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We Don't Want To Be Afraid To Make A Choice Because We're Afraid To Make A Mistake Because Most Decisions Aren't Final. Feelings Change All The Time. You Can Always Change Your Mind And Taking Risks And Making Choices Is What Makes Life So Exciting Because We Never Know What's Going To Happen. Every Day Something New Comes Our Way.

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We Don't Want To Be Afraid To Make A Choice Because We're Afraid To Make A Mistake Because Most Decisions Aren't Final. Feelings Change All The Time. You Can Always Change Your Mind And Taking Risks And Making Choices Is What Makes Life So Exciting Because We Never Know What's Going To Happen. Every Day Something New Comes Our Way.

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Earlier Today Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean Became The New Head Of The Democratic National Committee -- No Word On Who Will Be The Neck.

I Think The Hardest Thing Is To Know What You Want, Ask For It, And Then To Stop Talking.

Any Time You Talk To Anyone About Something That They Love, They're, Like, Their Most Beautiful. It's A Cool Gift To Get To Talk To People About What They Love.

Other People Are Not Medicine.

I Also Think If You're An Actor And You Can Improvise, When You Go On An Audition And You Can Improvise You're Just A Genius. If You Can, You Know, Take A Tide Commercial And You Can Just Say One Funny Line That's Not In The Commercial They Think You're A Genius.

Sleep Helps You Win At Life.

No One Looks Stupid When They're Having Fun.

I've Grown Tired Of Smoke And Mirrors. I Yearn For The Clean, Well-lighted Place.

Decide What Your Currency Is Early. Let Go Of What You Will Never Have. People Who Do This Are Happier And Sexier.

I Had To Come To Terms With How I Saw Myself. I Had To Understand That I Wasn't Pretty Or Beautiful Like Most Actresses And That I Shouldn't Care About Whether Other People Found Me Attractive Or Not.

The Minute Anyone Makes You Feel Weird And Non-included Or Not Supported, You Know, Either Beat It Or Tell Them To Beat It.

If Boys Say Something That's Not Funny, You Don't Have To Laugh.

If Your Career Is A Bad Boyfriend, It Is Healthy To Remember You Can Always Leave And Go Sleep With Somebody Else.

I'd Say Any Good Set Or Any Comedy That I've Worked On, That's Worked, Has Been Comedians Pitching Ideas Back And Forth To Each Other. A Lot Of Like, 'what If You Say This? What About This?'

Prince Harry This Week Toured The Jersey Shore With New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. It Was The First Meeting Between The Prince, Of The House Of Windsor, And The Governor, Of The House Of Pancake.

I Have A Boyfriend Who Knows How To Settle Me. He Puts His Hand On My Chest And Tells Me Boring Stories. On One Of Our First Nights Together I Woke Up Apologizing For My Snoring And He Pulled Out Two Earplugs He Had Worn To Bed So He Could Hear What I Was Saying.

You Can't Look Stupid If You're Having Fun.

Don't Treat Your Heart Like An Action Figure Wrapped In Plastic And Never Used. And Don't Try To Give Me That Nerd Argument That Your Heart Is A 'batman' With A Limited-edition Silver Bat-erang And Therefore If It Stays In Its Original Packing It Increases In Value.

Ang Lee's Been Nominated For Best Director For "life Of Pi," Which Is What I'm Going To Call The Six Weeks After I Take This Dress Off.

The Federal Government Began Investigating Allegations Of Fraud Against The Coalition Provisional Authority, A U.s. Contractor Accused In A Bid-rigging Operation Involving Millions Of Dollars. Asked To Comment, A Spokesperson For Halliburton Said, 'millions? With An M? That Is Adorable.'

Shame Makes People Abandon Their Children And Drink Themselves To Death. It Also Keeps Us From True Happiness. An Apology Is A Glorious Release.

So, If You're Doing Good Longform With Talented People Than You Can Step Out And You Can Be The President Or A Construction Worker And People Accept That. It's Really The Roles You Give Yourself.

Construction Workers

Masters Of Sex Is The Degree I Got From Boston College.

I Think We Should Stop Asking People In Their Twenties What They 'want To Do' And Start Asking Them What They Don't Want To Do.

There's Something So Romantic About Being Broke In New York. You Gotta Do It. You Have To Live There Once Without Any Money, And Then You Have To Live There When You Have Money. Let Me Tell You, Of The Two, The Latter Is Far Better.

Nice Manners Are The Secret Keys To The Universe.

It's Nice To Be Short, Because People Expect Less From You.

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