a list of things heard from NPR
Sep. 23rd, 2008 08:45 pmo On book "The Conservative Soul" - it's always the last place you look. (Fair Game)
o History is written by the winners, literature is written by the losers.
o 'Loving you is like loving a house on fire.'
o 'Th' attempt, and not the deed, / Confounds us.' - Macbeth
o A story of a giant unguarded gold ingot carried away in broad daylight from a museum in rural Japan after 18 years on display, followed by the story of Singapore being accused of stealing sand from tiny islands of neighboring Indonesia.
o Brooklyn Dodgers got their name from people who had to duck out of the way of Edison's AC electric cable cars that often shorted and killed creatures around.
o Nero, a serious singer, wore a lead breast plate to strengthen his lungs.
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