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• Babe," Ranger said. "You're looking a little strung out. Is there anything I should know?" I'm on a sugar withdrawal. I've given up desert and it's all I can think about." That had been true five minutes ago. Now that Ranger was standng in front of me I was thinking a cupcake wasn't what I actually needed. Maybe I can help you get your mind off doughnuts," Ranger said. My mouth dropped open, and I think some drool might have dribbled out.

  Janet Evanovich

  Thinking, Cupcakes, Mind

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• My advice: write down everything you eat. It's amazing what that "self honesty" can do for you. (Do you really want to have to confess that doughnut? I thought not.)

  Alton Brown

  Honesty, Writing, Self

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• Truthfully, everyone knows how to eat right. They know the difference between oatmeal and a jelly cream doughnut. They know how to walk. Everyone has this in their brain. When I started, we didn't have all this knowledge.

  Richard Simmons

  Differences, Oatmeal, Brain

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, www.chicagotribune.com. April 18, 2012.

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• You pretty much can't get away from bacon or whiskey in the South. Put a doughnut in it and you'd be good to go.

  Hillary Scott

  Whiskey, Get Away, Be Good

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• President Obama is closing the prescription drug doughnut hole. He strengthened Medicare! He extended the life of the program by eight years. And what Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan won’t admit is that their plan would require current seniors to pay, on average, $600 more each year for prescription drugs.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Senior, Eight, Average

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

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• Stephanie, I'm begging you. Eat some doughnuts. I can't keep going like this." - Morelli

  Janet Evanovich

  Begging You, I Can, Keep Going

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• A week after my drugs ran out, I left my bed to perform at the college, deciding at the last minute to skip both the doughnut toss and the march of the headless plush toys. Instead, I just heated up a skillet of plastic soldiers, poured a milkshake over my head and called it a night.

  David Sedaris

  Night, College, Drug

  David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

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• My family was so poor we were close to eating the holes inside of doughnuts.

  Malcolm X

  Eating, My Family, Poor

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• An optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist sees the whole.

  Navjot Singh Sidhu

  Pessimist, Optimist, Whole

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• Rich people believe "You can have your cake and eat it too." Middle-class people believe "Cake is too rich, so I'll only have a little piece." Poor people don't believe they deserve cake, so they order a doughnut, focus on the hole, and wonder why they have "nothing."

  T. Harv Eker

  Inspirational, Trust, Believe

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Feb 19, 2013

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• "Jerks," I muttered. Then I brightened. "Oh, hey. Doughnuts."

  Richelle Mead

  Hey, Jerk

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.380, Penguin

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• I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much dope, I was sitting on the couch, and just turning into a doughnut, and I really got irritated with myself.

  Brad Pitt

  Marijuana, Dope, Smoking

  "Brad Pitt spent decade smoking marijuana: Which '90s star came out on top?", www.foxnews.com. January 26, 2012.

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• I also stole a small yellow doughnut from the box of Duncan's doughnuts in the rec room and fed it to the attack poodle in my office. He made a great production of it. First, he growled at the doughnut, just to show it who was boss. Then he nudged it with his nose. Then he licked it, until finally he snagged it into his mouth and chomped it with great pleasure, dropping crumbs all over the carpet.

  Ilona Andrews

  Yellow, Office, Boss

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.89, Penguin

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• Why doesn't Prin go and get her own goddamn blistering bloody shitty jelly doughnuts?

  Margaret Laurence

  Jelly, Bloody

  Margaret Laurence (1974). “The Diviners”, p.36, University of Chicago Press

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• Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, everybody loves them. But I thought this was interesting on the box, 'Konsult Kardiologist.

  David Letterman

  Krispy Kreme, Interesting, Boxes

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• I try to work out my mind more these days. I try to eat right. I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I take the skin off chicken. But I'm not on no special diet. I like my steak and potatoes, ice cream, doughnuts.

  Mr. T

  Ice Cream, Work Out, Mind

  "Mr T: 20 years on after The A-Team". www.mirror.co.uk. February 1, 2009.

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• Even in the old days, we'd make an effort. When I'd go out to score on Eighth
  Avenue, I'd get my junk and a chocolate doughnut. But I'd always also pick up one of
  those pita-pocket health food sandwiches. You know, something really good for me.

  Steven Tyler

  Effort, Chocolate, Pockets

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• Stepping into the "shoes" of someone's life other than my own, great movies such as 'Cinema Paradiso,' scenic landscapes, the work of Daniel Day-Lewis, the books of Joel Goldsmith, traveling, doughnuts, ice cream.

  Reggie Lee

  Book, Ice Cream, Shoes

  "Reggie Lee from TV’s Grimm: Kindness + Abundance + Infiniteness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.

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• I'm a little vague on the details but aren't doughnuts just the most marvellous thing to ever come out of organised religion?

  Catherine Webb

  Details, Littles, Organised Religion

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• A gluten-free diet still allows you access to almost every fruit and vegetable, a variety of grains and legumes, your pick of dairy products, fresh meats and fish and a whole slew of special gluten-free delights to satisfy your pretzel-bagel-muffin-doughnut craving.

  Daphne Oz

  Vegetables, Special, Fruit

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• Now, have I ever been tempted to break into a Krispy Kreme doughnut store in the middle of the night? Oh, yeah. God help us if I had a mini-bar stocked with cheesecake and chicken-fried steak.

  Mike Huckabee

  Night, Krispy Kreme, Bars

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• For most of us, the classic test of willpower is resisting temptation, whether the temptress is a doughnut, a cigarette, a clearance sale, or a one-night stand. When people say, "I have no willpower," what they usually mean is, "I have trouble saying no when my mouth, stomach, heart, or (fill in your anatomical part) wants to say yes.

  Kelly McGonigal

  Heart, Mean, Night

  Kelly McGonigal (2011). “The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It”, p.14, Penguin

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• Discretion, like the hole in a doughnut, does not exist except as an area left open by a surrounding belt of restriction. It is therefore a relative concept. It always makes sense to ask, "Discretion under which standards?" or "Discretion as to which authority?

  Ronald Dworkin

  Doe, Authority, Holes

  Ronald Dworkin (2013). “Taking Rights Seriously”, p.48, A&C Black

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• I’ve worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts - just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Jobs, Flower, Clothes

  Interview with Dimitri Ehrlich, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 2, 2010.

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• The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, the 50 bored guys eating doughnuts disappear, friends disappear. To get to that point when you don't have to think about it, you're just acting and reacting in those circumstances.

  Val Kilmer

  Character, Thinking, Bored

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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