I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. Rich is better!
— Beatrice Kaufman (1895-1945)
Known for her editorial work, Kaufman for one edited Hemingway's first published work, In Our Time (1925), and persuaded her bosses at Boni & Liveright to publish it
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I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. Rich is better!
— Beatrice Kaufman (1895-1945)
Known for her editorial work, Kaufman for one edited Hemingway's first published work, In Our Time (1925), and persuaded her bosses at Boni & Liveright to publish it
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By God, sir, I’ve lost my leg!
By God, sir, so you have!
— Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815
Exchange between the Earl of Uxbridge and Wellington. Hit by case shot, Uxbridge earned the nickname ‘One-Leg’.
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By God, sir, I’ve lost my leg!
By God, sir, so you have!
— Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815
Exchange between the Earl of Uxbridge and Wellington. Hit by case shot, Uxbridge earned the nickname ‘One-Leg’.
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Off with your head
Dance ’til you’re dead
Heads will roll (x3)
On the floor.
— Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heads Will Roll (2009)
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The band has been described as “an art-rock trio who made an edgy post-punk, dancefloor-friendly racket”
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Off with your head
Dance ’til you’re dead
Heads will roll (x3)
On the floor.
— Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heads Will Roll (2009)
youtube.com/watch?v=vw3k_jWa-gI
The band has been described as “an art-rock trio who made an edgy post-punk, dancefloor-friendly racket”
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A sweet thing tasted too often is no longer sweet.
— Ancient Greek saying
Τὸ γὰρ ἡδύ, ἐὰν πολύ, οὐ τί γε ἡδύ
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A sweet thing tasted too often is no longer sweet.
— Ancient Greek saying
Τὸ γὰρ ἡδύ, ἐὰν πολύ, οὐ τί γε ἡδύ
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#wordgame #proverb #IndieGame
This is the Internet? The whole Internet?
— Katherine Parkinson as Jen Barber, The IT Crowd (2006-2013)
Graham Linehan’s The IT Crowd was shot on a three-walled set in front of a live studio audience.
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This is the Internet? The whole Internet?
— Katherine Parkinson as Jen Barber, The IT Crowd (2006-2013)
Graham Linehan’s The IT Crowd was shot on a three-walled set in front of a live studio audience.
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You can’t find someone who doesn’t want to be found
— Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits (1982)
Allende began to write her 100-year-old grandfather a letter when she heard he was dying, which became this manuscript, her debut novel.
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You can’t find someone who doesn’t want to be found
— Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits (1982)
Allende began to write her 100-year-old grandfather a letter when she heard he was dying, which became this manuscript, her debut novel.
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#BookSky #IndieGame
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
— Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Dr Johnson's 1755 dictionary was the pre-eminent English dictionary until the completion of the OED in 1928
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
— Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Dr Johnson's 1755 dictionary was the pre-eminent English dictionary until the completion of the OED in 1928
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Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read
— Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
The first known version of this quip is by jockey Ted Atkinson, but with a horse instead of a dog, natch
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Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read
— Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
The first known version of this quip is by jockey Ted Atkinson, but with a horse instead of a dog, natch
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No water, no life; no blue, no green.
— Sylvia Earle, marine biologist
Earle has been a National Geographic Explorer at Large since 1998, and was the first chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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No water, no life; no blue, no green.
— Sylvia Earle, marine biologist
Earle has been a National Geographic Explorer at Large since 1998, and was the first chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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#IndieGame
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Your heart fits me like a glove
— Madonna, True Blue (1986)
An “unabashed valentine” to Sean Penn. He and Madonna married in 1985, on her 27th birthday.
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You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Your heart fits me like a glove
— Madonna, True Blue (1986)
An “unabashed valentine” to Sean Penn. He and Madonna married in 1985, on her 27th birthday.
