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Very rarely did the riffers condescend to the film at issue, or take cheap shots at it, or insult it. Sometimes this did happen; comments about Joe Don Baker’s weight,[26] for instance, or about a female actor’s annoying voice.[27] But most
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“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
― Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
― Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
“There’s no material safety data sheet for astatine. If there were, it would just be the word “NO” scrawled over and over in charred blood.”
― What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
― What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
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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
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