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Random paragraphs from a curated set of books.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Attention Deficit Disorder, Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D., page 312, paragraph 2

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Indeed, many believe that all cognitive processes can be brought under conscious control, that any individual can make changes in how he thi...
Sunday, June 29, 2008

A Illustrated Guide to Arizona Weeds, Kittie F. Parker, page 126, paragraph 1

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RED SPIDERLING FOUR O'CLOCK FAMILY - nyctaginaceae Red Spiderling - Boerhaavia coccinea Mill. DESCRIPTION - A stout perennial with tou...
Saturday, June 28, 2008

Haiku, Vol IV, Autumn-Winter, R. H. Blyth, page 159, paragraph 3

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小便所ここと馬よぶ夜寒かな Shôbenjo koko to uma yobu yosamu kana “The latrine is over here,” Says the horse; Cold at nig...
Friday, June 27, 2008

Little Blues Book, Brian Robertson, page 43, paragraph 1

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Johnson's death is attributed to poisoning. The reason for the killing? Johnson's habit of picking out a woman in the audience—singl...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Raiders and Rebels, The Golden Age of Piracy, Frank Sherry, page 241, paragraph 4

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Along with the demand for medicine, Blackbeard's emissaries delivered a gruesome threat: If the governor did not pay the ransom within ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Japanese Homes And Their Surroundings, Edward S. Morse, page 227, paragraph 2

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A household shrine to which the children pay voluntary and natural devotion are the birds' nests build within the house. It is a common ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The Philsophy of Money, Georg Simmel, page 272, paragraph 2

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The material and cultural relation of form and amount Perhaps we can also express this in the following way. As a purely arithmetical additi...
Monday, June 23, 2008

The World in Miniature, Container Gardens and Dwellings in Far Eastern Religious Thought, Rolf A. Stein, page 58, paragraph 2

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The World, a Gourd-Shaped Vessel The caves that make up a separate paradise are difficult to enter; entrance is by a narrow door. They are...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

The Americans, Photographs By Robert Frank, page 104

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St. Francis, gas station, and City Hall - Los Angeles Pantheon , 1986, New York, 0-394-74256-7 Originally: Grove Press, 1959
Saturday, June 21, 2008

What's What in Japanese Restaurants, Robb Satterwhite, page 143, paragraph 12

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くずきり kuzukiri Cold Kansai-style pudding made from kudzu starch ...
Friday, June 20, 2008

Auctions, The Social Construction of Value, Charles W. Smith, page 109, paragraph 3

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An Auction is seldom simply held; rather, it is staged. Place, setting, and props are arranged to reinforce the ambience and sense of commun...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, page 47, paragraph 2

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Whereas Breton's surrealism distills itself into objects—a bowler hat, a biscuit, a woman's glove—Bataille envisions it as an image ...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Hopi Dictionary, Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni, The Hopi Dictionary Project, Emory Sekaquaptewa, page 301, paragraph 18

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nàngwpukna (~ya) vr.p. jerk oneself, jump from being startled, suffer a spasmodic motion, as in sleep. ~t pu' suqtuptu. After a spas...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The Folk Arts of Japan, Hugo Munsterberg, Page 128, paragraph 2

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More closely related to the Buddhist art of the capital are the popular carvings found in the graveyards and temple compounds of local sanct...
Monday, June 16, 2008

Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert, Wendy C. Hodgson, page 229, paragraph 3

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The rather odd-looking fruits of the R. echinocarpa (figs. 140, 141b) also supplied food. The Guarijío, Tarahumara, Ónavas Pima, and Tepehua...
Sunday, June 15, 2008

Guilty of Everything, Herbert Hunke, page 30, paragraphy 1

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It cost another quarter to get in the gate to supposedly see the real thing when she stripped down. But what she did inside I have no idea. ...
Saturday, June 14, 2008

Beyond Reason, Art and Psychosis, Brand-Clausen Jádi & Douglas, page 36, paragraph 6

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For Pinal and Tuke, the interest of patient art lay in the act of creation, rather than in the final product, and neither saw fit to reprodu...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Power Pricing, Robert J. Dolan, Hermann Simon, page 52, paragraph 1

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A questioning survey that directly impacted senior management's planning of a product introduction was Kodak's analysis of the insta...
Thursday, June 12, 2008

The Hundred Headless Woman (La Femme 100 têtes), Max Ernst, page 163, image 1

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Living alone on her phantom globe, beautiful and dressed in her dreams: Perturbation, my sister, the hundred headless woman. George Brazille...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles, Jan Heine, Jean-Pierre Pradères, page 60, paragraph 1

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In the 1930's, Alex Singer had been a racer. Like many racers, he liked to ride a fixed gear during the winter months, so he built this ...
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