Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all this time. Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.
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FOX I know what it's like to squander all your hours and all your tears and all your heart on something ... SOPHIE KINSELLA Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and... JACK HANDEY I used to think about how I was conceived quite a lot when I was about 10 or 11, but I don't thi... LOUISE BROWN It's been a lot of talking about what they want to do to us, about what they're going to do to us an... ARTEZ FOSTER If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh abo... MARIE OSMOND Sometimes I can't believe I'm going to be 60. I always say there's no point moaning abou... TWIGGY It's funny, because when I came here, something made me think about what it was going to feel like g... BOBBY HOLIK I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about f... 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PABLO SANDOVAL I wasted a lot of time being angry, time I can't get back. And now I see you, so angry about what ha... JONATHAN TROPPER I thought for a moment about the dog. Miffy. I guess no matter how much Rube and I complained about ... MARKUS ZUSAK I did something wrong, I was punished and I paid for it. Now I want to think about something else an... FABIEN PELOUS There's nothing I dislike more than being in a photo shoot where they say, 'Be yourself.'... MARGOT ROBBIE No, I mean earlier. Where’d you go? You weren't here with me because no, nothing happened. I could... COLLEEN HOOVER Sometimes, I feel able to write lines about my life and about how I do feel everyday in such a huge ... SARAH KEDDAR There is nothing to fear. Nothing to worry about. Grieve nothing in this transitionary world. It's t... TAHEREH MAFI Petrol poured down behind me and into the back. Luckily I had goggles on. It was panic. You dont thi... 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