1. Last night my friend Miranda got invited
to a dinner party by a man she hardly knew.
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2. Nick Waxler was a successful sports agent
who'd said she had nice legs.
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3. OK, old movie stars you'd have liked
to fuck when they were young.
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4. - Alive or dead?
- It doesn't matter. I'll start.
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5. Veronica Lake, the year she made
Sullivan's Travels.
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- I'd have to say Sophia Loren.
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7. - My dad had this thing for her.
- We won't go there.
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8. - Montgomery Clift.
- He was gay.
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9. Marilyn Monroe,
before the Kennedy's got to her.
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10. Bing Crosby.
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12. Sean Connery,
yesterday, today and tomorrow.
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13. For a first date, Miranda felt like
she was hitting it out of the ballpark.
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14. - Thanks.
- So how long have you known Nick?
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line for years.
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17. - Well, we adore him.
- He's very smart.
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18. - I guess he took our ultimatum seriously.
- Deanne.
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20. They told Miranda
that Nick had this thing for models.
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21. OK, old movie stars you would have liked
to fuck when they were young.
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22. I'll start. Veronica Lake,
the year she made Sullivan's Travels.
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23. - Dave?
- I'd have to go with Sophia Loren.
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24. Probably, my dad
had a thing for her.
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25. - Montgomery Clift.
- Marilyn Monroe.
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26. Bing Crosby.
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27. - Yvette?
- I don't know, Charlie Sheen?
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28. They'd come to dinner,
push their food around, and pout.
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29. - Veronica Lake.
- Sophia Loren.
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- Marilyn Monroe.
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- Marissa?
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32. She... had to make a phone call.
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33. It got to be a problem.
They decided to take action.
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34. Can't you find a woman
who can carry on a decent conversation?
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35. - Yeah, Nick, and eat without purging.
- What are you saying?
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36. You can't bring around any more models.
It's too depressing.
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37. OK, OK, I'll see what I can do.
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38. - And then he brought you.
- So obviously not a model.
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39. - In a good way!
- Nick dates models?
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40. Miranda confronted him,
and it didn't take him long to fold.
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41. No, it's true, it's true, OK?
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42. - I'm obsessed.
- Obsessed with models.
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43. - Correct.
- So am I your intellectual beard?
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you met some nice people.
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46. You were on a date with a modeliser
and you didn't even know it?
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what chance do ordinary women have?
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48. Do you have to be a supermodel
to get a date in New York?
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50. They're a step beyond womanisers,
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anything in a skirt.
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not with women, but with models,
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to billboards and magazines,
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in their natural habitat.
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57. As if we didn't have enough problems.
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58. They're stupid and lazy
and they should be shot on sight.
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59. I've dated guys who say I am just as
beautiful as a model, but I work for a living.
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a model who's taken the high road.
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given to models and beautiful women
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it makes me want to puke.
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63. - But you are so cute.
- Cute doesn't cut it in this town.
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of models among four single women
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66. to spice up an otherwise
dull Tuesday night.
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67. - They have this distant sexy look.
- That's not sexy. It's starvation.
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when did men get together and decide
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70. that they would only get it up
for giraffes with big breasts?
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71. In some cultures, heavy women
with moustaches are considered beautiful.
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72. And you're looking at me
while you're saying that?
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73. Our culture promotes
impossible standards of beauty.
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74. - Yeah, except men think they're possible!
- Yeah.
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75. No matter how good I feel about myself,
if I see Christy Turlington, I want to give up.
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76. I just want to force-feed her lard.
That's the difference between you and me.
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77. What are you talking about?
Look at you two. You're beautiful.
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78. - I hate my thighs.
- Oh, come on!
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without thinking, "Thighs, thighs, thighs."
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80. Well, I'll take your thighs
and raise you a chin.
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81. I'll take your chin and raise you a...
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82. - What?
- Oh, come on.
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83. - I happen to love the way I look.
- You should. You paid enough for it.
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84. I resent that!
I do not believe in plastic surgery.
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86. I find it fascinating that four beautiful,
flesh-and-blood women
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by some unreal fantasy.
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88. I mean, look at this.
Is this really intimidating to any of you?
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89. - I hate my thighs.
- Pass the chicken.
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90. I have that dress.
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to crumble in their presence,
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fall for beautiful women -
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It's pathetic.
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97. Why fuck the girl in the skirt, if you can fuck
the girl in the ad for the skirt?
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98. Being beautiful is such a power.
You can get whatever you want.
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I've been offered trips to Aspen,
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102. It's not like models
don't have brains, they have them.
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need to use them.
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104. Most guys just think you're dumb,
but I'm really very literary. I read.
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105. I'll sit down and read
a whole magazine from cover to cover.
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108. A Bulgari necklace, a breast job.
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109. My friends think I'm shallow.
Sometimes I think they're right.
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110. Other times I think,
"Hey, I'm fucking a model."
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111. Models are a lot looser
than you think.
