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TABLE OF CONTENTS CROSSWORDS, NUMBER PUZZLES, WORD GAMES AND TRIVIA Premier Crossword............................ 3, 34, 35, 36, 37 Word Sleuth....................................................... 4, 6, 8 Thomas Joseph Crossword ............................... 5, 7, 9 Conceptis Sudoku ............................................. 10, 12 Point & Solve .................................................... 11, 13 Conceptis Multi-Sudoku ................................... 12, 14 Mega Maze.............................................................. 15 Wuzzles ....................................................... 16, 18, 20 Cryptoquip .................................................. 17, 19, 21 Hocus Focus ................................................ 22, 24, 26 Super Quiz .................................................. 23, 25, 27 Cryptoquote................................................. 28, 30, 32 Eugene Sheffer Crossword.......................... 29, 31, 33 Coloring Pages .......................... 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 Solutions ......................................................44, 45, 46, 47
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Premier Crossword
By Frank A. Longo
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.
CLUE LIST Beam Calorie Density Fidelity Frequency Gear Level Pressure Profile Quality Score Speed Status Tech Volume
CLUE LIST Beem Boros Bradley Harrington Kaymer Marr McIlroy Micheel Mickelson Nicklaus Singh Toms Trevino Woods Yong-eun
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CLUE LIST Bagel Belt Bracelet Cheerios Cruller Doughnut Garter Halo Hula Hoop Lifesaver Onion rings Smoke ring Toroid Tortellini Washer
CLUE LIST Nobility Noble Nodule Nomad None Nook Normal Norman North Notch Nourish Novelty November Now Nowhere
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CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 — up (got smart) 6 Deluge 11 Duck 12 Biathlon need 13 Tenth president 14 Early Mexican 15 Puzzle 17 Score amts. 19 Buck’s mate 20 Blubber 23 Supermarket divisions 25 Lion feature 26 Retail store 28 Singing group 29 Kick out of office 30 Puppy sound 31 Eroded 32 Crafty 33 1960s UN Secretary General 35 Hand parts 38 Marsh plants 41 Visibly stunned 42 Characteristic 43 “Suburgatory” girl 44 Welcoming
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Dripping 2 Wall climber 3 Receipt 4 Unspoiled spot 5 Mocks 6 Bowling round 7 Judy’s daughter 8 Many a time 9 Bullfight cry 10 Last mo. 16 Decline 17 Pallid 18 Pageant crown 20 Company hawkers 21 “Love Story” actor 22 White on TV 24 Zodiac cat 25 Peaks: Abbr. 27 Bring to light 31 Puzzled 33 Game callers 34 Notorious emperor 35 Contrived 36 Wisdom bringer 37 — Vegas 39 Conk out 40 Pig’s place
ACROSS 1 Miller’s salesman 6 School areas 11 Seething 12 Lusitania sinker 13 Stows cargo 14 “Beau —” 15 Glacier makeup 16 Tango need 18 Brit’s brew 19 Yale student 20 — Palmas 21 Squid’s squirt 22 Return address name 24 Colony members 25 Freud’s home 27 Iditarod end 29 Broadway great Jerry 32 Start of a count 33 Clinic nickname 34 Seine summer 35 Bruins legend 36 Previously 37 Squabble 38 Virtuous fellow 40 Lorelei’s home 42 Game leader 43 Cuts into cubes 44 Tiffs 45 Kick off
DOWN 1 Easter symbols 2 Wise one 3 Ted Danson movie 4 Ignored a diet 5 Gets comfy 6 Sci-fi awards 7 Tad’s dad 8 Albert Brooks movie 9 Hidden 10 Swordfish cuts 17 Disney’s Pumbaa, for one 23 Expected 24 Broadcast 26 Annals 27 Gallows sights 28 Freeway entrance 30 Penitent person 31 Most original 33 Calendar markings 39 Volleyball need 41 Successful song
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.
