The Wizard
The Wizard
Wizard is a synonym for a magician...
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We can argue forever what personhood means, but there is no empirical or logical way to prove it. It's the beginning of the argument, not the endpoint.
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feel a certain sense of rejection and inadequacy. I was doing everything I was told to do. It couldn't all have been because I had the wrong lapel pin. I just felt like I couldn't get in. I could not make myself visible.
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beyond about March 2004 if it chose not to keep individual units deployed to Iraq for longer than one year without relief.
Dorothy: Don't be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don't talk.
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That's the scary part. I didn't know if I should smile, crack up, scream or run.
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I don't have economic pressure anymore. ... You know, there will be a single mother out there who will understand nothing means more to me than the fact I don't have to worry about (money) anymore because it's a difficult way to live.
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Wizard of Oz: You people should consider yourselves lucky that I'm granting you an audience tomorrow instead of 20 years from now.
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You try to do everything the director wants and try to make the actors comfortable,'' Treglown said.
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The Bad Pants Open has become a tradition at Indian Lakes Resort, ... It's the only golf outing in which the participants' pants matter more than their score. All participants are required to wear ugly golf pants. The winner of the ugliest golf pants will be inducted into the Bad Pants Hall of Fame.
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It's kinda weird -- it's not really our scene but I'll take it,
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It's a metaphor for our culture. This is where we get a lot of images we use in popular culture.
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Auntie Em: For twenty-three years I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you! And now... well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!
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Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking.
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I was completely thrilled. I was just really happy. She's just a wonderful, wonderful collaborator. She's a really good actress and a genuinely nice person and that's a rare thing. She works incredibly hard -- she's in virtually every scene.