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“Huh…? I cock my head like a dog watching Chris Farley get out of a bathtub.”
― Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches
― Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches
“In there,” River said. “I was just stroking the horses. They have such soft noses, did you know that? Apart from the bristles. And their breath, when they snort, it’s warm on your hand. I like it. It smells of friendliness.”
― Big Damn Hero
― Big Damn Hero
“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“The usual deal: whatever’s going, if it pays, we’ll take it. Sorry state of affairs, but that’s how it is. Ain’t a kind or just ’verse, and nobody’s owed a living.”
― Big Damn Hero
― Big Damn Hero
“Fair’s fair. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a candy for a candy, a penny for your thoughts.”
― Big Damn Hero
― Big Damn Hero
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