CLUE LIST Airport Aport Carport Deport Heliport Import Jetport Newport Passport Rapport Report Seaport Spaceport Support Transport
CLUE LIST Airlines Aster Beach Berry Cabinet Closet Dishes Doll Grass Hutch Lake Rose Syndrome Town Ware
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CLUE LIST Coin toss Dreams Earthquake Elections Future Hurricane Life Love Luck Stocks Storms Tornado Tsunami Wild animal Wind
CLUE LIST Blemish Blotch Crack Defect Fault Fracture Mar Pock Scrape Scuff Shortcoming Smudge Split Stain Tarnish
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CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Olympic awards 7 Role for Peck 11 Asimov classic 12 Latest fad 13 Like beagle ears 14 Pitcher Hershiser 15 Biology class 16 Statue subject 17 Perfect place 18 Monkey 19 “Blast it!” 21 Easter find 22 By its very nature 25 Be a snoop 26 Drummer Krupa 27 Throngs 29 Capital on the Tiber 33 Studio sign 34 Macho sort 35 Henri et Pierre 36 Plant of rock 37 Music’s Satie 38 Salary recipient 39 Some wines 40 Impudent
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Gnat’s cousin 2 Goofed 3 “Lorna —” 4 Teems 5 Cuts off 6 Messy digs 7 “— With a View” 8 Ozzie’s wife 9 Way back when 10 Fit in 16 Moon of Saturn 18 Bank fixtures 20 Radioer’s word 22 Magnetite, for one 23 Giza sight 24 Brain parts 25 Call maker 28 Music buys 30 Portents 31 Stable mothers 32 Ledger item 34 Frost 36 Yank’s foe
ACROSS 1 Chess castle 5 Velocity 10 Dull pain 11 Laundry holder 13 Remain 14 Marked down 15 Medusa’s killer 17 Acting legend Hagen 18 Grand 19 Cut off 20 Advanced in years 21 Used to be 22 Grassy expanses 25 Croc’s cousin 26 Reed instrument 27 Shiverer’s sound 28 Zero 29 Language of Belgium 33 North Pole worker 34 Maine’s capital 35 “Ocean’s Eleven,” for one 37 Sandbox toy 38 Traps 39 Shading 40 Contest form 41 Keats poems
DOWN 1 Grating sounds 2 Quartet doubled 3 Scarlett’s last name 4 Arch part 5 Ought to 6 Velvety flower 7 Print measures 8 Shoulder decoration 9 “Traffic”actor Benicio 12 Death personified 16 Snaky swimmers 21 Become friendly with 22 Solitary people 23 Chisholm Trail end 24 Lon Chaney Jr. role 25 Diver Louganis 27 Like B.B. King’s music 29 Imposter 30 “To repeat ...” 31 “Goosebumps” wr iter 32 Ceases 36 Skill
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.
CLUE LIST Casper 8 Cink 5 Floyd 8 Furyk 8 Irwin 5 Kite 7 Littler 7 Love III 6 Nicklaus 6 Palmer 6 Sarazen 6 Snead 7 Trevino 6 Wadkins 8 Woods 7
CLUE LIST Air As a daisy Batteries Bread Breeze Cream Donuts Evidence Fish Food Horses Meat Start Troops Water
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CLUE LIST Balm Enhancement Fern Gloss Like Ointment Piercing Praise Reader Ring Rouge Salve Service Smacking Synching
CLUE LIST Aldrin Armstrong Bendix Cochran Curtiss Fossett Goddard Lear Love Nichols Northrop Piper Post Wagstaff Yeager
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CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Watch reading 5 Flock members 10 Love, to Luigi 12 Puccini work 13 European capital 15 Outback bird 16 Methane, for one 17 Maiden name label 18 Ellison and Emerson 20 Letter start 21 Under, poetically 22 For fear that 23 Motif 25 Humorist Barry 28 Sunups 31 Angers 32 Reduced 34 Trick taker, often 35 Back on a boat 36 Brink 37 European capital 40 Put up 41 UFO occupant 42 Western contest 43 “Shane” star Alan
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Circus worker 2 Hit for the Yardbirds 3 Electronics part 4 Mess up 5 Defeat 6 Phone download 7 Nasty fellow 8 Prickly plants 9 Most rational 11 Pizza slice, often 14 Wrote quickly 19 Noggins 20 Large amounts 24 Chanted word 25 Nursery item 26 Jockey Eddie 27 Suddenly turned 29 Aslan’s place 30 Like most bread 33 Correct, as text 35 Concerning 38 Bar cubes 39 Maximum amount
ACROSS 1 Years gone by 5 Depth charge, in slang 11 Trade fair 12 Town center 13 Modeling stuff 14 Backed 15 Beer bash need 16 Nanny or billy 17 Got wind of 19 Tourist’s aid 22 Stimulates 24 Play part 26 Liberal study 27 Put up 28 Calendar markings 30 Silences, as a show 31 Quarterback Manning 32 Enola Gay’s cargo 34 Radiance 35 Skilled 38 Mathematical array 41 Talk drunkenly 42 Broadway’s Stritch 43 Sailors’ saint 44 Goose’s mate 45 Spot
DOWN 1 Quick kiss 2 Car bar 3 Half of an Italian entree 4 Gift from Santa 5 Concerning 6 Teams 7 Search 8 Scoundrel 9 Common verb 10 Homer’s neighbor 16 Motoring need 18 Otherwise 19 The other half of the Italian entree 20 Writer Rice 21 Cribbage markers 22 Grow dim 23 River of Russia 25 Pal 29 Like tears 30 Cut, as hay 33 Ring combatant 34 Crossword part 36 Water source 37 Hector’s home 38 Ryan of movies 39 Imitating 40 Shoe hue 41 Behold
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Sudoku Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once
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Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.