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Damn with faint praise
— Idiom
Roman sophist and skeptic philosopher Favorinus observed that half-hearted praise could harm more than insults. Alexander Pope coined this English turn of phrase in his Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot (1734).
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Damn with faint praise
— Idiom
Roman sophist and skeptic philosopher Favorinus observed that half-hearted praise could harm more than insults. Alexander Pope coined this English turn of phrase in his Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot (1734).
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#PhilSky
What do they got in there, King Kong?
— Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park (1993)
Played by Jeff Goldblum, Malcolm was intended as an audience surrogate by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton.
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What do they got in there, King Kong?
— Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park (1993)
Played by Jeff Goldblum, Malcolm was intended as an audience surrogate by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton.
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And though she be but little, she is fierce.
— William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1596)
Helena, who is in love with Demetrius, describing Hermia, who is being courted by Demetrius.
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And though she be but little, she is fierce.
— William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1596)
Helena, who is in love with Demetrius, describing Hermia, who is being courted by Demetrius.
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The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.
— Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670)
Pascal was a child prodigy. He developed a mechanical calculator to assist his father’s work as supervisor of taxes.
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The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.
— Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670)
Pascal was a child prodigy. He developed a mechanical calculator to assist his father’s work as supervisor of taxes.
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Let’s jump on board, and cut them to pieces.
— Edward Teach (1680-1718), better known as Blackbeard
From Charles Johnson's A General Historie of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates (1724).
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Let’s jump on board, and cut them to pieces.
— Edward Teach (1680-1718), better known as Blackbeard
From Charles Johnson's A General Historie of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates (1724).
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#indiedev #pirate
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
— Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), boxer and activist
The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
— Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), boxer and activist
The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.
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All we are saying is give peace a chance
— John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1969)
A half million anti-war demonstrators led by Pete Seeger sang this chorus in Washington DC on as part of a Vietnam Moratorium March, November 1969.
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All we are saying is give peace a chance
— John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1969)
A half million anti-war demonstrators led by Pete Seeger sang this chorus in Washington DC on as part of a Vietnam Moratorium March, November 1969.
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Sheep will spend their whole lives fearing the wolf, only to be eaten by the shepherd.
— African proverb
Those trusted for protection can be the source of downfall.
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Sheep will spend their whole lives fearing the wolf, only to be eaten by the shepherd.
— African proverb
Those trusted for protection can be the source of downfall.
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#quote #wordgame
He was my North, my South, my East and West
— John Hannah as Matthew, Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
From the WH Auden poem “Funeral Blues” (1936)
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The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.
— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
The first 4 parts of Adams’s radio series, this novel is the first of a “trilogy of five books”.
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The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.
— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
The first 4 parts of Adams’s radio series, this novel is the first of a “trilogy of five books”.
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Few men think; yet all have opinions.
— George Berkeley, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713)
A response to criticism Berkeley experienced after publishing "A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge"
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Few men think; yet all have opinions.
— George Berkeley, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713)
A response to criticism Berkeley experienced after publishing "A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge"
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Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
— Allen Saunders (1899-1986)
John Lennon used a variation in Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (1981), written for his son Sean.
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Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
— Allen Saunders (1899-1986)
John Lennon used a variation in Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (1981), written for his son Sean.
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#wordgame
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
— Lord Acton (1834-1902), historian
According to Acton, unchecked concentrated power poses the greatest threat to human freedom.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
— Lord Acton (1834-1902), historian
According to Acton, unchecked concentrated power poses the greatest threat to human freedom.
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#quote
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That grid of letters can be a challenge to construct. I takes a bit of logic, a bit of math (with graphs!)... Find out more: gridogram.com/blah/creating
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Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
— Massive Attack, Teardrop (1997)
This harpsichord-driven track was used as the opening theme for House, starring Hugh Laurie.
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Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
— Massive Attack, Teardrop (1997)
This harpsichord-driven track was used as the opening theme for House, starring Hugh Laurie.
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#quote #wordgame