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“I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'”
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“I would point out that I'm an actress for a reason! If I were popular in high school, I would have considered another career because I wouldn't have been alone in my room, making up other characters for myself. I definitely had growing pains. The popular kids didn't want anything to do with the girl who was starting the drama club.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“The desire to write a novel is the single required prerequisite for writing a novel.”
Source : Jane Smiley (2008). “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel”, p.29, Anchor
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“Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times.”
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“Yeah, that's a good point.”
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“I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?”
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“I'm not naturally a person that wants to exercise, but I find running is something I can do wherever I am in the world.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.”