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Sudoku Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once.
Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.
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Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.
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Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.
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Wuzzles
Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
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Hocus Focus
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Super Quiz
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Hocus Focus
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Super Quiz
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Hocus Focus
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Super Quiz
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Cryptoquote
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CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Moment, for short 4 Nevada neighbor 8 Detergent brand 12 Savings plan acronym 13 Actor LaBeouf 14 Moby Dick’s pursuer 15 Insect repellents 17 “— Lisa” 18 Harbor structure 19 Asian nation 20 Not intoxicated 22 Actor Newman 24 On in years 25 San Francisco carriage 29 Under the weather 30 Divine 31 “... and seven years —” 32 1776 crossing site 34 Porn 35 Sampras of tennis
EUGENE SHEFFER
36 Vatican heads 37 “Caribbean Queen” singer Billy 40 Sleeve end 41 Bedframe piece 42 Stump 46 Drunkard 47 On 48 Carnival city 49 Do as you’re told 50 Say it isn’t so 51 Tackle’s teammate DOWN 1 [Uncorrected] 2 Geological period 3 “Wichita Lineman” singer 4 Leading man in the theater? 5 Norse hammer thrower 6 Melody 7 Owns 8 Mexican entree 9 Breakfast chain acronym
10 Carvey or Delany 11 Abba of Israel 16 Piper’s adjective 19 Seventh of a series 20 Put into words 21 Leer at 22 Chaplain 23 Competent 25 Layer 26 Marshmallow toaster 27 Chills and fever 28 Decays 30 Verdon or Stefani 33 Carelessness? 34 Couch 36 Lightweight boxer? 37 Norway’s capital 38 Organization 39 Relaxation 40 “Be a sport” 42 Scoundrel 43 Corroded 44 Martini ingredient 45 Affirmative action?
ACROSS 1 ABC daytime offering, with “The” 5 Sand hill 9 Letterman’s network 12 Con 13 Egg 14 “The Greatest” 15 Proper subject? 16 Obtains 17 Play on words 18 Oklahoma city 19 Felon’s flight 20 Dweeb 21 Individual 23 Green, in a sense 25 Pesky pincered insect 28 Worldwide 32 Dentist’s directive 33 Presses 34 Giggly sound 36 Outstanding, as debt 37 Tin Man’s need
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Cryptoquote
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CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Bygone Peruvian 5 Decibel increaser, for short 8 Jewels 12 Greenhouse structures 14 On 15 Caviar provider 16 Volcanic outflow 17 “Eureka!” 18 Not as short 20 Dishes 23 Ratio phrase 24 Little one in the litter 25 Tough puzzle 28 Affirmative 29 Diarist Nin 30 — Beta Kappa 32 Learner 34 Adolescent 35 Prod 36 Cause, as havoc 37 Expose, in a way
EUGENE SHEFFER
40 Hawaiian garland 41 Any minute now 42 Obdurate 47 “Zounds!” 48 Cook on a grill 49 Novelist Jaffe 50 “This tastes awful!” 51 Leftovers recipe
20 Weep 21 Colors 22 “Meet Me — Louis” 23 “Try — see” 25 Passes furtively 26 Duel tool 27 Actress Perlman 29 Commotions 31 Pen filler DOWN 33 Kampala’s 1 “Monty Python” country opener 34 “Survivor” 2 Seine squads 3 French vineyard 36 “MacArthur 4 Immoderate Park” composer 5 Neighborhood Jimmy 6 “O Sole —” 37 Addict 7 Woman’s two- 38 Nixed, piece? at NASA 8 Fast gait 39 Complain 9 And others 40 Hide in the (Abbr.) bushes 10 Relocate 43 Greek cross 11 Practice boxing 44 Autumn mo. 13 Turkish title 45 Regret 19 $ dispensers 46 Fresh
