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Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.

Maureen Johnson

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Maureen Johnson
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
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But we made our own fun, mostly. I recall a time, many years later, when American children seemed unable to amuse themselves without a fortune in electrical and electronic equipment. We had no fancy equipment and did not miss it.
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When I worked in theater, I was always writing things on Post-it Notes and sticking them on screens or desks. Twitter has given me a way of continuing to post those notes, only a lot of other people see them, too.
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I knew it was beautiful, but knowing something is beautiful and caring about it are two very different things, and I didn't care.
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I had always assumed the weekend was a holy tradition, respected by good people everywhere. Not so at Wexford.
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Can I tell you something you really don't want to hear? He's going to break up with you. - Stuart
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People always say they can't do things, that they're impossible. They just haven't been creative enough.
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This pool is a triumph of imagination. That's how you win at life, Gin. You have to imagine your way through. Never say something can't be done. There's always a solution, even if it's weird.
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Money is for doing things, my love. Don't sit on it like a hen sits on an egg. It doesn't hatch. I should know. I've made enough of it.
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Something about this boat screamed, I am a very popular model in the world's oil-bearing regions. I cost more than your soul!
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One person's crazy is another person's sane, I guess.
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Why are Americans so fascinated by Ireland? Keith asked... you all think you're Irish. What's the appeal? Do you like the accent more? Is it all the magical rocks? Oh, look, a lep­rechaun.
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Don't get stabbed. It makes everything awkward.
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Spicy food and I have a close relationship—an obsessive one, in fact. If it’s spicy, I want it. I want to sweat and shake and go half blind from the searing pain . . . which, now that I put it that way, seems really suggestive. But spicy stuff is addictive. That’s a known fact of science.
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English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.
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She looks like a jumper to me. Jumpers do that a lot, stand on the edge and stare out. Never kill yourself in a Tube station. Tip number one. You might end up down here forever, staring at the wall. Stephen coughed a little. Just giving advice, Callum said.
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They weren't pressed together as closely as normal, but his shoulder bumped hers, then remained there. It was very subtle, and possibly even accidental, but it was enough.
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Nothing was quite like it was supposed to be.
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A pause while my mother made high-pitched sisterly devotions of gratitude.
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I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.
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Did you hear? he asked. They found another body around nine this morning. It's the Ripper, definitely. Good morning, I replied. Morning. Listen to this. The second victim.
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