A Quote by John Grant
There's an incredible amount of pain involved in being a human, but this humorous stuff is essential in overcoming it.
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A human being can stand any amount of pain.
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Very often on some of this stuff when I'd have to go to work. I'd just give the script a cursory glance. I had no training, and I was a quick study, so nobody knew how involved or not involved I was. But I look at that stuff now and I can see I wasn't involved, and I wasn't very good.
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irresistibly practical, humorous and human. She makes clear that
progress and pleasure go together.
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