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I guess we're oil and water. (Phoebe) I'd say we're more like gasoline and a blowtorch. (Dan)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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I happen to be immature, undisciplined, and self-centered, pretty much a little boy in a man's body, although I'd appreciate it if you didn't quote me on that. -Bobby Tom
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There was something about a man with a shovel, and the sweat on his neck might as well have been chocolate sauce. It wasn't fair. Brains and brawns should be two separate categories, not bundled into one irresistible package. She needed to pull herself together before she went after him with a spoon. But where to start?
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It must be hard being you,” she said. “Mr. Perfect on the outside. Dr. Evil on the inside.” “It’s not that hard. The rest of the world isn’t as insightful as you.
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You’re the most important thing in the world to me. I know you don’t believe it, but I’m going to prove it to you.
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If you think I'm going to cry all over your chest because you don't feel the same way, you're wrong. I don't beg for anybody's love.
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A villain always preferred luring the heroine to his lair.
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ignore the pain, play through it.
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Mummy’s coming home late tonight. It’ll be just we guys, so we can get drunk and watch porn.
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It runs in the family. And don't expect me to be ashamed. Yankees lock away loony relatives, but down here, we prop 'em up on parade floats and march 'em through the middle of town.
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If you want me, you'll have to earn me. And, mister, I don't come cheap.
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