ACROSS 1 Summit 5 “— and Circumstance” 9 Speed stat 12 Reedy 13 Smell 14 Exist 15 Kitchen shredder/slicer 17 Pen point 18 See 35-Down 19 Skiers’ hotel 21 Cripples 24 Challenge 25 “Sad to say ...” 26 Greek biographer 30 Charged bit 31 Rid of rime 32 Whopper 33 Big star 35 Alpha follower 36 Has a bug 37 Vestibule 38 Starbucks order
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Cryptoquote
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ACROSS 1 “30 Rock” role 4 Dressed 8 Wrinkly fruit 12 Raw rock 13 Bigfoot’s cousin 14 Bellow 15 Slight touch 16 Ski resort in the Poconos 18 Same 20 Vast expanse 21 Comfy footwear, for short 24 Make into law 28 Group of submarines 32 Continental coin 33 Alias abbr. 34 Decelerates 36 Kanga’s kid 37 Deposited 39 Pancake 41 Hammerstein’s contribution 43 God, in Grenoble
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44 Upper limit 46 Getting on 50 Type of shoulder bag 55 Anti 56 “American —” 57 Pivot 58 Greek H 59 Roly- — 60 Layer 61 Morning moisture DOWN 1 Source of wealth 2 Mideastern nation 3 Ox of India 4 One-eyed beast 5 Grazing ground 6 24-hr. money provider 7 Conks out 8 Suave 9 — long way 10 Varnish ingredient
11 Annoy 17 Appomattox loser 19 Bowling alley inits. 22 A little lower? 23 Berate 25 Emanation 26 Gator’s cousin 27 Snatched 28 Partition 29 Fine 30 Hideaway 31 “The Bridge on the River —” 35 House VIP 38 In a pleasant way 40 Moonshine container 42 Automobile 45 “Hey, you!” 47 On the rocks 48 Memorandum 49 Eat away (at) 50 With it 51 Big bother 52 Encyc. portion 53 Foreman foe 54 Prompt
ACROSS 1 Old love boat 4 Cattle comments 8 Dispatch 12 Luau side dish 13 Reed instrument 14 Inlet 15 Small 17 Enthusiastic 18 Eviscerate 19 Soon 21 Rook 24 Potential syrup 25 Roman 52 26 Thanksgiving veggie 28 Pass along 32 Ricelike pasta 34 — Mahal 36 Cannonball, maybe 37 Color workers 39 High-pitched bark 41 A mere handful 42 Mimic 44 Bets 46 Poetic feet
50 Existed 51 Tangelo trademark 52 Do some firing 56 Sandwich cookie 57 Great Lake 58 Londoner’s letter 59 Cut, as logs 60 Tear to bits 61 Type measures DOWN 1 Smartphone download 2 Marseilles monarch 3 Huge 4 Pretty much 5 Japanese sash 6 Leak slowly 7 Prophets 8 Resold for big profits 9 Corporate symbol 10 Shakespeare’s river
11 Safecracker 16 Historic boy king 20 Listener 21 Lummox 22 Ethereal 23 Dine on 27 Has permission 29 Of natural dimensions 30 State with certainty 31 Some evergreens 33 Speech 35 Mandible 38 Agent 40 Hocked 43 Church leader 45 Petrol 46 Twosomes 47 City in India 48 Ball of yarn 49 Angry 53 Triumph 54 Buddhist sect 55 Wood and Wynn
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CABLE CHANNEL WITH MANY PROGRAMS ABOUT HOOKING UP AUTOMOBILE STEREO SYSTEMS: CAR-TUNE NETWORK.
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THAT MOLLUSK WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET ELECTED TO OFFICE IS RUNNING A SPIRITED CLAM-PAIGN.
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SINCE THE AMBASSADOR IS ENORMOUSLY UPSET TODAY, I SUPPOSE HE’S PROBABLY IN-CONSULABLE.
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THE BEST FANCY VASE TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS: THE URN OF THE CENTURY.
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WHEN A SPECIFIC AFRICAN REPUBLIC HAS PRETTY HOT WEATHER, IT COULD BE A NINETYDEGREE ANGOLA.
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IF ABEL’S BROTHER WERE SWEETENING HIS FOOD, DO YOU SUPPOSE HE COULD ONLY USE CAIN SUGAR?
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AT MY SCHOOL, PUPILS DIDN’T ANALYZE SENTENCE STRUCTURE. I GUESS THEY MADE IT A NO-PARSING ZONE.
