“I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.”
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“[about the dog he stole] I would have made it out, too...if my pocket didn’t start…”
“Stanley: Where’s a person go to the bathroom around here? Magnet: Pick a hole, any hole.”
“Magnet: Hey. Maybe it’ll rain for 40 days and 40 nights, like it did in The Bible. Armpit:…”
“The Warden Walker: How about you dig, and Caveman can fill the canteens? So what do you…”