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• You ever get any death threats? How about ex-husbands or ex-boyfriends? You run over anyone recently?” ~ Morelli

  Janet Evanovich

  Running, Husband, Ex Boyfriend

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• You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he's 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you're back to 1820 already. For an American that's pretty damned good, you know?

  Henry Louis Gates

  Mean, Black, Grandfather

  "35 Million Ways to Be Black". Interview with Adam Hochschild, www.motherjones.com. March 14, 2007.

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• The Western stereotype of Africa and its black citizens as devoid of reason and, therefore, subhuman was often shared by white master and black ex-slave alike.

  Henry Louis Gates

  White, Black, Citizens

  Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2012). “The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader”, p.417, Basic Books

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• Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Political, Lovely, President

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• I mean everybody's got ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. Everybody's got baggage.

  Nina Dobrev

  Girlfriend, Ex Boyfriend, Mean

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• Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film Funny Girl at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace.

  Beth Ditto

  Girl, Believe, Funny Motivational

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2007.

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• I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny.

  Dane Cook

  Girlfriend, Thinking, Get Better

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• Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?

  Richard Pryor

  New York, Wife, Newspapers

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• I did as much as I could in Vancouver. You can only play so many ex-'Falcon Crest' sons in so many movies of the week before you burn out.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Son, Play, Vancouver

  "Ryan Reynolds Interview - Adventureland". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 03, 2009.

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• I collect ex-boyfriends -- and more than five, at last count.

  Jasper Fforde

  Ex Boyfriend, Lasts, Five

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• Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally thought of Christianity; or, as they call it, the Great Leg Pull. Apollo has the best claim, but a sizeable minority support Pluto, ex-God of the Dead, on the grounds that he has a really sick sense of humour. How would it be, suggested the unidentified god, if first we tell them all to love their neighbour, pack in the killing and thieving, and be nice to each other. Then we let them start burning heretics.

  Tom Holt

  Nice, Sick, Support

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• I don't care what is written," Meyer Landsman says. "I don't care what supposedly got promised to some sandal-wearing idiot whose claim to fame is that he was ready to cut his own son's throat for the sake of a hare-brained idea. I don't care about red heifers and patriarchs and locusts. A bunch of old bones in the sand. My homeland is in my hat. It's in my ex-wife's tote bag.

  Michael Chabon

  Son, Cutting, Ideas

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• It's always gratifying to share a hobby with a friend, and pining for erstwhile suitors falls into that category. In the months to come, Libby and I would analyze our respective exes with the gusto and intellectual rigor of Jesuits.

  Patricia Marx

  Fall, Intellectual, Hobbies

  Patricia Marx (2008). “Him Her Him Again The End of Him”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippie, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terrible bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch.

  Douglas Adams

  Hippie, Self, Lunch

  Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.51, Del Rey

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• The whole family is a bunch of dangerous freaks...Most are ex-cons or junkies or deranged from inbreeding. Five have died violently, three are back in prison, two have gone insane from untreated venereal disease, and one writes book reviews.

  Tim Dorsey

  Book, Writing, Two

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• The former stewardess glared at her ex-pilot husband as if he had been speaking, and thinking, in the absence of sufficient oxygen.

  John Irving

  Husband, Thinking, Oxygen

  John Irving (2012). “A Prayer For Owen Meany”, p.173, Random House

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• I'm a warrior at heart; I'm an ex-Navy Seal. I'm too old to wage war anymore, and so now I wage it mentally. And so I find politics very stimulating; it's war without guns.

  Jesse Ventura

  War, Heart, Gun

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• Oh my God," Maddie whispered, horrified. "I rented him that boat. Does that make me a murderer?" Tara's heart clutched. "He's not dead yet." "Hurry," Maddie called to Ford. "I can't be the one who killed Tara's ex!" I look terrible in orange!

  Jill Shalvis

  Heart, Orange, Looks

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• It was great to play an ex-marine cockney thug. All my roles are as different as the colours of the rainbow.

  Luke Treadaway

  Marine, Thug, Play

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• Get away from my ex-girlfriend, you moany little whinge-bag.' Caelen took a deep breath, like he was in pain, and stood up. His voice was low, guttural. 'I was hoping I'd get the chance to kill you.' 'You won't be killing anyone, you sad little emo git.' 'You've stood in the way of our love for long enough.' 'Just listening to you makes me want to top myself, you self-pitying Paranormal Romance novel reject.' Caelen glared. 'Stop insulting me.' 'Why? If you cry will your mascara run?

  Derek Landy

  Running, Girlfriend, Emo

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• When I planned my wedding the first time, my ex-husband and I, we were both struggling comics. I had a TV show that had gotten cancelled. Basically, I rented a wedding gown; the reception hall smelled like feet.

  Sherri Shepherd

  Husband, Struggle, Tv Shows

  "Sherri Shepherd Talks: Marriage Life, Divorce, Parenting & Advice On Catching A Man" by Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 4, 2011.

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• Whenever you have an ex, and they're like, 'I hope we can still be friends!' and you weren't friends before you started dating, then what do you go back to, really?

  Ed Sheeran

  Dating, Stills

  "Exclusive: Ed Sheeran Tells Us the Song He'd Write for Taylor Swift, Dating Advice, and His Fave Redhead". Interview with Anna Moeslein, www.glamour.com. May 3, 2013.

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• It's different when you're trying to turn something around, especially something that you built, at a time when so many constituents - the media, Wall Street, competitors, ex-employees - are all saying that Starbucks's best days are behind it, and that Schultz is never going to be able to bring it back.

  Howard Schultz

  Wall, Media, Trying

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• The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons.

  Mike Royko

  Cities, Criminals, Rehabilitation

  Mike Royko (2014). “Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997”, p.313, Agate Digital

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• Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.

  Valerie Bertinelli

  Hurt, Children, Divorce

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