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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL "I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. "See if that... BILL MURRAY Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind.... GAUTAMA BUDDHA I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See i... BILL MURRAY Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth ha... L.M. MONTGOMERY Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. 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SEX AND THE CITY Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had ne... SEX AND THE CITY Desperate Housewives. SEX AND THE CITY Sean (while ice-skating with Carrie): I'm guessing it's easier to balance when you're not smoking.Ca... SEX AND THE CITY I want you to look at me, connect with me. This is lovemaking, it's not a porno flick. [Maria] SEX AND THE CITY I once was broken up with by a guy's doorman. 'I'm sorry Ms. Hobbes, Jonathan won't be coming down. ... SEX AND THE CITY I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the worl... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playi... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't war... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS It's a slippery slope, Carrie. Without boundaries you never know what might happen. 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