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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)

by Philip Pullman

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The Top Gear years

by Jeremy Clarkson

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A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain

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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life. I mean, let’s face it: When you’re eating simple barbecue under a palm tree, and you feel sand between your toes, samba music is playing softly in the ...more

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“He called it potentia because there's nothing quite like Latin for disguising the fact you're making it up as you go along.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer

tags: disguise, language, latin, obfuscated

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“Holly had taken to calling us the rainbow coalition team, since we had one white female, and males of the Black, Asian, and Other categories. All we needed was a lesbian and a guy in a wheelchair and we were ready to salve even the biggest liberal's angst.”
― Larry Correia, Monster Hunter International

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“We seem to be sitting around waiting for the next fucking disaster." he said, which went into the official log as - DCI Seawoll felt that our operational posture was too reactive.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping

tags: slang

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“We all have our own scars. Let them be a blessing and not a curse.”
― Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

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“He was a Parisian,’ he said. ‘You can never be sure what Parisians believe in – beyond Paris of course.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, The Home Crowd Advantage

tags: france, humour, paris

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