When I'm asked for 'the secret of my success' (an absurd idea, that, but impossible to get away from), I sometimes say there are two: I stayed physically healthy, and I stayed married. It's a good answer because it makes the question go away, and because there is an element of truth in it.
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"And I said 'Yes I am.' Because everybody who does this, you, me, everybody else who does this, we're fucking liars. You know how do you know we're lying? Our mouths are moving."
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