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LYNDELL ZANOTTI
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A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, sa... AESOP
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one ti... ERNEST HEMINGWAY
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I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas ... CHINUA ACHEBE He pitched great. He had some big strikeouts when he needed them. His command was better today, he h...
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But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic id... CHINUA ACHEBE [Tracy McGrady said publicly what we all knew: He didn't always try his hardest last season when he ...
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt... STEFAN ZWEIG
I liked everything I read about Braddock, ... I liked who he was before he was a champion, who he wa... RUSSELL CROWE He did not indicate that anyone else was involved and my distinct impression was that he had done th...
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The monster's bride at his door. Magnus could not stop staring. [Jocelyn] was staring too. She seeme... CASSANDRA CLARE The eldest and biggest of the litter was a dog cub, and when he drew his first breath he was less th...
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My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career workin... STEVE SABOL
I always said he was off his rocker,’ said Ron, looking quite impressed at how mad his hero was. J.K. ROWLING
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He was about to go home, about to return to the place where he had had a family. It was in Godric’... J.K. ROWLING
She knew this man's smile, his gentle ways of love, but not his godlike fury in the storm. She might... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY
He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake.... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He didn't know what to do, ... We had him confused. He was arguing with his offensive linemen. It's ...
JOEY PORTER
He had to have been a lonely guy. He gave up his whole life for his career, ... When he was on the r... STEVE ALLEN
After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for hi... J.R.R. TOLKIEN
…in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning spee... PATRICK SüSKIND
a man of deep convictions. He was a plain- spoken fellow who did his best for his state and for his ... PAUL WELLSTONE
Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was... BRANCH RICKEY The man in his 40s contracted the bacteria through a wound on his hand when he was butchering pigs l...
YU YEDONG
was at playtime. Big Joe came up to school to see Charlie and me. He just stood and watched us from ... MICHAEL MORPURGO He was a great person to have on staff. He made a real contribution, not only by his own writing, bu...
GORDON DAVIDSON She (the caller) indicated that he was wearing gloves, that he was very agitated, that he had indica...
DARRELL DEBUSK
Intrusive, thoughtless people!" said K. as he turned back into the room. The supervisor may have agr... FRANZ KAFKA
The Dog in the Manger
A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen fr... AESOP
As they scuffled in the grass, Adam closed his eyes and leaned his head back. He could nearly scry j... MAGGIE STIEFVATER
He let his mouth linger on mine, neither possessively nor sweetly... like his mouth just belonged th... MEG CABOT
He had a honey hole there where he was catching some nice fish. He didn't catch a lot, but his fish ... JIMMY WALKER [He added,] Well-dressed, fit, and vigorous for his 73 years, he was a tough political partisan. He...
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This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there desert... NAPOLéON BONAPARTE I just had a cart here and was taking groceries off here and loading them into a cart and looked up ...
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At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fi... VLADIMIR KRAMNIK He hasn't pitched in a week and I wanted to get him as much work as I could before spring break. He ...
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If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee... NIKOLA TESLA
If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee... NIKOLA TESLA
Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ... SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ...
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ... FRANCIS OF ASSISI
The Boasting Traveler
A man who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his... AESOP
He was always bringing home a new toaster, a new mixer, for the staff to use and critique, ... He ha... RAYMOND LOEWY The gentleman in the SUV got out. It seemed like he was looking to see if there was any damage on hi...
DANIEL KIM
Where did he go when he left us? I spied the new journal he had started using just last week and hel... AMY TAN
I love a pocket. I'm about helping women look as good as possible on the least amount of effort.... 
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Well, everybody faces the fact there really aren't many records stores around to just go and bro... 
The blues is life itself. 
I long for the solitude 
Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree. 