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The Poppy Fields

by Nikki Erlick

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Koen ’s Quotes

“For a start, people who traveled for so many miles through such horrific conditions in order to find work cannot accurately be portrayed as lazy benefit-scroungers”
― Patrick Kingsley

tags: eritrea, migrants, refugee-crisis, refugees, syria, syrian-civil-war

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“They chose "beer as soda pop." Craft brewers are "beer as wine.”
― Michael Jackson

tags: beer, big-beer, breweries, craft, craft-beer, pop, soda

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“A beer doesn't have to be difficult to acquire, but damned if that doesn't make everything taste better.”
― Patrick Dawson, The Beer Geek Handbook: Living a Life Ruled by Beer

tags: beer, beer-geek, craft-beer, rarity

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“If circumstances dictate that your disposable income has to come from eating ramen alongside your vintage Cantillon gueuze, so be it.”
― Patrick Dawson, The Beer Geek Handbook: Living a Life Ruled by Beer

tags: beer, beer-geek, cantillon, craft-beer, geuze, gueuze, ramen-noodles

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“To put it mildly, Beer Geeks are particular about the beer they drink. They don't waste time, money, and liver capacity on bad beer, and they put a formidable amount of thought into the beer they consume. But consume they do, and impressively well.”
― Patrick Dawson, The Beer Geek Handbook: Living a Life Ruled by Beer

tags: beer, beer-geek, craft-beer

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