"It's time to do what's right for America's working families and put aside partisanship, stop saying things that aren't true, come together as a nation, pass health insurance reform now this year."

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Today -- having virtually disappeared from the movies -- the cigarette is a sign of stunted growth, a crutch that Kym, Hathaway's character in "Rachel Getting Married, " can't put aside.

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"I can't put my current job aside because I'm looking for a new job, therefore it should not be acceptable at this level of the United States government, " he told CNN.

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But I had to learn to put my pride aside because it wasn't putting any food in my stomach.

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