"If I see a door ajar, I push on it to see how far it will open, and if it opens wide I go through it."
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"We`re the generous country, we`re the ones that open our doors to other countries, and in many cases we get taken advantage of because of that."
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"When you close that door to nowhere throw away the key, we have a tendency to look back and regret"
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"Standing facing the door in an elevator and pretending you're the only person there, no matter how crowded it is."
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"With confidence, he open the door of life presented to him."
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"To one who knocks, the door will open."
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"When you open the door and invite in all sentient beings as your guests, you have to drop your agenda."
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"Thanks so much, everybody, for making gay marriage legal, thank you for everything you've done-I'm just going to walk through that door"
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"Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door."
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"Robert wondered if any of Harvard's revered Egyptologists had ever knocked on the door of a pyramid and expected an answer."
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"My sincere hope is that 'The Da Vinci Code,' in addition to entertaining people, will serve as an open door to begin their own explorations."
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"The blessing always comes back to the door of the author."
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"And travellers, now, within that valley, Through the red-litten windows see Vast forms, that move fantastically To a discordant melody, While, like a ghastly rapid river, Through the pale door A hideous throng rush out forever And laugh — but smile no more."
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"Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,- Perched, and sat, and nothing more."
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"Well, just remember--all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it up again when you leave."
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"Okay, I guess you can come in." "Um, Hannah, you have to, you know, open the front door so I can actually come in." "I thought you were going to - you're standing under my window. Aren't you supposed to climb up here or something?" "My ladder's at home. Also, you call throwing rocks at your window clichéd?"
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"My father looked like he was having a stroke— not that Mel seemed to notice because he just kept talking. “Patrick needs a ride. No car, you know, and so I figured, hey, I can pick up some gas money.” He laughed. No one else did, and now Patrick looked like he was trying to push himself inside the door and hide."
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"Well as much as I'm sure the people next door who are pretending they aren't looking at me would like to hear what I have to say, I'd rather say it to just you."
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"I put a basketball in front of George Clooney's door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out."
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"I have the picture of Barack [Obama] and me dancing right outside of my dressing room door, I see it every single day, and it makes me very happy."
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