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The Dog and the Shadow
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, sa...
AESOP![]()
My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 yea...
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Unexpected discorporation was always rare on Mars; Martian taste in such matters called for life to ...
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The important information you need at the beginning of an issue. Like way they did the old Frank Mil...
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[Capote never taped his subjects or even took notes — he boasted that he had 94% recall, often tea...
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Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own livin...
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The Boasting Traveler
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…in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning spee...
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt...
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He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake....
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After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for hi...
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He was always bringing home a new toaster, a new mixer, for the staff to use and critique, ... He ha...
RAYMOND LOEWY![]()
And in an essential way, this was what he was most ashamed of: not his poor understanding of sex, no...
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This sense of absence had been growing ... It was wearing into him. Last night he had woken besides ...
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The Dog in the Manger
A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen fr...
AESOP When he first moved here, I knew it was because he got in trouble at (Iowa City's) West High. He alw...
JOSE MALDONADO She (the caller) indicated that he was wearing gloves, that he was very agitated, that he had indica...
DARRELL DEBUSK He never sacrificed the interests of the league for his own selfish interests.
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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 [He added,] Well-dressed, fit, and vigorous for his 73 years, he was a tough political partisan. He...
BOB RAE![]()
I always said he was off his rocker,’ said Ron, looking quite impressed at how mad his hero was.
J.K. ROWLING![]()
Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes ...
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He had scarcely gone a short league, when Fortune, that was
conducting his affairs from good to bet...
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NICK ALIOTTI![]()
Here we have a man who did all he could for his company and was thrown out. But a dog will repay loy...
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I liked everything I read about Braddock, ... I liked who he was before he was a champion, who he wa...
RUSSELL CROWE This election shows how Koizumi is in a league of his own in his political skills and media savvy. H...
GERALD CURTIS![]()
His form was of the manliest beauty,
His heart was kind and soft,
Faithful, below, he did his ...
CHARLES DIBDIN![]()
He let his mouth linger on mine, neither possessively nor sweetly... like his mouth just belonged th...
MEG CABOT![]()
He was delighted to recognize his own human name on two of the papers; he always got an odd thrill o...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN He didn't know what to do, ... We had him confused. He was arguing with his offensive linemen. It's ...
JOEY PORTER He was at a car repair shop owned by one of his friends at the time, attempting to get rid of the ev...
LU XIANGJUN For the song 'Truth or Consequence,' me and [bassist Mick Morris] had this friend from Salt Lake Cit...
JAMES HART He was at a point in his life where he was retired. And he had expressed this was the happiest point...
JODI OLSON He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind's eye. It was one of the secrets of his mi...
H.W. BRANDS![]()
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his min...
ERIC HOFFER Being unemployed, Kurt set in motion a routine that he would follow for the rest of his life. He wou...
CHARLES R. CROSS The actor was perfect. He really had Truman down. I thought the entire movie was excellent. Truman h...
JANICE BIGGERS You'd think that the host would be really cool,and hanging out with people. He did his reading off t...
JUSTIN WIRTES ...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy an...
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The TSA liked having fresh agents on the job. Fresh agents with a clear mind and steady hand. Time t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA As a football player, you couldn't ask for anybody who worked any harder than he did. In the spring ...
BILLY TURNER He was a great person to have on staff. He made a real contribution, not only by his own writing, bu...
GORDON DAVIDSON The side of his face had gone numb so he went to a dentist, but was told he should see a doctor as w...
RUTH LIGGETT![]()
He was a man who was charged with the work he did in life because he was not one to ask questions - ...
DOUGLAS ADAMS![]()
They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he wa...
LOIS LOWRY [Tracy McGrady said publicly what we all knew: He didn't always try his hardest last season when he ...
JOHN WEISBROD![]()
This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there desert...
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FRED VOSS![]()
Why did he leave so fast at the end? Who was on the phone? A girl? That's it, he must have a girlfri...
SARAH OCKLER![]()
a man of deep convictions. He was a plain- spoken fellow who did his best for his state and for his ...
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ADAM SIMPKINS Dave was well-meaning, but he did the test pretty much on his own.
BRIAN RUST![]()
As they scuffled in the grass, Adam closed his eyes and leaned his head back. He could nearly scry j...
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CHARLES GARDNER![]()
Michael allowed himself to look at Caddy for the first time since she had climbed into the car. It w...
HILARY MCKAY![]()
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Samuel understood at last why this being hated men and women so much: he hated them because they wer...
JOHN CONNOLLY Even (Jay) Gibbons was saying as he came to the plate that he had never seen Tejada do that.
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He slowed to a walk. As he approached her he was surprised at just how pretty she was. She looked a ...
CHRISTOPHER MOORE He is innocent. His stand has always been that he did not kill any black buck and he was wrongly imp...
DIPESH MEHTA The eldest and biggest of the litter was a dog cub, and when he drew his first breath he was less th...
