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“According to his former sound engineer David Z, Prince once played ping-pong with Michael Jackson in a recording studio and trash-talked the music legend for playing the game “like Helen Keller.” “You want me to slam it?” Prince taunted Jacko, according to Z. “Michael dropped his paddle and held his hands up in front of his face so the ball wouldn’t hit him,” Z recalled. “Michael walked out . . . and Prince started strutting and said, ‘Did you see that? He played like Helen Keller.’” It was no secret, Prince was extremely competitive.4”
― I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame
― I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame
“A cat had to balance his willingness to help humankind with the knowledge that people must learn to do things for themselves.”
― Cat to the Dogs
― Cat to the Dogs
“Some seeds need fire to sprout. What if you’re that seed?”
― The Seed Keeper
― The Seed Keeper
“It’s stressful to try to summon up 100% motivation sitting on the couch. Let yourself use 5% motivation to do 5% of the task. Maybe you keep going. Maybe you don’t. That’s ok. Anything worth doing is worth doing partially.”
― How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help
― How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help
“The upstairs bedrooms supplied office space and a balcony looking down on the audience, a long, narrow gallery that accommodated the control panel for the house lights and stage lighting, an area strung so densely with conduit and thick wires that it looked like a den for families of sociably oriented boa constrictors.”
― Cat Laughing Last
― Cat Laughing Last
Book It
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— last activity Jan 27, 2015 08:10PM
Do you remember the Pizza Hut Book It program??? I loved this program as a kid, and it inspired me to create a book club for adults. I'm not planning ...more
Minneapolis City Book Club
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— last activity Apr 20, 2021 09:13AM
A MPLS-based group that meets semi-frequently to share good food/drink and books. Conversation is driven by, but not limited to, a shared read.
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
Justice and Spirit: Unitarian Universalist Book Club
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— last activity Jun 01, 2026 05:31AM
Life never stops sending new spiritual challenges our way. How do we, as individuals and communities, search for truth and meaning, strive for justice ...more
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