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You take girls, for example. They're copying their moms and magazines and everything to know how to act around guys. I mean it's not like… — Stephen Chbosky
There are stars in the night sky that look brighter than the others, and when you look at them through a telescope you realize you… — Jodi Picoult
It is an example of what films can do, how they can slip past your defenses and really break your heart. — David Gilmour
. . . She was obsessed with clothes and status, how she never gave a thought to being responsible for her own actions, or even… — Candace Bushnell
All you have to do is speak up. Tell him straight up: "I need you here to protect and provide for us, to give us… — Steve Harvey
In northwest Alaska, kunlangeta "might be applied to a man who, for example, repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and does not go hunting,… — Martha Stout
Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the… — Thomas Pynchon
For awhile I taped soap operas and watched them at night when I thought I might be forgetting what it was like to be human.… — Charlaine Harris
I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't… — Randy Pausch
you have often seen in the cinema, erich, haven't you, that between extraordinary people extraordinary things like for example extraordinary love can arise. so we… — Elfriede Jelinek
Iâ€™m curious about things that people arenâ€™t supposed to seeâ€”so, for example, I liked going to the British Museum, but I would like it better… — Audrey Niffenegger
Let the jerks of the world serve as the perfect example of what you don't want to be. You'll be a heck of a lot… — Willie Nelson
If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because in looking so hard for… — Isabel Allende
Some people--Samad for example--will tell you not to trust people who overuse the phrase "at the end of the day"--football managers, estate agents, salesmen of… — Zadie Smith
I don't know what you think of me. And you certainly would never picture us together. But probably peanut butter was just peanut butter for… — Jodi Picoult
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for… — Daniel Handler
And so I'm me again, Leo. Thanks to the example of a five-year-old. I'm hoping you wouldn't want it any other way. Not that you… — Jerry Spinelli
Well," he said, "fâ€™r example, if they ask where youâ€™ve come from, you could say â€˜Behind me,â€™and if they asked where youâ€™re going, youâ€™d say… — Neil Gaiman
Why are there beings at all instead of nothing? That is the question. Presumably it is not arbitrary question, "Why are there beings at all… — Martin Heidegger
If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago. — Heather Brewer

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