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"It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody."

"It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

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"They had me on the operating table all day. They looked into my stomach, my gall bladder, they examined everything inside of me. Know what they decided? I need glasses."

"They had me on the operating table all day. They looked into my stomach, my gall bladder, they examined everything inside of me. Know what they decided? I need glasses."

Joe E. Lewis, American Comedian

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"My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule."

"My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule."

Graham Norton, Irish Celebrity

Day, Guest, Want

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"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays."

"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

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"Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do."

"Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do."

Cat Deeley, English Celebrity

Day, Girls, Hair

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"Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't."

"Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

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"I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated."

"I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated."

Joan Van Ark, American Actress

28

"I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day."

"I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day."

Lalla Ward, English Actor

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"Apparently the new high-tech Star Wars toys will be in stores any day now. The toys can talk and are interactive, so they can be easily distinguished from Star Wars fans."

"Apparently the new high-tech Star Wars toys will be in stores any day now. The toys can talk and are interactive, so they can be easily distinguished from Star Wars fans."

Conan O'Brien, American Entertainer

Day, Fans, Now, Talk

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"The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes."

"The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

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"You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting."

"You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting."

Ed Harris, American Actor

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"At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us."

"At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us."

Mike McCready, American Musician

Day, Fans, Order

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"I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner."

"I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

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"So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot."

"So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot."

Steve Burton, American Actor

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"You gotta stick your neck out and put out a record that isn't safe... that's the Green Day way!"

"You gotta stick your neck out and put out a record that isn't safe... that's the Green Day way!"

Tre Cool, American Musician

27

"Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day."

"Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day."

Al Stewart, Scottish Musician

27

"Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition."

"Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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"I used to be a hot-tar roofer. Yeah, I remember that... day."

"I used to be a hot-tar roofer. Yeah, I remember that... day."

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

27

"Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!"

"Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!"

John Muir, American Environmentalist

Day, Heaven, Space, Sun

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"There really isn't a day when I wake up and DON'T have to be someplace."

"There really isn't a day when I wake up and DON'T have to be someplace."

Trish Stratus, American Entertainer

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"When somebody gives up their friends and everything they do just to be with a person, they wake up miserable one day. They're denying themselves for no real reason other than they think that's the thing to do."

"When somebody gives up their friends and everything they do just to be with a person, they wake up miserable one day. They're denying themselves for no real reason other than they think that's the thing to do."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

Day, Friends, Reason

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"I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, 'Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!' Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself."

"I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, 'Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!' Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself."

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

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"It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it."

"It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it."

June Lockhart, American Actress

Day, Events, Newspapers, Press

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"Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked."

"Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked."

Donna Rice, American Celebrity

Day, First, New year, Party

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"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."

"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

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"We were fortunate to be there a day or two before "the big bang" and then we got the heck out of town."

"We were fortunate to be there a day or two before "the big bang" and then we got the heck out of town."

Scotty Moore, American Musician

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"The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained."

"The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained."

Alexis Carrel, French Scientist

Day, Night, Results

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"We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration."

"We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

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"Also, there are seats in the diner that always fall off the table. If you have a scene where you're packing up at the end of the day and putting them on the table, they just slide off."

"Also, there are seats in the diner that always fall off the table. If you have a scene where you're packing up at the end of the day and putting them on the table, they just slide off."

Dannii Minogue, Australian Musician

25

"I've never seen a schedule where you just go in two hours almost every day of the week and then all day on one day. Then you shoot it at night with an audience and you're out of there."

"I've never seen a schedule where you just go in two hours almost every day of the week and then all day on one day. Then you shoot it at night with an audience and you're out of there."

Lee Majors, American Actor

25

"Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day."

"Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

25

"Every day I do something that freaks me out."

"Every day I do something that freaks me out."

Gail Porter, Scottish Celebrity

25

"I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day."

"I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

25

"Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"

"Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"

Barbara Bush, American First Lady

Day, Footsteps, May, President

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"I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over."

"I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

25

"Once your kids get older and get out of the house, it's not like it stops. They're on the phone with me every day; I'm intimately involved in their problems."

"Once your kids get older and get out of the house, it's not like it stops. They're on the phone with me every day; I'm intimately involved in their problems."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

Day, Kids, Problems

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"My bedspread isn't washable. Since my bedding has to be washed every day, I'll have to throw it out."

"My bedspread isn't washable. Since my bedding has to be washed every day, I'll have to throw it out."

April Winchell, American Actress

25

"I have to watch the news or my day is not complete."

"I have to watch the news or my day is not complete."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

25

"I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do."

"I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do."

Duncan Sheik, American Musician

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"I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits."

"I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits."

Kristin Kreuk, Canadian Actress

Day, Growing up

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"I'm looking more like my dogs every day - it must be the shaggy fringe and the ears."

"I'm looking more like my dogs every day - it must be the shaggy fringe and the ears."

Christine McVie, American Musician

24

"If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day."

"If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

24

"The guys have told me not to quit my day job."

"The guys have told me not to quit my day job."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

24

"So one day, in a fit of trying to do something different, I just dyed my hair dark brown and got my first role a week later, after which I thought: 'People are closed-minded, man! Like a different hair colour changes everything!'"

"So one day, in a fit of trying to do something different, I just dyed my hair dark brown and got my first role a week later, after which I thought: 'People are closed-minded, man! Like a different hair colour changes everything!'"

Emma Stone, American Actress

Day, First, Hair, Trying

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"I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the bag my trailer. Sometimes you don't have a trailer, so that's my trailer."

"I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the bag my trailer. Sometimes you don't have a trailer, so that's my trailer."

Laura Linney, American Actress

24

"I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day."

"I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

Day, Prison, Talk, Taxes

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"At the end of the day, they're happy if you do the obvious songs towards the end of the set and you've got to try and make yourself happy by doing certain songs at the front end of the set."

"At the end of the day, they're happy if you do the obvious songs towards the end of the set and you've got to try and make yourself happy by doing certain songs at the front end of the set."

Rick Allen, American Musician

Day, End, Obvious, Songs

24

"My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation."

"My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

Day, Moderation

24

"And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary."

"And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Day, Mind, Now, Reason

24

"I remember lying down for a nap one day at about 4:00 and walking up at 11:00 the next morning."

"I remember lying down for a nap one day at about 4:00 and walking up at 11:00 the next morning."

April Winchell, American Actress

Day, Lying, Walking

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