"Name three types of olives." "Olives! I wouldn't……" — John Marsden
"Name three types of olives." "Olives! I wouldn't know one type!" "Well, there are three. You can get green ones, you can get black ones, or you can get stuffed."
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55 Quotes by John Marsden
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Some people wake up drowsy. Some people wake up energized. I wake up dead.
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Life's harder, the deeper you feel things.
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