" 'I Can't Make You Love Me, ' 'Angel From Montgomery, ' 'Something to Talk About, ' you know, people who haven't seen me in a long time, they love those songs, and they're the ones who paid for the tour bus, " she said.

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You can set me any task, I'll do anything you ask if you'll only love me still.

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That's why parents talking about their children can be so tedious - other parents, I mean, not me or you - not because we doubt their love, or the child's charms, but because itemizing infinities is obviously the most boring thing imaginable.

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