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Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.


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DENNIS CHRISTOPHER Going to the roof of the Empire State Building is pretty amazing for kids.
ADAM SCOTT The Empire State Building is making a concerted effort to reclaim some of its past glory.
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BRIAN WILLIAMS The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.
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TOM INMAN I wash my face every night with Ivory soap, and I don't wear much makeup.
BRANDY NORWOOD It wouldn't be bad to look like a cross between Rita Hayworth and Elizabeth Taylor.
YASMINE BLEETH My first husband ran off with Elizabeth Taylor.
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TAKERU KOBAYASHI I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm si...
ELVIS PRESLEY My idol when I was a kid was Elizabeth Taylor.
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DAPHNE GUINNESS Elizabeth Taylor. In her heyday, she was amazing.
JOE JONAS All we can hope for is that he will fall into the ocean with a bar of soap in his pocket.
EOIN COLFER Elizabeth Taylor has more chins than the Chinese telephone directory.
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ELIZABETH HOYT Why not? Give me one good reason why we shouldn't get married."
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GAIL SACCO He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.
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ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
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ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
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ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
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ANDREW TO A Ritual to Read to Each Other


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The Q...
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JEAN ALESI No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
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