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#86073 11/07/02 01:59 PM
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The quote from today's AWAD: "A good heart is better than all the heads in the world." -Edward Bulwer-Lytton, writer (1803-1873)

This may or may not be true, but in B-L's case, a little more head and less heart would no doubt have improved his style:

"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in
London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."


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Anu has a good heart to find a good quote from B-L.




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#86075 11/08/02 12:23 AM
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must ... resist ... temptation.



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#86076 11/08/02 12:42 AM
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you? what a fallacy, O great one...





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#86077 11/08/02 01:32 AM
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Relax. TEd: Twasn't actually offered. Much too late, anyhow. I kind of like that quote.
It's rainy and windy out for the first time in a couple months. Pitch black, too.


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Anna, I am shocked at you! And eta--you need to work on your spelling!


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I thought etaoin's spelling was phine.


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Bill: thanks, fella. she- oh never mind...





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#86082 11/09/02 02:42 PM
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You know, upon reading the preview of my original post, I actually® considered rewording it. But then I thought, "Nah... this is a group of erudite individuals whose high moral fiber is firmly woven and cannot be rent at the slightest innuendo." Too late I remembered Dr Bill's penchant for the bawdy and Jackie's fall from Police status. As for the rest of you....


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