1. N.B. This also applies to characters from the follow-up, "Whatever Happened to Janie?" and the TV adaptation that combined elements from both books starring Kellie Martin.

    Reeve , Janie's stupid handsome helpful boyfriend, who takes every opportunity to ask Janie, "What if we just blew all this off and went to a hotel room and DID IT."

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  2. When you're pretending to take a pic of your baby but really you want to check out a cute service dog.

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  3. Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins (as played by Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison), My Fair Lady:

    In the original play, Pygmalion, Eliza did not return to Henry. This is the correct response.

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  4. "Thank you for your time and for your goodwill."

    "I am happy to either confirm or deny your question."

    "Sincerely, [your full name here]."

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  5. The heel is where the success—or failure—of a sock rests, at once mysterious and intimidating. Many a knitter has advanced toward the heel, wits intact, only to find the perplexing combination of knit stitches, slip stitches, wraps, and turns too much for the nerves.

    Perhaps it was the Vicodin, but I faced my virginal heel experience with a casual bravado.

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  6. hello, "god"
    the contents of this prayer I hold in my hand here just might interest you
    the real question is
    what's in it for me

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  7. Erica Westly tells the story of the National Soccer Alliance, the first professional women's soccer league, and the decades of unequal treatment leading up to the current pay dispute between members of the USWNT and the US Soccer Federation.

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  8. When people asked young people in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s what they loved about the music they always gave the exact same answer as the adults gave when they were asked why they so disapproved of it: “the beat.” And it was the true answer; I, and a few million other teenagers, felt it and loved and craved its physical, driving energy.

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  9. "I'll count the hours that you're away. Not on the lips. I'm going to that party at Nina's later, I don't want to smear my lipstick."

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  10. I don't want to talk about other ads you think are just as bad or worse. I want to talk about how much I hate this one. Last night Gene Demby made me realize I am not alone in this.

    You've seen it, right? They won't stop playing it on Hulu, so I've seen it at this point roughly 30 times.

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  11. If John Boyega were your boyfriend, you would have a “Sunday Best” section of your wardrobe, which you would actually wear to Sunday dinner.

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  12. Jeremy, The Handsome Gay Man Who Didn't Want To Get Lunch With Anyone

    Oooh It's Me, Shan't Jeremy

    Everybody Doesn't Like Being Married Or Having Lunch But We'll Do It Anyways

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  13. Everything's fine here.

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