HENRY WILLIAMSON That was a neat trick he did there, where he pretended he was going to drop his stick. It was all I ...
MATHIEU SCHNEIDER
STELLA GIBBONS
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one ti... ERNEST HEMINGWAY That was his big thing. He did that several times. He was extremely generous. He was always buying t...
LYNDELL ZANOTTI When we played them, he was coming off a few weeks break; he was coming off knee surgery. Now you lo...
GARY BRACKETT
The Dog and the Shadow
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, sa... AESOP
My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 yea... WALTER MOSLEY
Unexpected discorporation was always rare on Mars; Martian taste in such matters called for life to ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There was bleeding on the brain and other issues. The doctors at Cooper saved his life. There's no t...
DEBBIE ORLANDINI He really did live in two different worlds. He was real good at his job. He knew engineering. It cam...
ELLIOT JACOBOWITZ
The important information you need at the beginning of an issue. Like way they did the old Frank Mil... ROBERT KIRKMAN He was always someone who would listen. He always had Bluffton in his mind.
FRED HAMILTON JR
[Capote never taped his subjects or even took notes — he boasted that he had 94% recall, often tea... REX REED It was very impressive that he did that on his own. He obviously wasn't in the department here a ver...
FRANK SPENCER He was always there for you, and he always had a big smile on his face.
JOE MICUCCI
Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own livin... J.K. ROWLING
Once the good man was dead, one wore his hat and another his sword as he had worn them, a third had ... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Mark was always upbeat. He was always positive. He had a smile on his face.
DAN ANDERSON
The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim a... ERIC HOFFER He was younger than me in years but he was big brother at heart. He liked to look out for people. He...
SHARON JOHNSON
This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an ide... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ign... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ign... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
Tewler Americanus in particular was irritated by a harsh logic that overrode his dearest belief in h... H.G. WELLS He pitched great. He had some big strikeouts when he needed them. His command was better today, he h...
JAY SUTTON He shook his head in disbelief. He would cook and take her to his place. He was about to break two o...
MARCIA WEBER MARTINS He did not indicate that anyone else was involved and my distinct impression was that he had done th...
PETER KELLEY He hasn't pitched in a week and I wanted to get him as much work as I could before spring break. He ...
JAY HARPER A Blue Dog, you know, is the opposite of a yellow dog. And a yellow dog was somebody who was willing...
MIKE THOMPSON He was sick as a dog. He had to get some fluids in him.
JIM LEYLAND
Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America -- that we are fixed and certain on... THOMAS WOLFE When you look at my record at 10-0 as a professional and look at Jon Jones' record when he was 1...
DANIEL CORMIER
But some part of him realized, even as he fought to break free from Lupin, that Sirius had never kep... J.K. ROWLING I could tell the whole day there was something off about him. When he walked in, he wouldn't take hi...
JULIA JACOB
The Boasting Traveler
A man who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his... AESOP He had that (machine gun) straight up in the air. All of the ammunition was gone, but he was shoutin...
CHRISTOPHER HARAME
…in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning spee... PATRICK SüSKIND This is a miracle. I always wondered if he had been shot down ... or if his plane had gone down in t...
FRED BYRD
He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt... STEFAN ZWEIG He had more velocity on his fastball, his changeup was slower, and he had sharper breaking stuff, .....
TODD PRATT
It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayer... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM He was just a wonderful person, a jokester, professional at his job, a great partner and teammate. W...
TIM BALDWIN
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 Did he fall overboard? Did he just walk off the boat and disappear? Was it accidental, was it delibe...
SAVANNAH TROTINKSY
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 Miller made him change his voice. He was in the studio and Miller said, 'You can't sing.' Miller tol...
WILLIAM GAMBLER My father was gone. I went up to his suite, not to see him, but to figure out if he had been gone or...
MONIKA BASILE
He was always bringing home a new toaster, a new mixer, for the staff to use and critique, ... He ha... RAYMOND LOEWY
And in an essential way, this was what he was most ashamed of: not his poor understanding of sex, no... HANYA YANAGIHARA
This sense of absence had been growing ... It was wearing into him. Last night he had woken besides ... IAN MCEWAN
The Dog in the Manger
A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen fr... AESOP When he first moved here, I knew it was because he got in trouble at (Iowa City's) West High. He alw...
JOSE MALDONADO She (the caller) indicated that he was wearing gloves, that he was very agitated, that he had indica...
DARRELL DEBUSK He never sacrificed the interests of the league for his own selfish interests.
MIKE BROWN
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 [He added,] Well-dressed, fit, and vigorous for his 73 years, he was a tough political partisan. He...
BOB RAE
I always said he was off his rocker,’ said Ron, looking quite impressed at how mad his hero was. J.K. ROWLING
Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes ... EVELYN UNDERHILL
He had scarcely gone a short league, when Fortune, that was
conducting his affairs from good to bet... CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA) Terrance was, first of all, just a great kid who always did the right thing. But also, as good a pla...
