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I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absol

I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit. – John le Carre

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And then I went to Dawsons Creek, which is a show that was, for better or for worse, all about the language. It was a word-perfect show, which Id never had any experience with. And it was really shocking for me. I felt really hemmed in. At the time, it wasnt my favorite working experience. – Busy Philipps

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Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. – Aldous Leonard Huxley, Texts and Pretexts, 1932

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Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience of making it that I didnt want to do anything that could reflect it. – Walter Salles

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Youre creating an intimacy that everybody feels, that its their experience, not yours. Ill never introduce a song and say, now this song is about my broken heart. – Diana Krall

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