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You're the optimist all the way through, pretending to be a pessimist on the inside, because you can act like it hurts less if you say you knew all along it was going to go down like that.


Amy Jo Cousins

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JO NESBO Christians have always been fodder for comedians who have tended to portray them as anoraks - slight...
JO BRAND I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise bu...
JO BRAND I had always fancied a go at the comedy and when it started to go reasonably well and the opportunit...
JO BRAND I've never been a fan of euphemism.
JO BRAND Regular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect the...
JO BRAND I was really, because I thought it was extremely excruciating when I watched a tape of it, that my h...
JO BRAND I was sleeping in a water bed for a couple of years, recommended by my doctor. I was never comfortab...
JO NESBO There's a magical energy and power from the ocean. I was born in a room overlooking the sea, in ...
JO BEVERLEY What I'd love to do would be to bring a person from the past to me. In that case I'd pick Ja...
JO BEVERLEY Jeremy Clarkson is rather charming, but I can't stomach his public persona. I don't like his...
JO BRAND Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label.
JO BRAND There are problems with nursing - such as the issue of nurses all having to do degrees these days. B...
JO BRAND The Inspector General issued six reviews and reports on actions taken based on provisions of the act...
JO BONNER Tech stocks are boasting high multiples, Sony shares are trading at 44 times projected fiscal 2006 e...
JO KAWAKAMI Since the September 11 attacks, nearly 400 individuals have been arrested by the Justice Department ...
JO BONNER Everything seems so surreal ,like it didn't even happen. It feels like a dream I still haven't woken...
ERIKA JO I'm not sure I ever want to get married. I'm neither messing around while waiting nor looking for so...
JO WALTON Businesses in my constituency want help to address the skills mismatch at local level which leaves e...
JO COX