I said, 'Carry me'. He said, 'No'.

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She wanted to look as elegant as Benazir Bhutto, as mesmerizing as the Afghan princess she had once seen on TV wearing hijab, the daughter of an exiled leader of the mujahideen.

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You look like something out of the Third World.

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The vacuum roared and sucked and gobbled.

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Johann Gutenberg had three good ideas, one of which was actually original.

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History -- a form of fiction that masquerades as something else.

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For the people of Micronesia, the discovery of the past has become an important element in their quest to revive and revitalize traditions and values that have been distorted by the lens of more than two centuries of successive colonial occupations.

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The actor was professionally stiff and ready to go, but the girl still had her legs shut with her hands. The pig seemed unconcerned.

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"In Mr. Otis we obviously have another Van Gogh and he's got two ears." - Bennett Cerf.

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Let the world understand and care for the Chinese people. Let them know in the Old East there is a group of never-yielding people who are stubbornly laboring for humankind.

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If you believe you have done your best, you can leave it at that and not feel ashamed. Heaven will determine the final result.

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She stood bathed in the moonlight, the figure of some pale goddess, wringing out the wash cloth.

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Say, where's that roan got to, Pablo?

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Natural things exist only a little; reality lies only in dreams.

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In your own words, they began, Tell us what you were up to.

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"Could you come with us Mr Robertson?"

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A little girl from a logging camp grew up to become one of the most notorious literary sensations of the century.

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Only a precious handful of photographers working today have produced so much good work with as much honest conviction over so many years.

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Sokkong and his associates have dedicated themselves to the preservation of the tribe's rich tradition of music, including the making of an astonishing array of bamboo instruments.

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