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Kate: "something super expensive, like a dress or pants that are really fashionable, I never wear them"

"If I ever go shopping and get something super expensive, like a dress or pants that are really fashionable, I never wear them. It's always the stuff that's comfortable that I end up living in." - Kate Hudson in Madison
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Good job! Kevin's possessive.

"No matter what anybody says about my being a father, they have no idea how I am with my kids. That's my number one priority - my children." - Kevin Federline in Life and Style
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Good job! Bill is literally unique.

"David Kelly is a genius. I mean that literally. David himself has said that by watching me work, he writes for me, and I, by watching him write, am able to perform it, so there's an unusual, if not unique, arrival of two forces - a writer and actor - that's just very unusual." - […]

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Jay: "Her organization… they did" and "we work pretty good"

"Her organization got a Nobel Peace Prize nomination a couple of years ago for the work they did in Afghanistan. She goes on speaking tours and gives lectures. I'm quite proud of her. We have the sort of relationship I've always wanted. I'm the stupid guy who tells jokes, and then she contributes the give-back-to-society […]

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Jonathan: "you feel you own a little bit of that person"

"You're putting yourself out there in the public eye and selling what's essentially your personality, so if the public buys you for 12 bucks in a movie and pays for popcorn, well, you feel you own a little bit of that person." - Jonathan Rhys Meyers, in British Glamour, about fame

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