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I adored 'Breaking The Waves,' so when Lars von Trier wanted me in 'Dogville,' I was beside myself with joy. He works in a way that nobody I've ever worked with works.

Adored Beside Breaking Ever
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Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.

Away Film Hottest Kid
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If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.

Been Had Job Level
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Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.

Agency Because Car Car Keys
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The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.
Either Girl Like Parts
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You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.

End Financial Gain Somebody
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The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.

Absolutely Does Just Like
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I'm nice, and I show up on time.

Nice Show Time Up
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One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials.

About Basic Care Child
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Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it!

About Care Don't Care Enough
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I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me.

Family However Important Like
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All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline.

Basically Part Same Shows
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The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.

America Enlightenment Reason Schools
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The idea of an afterlife where you can be reunited with loved ones can be immensely consoling - though not to me.

Afterlife Consoling Idea Immensely
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I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.

Above Average Career Medium
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Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.

Could Coverage Improved Item
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The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.

Always Apt Beautiful Better
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Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

Always Bleak Family Family Life
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I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

Down Get Paper Remember
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My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.

Able At Least One Been Bonus
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Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius.

Genius His Our Our Time
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I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new.

Book Few Fire Friends
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A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.

Believe Delusion Despite Evidence
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Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.

Avoid Easy Ending Extremes
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The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

Bedrock Better Down Get
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Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

Any Hand Means Mother
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Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success

Failure Success Think
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I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.

Always Back Children Everywhere
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Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence. Much the same is true of philosophers, historians and literary critics.

About Among Argue Critics
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To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

Blame Computer Err Even
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She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.

Seemed glad Appeared Kitchen Watching her
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Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it

Bad language Children Dies Learn
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The time your friends need you is when they’re wrong, Jean Louise. They don’t need you when they’re right

Time Your friends Wrong Need you
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More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems: back taxes, back rent, back auto payments.

American Auto Back Before
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Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet.

Arrangement Every Feet Filled
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As sure as time, history is repeating itself, and as sure as man is man, history is the last place he’ll look for his lessons.

Sure History Repeating itself Man
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Remember this also: it’s always easy to look back and see what we were, yesterday, ten years ago. It is hard to see what we are. If you can master that trick, you’ll get along.

Remember Always easy Look back Yesterday
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Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.
Bringing Democracy First First Time
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People don’t like to have somebody knowing more than they do. It aggravates them.

People Like Somebody knowing Aggravates them
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
You Rarely win You do
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One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them.

One thing Certain circumstances Do anything
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Sometimes we have to kill a little so we can live.
Sometimes Kill Little Live
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I came to the conclusion that people were just peculiar, I withdrew from them, and never thought about them until I was forced to.

Conclusion People Peculiar Withdrew
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I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always have an idea.

Know Going Worry Have
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I have often said that I am a passionate Darwinian when it comes to explaining why we exist.

Am Darwinian Exist Explaining
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Something pretty mysterious had to give rise to the origin of the universe.
Give Had Mysterious Origin
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How can you take seriously someone who likes to believe something because he finds it 'comforting'?

Because Believe Comforting Finds
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We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.

Allowed Been Brought Criticise
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What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds

About Bothers Me Minds
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Spring is God's way of saying, 'One more time!'

God More Saying Spring
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