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"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."
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"I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants."

"I am doing my best to find it. I will find it before the public finds it. I will get out of it before it's too late. The reason I will do that is because that's what I'm paid to do."

"The public is entitled to know whether or not I am married to Jack The Ripper."

"It's definitely the highest rated pre-school show on Cable. It's difficult to mix markets that way in terms of ratings. It's hard to tell, you know, where channel 12, or Public Television, is."

"Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step."

"So, I think it has to do with the product and what you take to the public. If they like it, they're going to come see you, and if they don't, and if you're kind of getting out of the trendy line of things, then they won't come see you."

"I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this."
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"The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another."

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"It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone."
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