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"text": "He doesn't give a damn about your child's painting, he's just interested in the gold frame.",
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"text": "If she actually gave a damn what the law said, she wouldn't have stolen the car in the first place, now would she?",
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"ref": "1939 December 15, Sidney Howard, Gone with the Wind, spoken by Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer",
"text": "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.",
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"ref": "1970, “Cherrystones”, in Outlaw, performed by Eugene McDaniels",
"text": "Long as I have my clams I don't give a damn about revolution",
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"ref": "1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, page 47",
"text": "My stepfather loved me as much as he loved his own three sons. I knew how much he wanted to help me and how lacking in financial resources he was. Nothing could erase the image I gained of my real father that day: a carefree, well-to-do man who didn't really give a damn about the hopes and dreams of his firstborn son.",
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"ref": "1991 May 7, Travis Tritt (lyrics and music), “Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)”, in It's All About to Change, performed by Travis Tritt",
"text": "Call someone who'll listen and might give a damn\nMaybe one of your sordid affairs\nBut don't you come 'round here handin' me none of your lies\nHere's a quarter, call someone who cares",
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"ref": "1994 November 15, “Ode to My Family”, in Dolores O'Riordan (lyrics), Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan (music), No Need to Argue, performed by Dolores O'Riordan",
"text": "Unhappiness where's when I was young / And we didn't give a damn",
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