Sounds of the City

“I don’t read. Reading makes you think, and thinking gives you wrinkles.”

A model to a character actor at a talent agency in Beverly Hills

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“I gave it to her during the original Bush administration.”

A young man in West Hollywood referring to a loaned-out CD

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“It doesn’t hurt anymore, but I’m still in a lot of pain.”

A patient to his doctor in Beverly Hills

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“I know what records are: They’re big, black CDs.”

A 12-year-old student to her English tutor in the Miracle Mile

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“I’d love to be that immoral financially.”

An actor referring to a movie star’s salary in Hollywood

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“If my dog were a man, he’d be hot.”

A woman on her cellphone along Museum Row