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“Like many dads I know, I've long been motivated in all aspects of my life by my love for my children - and my desire to make the world better a better place for them, my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren.”
Source : "Showing a Father’s Love by Protecting Our Children’s Health" by Tom Carper, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2012. 
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“Anytime people read my tweets, they hear it in Auto-Tune.”
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“One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate your own wit. Of course, this can be carried too far. But it's kind of cool when you crack up a piece of writing, and then realize you wrote it. I recommend this feeling.”
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“Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will.”
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“I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.”
Source : "Face Time | Patrick Wilson". Interview with Tina Turnbow, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. January 6, 2012.
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“You ever want to negotiate a hostage situation in Quebec, I'm your man. Send me in for a little parley and the francophone miscreants will flee, hands over bleeding ears.”
Source : Will Ferguson (2010). “Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels in Search of Canada”, p.220, Vintage Canada
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“One of the most unfortunate things I see when identifying youth players is the girl who is told over the years how great she is. By the time she's a high school freshman, she starts to believe it. By her senior year, she's fizzled out. Then there's her counterpart: the girl waiting in the wings who quietly and with determination decides she's going to make something of herself. Invariably, this humble, hardworking girl is the one who becomes the real player.”
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“Your poems are like God's birds; they fly into people's hearts.”
Source : maia wojciechowska (1968). “a single light”
