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I no longer know the author of this book, for simply stopping long enough and writing it down was where I changed… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
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I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
The only complete reading is that which transforms the book into a simultaneous network of reciprocal relations. — Jean Rousset Copy Share Image
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No one I know of has ever had this experience-where you had to sit and wait and wait for a DNA test… — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
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If you're 25 years old dressed up like Superman at a comic book convention, that's great. If you're 78 and you're doing… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
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I'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
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