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two indisputable modern sci-fi classics were simultaneously released in theaters only to be met by critical venom and confounding indifference from moviegoers: Ridley Scott’s dystopian brainteaser, Blade Runner, and John Carpenter’s master
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“The four most expensive word in the English language are 'This time it's different.”
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“He entertained himself by slipping increasingly outrageous puns into the copy, which culminated in a headline about a dachshund race that read, “All Wieners in the Long Run.”
― Priestdaddy: A Memoir
― Priestdaddy: A Memoir
“I'm not going to stand here and be eaten by some bitch's dinosaur. I am finally doing something with my life.”
― Paper Girls, Volume 1
― Paper Girls, Volume 1
“The monk in the grip of acedia would find it difficult or impossible to read. Looking away from his book, he might try to distract himself with gossip but would more likely glance in disgust at his surroundings and at his fellow monks. He would feel that things were better somewhere else, that he was wasting his life, that everything was stale and pointless, that he was suffocating.”
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
“They knew that you breathed and you slept and you worked, but they didn’t know that you read. Such a thing was beyond comprehension. They thought that in your spare time you sat and gazed into space, or looked at Peg’s Paper or the Crimson Circle. You could almost see them reporting you to their friends. ‘Margaret’s a good cook, but unfortunately she reads. Books, you know.”
― Below Stairs
― Below Stairs
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Our fast-growing classical music group is sometimes erudite - and maybe a little eccentric - but we aim never to be exclusive. Classical music is a g ...more
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