Naomi Watts
Actress
"There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it."
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Truman Capote
Author, Journalist
"The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel."
Allen Ginsberg
Poet, Activist
"The closet door is open for me, where I left it, since I left it open, it has graciously stayed open."
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedian, Television Host
"One time I actually cleaned out my closet so good I ended up on the cover of Time magazine."
Russell Westbrook
Professional Basketball Player
"I actually have a closet that's all shoes, maybe 700 pairs."
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"I have the motto that says, 'Whatever you see in your closet that you like, pick it and wear it.' It's not just your closet, but just your life. Whatever catches your eye. Pick it."
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"I woke up one day and realized I was a closet hetero"
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"Writing is not some quiet, closet act."
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"Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so was cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet."
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"I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K."
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"I like organizing things. I like organizing my closets, so that I know where everything is. And and I used to color code it."
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"I have to come out of the closet of the third person and speak in a more direct way."
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"If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet."
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"Nothing has happened to me out of the closet that was anywhere near as dangerous as being closeted."
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"I am not in the closet. I am not coming out of the closet. I am not gay."
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"She was getting bitchy.That was a good sign. "What am I supposed to do till you get back?" I said, patting the smouldering leather. "Hide in my closet? I"d rather be with you."
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"Cluttered closets mean a cluttered mind."
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