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- Nov 07, 2020
Over Quotes
On endings, control, and what's left after.
These over quotes touch on shrugging off bad reviews, a joke about a composer's career peaking absurdly young, and the physical toll of years spent touring. Another reflects on the discomfort of having no control over what ends up on screen. See Control for more on that last idea.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in middle school and high school, I was over 100 pounds overweight.
- Onion
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while.
- Circulation
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was in the days when everyone rode a bicycle, and the journal had a circulation of over one hundred and twenty-five thousand weekly, so my verses and illustrations became known to a fairly large public.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
A salmi is an oldfangled, richly flavored game stew - often served, like chipped beef, over toast - that was a delicacy popular in the 1890s.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.
- Favored
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- Nov 07, 2020
Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to try the scene over and over, but given the confines of television, I don't have that option.
- Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020