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#1

“She likes me. I can tell. Problem is, she won’t admit that to the boyfriends she brings over.”
― Harvey Havel, The Odd and The Strange: A Collection of Very Short Fiction

tags: fiction, horror, humour, literary-fiction, paranormal, politics, sci-fi, science-fiction, short-stories

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#2

“How do you control the amount of insulin your body produces?
You control the amount of glucose you put into your bloodstream. Put in less glucose, your body will produce less insulin, and you will lose weight. Put in more glucose, your body will produce more insulin, and you will gain weight. That brings us to the premise of this book: Control your blood glucose, and you control your weight.

Lower blood glucose, and you will lose weight. This is universal.
How do you lower your blood glucose? The answers are in Glucose Control Eating©.”
― Rick Mystrom, Glucose Control Eating: Lose Weight Stay Slimmer Live Healthier Live Longer

tags: body, control, diabetes, eat-well, fats, foods, health, healthier, live-well, wellbeing

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#3

“Heidi's role as grand master was to monitor all the women and to manage their locations and communication. Even though she’d done this many times on multiple missions, her heartbeat still pounded in her ears.”
― Kirsten Fullmer, Trouble on Main Street

tags: cozy-mystery, cozy-romance, small-town-mystery

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#4

“Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something to report on, but we have more than enough problems out there without manufacturing problems.”
― Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

tags: calculation, character, goals, greatness, humanity, influence, marriage, personal-goals, political, relationship

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#5

“Inside he was hurt. Not so much with Linda, but his failure to impress women generally with his abilities. There she was, an example: lending – no, giving –thirty thousand pounds to a smooth-talking old bastard, but she would not part with a penny to him after living with him for a year or more.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller

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#6

“The final sound of the rifle shot bounced around the lake.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

tags: action-novel, adventure-story, crime, detective-novel, historical-crime-story, intrigue, murder-mystery-novel, mystery-thriller, private-investigator, thriller-novel

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#7

“No dig saves time and keeps it simple, so that you can continue cropping all year without using synthetic feeds or poisons.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

tags: advice, allotments, fruits, helpful, herbs, informative, organic, plants, tips, vegetables

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#8

“Fine architecture is man’s tribute to the land it has been built on. So are the untouched, pristine lands he preserves for posterity.”
― Tom Baldwin, Macom Farm

tags: crime, epic, fiction-writing, law, legal, lies, thriller-novel, trust

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#9

“After March in 1945, the Japanese felt threatened by possibility of the people of Indochina rising against them. Therefore, they stated:
“We of the Imperial Japanese Army have only invaded other Asian countries in order to remove the European and American white man from Asia! Stick with us Japanese and together we shall make Asians great while we kick the whites out of the entire region!”

(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
― Michael G. Kramer

tags: army, battles, death, determination, family, fighting, fighting-for-your-life, front-line, pilots, soldiers

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#10

“Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on the screen, as Johnny Weissmuller arced through a canopy of trees boldly screaming his signature jungle call.”
― KGE Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

tags: action, conflict, death, discovery, documented, drama, loyalty, nazis, politics, unity

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#11

“Readers of fantasy fiction actually imagine having the abilities of the villains more often then the protagonist. Bravo writers!”
― C. Toni Graham

tags: chances, change, compassion, completion, confidence, dig-deep, explore, joy, love-yourself, strength

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#12

“That's the noise that made the Redcoats run!" Mr. Paddock said to Father.
"Maybe," Father said, tugging his beard. "But it was muskets that won the Revolution. And don't forget it was axes and plows that made this country."
"That's so, come to think of it," Mr. Paddock said.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farmer Boy

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#13

“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

tags: awesomeness, um

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#14

“Randy knew he wasn't an alcoholic because an alcoholic craved liquor. He never craved it. He just drank for pleasure and the most pleasurable of all drinks was the first one on a crisp winter morning. Besides, when you took it with coffee that made it part of breakfast, and therefore not so depraved.”
― Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon

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“And this? Aldhelm of Malmesbury. Listen to this page: 'Primitus pantorum procerum poematorum pio potissimum paternoque presertim privilegio panegiricum poemataque passim prosatori sub polo promulgatas.' ... The words all begin with the same letter!"

"The men of my islands are all a bit mad," William said proudly.”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

tags: alliteration, british-humour, humor, the-british-are-mad

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#16

“That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dressed up in a cheap fur coat.”
― J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories

tags: for-esmé-with-love-and-squalo, humor

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#17

“She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

tags: dream, elizabeth-george-speare, witch-of-blackbird-pond

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