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We practice them, but you can't practice pressure. That's the difference.


Ian Rutledge

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ANN VOSKAMP We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
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IAN MCDIARMID I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite g...
IAN MCDIARMID I'm the blackest villain of all time.
IAN MCDIARMID The part that I think is one of the most interesting is of course the one that Hayden Christensen pl...
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