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Nathan Lowell Author
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"More and more of my audio fans are asking for audiobook versions - files without the intro/outro/etc that go into the podcasts. More and more want them from Audible."

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"She wanted—what some people want throughout life—a grief that should deeply touch her, and thus humanize and make her capable of sympathy."

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Mara Wilson Actress
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"It definitely is something that can get frustrating, because you want to live life on your own terms, and it feels for a while like you can't. But I've come to understand that I got to have all these amazing experiences that other people don't have. So this is the trade-off."

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Mara Wilson Actress
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"I was such a nerd. It just wasn't something I would have wanted. And I didn't want to act like an adult."

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Mara Wilson Actress
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"I knew I didn't want to put anything down in writing about the first time that I had sex. I knew that I didn't want to do that."

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Mara Wilson Actress
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"I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that."

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Laura Allen Actress
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"You're never where you want to be. There's always waiting. There's always some new project that's coming down the road - some new thing you're working on, some creative direction you're wanting to explore."

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Laura Huxley Author
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"Children are the ultimate investment of all of those that want to make money, to sell, to dominate. So there are two meanings. They are our ultimate investment for anyone who is honest and ethical and loving, but also for all the commerce."

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Jack Nicholson Actor, Filmmaker
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"If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here."

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Florence King Author
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"For men who want to flee Family Man America and never come back, there is a guaranteed solution: homosexuality is the new French Foreign Legion."

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