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on my list to re-read
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EMI and iTunes offering based on this list
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font nerds of the word unite!
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I always have liked what Elvis Mitchell has to say about film, whether or not I agree. He worked for NPR for a while too when I used to listen to that network.
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part one of the interview (I had to search for it)
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"Public libraries have become de facto daytime shelters for the nation's street people -- and librarians, increasingly, are our unofficial social workers for the homeless (and often the disturbed)."
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"nailed me with a really good one. We were sparring together, and he got one in there when I wasn’t paying attention"
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speculate this to be related to a restaurant opening soon near me
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"Look, I lived in the midst of a civil war in the late 1970s in Beirut. I know exactly what it looks and smells like. The inexperienced often assume that when a guerrilla war or a civil war is going on, life grinds to a standstill. Not so"
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Since I have no inclination to move to Michigan (shudder) anytime soon, even to study under the master Middle East scholar, I'll simply read as many of these books as I can
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I didn't love this movie. Probably my least favorite Terry Gilliam flick "God isn't interested in technology. ...Look how he spends his time... forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!"
