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stars war tickets
I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
moving magic blast
Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic.
loss garments existence
Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.
three phrases use
What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.
law enforcement aphorism
Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. —Popular aphorism.
son giving want
Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
giving might employment
The inscrutability [of economics] is perhaps not unintentional. It gives endless employment to dialecticians who otherwise might become public charges or, at very worst, swindlers and tricksters.
book want individual
I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.
challenges deception fleeting
Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient explanations of the obvious, fleeting allusions to the unthinkable. As a preliminary, the conversationalist must gauge the mood, the intelligence and the verbal facility of the company. To this end, a few words of pedantic exposition often prove invaluable.
pertinent-questions assuming wit
Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.
art fall serenity
This is no science, this is art, where equations fall away to elements like resolving chords, and where always prevails a symmetry either explicit or multiplex, but always of a crystalline serenity.
book influence enormous
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.
writing computer speak
But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it.
reading book reading-books
I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.