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EVERY TIME I MOVE TOWARD MY DRINKING VESSEL TO GO PICK IT UP, AM I BEING CUPWARDLY MOBILE?
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IT’S SAD WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW BECOMES SOMEONE YOU KNEW. — HENRY ROLLINS
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WHEN PEOPLE SHAKE HANDS WITH SOME GREAT CHEFS FROM A GREEK ISLAND, IS THAT A MEATAND-CRETE?
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THAT SMALL MALE AND FEMALE COUPLE OF FISH ARE BEHAVING VERY AMOROUSLY. COULD IT BE GUPPY LOVE?
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GOOD JUDGMENT COMES FROM EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE COMES FROM BAD JUDGMENT. — FRED BROOKS
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COMPUTER THAT APPLE IS MAKING THAT WILL DELIGHT FANS OF A CERTAIN ROCK GROUP: FLEETWOOD IMAC.
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WOULD A COMEDY SERIES FEATURING A FAMILY OF HUNGRY RODENTS BE CALLED “FATHER GNAWS BEST”?
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IN THE PRACTICE OF TOLERANCE, ONE’S ENEMY IS THE BEST TEACHER. — DALAI LAMA
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WARY OF ALL HOUSEHOLD INSECTS, THAT LADY IS PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WHEN SHE APPROACHES ROACHES.
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I’LL GUESS MY FOE SHOULD GET HERE IN SEVENTY MINUTES. THAT’S MY ESTIMATED TIME OF A RIVAL.
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I NEVER HAD A POLICY; I HAVE JUST TRIED TO DO MY VERY BEST EACH AND EVERY DAY. — ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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WHY HAVE I SEEN POLITICIAN MITT EVERYWHERE AT ALL TIMES? BECAUSE HE MUST BE ROMNEYPRESENT.
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WHEN I’M TALLYING THINGS UP, I USUALLY DON’T WANT PEOPLE NEAR ME. I NEED MY COUNTER SPACE.
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KNOWING YOUR OWN DARKNESS IS THE BEST METHOD FOR DEALING WITH THE DARKNESSES OF OTHER PEOPLE. — CARL JUNG
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RUSSIAN BIGWIG KNOWN FOR THE LARGE NUMBER OF TINY OPENINGS IN HIS SKIN: POROUS YELTSIN.
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SINCE THAT CONJURER ON THE MOUNTAINTOP IS PUTTING A HEX ON SOMEONE, IS HE UP TO HIS HIGH JINX?
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EXPECT THE BEST. PREPARE FOR THE WORST. CAPITALIZE ON WHAT COMES. — ZIG ZIGLAR
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IN WISDOM GATHERED OVER TIME, I HAVE FOUND THAT EVERY EXPERIENCE IS A FORM OF EXPLORATION. — ANSEL ADAMS
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OUR FRIENDS INTERPRET THE WORLD AND OURSELVES TO US, IF WE TAKE THEM TENDERLY AND TRULY. — AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT
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TO ACHIEVE, YOU NEED THOUGHT. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THAT’S REAL POWER. — AYN RAND
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WHAT IT LIES IN OUR POWER TO DO, IT LIES IN OUR POWER NOT TO DO. — ARISTOTLE
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NEVER GO BACKWARD. ATTEMPT, AND DO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT. DETERMINATION IS POWER. — CHARLES SIMMONS
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EQUIPPED WITH HIS FIVE SENSES, MAN EXPLORES THE UNIVERSE AROUND HIM AND CALLS THE ADVENTURE SCIENCE. — EDWIN HUBBLE
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AUTUMN WINS YOU BEST BY THIS ITS MUTE APPEAL TO SYMPATHY FOR ITS DECAY. — ROBERT BROWNING
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IF YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAITING FOR THE STORM, YOU’LL NEVER ENJOY THE SUNSHINE. — MORRIS WEST
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HAPPINESS RESIDES NOT IN POSSESSIONS, AND NOT IN GOLD, HAPPINESS DWELLS IN THE SOUL. — DEMOCRITUS
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BE COURTEOUS TO ALL, BUT INTIMATE WITH FEW, AND LET THOSE FEW BE WELL TRIED BEFORE YOU GIVE THEM YOUR CONFIDENCE. — GEORGE WASHINGTON
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IT IS THE GREATEST OF ALL ADVANTAGES TO ENJOY NO ADVANTAGE AT ALL. — HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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GOD GAVE US THE GIFT OF LIFE; IT IS UP TO US TO GIVE OURSELVES THE GIFT OF LIVING WELL. — VOLTAIRE
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