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Line(s) of the Day #TheSimpsons

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Homer: (relieved) Krusty! Oh, thanks. Thanks a lot. You came here to save me.
Krusty: (faking sincerity) Yeah… That’s what I did.
Don Vittorio: My apologies to you. I almost made a grievous error. Goodbye, Krusty.
Krusty: Wait.He can’t kill anybody if he doesn’t know which one’s the real Krusty.
[Krusty quickly switches them both around numerous times]
Don Vittorio: I am confused.
Homer: Hehe. Good one, Krusty.

Homie the Clown may well be my favourite episode of The Simpsons, and this is definitely up there as one of my favourite scenes. I’ve quoted The Simpsons countless times, including in greater description in one of my earliest posts.

Line(s) of the Day #AlbertEinstein

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

The world’s most famous ever physicist Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955), who discovered relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. I hope you all have had a great start to 2026.

Line(s) of the Day #ModernFamily

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Claire Dunphy: What are you wearing?
Haley Dunphy: What? What’s wrong with it?
Claire Dunphy: Honey, you are fighting for your future… in front of a disciplinary committee, not entertaining the Secret Service
Haley Dunphy: In “Legally Blonde”, Elle won her case because she was true to herself and dressed cute.
Phil Dunphy: Haley, this is real life, not an excellent movie.

Julie Bowen, Sarah Hyland and Ty Burrell in the hugely popular sitcom Modern Family (2009 – 2020). The dynamic between Claire, Phil and their rebellious party-loving daughter was one of many fantstically written and acted out relationships from the 22-time Emmy winner.

Line(s) of the Day #EdwardScissorhands

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Kim: Hold me.
Edward: I can’t.

Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp in the fantasy romance Edward Scissorhands (1990). Famously directed by Tim Burton, it tells of an artificial man’s struggles to embrace the humanities in life.

Line(s) of the Day #JamesBaldwin

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James Baldwin, New York City, 1976; photograph by Nancy Crampton

“The bottom line is this: You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”

One of my absoloute favourite quotes on writing, by American writer and activist James Baldwin (1924 – 1987), who famously covered topics as important as sexuality, race, and class.

Line(s) of the Day #RushHour

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Carter: This is the LAPD. We’re the most hated cops in all the free world. My own mama’s ashamed of me. She tells everybody I’m a drug dealer.

Chris Tucker in the hilarious Rush Hour (1998), my favourite buddy movie. Directed by Brett Ratner, Tucker and Jackie Chan were just perfect together. You can find others in the genre in this fun quiz I did a while back.

Announcements: #TheGameshow

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In a waiting room hidden high away from everyone, six disgraced celebrities are desperate to recover their heavily tainted reputations. An incredibly controversial new gameshow is offering them a route back to the big time, along with a $7.2 million jackpot. But with no consolation prizes and serious consequences every time someone loses out, will signing up prove their salvation or their downfall?

That’s the blurb of The Gameshow, my first ever novel, which is now available to buy in both paperback and digital formats. I’m thrilled with how it turned out. I hope you are also able to finish your creative endeavours, in whatever form they may be 🙂

Line(s) of the Day #TheSocialNetwork

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Sean Parker: You think you know me, don’t you?
Eduardo Saverin: I’ve read enough.
Sean Parker: You know how much I’ve read about you?
[whispers]
Sean Parker: Nothing.

Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield in biographical drama The Social Network (2010), which tells of the complicated and fractious beginnings of the creation of Facebook, including the battles within Mark Zuckerberg’s company, as well as rival creators. Directed by David Fincher, the highly acclaimed film won three Oscars from its eight nominations, including Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin.

Line(s) of the Day #TheLastOfUs

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If you love someone…you can always see their face

Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) in the highly acclaimed post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us (2023 – ). Based on the hugely successful video game franchise, it tells of two survivors, Joel and the teenage Ella, who must survive against both enemy humans and those infected who become like zombies.