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If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.


Alfred North Whitehead

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COLSON WHITEHEAD memory has a palette and broad brush.
COLSON WHITEHEAD in the slow motion that is the speed of humiliation.
COLSON WHITEHEAD Two people, two hands, and two songs, in this case "Big Shot" and "Bette Davis Eyes." The lyrics of ...
COLSON WHITEHEAD Life! What Inscrutable Card Shall Ye Throw Next Upon the Soft Felt of Our Days?
COLSON WHITEHEAD He told me three weeks ago not to send anything else.
PAUL WHITEHEAD Yet we still have no idea what happened or where it even started, not even a description of a suspec...
KIMBERLEY WHITEHEAD Older cars had those old vacuum windshield wiper systems, and when they went bad it was almost impos...
ROBBY WHITEHEAD Tonight came down to the last whistle and we are fortunate to have advanced. We had our hands full t...
TIM WHITEHEAD We didn't want to cry wolf. But I don't think the public generally realizes the predicament we're in...
RONALD WHITEHEAD I can't blame modern technology for my predilection for distraction, not after all the hours I've sp...
COLSON WHITEHEAD He might have been the best player among both teams. He is so strong on the puck. He's great at keep...
TIM WHITEHEAD And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all...
COLSON WHITEHEAD There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to ...
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