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> [Ideally when you set up for the first game of the season... to have put the team to bed would be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-villas-boas/ideally-when-you-set-up-for-the-first-game-of-the-season-to-have-put/)

[Andre Villas-Boas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-villas-boas/)

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> [I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-think-the-ideal-situation-for-a-family-is-to-be-completely/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [I have a feeling there is no ideal situation, unless she could go back in time and be 22 again. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-peet/i-have-a-feeling-there-is-no-ideal-situation-unless-she-could-go-back/)

[Amanda Peet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-peet/)

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> [I never could have planned this, and now I'm in my ideal situation career-wise and just sort of where I am in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-ashmore/i-never-could-have-planned-this-and-now-i-m-in-my-ideal-situation/)

[Shawn Ashmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-ashmore/)

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> [“For this - the ideal, as it is set - should be not as to what others should do to make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-cayce/for-this-the-ideal-as-it-is-set-should-be-not-as-to-what-others/)

[Edgar Cayce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-cayce/)

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> [The ideal situation would be to bypass all of the drama and mayhem and just get the music right to the people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debbie-gibson/the-ideal-situation-would-be-to-bypass-all-of-the-drama-and-mayhem/)

[Debbie Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debbie-gibson/)

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> [You can always work around this, that or the other, but if everybody's in there because they love it and they just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-reinking/you-can-always-work-around-this-that-or-the-other-but-if-everybody-s/)

[Ann Reinking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-reinking/)

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> [The ideal situation for a parent is one that no one has - having a fulfilling job that requires you to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-fey/the-ideal-situation-for-a-parent-is-one-that-no-one-has-having-a/)

[Tina Fey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-fey/)

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> [“Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it. Nothing ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/life-is-a-good-teacher-and-a-good-friend-things-are-always-in-2/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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