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It is Just what I need
Publications
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
- **But given that most theories will eventually be disproved, how seriously should we take scientists when they come up with a "ground-breaking" discovery?**
- **These days, I'm probably better defined as a Neo-Reactionary with a fondness for the writings of Nick Land and the political economy of Lee Kuan Yew.**
- You realize you're not alone as you sit in your bedroom massaging your calves after a long day of playing tug-of-war with Grandpa Joe in the hospital.
- **It's just bigger in every way, symbolized by the modern HD color that makes the original seem like black-and-white.**
- **He must pay to have his registration plate re-made.**
- The skeleton had skeletons of his own in the closet.
- Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
- To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
- **It's up to you to get to school on time.**
- **Three hours ago his posted this farewell of sorts: -this life im livn rite now i dnt want anymore ive lost everything and i aint gettn it back instead of walkn around all broke n shyt while niggas stunt on me n shyt -welln pops youll never have to woryy about me again you'll nevr need to by me anything no need to ever waste ur hard earned money on me.**
- **Even more pungent were comments on Wednesday, after NBC News reported (and other outlets confirmed) that Tillerson had called Trump a “moron” behind closed doors, and had considered resignation.**
- To the surprise of everyone, the Rapture happened yesterday but it didn't quite go as expected.
- **"They don't all have to unite into one single party, but they do need to share a vision and they do need to share an agreement on the way forward." The Syrian opposition's lack of cohesion means they need "all the help they can get" as Assad shows no signs of relinquishing power, said Shadi Hamid, director of research for Brookings Doha Center.**
- **Now I think I've nailed it, and this version is even better than the one we made at Grange.**
- Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.
- **But all it takes is a simple cut and paste to get rid of that stuff.**
- **Most of those slated for release — the names aren't yet public — have been jailed for over two decades, before the Oslo peace accords were signed in 1993.**
- **Your results varied, but it was interesting.**
- Lens Protocol data is now live on @lens/dune, created by onchain data explorers @lens/sealaunch!
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- **When asked what position the presidential candidates took on Arizona's law, more than half indicated they didn't know.**
- **It was believed that whales were fish.**
- **This cycle, Thune’s leadership PAC donated $ 2,500 to Pawlenty’s campaign and recently made a $ 1,652 donation to Romney.**
- **Jack Kemp’s closest political associate, Bill Bennett, once quipped: “Jack, if you believed in original sin, you’d be president of the United States.” It was a perceptive and profound remark.**
- **The session players say that they often got odd looks from other white townspeople when white and black musicians went out to eat together—but those looks didn't stop them from doing so.**
- **People rise to prominence for their fiery wit, but their beautiful and interesting words, avoid any practical solution.**
- **In states with high numbers of Latinos, the anticipated, overwhelming support for Clinton appeared to bear out.**
- **“I had a long conversation with my wife and decided that I didn’t want just a job, but I wanted a career,” Busch said.**
- **I'll only talk to her.**
- Siri became confused when we reused to follow her directions.
- **Your goal is to fill the star counter as full as you can within the given time.**
- It's not often you find a soggy banana on the street.
- We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.
- **On the other hand, if too much morphine was given, or too little done to try to save a life, a nephew from Peoria might sue for negligence, or a local district attorney might even consider charges of manslaughter.**
- **The pretense of objectivity is stripped away: Koenig emerges as the subject as the show’s drama revolves not so much around the crime, but rather, her obsessions with it." To my ear, the show's drama is only tangentially related to Koenig's obsessions.**
- **Edward White, manning the Gemini 4 mission in 1965, declared the shrimp cocktail to be his favorite meal among NASA's offerings of spaghetti, pot roast, and butterscotch pudding.**
- **they acquired another.**
- **We hope she still stays in New York and continues to try at theater, because all of it suits her better than any flashy L.A.**
- **Live outside those boxes, and bureaucracies can't really "see" you.**
- She looked at her student wondering if she could ever get through. "You need to learn to think for yourself," she wanted to tell him. "Your friends are holding you back and bringing you down." But she didn't because she knew his friends were all that he had and even if that meant a life of misery, he would never give them up.
- **military retaliation, but with a nuclear counter-deterrent it would be emboldened to push harder, stepping up support for terrorist groups, brandishing nuclear weapons for coercive purposes, and adopting a more aggressive foreign policy.**
- **Everybody was at work.**
- **Malik never broke any laws.**
- **The Intelligence Community is currently reviewing the damage that has been done by these recent disclosures.**
- **The Control Unit more or less serves as the machine's brain, while the various battery-fueled Power Units are the engines.**
- **Were they doing something there?**
- **Mooney's chief virtue is his insane levels of commitment;**
- **Just between the two of us; are you in love with my sister?**
- **Having an average rating of three out of five stars from fares is enough to get an Uber driver removed from the job!**
- **Among the people who had not wiped their hands, those who were more nervous about germs were also more likely to show prejudice toward the "outsider" groups as opposed to the "insiders." The people who had disinfected their hands didn't show prejudice, even if they were "germ-averse." These results suggest how something as simple as feeling safe can help counter prejudice, and may offer an alternative to campaigns to reduce prejudice by characterizing it as undesirable behavior, since these appear to backfire.**