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I'm not drunk onstage, although I've done that a couple of times when I was younger. It's partly just the way I… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
Literature is reflecting what is happening in life. More and more women are having relationships with younger men. It's partly that women… — Helen McCrory Copy Share Image
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California club pop chirper Dev's debut is as stark as it is sweet. This is owed partly to the casually giddy lightness… — Chuck Eddy Copy Share Image
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Civilisation is partly about restraining the male of the species from engaging in the violence of the hunter-gatherer period. But it doesn't… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
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People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and… — Harry Johnston Copy Share Image
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