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Harlan Coben

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LESLEY ANN WARREN I've been more single than not in my short life.
MICHAEL KIWANUKA I've had way more rejections than I've had jobs.
MATTHEW MORRISON I've always had that attitude about my career: it's something that I do, but it's not my...
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HILLARY CLINTON I've run my whole life - for more than exercise, for mental health.
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JACK O'CONNELL 'Terra Nova,' more than anything I've ever done in my life, is for everybody.
ALEX GRAVES I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.
LANCE BASS Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children,...
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LEE IACOCCA I've had a very supportive mother my entire life, so I've had strong women around me.
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LAUREN GRAHAM Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got t...
DOLLY PARTON To be an outlaw you must first have a base in law to reject and get out of, I never had such a base....
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS I haven't personally in my real life had many people close to me die, but my characters have, an...
NINA DOBREV I've always had a more spatial mind, mathematical, than literal.
PORTIA DOUBLEDAY One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean you got to real...
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GLORIA STEINEM I've always enjoyed real work more than schoolwork. My mother will attest to that - she was alwa...
DAVID ULEVITCH I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.
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JACK KEVORKIAN I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including win...
CHRISTINE LAHTI I've never been a big nightlife person. I have a pretty low-key life.
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KAREN HANDEL I've had an angel on my shoulder all my life.
BARBARA HALE I have a self-defense mind. I've had it all my life.
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KURT BUSCH Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.
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JULIAN LENNON Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life.
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TED TURNER The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely,...
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SIMON COWELL There has never been a moment when faith hasn't been an important part of my life. There have be...
MARCO RUBIO I've outlived my parents, and I've had some wonderful second chances in life. I feel remarka...
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MICHAEL JORDAN It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and...
CAMILLA BELLE I've had the same breasts for my entire adult life.
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BILL NIGHY I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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JACK BLACK I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and al...
LANA DEL REY I've had a lot of mother figures. But by the time my mom came into my life, it wasn't a '...
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