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"Then, all of a sudden, he stopped and nobody heard from him or got a response to orders. At this point Rod Walker looked him up and found he was living in a commune and seemed to be dropping out of the hobby."

"Then, all of a sudden, he stopped and nobody heard from him or got a response to orders. At this point Rod Walker looked him up and found he was living in a commune and seemed to be dropping out of the hobby."

Fred Davis, English Celebrity

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"I'm living what I always wanted to do."

"I'm living what I always wanted to do."

Bruce Boxleitner, American Actor

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"If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it."

"If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it."

Thelma Ritter, American Actress

Living, Saying, Woman

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"Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt."

"Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt."

Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Statesman

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"Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries."

"Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries."

Pola Negri, Polish Actress

Living, Stars, Taxes, Today

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"The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart."

"The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

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"It's been a misery for me, living with Christine Keeler."

"It's been a misery for me, living with Christine Keeler."

Christine Keeler, English Model

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"You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by."

"You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by."

Sam Shepard, American Playwright

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"The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate."

"The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate."

Ronald Blythe, British Writer

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"I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so."

"I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so."

Alexis Korner, English Musician

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"A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects."

"A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects."

Edna Ferber, American Novelist

Living, Longevity, Man, Potential

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"A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?"

"A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?"

Jane Wagner, American Comedian

Living, Potential

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"I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York."

"I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York."

Mose Allison, American Musician

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"A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it."

"A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it."

Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher

Living, Multiplicity

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"My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it."

"My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Living, Parents

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"I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else."

"I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

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"I can't imagine living and not running."

"I can't imagine living and not running."

Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete

Living, Running

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"Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy."

"Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

Living, Philosophy

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"Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes."

"Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes."

Marcel Duchamp, French Artist

Living, Question

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"Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living."

"Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living."

Emily Bronte, English Novelist

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"I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that."

"I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that."

Barbara Feldon, American Actress

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"Are you living for the things you are praying for?"

"Are you living for the things you are praying for?"

Austin Phelps, American Clergyman

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"We are living longer, and we need to live better."

"We are living longer, and we need to live better."

Donna Shalala, American Public Servant

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"I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living."

"I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living."

Steven Morrissey, English Musician

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"It took me about eight years to put together the program that I have been living for twenty years."

"It took me about eight years to put together the program that I have been living for twenty years."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

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"If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience."

"If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience."

Dave Van Ronk, American Musician

Living, Practice

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"We later moved to Rome, where I am presently living."

"We later moved to Rome, where I am presently living."

Grazia Deledda, Italian Writer

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"Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living."

"Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

Living, Now, Right

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"This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has become familiar, that of protoplasm."

"This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has become familiar, that of protoplasm."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

Living, Name, State

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"I wouldn't say Malkovich is totally insane, but he's not living in the real world. He's living in his world, which is a fine world to live in apparently."

"I wouldn't say Malkovich is totally insane, but he's not living in the real world. He's living in his world, which is a fine world to live in apparently."

Martha Plimpton, American Model

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"I wasn't really living anywhere... I was just kinda hanging out. I would live from week to week in places."

"I wasn't really living anywhere... I was just kinda hanging out. I would live from week to week in places."

Bob Livingston, American Politician

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"I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns."

"I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns."

Jules Massenet, French Composer

Living, Occupations, Poor, Stars

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"I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?"

"I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?"

Nigel Dennis, British Writer

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"We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part."

"We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part."

Allan Bloom, American Philosopher

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"It was the closest to purgatory that I've ever experienced while I've been living."

"It was the closest to purgatory that I've ever experienced while I've been living."

Dave Thomas, American Businessman

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"To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word."

"To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word."

Sebastian Franck, German Theologian

Living, Scripture, Self, Spirit

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"Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the cost of living factor which is fed in by the operation of the escalator."

"Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the cost of living factor which is fed in by the operation of the escalator."

Leonard Woodcock, American Celebrity

Living, Now, Wages

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"No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow."

"No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Living, Tomorrow, Will

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"I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them."

"I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them."

Rick Baker, American Inventor

Living, Play, World

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"A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted."

"A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted."

C. S. Forester, English Novelist

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"The most important phase of living with a person is respect for that person as an individual."

"The most important phase of living with a person is respect for that person as an individual."

Millicent Carey McIntosh, American Educator

Living, Respect

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"I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living."

"I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living."

Jim Dine, American Artist

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"Are you happy to be living back in Fairbanks again?"

"Are you happy to be living back in Fairbanks again?"

William Allen Egan, American Politician

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"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man."

"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Living, Man, Memory, Present

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"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."

"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"I'm Andrea Thompson, and unless you've been living in a cave, you probably already know that."

"I'm Andrea Thompson, and unless you've been living in a cave, you probably already know that."

Andrea Thompson, American Actress

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"I've never considered myself to be working for a living; I've enjoyed myself for a living instead."

"I've never considered myself to be working for a living; I've enjoyed myself for a living instead."

John Mills, British Actor

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"The dead governs the living."

"The dead governs the living."

Auguste Comte, French Sociologist

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"Youth is that period when a young boy knows everything but how to make a living."

"Youth is that period when a young boy knows everything but how to make a living."

Carey Williams, American Author

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"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."

"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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