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• I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got a hidden meaning tucked away somewhere, or perhaps find that it's capable of an extra entendre or two. . . . Plotting is nothing I did, or do, naturally. It is the hardest part of the writing process. No matter how many times you plot a script successfully, the next one, representing new and uncharted territory, convinces you that you really don't know how to do it at all.

  Larry Gelbart

  Writing, Play, Two

  "Laughing matters". Book by Larry Gelbart, www.nytimes.com. 1982.

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• The Oldfields of the future are beyond hearing; they are shut up in the factories and the workshops, leading a rackety and mechanical existence, to the damage of their bodies and the peril of their souls, for the sake of an extra pound or so a week, which they promptly spend on mental or physical narcotics.

  Beverley Nichols

  Soul, Body, Sake

  Beverley Nichols (1953). “Merry Hall”

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• I'm gonna put extra blankets, free, in all your rooms, and there'll be no cover charge.

  Groucho Marx

  Inspiration, Rooms, Blanket

  "Fictional character: Hammer". "The Cocoanuts", www.imdb.com. 1929.

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• The larger office, the corner space, the extra window are the teddy bears and tricycles of adult office life

  Willard Gaylin

  Inspiration, Space, Office

  Willard Gaylin (1989). “The Rage Within: Anger in Modern Life”, Penguin Books

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• Are you willing to go the extra mile in this new year to know God?

  Mark Hart

  New Year, Years, Miles

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• I'll have an awesome blossom, EXTRA awesome.

  Michael Scott

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• I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense.

  Charles Darwin

  Men, Principles, Enough

  Charles Darwin (2010). “The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 29: “Erasmus Darwin” by Ernest Krause, with a Preliminary Notice by Charles Darwin; “The Autobiography of Charles Darwin” Edited by Nora Barlow; and Consolidated Index”, p.101, NYU Press

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• We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Important, Technique, Fancy

  "Information Management: A Proposal". www.w3.org. March 1989.

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• Research cited by Robert Cohen has made the point that there is up to a gallon of extra mucus in the body created as a result of drinking dairy. The mucus problem is associated with the fact that 87 percent of milk protein is casein, the main ingredient of Elmer's Glue.

  Gabriel Cousens

  Drinking, Glue, Research

  Gabriel Cousens (2007). “There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program”, p.55, North Atlantic Books

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• I just want your extra time and your.......... Kiss

  Prince

  Kissing, Extra Time, Pretty Woman

  Song: Kiss extended version

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• People rise and fall to meet your level of expectations for them. If you express skepticism and doubt in others, they will return your lack of confidence with mediocrity. But if you believe in them and expect them to do well, they will go the extra mile trying to do their best.

  John C. Maxwell

  Believe, Fall, People

  John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (2013). “How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World”, p.37, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If it's time to let go, JUST LET GO. You can't carry on through life with extra weight on your conscience.

  Shannon Leto

  Letting Go, Weight, Time To Let Go

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• Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put together a website and have bunch of fans who love coming and seeing what they're doing.

  Gabe Newell

  Successful, People, Together

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Sergio Trujillos choreography adds coals to the inferno, with movement that plain just doesnt stop. We know from Jersey Boys that he can capture this style, but in Memphis, he kicks it up towards art, playing with the authentic touches to add some hits of Fosse, or riffs from modern dance that take us just that extra step we need.

  Richard Ouzounian

  Art, Boys, Style

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• I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. Just fancy those parts that are at present inhabited by the most despicable specimens of human beings what an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence, look again at the extra employment a new country added to our dominions gives.

  Cecil Rhodes

  Country, Race, Giving

  "Confession of Faith". Essay by Cecil Rhodes, 1877.

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• Clearly it's not easy for woman in modern society, no matter where we live. We still have to go extra mile to prove that we are equal to men. We have to work longer hours and make more sacrifices. And we must emotionally protect ourselves from unfair, often vicious attacks made on us.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Sacrifice, Men, Matter

  "Whither Pakistan: Dictatorship Or Democracy?".

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• In London it had seemed impossible to travel without the proper evening clothes. One could see an invitation arriving for an Embassy ball or something. But on the other side of Europe with the first faint tinges of faraway places becoming apparent and exciting, to say nothing of vanishing roads and extra weight, Embassy balls held less significance.

  Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.

  Europe, Clothes, Arriving

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• When I have extra time I just go out to the Hamptons. I have a house in Southampton I go out to as much as I possibly can.

  Hilary Rhoda

  Extra Time, House, Hamptons

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• Out of all the neighborhoods in Manhattan, Soho in particular had the charged atmosphere of a movie set, populated with passersby who looked like extras from Central Casting, so perfectly did they fit into this environment. There was the feeling of everything being not quite real, or too perfectly cliched to actually be true, and it began to rain in a fine, misty drizzle from a black patent leather sky.

  Candace Bushnell

  Real, Rain, Sky

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• Leadership is meant merely to be lead-by-example.Anything given extra to support team result is just an icing on the top.

  Anuj

  Team, Support, Example

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• If you want to succeed at any job, make yourself invaluable. Go the extra mile; make them never be able to imagine what life without you there would be like.

  Ross Mathews

  Jobs, Succeed, Would Be

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• If we continue to treat content as an extra to information architecture, to content management or to anything else, we miss a bright opportunity to influence users. Content is not a nice-to-have extra. Content is a star of the user experience show. Let’s make content shine.

  Colleen Jones

  Stars, Nice, Opportunity

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• If I had a partner who asked when I was going to the gym or commented that I was eating too much or asked if I really needed an extra potato, that would make me feel awful. It would be terrible.

  Penny Lancaster

  Would Be, Awful, Too Much

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• I think people in my district expect me to work with the president. It doesn't mean we have to agree all the time. I don't feel any extra pressure.

  Charlie Dent

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "The Obama Wing Of The GOP: Caught Between The President And The Hardliners" By Ryan Grim, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2009.

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• I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces, the energy, the Orpheum Theatre. It was all very inspiring.

  Jean Dujardin

  Light, Theatre, Energy

  "Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo THE ARTIST Interview". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. November 23, 2011.

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