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Tom O’Connell
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Games I Completed in 2021 – Part One
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Mortal Kombat 11
Purple Rain, purple Rain! ♫
I’ve been a Mortal Kombat fan since the very first instalment. It’s been great to see this series evolve from a stiff, simplistic fighter best known for courting controversy into a mature, respectable fighting series with competitive depth. The complex lore and Hollywood-tier cinematics are second to none, and a big reason why the campaign is s
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The best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2012
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Page Seventeen (Page Seventeen, #11)
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"‘I can’t even guess myself what it must be to live a life of a human being,’ writes Yozo, the narrator of Osamu Dazai’s partly autobiographical novel No Longer Human. But what is it to be human in the first place and in a society that finds success a"
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“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
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“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick "hard books." Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for god's sake, don't let me ever hear you say, "I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth." Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of "literature"? That means fiction, too, stupid.”
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“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”
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