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A clean house will result in peace in the Middle East as well.

Melina Marchetta

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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
Screenwriter
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Carmelina Marchetta
Results
Middle
Peace
House
Wells
Well
East
Result
Clean

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Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed. 'The first one. I really resent being called the second.
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If I did something to hurt Frankie and she said that I was never getting near her heart again, I’d spent the rest of my life trying anyway. That’s the difference between you and me, Tom. I’d go back to the moment it all fell apart and I’d start there.
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Don't ever ask me again if I hate living anywhere with you and Jasmina. This Rock reminds me of the boy I was and being with you in the palace reminds me of the man I want to be.' 'Not just any man,' she whispered. 'A King. Mine.
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Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered and every secret will be made known.
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Girls under the age of fourteen are the most frightening creatures I have ever come across. - Jonah Griggs
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She gently placed his hand against the beating pulse of her heart. Always, always it beat out of control, and he held his hand to it until he felt it perfectly match his.
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It's like geographical humor. You just don't get it unless you were there.
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Phaedra shook her head. “If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their children, Tesadora. Because it will be their children who come to slaughter us one day, all because of careless words passed down by their elders who meant no harm.
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