“Sometimes this kind of story turns out to be something more, some...” – Donald Kaufman, Adaptation. ... Movie Quotes Database

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Sometimes this kind of story turns out to be something more, some glimpse of life that expands like those japanese paper balls you drop in water and they bloom into flowers and the flower is so marvelous you can't believe there was a time all you saw in front of you was a paper ball and a glass of water.

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