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(But the fun would be everyone running to their copies of 'Wicked' to see what the context is)

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I have several books at my desk, so I picked my favorites. All are page 23, 5th sentence:

Urinetown (Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman) - "Say a few words, Hope darling."

Hairspray (Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan) - "Who would've guessed that Baltimore girls were all such skags?"

Entries From a Hot Pink Notebook (Todd D. Brown) - "Everybody laughed and Mr. Henderson's mouth dropped open." (PS - If you've never read it, buy it at Amazon NOW)

The Salmon of Doubt (Douglas Adams) - "The law descended on me."

Kept Boy (Robert Rodi) - "A little candlelight, a little champagne, and - well."

The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy) - "She hugged it and it hugged her back."

Social Disease (Paul Rudnick) - "Guy was not sure exactly which weeknight."

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie) - "He was of slight build, thin, wrinkled, but brimming with energy."

Amsterdam (Ian McEwan) - "Even though it was reckoned to be worth more than the other pieces in the Tallis home, which were mostly junk collected by Cecilia's grandfather, Jack Tallis wanted the vase in use, in honor of his brother's memory."

The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen) - "He was herding the parental luggage from the elevator when his apartment door swung open and Julia herself stepped out."

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Updated On: 6/28/04 at 05:30 PM

"I paint my devils, dwarves, and depraved in a separate room," says the Master, waving a hand.

-Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

"These drugs act by inhibiting the growth and replication of susceptible bacterial organisms." Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference.

We used to hang out with then unknown actors Dennis Quaid, David Caruso and Rosanna Arquette, and I'd cook up some real diet specials.

-Enter Whining by Fran Drescher

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"I won't begin to describe the actual birth itself, accompanied as it was by pain generally inflicted only by the most manical despots on political prisoners."

Carpool Tunnel Syndrome, by Judy Green

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"Mark and Roger are friends with ex-roomate Collins."
-RENT playbill, April 4th matinee, 2004 (ok, it wasn't a book...)

"Looking back, it was the nomination that meant the most to me both times."

- part of a quote from Marian Seldes in "The Tony Awards" - edited by Isabel Stevenson.

"When we hear that whistle blow, glory for Seymour & Flo."
(Cinder Nellie - a melodrama we just wrote and are performing on July 24th. Sung to the tune of Man of La Mancha "whither so every they blow, onward to glory I go.")

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Hope: Well...uh...it's a great company and I hope to help you make it even greater.

(URINETOWN)

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