"Isabel sends her brother a look that could boil him in oil if she had that particular paranormal talent. A thought hits me: maybe she has. It will be fun to find out."

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Source : Marianne Curley (2013). “The Named: New Rejacketed”, p.49, Bloomsbury Publishing

Marianne Curley

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“Among minor alterations, I may mention the substitution for the name political economy of the single convenient term economics. I cannot help thinking that it would be well to discard, as quickly as possible, the old troublesome double-worded name of our science.”
“Your computer monitor is a kind a one-way mirror, reflecting your own interests while algorithmic observers watch what you click.”

Source : "The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You". Book by Eli Pariser, 2011.
“I wish James Dean would never have died. Then he'd be fat and acting on 'Dynasty' or something. There wouldn't be this whiny-boy act that's so prevalent everywhere.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Most of an award-show host's job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether it's the Oscars or the Hallmark Channel's 'Hero Dog Awards.'”
“If John McCain were really a war hero he would've won Vietnam.”
“The best motivation for anyone-including employees-is to hear or see our name as often and in as many places as possible. Our name is the most potent sound we can hear and see. If you want to motivate someone put their name up in lights and/or sing it from the rooftops!”
“What? What am I 'bound to be feeling?' People donâ€™t think anymore. They feel. 'How are you feeling? No, I donâ€™t feel comfortable. Iâ€™m sorry, we as a group weâ€™re feelingâ€¦.' One of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas. Thoughts and ideas. That interests me. Ask me what Iâ€™m thinking.”
“When people are told to 'eat many small meals,' what they may actually hear is 'eat all the time,' making them likely to respond with some degree of compulsive overeating. It's no coincidence, I think, that obesity rates began rising rapidly in the 1980s more or less in tandem with this widespread endorsement of more frequent meals.”

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