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Overheard on 30 Rock:

Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), snidely, at the meeting table when a co-worker, after seeing her and another colleague going out after work (in search of a new cast member from among rising club comedians, as it happens), asks if the two are "doing it":

So there you go. Case closed. Pete and I are intercoursing each other.
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Steve Buscemi, as one of the protestors on the sidewalk outside 30 Rock:

Hey, dudes. I'm organizing a viral protest on ''Tweeter'' and ''Youtubes''. Anyone wants to get in on that, just write down your social security numbers.

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