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MARK TWAIN Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. SATCHEL PAIGE Americans don't want immigration. They don't want any more. Why can't we have a home? Yo... ANN COULTER You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate ... JOHN OATES It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Everyone's like, 'Oh, you must live in L.A., the glamorous life,' and I really don't... MADDIE ZIEGLER Let's be clear: no one is forced into hazing. If you don't want to be hazed, don't join ... MILO YIANNOPOULOS If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don'... MARY GARDEN If you're playing a negative character, sooner or later it rubs off on you. Some people don'... 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ED MCMAHON I think that's one of the biggest problems in the world - we don't look at one another; we d... LEILA BEKHTI I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse. TAYLOR SWIFT If you're going to say to all the people that you're working with, 'We want you to treat... JAMES SINEGAL You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'... IAN MCKELLEN I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter h... PATRICIA RICHARDSON We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tin... HENRY FORD Everyone should have cancer one time - then you'd know that other things aren't important. T... BOBBY HEENAN Did you know you can't say 'Jesus' in a sitcom? They told me that, and I was like, You g... TYLER PERRY If you do things to the limit, and don't purposely go over that limit, then I think it's fin... 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