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“The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.”
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“There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.”
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“Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw. I wasn't enough for me. Can you understand that?”
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“I have a theory that since everyone is always dieting, no one at a convention dinner ever eats the potatoes. Therefore, they go back to the kitchen uneaten. And the next night they reappear at another convention. Therefore, one should never eat the potatoes. Who knows? They may be six or seven years old.”
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“I download TV shows more and more, especially from the US.”
Source : "Julian Ovenden: 'The iPhone is surely the must-have gadget'". Interview with Stuart O'Konnor, www.theguardian.com. November 6, 2009.
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“I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.”
Source : "Ian Rankin: 'I am, of course, a frustrated rock star'" by Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2012.
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“A spiritual search in art is looking for meaning outside of yourself.”
