> [I'd rather be at home with 12 people around the table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dom-deluise/i-d-rather-be-at-home-with-12-people-around-the-table/)

[Dom DeLuise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dom-deluise/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/dom-deluise-30041_home_i-d-rather-be-at-home-with-12-people-aro_889662.jpg)

> [Just be yourself is great advice to maybe 12% of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikhil-saluja/just-be-yourself-is-great-advice-to-maybe-12-of-people/)

[Nikhil Saluja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikhil-saluja/)

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> [I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bateman/i-got-serious-about-painting-at-12-when-most-people-give-up/)

[Robert Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bateman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/robert-bateman-23821_ambition_i-got-serious-about-painting-at-12-when_2407631.jpg)

> [The first gig we ever played was at a pub in Sydney called the Annandale Hotel to approximately 12 people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-hemmings/the-first-gig-we-ever-played-was-at-a-pub-in-sydney-called-the/)

[Luke Hemmings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-hemmings/)

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> [Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/jury-a-group-of-12-people-who-having-lied-to-the-judge-about-their/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It doesn't make sense to move to one of the biggest-growing cities in the nation to sit in a room with 12…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-childers/it-doesn-t-make-sense-to-move-to-one-of-the-biggest-growing-cities-in/)

[Tyler Childers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-childers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/tyler-childers-13317_country_it-doesn-t-make-sense-to-move-to-one-of_1768649.jpg)

> [When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-bley/when-you-have-13-horns-and-one-is-soloing-you-have-12-people-to-play/)

[Carla Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-bley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/carla-bley-28151_behinds_when-you-have-13-horns-and-one-is-soloin_433028.png)

> [I did a tour show to 12 people in Falkirk, five of them friends of my parents, three days after a pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivo-graham/i-did-a-tour-show-to-12-people-in-falkirk-five-of-them-friends-of-my/)

[Ivo Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivo-graham/)

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> [“Is there any point in doing anything at all? My mother, my sister, and Gale’s family are finally safe. As for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/is-there-any-point-in-doing-anything-at-all-my-mother-my-sister-and/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/suzanne-collins-60_parenting_is-there-any-point-in-doing-anything-at_1074619.jpg)

> [I quite like the idea - just as an abstract idea - of 12 people's collective life experience and wisdom being this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-morgan/i-quite-like-the-idea-just-as-an-abstract-idea-of-12-people-s/)

[Peter Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-morgan/)

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