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“I think when the movie 'Roxanne' came out, which I also had written, I felt something new that I never felt, which was respect.”

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“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi, most of them no bigger than a tea tray. Their thin browns, ashy grays, and muted blues made people speak softly to one another, as if a shouted word might curdle one of the paintings and…

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“It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical: Like lucky cards…

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I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

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“And after his unparsable response, including a passage where he said he was 'blurring the boundaries between a thing and thought,' she said, 'Thank…

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I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear,…

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“Be undeniably good.”

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When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.

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“Lacey was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized. Alone, she was…

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