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That cad Fleming put it about that SPECTRE stands for ‘Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion’—absolute tosh and nonsense! Would a group of criminals really call themselves something that blatant? I’ll
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“It seems clear from these results that the purpose of most bullying is to secure status and avoid resistance of any kind. So bullies don’t pick on a classmate in hopes of getting a reaction. Quite the contrary: they bully in hopes of getting no reaction at all.”
― Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids
― Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids
“Many a time, in my political indifference, I was secretly amused to see him swinging between anti-semitism and his passion for nut cake.”
― The Young Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend
― The Young Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend
“Yes, Doc, I'm not feeling too well.'
Which was true enough, Kwang Meng considered.
He had honestly not been feeling too well since he contracted poverty, loneliness, boredom, sexual frustration and periodic coughs and colds. Not to speak of his dreary job.”
― If We Dream Too Long
Which was true enough, Kwang Meng considered.
He had honestly not been feeling too well since he contracted poverty, loneliness, boredom, sexual frustration and periodic coughs and colds. Not to speak of his dreary job.”
― If We Dream Too Long
“I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyretechnics associated with us”
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“It was at Long Huruk that we encountered the vortex of the dream time of which we had so far only touched the periphery, for this was the semi-nomadic community of mystics and dream wanderers. As we tottered up the bank towards the crumbling longhouse, Nanyet came purposefully down and embraced us both – an unheard-of greeting between Indonesian strangers. He”
― Ring of Fire: An Indonesia Odyssey
― Ring of Fire: An Indonesia Odyssey
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