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112. It's easier to screw a model
than a regular girl
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113. 'cause that's what they do all the time.
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114. It's how regular people are
when they're on vacation.
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115. Barkley, a notorious modeliser,
was one of those SoHo wonders
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116. who maintained a fabulous lifestyle,
but had never sold a single painting.
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117. - So, it's easy to meet them?
- No, it's not so easy.
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118. The trick is to treat them
like regular girls.
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119. You gotta arrive and walk up to the hottest
thing there; otherwise, you're finished.
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120. It's kind of like being around dogs -
you gotta show no fear.
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121. - Things? You call them things?
- Yeah.
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they're beautiful things,
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my life's about, you know?
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124. Beauty.
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I want to show you something.
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126. This is my real art,
only I can't really show it to the public.
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127. Well, not yet, at least. Sit down.
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128. That's Vanessa... That's Tanya,
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but she's gonna be huge someday.
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135. I didn't know what to say. There really
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- Yeah, sure.
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got his kicks off the runway.
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139. - I totally dig your friend, Miranda.
- You're kidding, that's great.
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140. Yeah, she is so sexy and smart.
Did she tell you that we made out?
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141. - No.
- Yeah, it was totally hot.
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She would love that.
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143. I did, like a hundred times.
She won't return my phone calls.
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Did she say anything about me?
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- Maybe she's just busy.
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- Of course you are. You're adorable.
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I want to see if I still have a chance.
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148. - Right now, in front of you?
- Go ahead, I can handle it.
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please leave me a message.
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151. Hey, this is Skipper. I'm with Carrie.
I just told her how you won't call me back.
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152. So now you have to call me back.
You better call me back!
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I hope you call me back.
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156. I believe there is a curse put on anybody
who tries to fix up their friends.
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157. Where better to find modelisers
in their natural habitat than a fashion show?
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158. Luckily, my friend Stanford Blatch
had a client in the hottest show in town.
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159. "The Bone" is like
the human equivalent of the sable coat.
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160. He's so beautiful that I find
that sometimes I have to look away.
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- Where?
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with his own personal lighting director.
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and Stanford's most important client,
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of his single-minded obsession.
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a very dear friend, Carrie Bradshaw.
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"Sex And The City".
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- No.
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were walking past his billboard
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173. and he told me he wanted a piece
of it for his apartment, like maybe his nose.
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174. I said, "Get the bulge in your pants,
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'Fourteen feet!"'
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176. That would be funny,
wouldn't it?
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You are so great.
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have I told you that enough? You're a star!
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- Right.
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anyone that beautiful can be that nice?
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he's gonna say, "Stanford, I love you."
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- He denies it.
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be straight?
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a major fashion show.
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who thought that proximity to beauty
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you couldn't find seats right on the runway?
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all the flaws from this angle.
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- Hi, Barkley. How are you?
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- I don't know.
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You're not dating him, are you?
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He's a total modeliser.
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in particular?
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with all of them in general.
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- Only models.
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downtown for a party.
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and sour cream when...
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- Yeah, cute.
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- Well...
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What are you writing about this week?
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treat it as a competitive sport,
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just need the validation.
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for exceptionally beautiful women.
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- No, there's nothing wrong.
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- Excuse me, baby.
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- Yeah. Have you got an office or anything?
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I'm at my apartment,
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on 73rd and Madison.
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I'd like you to meet Misha.
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233. - Oh, hi. You were great in the show.
- Thank you.
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in a room full of Chanel.
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- See you around sometime...
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had the energy to be completely superficial.
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he's really been coming on to me.
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he believes I'm a model?
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241. - Whatever it is, don't go there.
- Why not?
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for secretly taping his conquests.
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- Hey, hi! Did Stanford leave?
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to a Versace model. Where you going?
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251. - Oh, I'm going home.
- Can I come?
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- Sure, if it's quiet.
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with some girl from the show?
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some kind of physics for beauty.
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attracted to ordinary humans.
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- Thanks.
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I got all these intense thoughts,
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long enough to put them on paper.
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I'm depressed for no reason.
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Like, before I say something,
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- It only takes a second.
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- What's distracting you now?
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- Thanks a lot. I hate my nose.
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I hate my nose, too.
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when you grow up?
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What do you want to be?
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and have kids, and be a cop.
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this guy who was really beautiful
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I was helping him with his homework.
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I get so lonely in the city.
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so beautiful could ever be lonely.
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were doing their own lonely late night thing.
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- No, that's it.
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- Yes, just cat food.
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- Oh, hi, Skipper.
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- Oh, I don't know.
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- Totally.
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- OK. I'll just pay for my Cap'n Crunch.
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- Fine. I'll make an exception.
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- Carrie, it's Stanford.
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319. - Hello.
- How could you!
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apartment overlooking the park,
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upon those who deserve it least.
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- Hey, what a surprise.
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thinking about men who date models.
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- First of all,
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Beauty is fleeting,
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