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"I have a condition called Menieres disease which is a problem with fluid retention in the inner ear. It has four symptoms: ringing in the ear, pressure in the ear, fluctuating hearing loss, and attacks of vertigo."
"It's not imperative that I graduate in four years, and it's not imperative that I get all A's."
"If something comes along that you don't like, there are a few sort of four-letter words that you can use to push it out of the sphere of discussion. If you were in a bar downtown, they might have different words, but if you're an educated person what you use are complicated words like "conspiracy theory" or "Marxist." It's a way of pushing unpleasant questions off the agenda so that we can continue in our own happy ideology."
"With one more talent one frequently stands with greater instability than with one less, as a table stands better on three legs than on four."
"All about a dollar like four quarters."
"It doesn't take a lot of people to create something amazing. It can take one or four people who are really driven and like minded to create something that has amazing meaning and value to millions of people in the world."
"Why would I want four or five more inches? I use my speed."
"In my entire life I have only met four "perfect" people... and I disliked them all."
"Have you ever dated a Goth chick for four or five months until you realized she was just an Orthodox Jew? They have the same costumes."
"When I said 'we', officer, I was referring to myself, the four young ladies, and, of course, the goat."
"I thought it was very humanitarian of Sean Penn and Madonna to marry each other. That way, they make only two people miserable instead of four."
"Physical pain is my friend. I pursue it every night for four hours."
"If you meet a cross-eyed person you must plunge into the grass, alongside the chilly ants, fish through the green fingernails and come up with the four-leaf clover."
"You know...my flower...I'm responsible for her. And she's so weak! And so naive. She has four ridiculous thorns to defend her against the world."
"Each of us is sometimes a cretin, a fool, a moron, or a lunatic. A normal person is just a reasonable mix of these components, these four ideal types."
"...when the little boy discovered, at four, the same thing Mr. Smith had learned earlier -- that only birds and planes could fly -- he lost all interest in himself."
"We must have safe places where people can discuss and be treated. Forty-four million people are already dead from AIDS. What logic is there in not discussing the word?"
"The forty-four-hour week has no charm for me. I'm looking for a forty-hour day."
"As you all know by now, this is the 51st annual Academy Awards. Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show."
"I won't be having any more kids, though. Four is enough."
