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I'm all about 'molde de arroz con picadillo'.

~Christina Milian

Topics: About Con

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I went around in my teens and early 20s thinking that life was a con trick. I had managed to grow up believing in all sorts of romantic ideas about hard work and justice and truth, and it seemed the real world was much more complicated and shaded than I wanted to believe.

~Claire Messud

Topics: About Around Believe Believing Complicated Con Early Early 20S Grow Grow Up Had Hard Hard Work Ideas Justice Life More Much Real Real World Romantic Seemed Sort Teens Than The Real World Thinking Trick Truth Up Wanted Work World

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I enjoyed retirement the right way... linguine con vongole, red wine and plenty of truffle cheese.

~Craig Kilborn

Topics: Cheese Con Enjoyed Plenty Red Red Wine Retirement Right Right Way Way Wine

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My father was a good man, but he was a con man. He was a wanderer, nomadic.

~Danny Aiello

Topics: Con Father Good Good Man He Man Wanderer A Good Man

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The blessing that this film business has given me is that when I walk into a school I automatically have everyone's attention. They want to hear what the guy from 'Con Air' and 'Desperado' has to say.

~Danny Trejo

Topics: Air Attention Automatically Blessing Business Con Everyone Film Film Business Given Guy Hear Me Say School Walk Want

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One of the most interesting things about the cognitive theory is the idea that anger and interpersonal conflict ultimately result from a mental con. In other words, you're telling yourself things that aren't entirely true when you're fighting with someone.

~David D. Burns

Topics: About Anger Cognitive Con Conflict Entirely Fighting Idea In Other Words Interesting Interesting Things Interpersonal Mental Most Other Result Someone Telling Theory Things True Ultimately Words You Yourself

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John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative!

~David Miliband

Topics: Back Cameron Con Conservative David John Major Norman Put

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The con movie is a little bit different where maybe we tell you what we're going to do but it never goes down the way you expect because there's so much double-crossing and cheats and lies going on along the whole way.

~Edward Burns

Topics: Along Because Bit Cheats Con Different Down Expect Goes Going Lies Little Little Bit Maybe Movie Much Never Tell Way Where Whole You

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Actors are con men and con men are actors.

~Edward Burns

Topics: Actor Con Men

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From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided not to recognise the Confederacy, public opinion in England was sharply divided on the questions both of slavery and of secession.

~Emmeline Pankhurst

Topics: Accustomed Although American Been Both British Civil Civil War Con Confederacy Decided Discussions Divided England Finally Government Had Hear Infancy Opinion Pro Public Public Opinion Questions Recognise Secession Sharply Slavery War

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