NICK ALIOTTI
Here we have a man who did all he could for his company and was thrown out. But a dog will repay loy... JOYCE BROTHERS
I liked everything I read about Braddock, ... I liked who he was before he was a champion, who he wa... RUSSELL CROWE This election shows how Koizumi is in a league of his own in his political skills and media savvy. H...
GERALD CURTIS
His form was of the manliest beauty,
His heart was kind and soft,
Faithful, below, he did his ... CHARLES DIBDIN
He let his mouth linger on mine, neither possessively nor sweetly... like his mouth just belonged th... MEG CABOT
He was delighted to recognize his own human name on two of the papers; he always got an odd thrill o... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN He didn't know what to do, ... We had him confused. He was arguing with his offensive linemen. It's ...
JOEY PORTER He was at a car repair shop owned by one of his friends at the time, attempting to get rid of the ev...
LU XIANGJUN For the song 'Truth or Consequence,' me and [bassist Mick Morris] had this friend from Salt Lake Cit...
JAMES HART He was at a point in his life where he was retired. And he had expressed this was the happiest point...
JODI OLSON He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind's eye. It was one of the secrets of his mi...
H.W. BRANDS
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his min... ERIC HOFFER Being unemployed, Kurt set in motion a routine that he would follow for the rest of his life. He wou...
CHARLES R. CROSS The actor was perfect. He really had Truman down. I thought the entire movie was excellent. Truman h...
JANICE BIGGERS You'd think that the host would be really cool,and hanging out with people. He did his reading off t...
JUSTIN WIRTES ...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy an...
PAUL HOFFMAN
The TSA liked having fresh agents on the job. Fresh agents with a clear mind and steady hand. Time t... CHRISTINA ENGELA As a football player, you couldn't ask for anybody who worked any harder than he did. In the spring ...
BILLY TURNER He was a great person to have on staff. He made a real contribution, not only by his own writing, bu...
GORDON DAVIDSON The side of his face had gone numb so he went to a dentist, but was told he should see a doctor as w...
RUTH LIGGETT
He was a man who was charged with the work he did in life because he was not one to ask questions - ... DOUGLAS ADAMS
They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he wa... LOIS LOWRY [Tracy McGrady said publicly what we all knew: He didn't always try his hardest last season when he ...
JOHN WEISBROD
This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there desert... NAPOLéON BONAPARTE I thought he was a player that didn't have any flaws. But what was most impressive was that in addit...
GEORGE MCPHEE You might call him a promiscuous sitter, ... He would sit for just about any artist in the last 10 y...
FRED VOSS
Why did he leave so fast at the end? Who was on the phone? A girl? That's it, he must have a girlfri... SARAH OCKLER
a man of deep convictions. He was a plain- spoken fellow who did his best for his state and for his ... PAUL WELLSTONE I just had a cart here and was taking groceries off here and loading them into a cart and looked up ...
ADAM SIMPKINS Dave was well-meaning, but he did the test pretty much on his own.
BRIAN RUST
As they scuffled in the grass, Adam closed his eyes and leaned his head back. He could nearly scry j... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He had a lot of hats. But, in all his jobs, his number one interest was always what was best for Kin...
CHARLES GARDNER
Michael allowed himself to look at Caddy for the first time since she had climbed into the car. It w... HILARY MCKAY
Jamie Moyer was in his third year as a major league pitcher and was, by his own admission, still wid... DON YAEGER He had a bit of an off year for us, but it was his first in the National League and his knee was bot...
CARLOS TOSCA
Samuel understood at last why this being hated men and women so much: he hated them because they wer... JOHN CONNOLLY Even (Jay) Gibbons was saying as he came to the plate that he had never seen Tejada do that.
GREGG ZAUN
He slowed to a walk. As he approached her he was surprised at just how pretty she was. She looked a ... CHRISTOPHER MOORE He is innocent. His stand has always been that he did not kill any black buck and he was wrongly imp...
DIPESH MEHTA The eldest and biggest of the litter was a dog cub, and when he drew his first breath he was less th...
HENRY WILLIAMSON That was a neat trick he did there, where he pretended he was going to drop his stick. It was all I ...
MATHIEU SCHNEIDER
I love a pocket. I'm about helping women look as good as possible on the least amount of effort.... 
Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count. 
Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive. 
My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that ... 
We all learn how to use the bodies we're born with, or learn to use them in an adjusted state, w... 
When you stand on the stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world, and that ... 
My job is to make desirable, luxurious, beautiful clothing and accessories women want to buy. My fir... 
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't a... 
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. 
Call no man foe, but never love a stranger. 
life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one 
Well, everybody faces the fact there really aren't many records stores around to just go and bro... 
The blues is life itself. 
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear. 
I long for the solitude 