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Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way - towards a busy street or terminal - before they run out of their burrows.

Alain de Botton

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De Botton, Alain. A Week at the Airport. Profile Books, 2009.

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I talk a lot, so I’ve learned to tune myself out.

Kelly Kapoor

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The Office

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"Counseling." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and B.J. Novak and Ricky Gervais, directed by Jeffrey Blitz, season 7, episode 2, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2010.

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Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it.

How to Train Your Dragon

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How to Train Your Dragon. Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. DreamWorks Animation, 2010.

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Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion.

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Fey, Tina. "Tina Fey Thinks Jay-Z and Hilary Clinton are the Ultimate Power Couple." Youtube. Uploaded 17 Jan. 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ajjxV5WmQ

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You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

Inception

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Inception. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2010.

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Don't confuse honors with achievement.

Zadie Smith

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Smith, Zadie. "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 2." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/22/zadie-smith-rules-for-writers.

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No matter how much you change, you still have to pay the price for the things you've done.

The Town

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The Town. Directed by Ben Affleck, Legendary Pictures/GK Films/Thunder Road Pictures, 2010.

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Well, if it ain't loaded and cocked, it don't shoot!

True Grit

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True Grit. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Skydance Productions/Mike Zoss Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2010.

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I never shot nobody I didn't have to.

True Grit

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True Grit. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Skydance Productions/Mike Zoss Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2010.

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La familia es todo.

Breaking Bad

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"One Minute." Breaking Bad, written by Thomas Schnauz, directed by Michelle MacLaren, season 3, episode 7, High Bridge/Gran Via Productions/Sony Pictures Television, 2010.

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Look, the point is, stop trying so hard to be something you're not.

How to Train Your Dragon

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How to Train Your Dragon. Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. DreamWorks Animation, 2010.

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I want to open up my own club one day, maybe call it something like Club a Dub Dub or the Club Marine, sort of a submarine-themed club, or Tom’s Bistro. The word "bistro" is classy as shit.

Tom Haverford

Parks and Recreation

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"Woman of the Year." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Norm Hiscock, directed by Jason Woliner, season 2, episode 17, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2010.

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Time just gets away from us.

True Grit

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True Grit. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Skydance Productions/Mike Zoss Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2010.

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Long pauses are good, they add solemnity to great occasions.

The King's Speech

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The King's Speech. Directed by Tom Hooper, UK Film Council/Momentum Pictures/Aegis Film Fund Molinare, London/FilmNation Entertainment/See-Saw Films/Bedlam Productions, 2010.

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I have been trying to get on jury duty every year since I was 18 years old. To get to go sit it in an air-conditioned room, downtown, judging people, while my lunch is paid for... That is the life.

Stanley Hudson

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"Classy Christmas." The Office, written Greg Daniels and Mindy Kaling and Ricky Gervais, directed by Rainn Wilson, season 7, episode 11, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2010.

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We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.

Don Draper

Mad Men

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"The Summer Man." Mad Men, written by Matthew Weiner and Lisa Albert and Janet Leahy, directed by Phil Abraham, season 4, episode 8, Lionsgate Television and American Movie Classics and Weiner Bros., 2010.

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There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt.

Ray Bradbury

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Bradbury, Ray. "Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203." Interviewed by Sam Weller. Paris Review, Spring 2010.

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Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.

Jeanette Winterson

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Winterson, Jeanette. Quoted in "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 2." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/10-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-two.

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I don't paint out of responsibility. I paint out of need.

Jim Dine

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Dine, Jim. "Lone Wolf: An Interview with Jim Dine." Interviewed by Ilka Scobie. Artnet, 28 June 2010.

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Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to see with another person’s eyes.