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“Every so often, when I am feeling plucky, I try to write a screenplay that combines all 10 of Americans' top phobias and market it as a sleeper hit.”

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They will wrest 'dull words' from my cold dead hands.

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Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves.

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George Washington didn't have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid chopping down more cherry trees than he could…

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At Harvard, people like to impart the idea that you are a mover and shaker.

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It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'

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It's not until after you've been hit by a car and landed all right that the fear kicks in.

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I'm not changing because I'm part of a hit. People around me have changed in their attitude toward me, but I haven't changed. And…

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In my fights, it's not if I get hit; it's when I get hit.

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Just because you've got a hit doesn't mean you've made it.

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I never wanted to let go of the opportunity, and so I hit upon 'VIP 2'.

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For me, it's just a blessing. It just comes to me. I never tried to hit a homer, or anything like that.

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People say that things happen for a reason. So when I hit you up side the head, remember I had a reason.

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I'm not involved in too many wars, where I'm just constantly getting hit, hit, hit.

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I think a lot of bands have hit songs that don't get the attention that they ever are going to deserve.

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I was hit by a car. I almost died. My show was taken away from me. I was frightened.

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