Grab the Nearest Book...

Discussion in 'Books' started by AutumnAuburn, Feb 10, 2005.

  1. yamamamo

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    "A sharp dresser, Bruce insisted on ironing his own clothes."

    Fighting Spirit (Bruce Lee's life story)- Bruce Thomas
     
  2. sharon

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    It says you have a very bad reputaion in Czestochowa
    Maus by Art Spiegelman
     
  3. LittleRedOne

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    1. Ask the friend to look away while you write the number 1089 on a piece of papaer.
     
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    A motif in a picture, for example, is only one accent in a system of accents and pauses.

    "Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice"
     
  5. Jointman69

    Jointman69 High Nigga Pie

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    by so it upholds the philosophy that the government comes fromt he consent of the governed--the people.

    my civics textbook
     
  6. John221

    John221 Senior Member

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    "The original master writes little or nothing while the disciple often writes long and profound treatises."

    The Essence of Tao - Pamela Ball.
     
  7. John221

    John221 Senior Member

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    Now I fancy another go...

    "Come home Paddy Reilly to me."

    Folksongs & Ballads Popular In Ireland, Volume 4

    ...I could do this all night; and I just might.
     
  8. John221

    John221 Senior Member

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    "'How, in the name of good fortune, did you know all that, Mr. Holmes?' he asked."

    Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Illustrated Short Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
     
  9. John221

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    "Can a new wrong expiate old wrongs?"

    The Gospel of Buddha - Compiled from a variety of texts by Paul Carus
     
  10. John221

    John221 Senior Member

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    "If I can check my erring love, I will;
    If not, to compass her I'll use my skill."

    The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
     
  11. John221

    John221 Senior Member

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    "My companion was only partly attentive to the ensuing eloquence, but I was wholeheartedly listening to myself."

    Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda
     
  12. Floyd Soul

    Floyd Soul The Walkin' Dude

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    "Finally in the 1820s and 1830s nearly all were deported to Indian Territory - present-day Oklahoma.

    -The Native Americans, The Indigenous People Of North America.

    I love those folk....
     
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    "The procurator knew that there on the square a countless multitude of Yershalaim's inhabitants had already gathered, stirred up by the recent disorders, that the crowds were impatiently awaiting the pronouncement of the sentences, and that restless water-sellers were circulating and shouting out their wares."

    --'The Master and Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov
     
  14. FrozenMoonbeam

    FrozenMoonbeam nerd

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    "But he is not going to tell that to my wife when she goes to ask him."

    The Bridge To Holy Cross - Paulina Simons
     
  15. John221

    John221 Senior Member

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    "It is the only way to avoid excessive fatigue."

    Tales of the Unexpected - H.G. Wells
     
  16. grow your own music

    grow your own music el kabong

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    she held her hand interposed between the furnace heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed n her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled it's nose over-forwardly into her face.
     
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    And when they see you the next day at school, you're like, "Oh. Sorry, I forgot."

    Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book
     
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    Ford Prefect was at this moment under great stress, and he was born six hundred lightyears away in the near vicinity of Betelgeuse.

    The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy -Douglas Adams
     
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    "With mode set to the default setting of float, the result will be:Press- 2/3*2 Result- 2/3*2=1.333333333"

    The closest book was a graphing calculator manual....thank god it wasn't a computer programming book.
     
  20. hailtothekingbaby

    hailtothekingbaby Yowzers!

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    There's no fourth sentence on my twenty-fifth page... what am I to do?

    I'll type down what's on the page anyway...

    Figure 2.7. Well-sorted pleistocene beach sand and gravel of Paleolake Cahuilla uncomformably overlain by poorly sorted alluvium and colluvium. This exposure is in the Salton Trough south of the U.S.-Mexico border.

    From: Michael R. Waters: Principles of geoarchaeology, a North-American perspective
     

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