Blasted spam pigeons!
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Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon saus...
TERRY JONES Premium spam is still spam.
JAMES TURNER no SPAM, maybe bologna but not SPAM.
RONALD HUBBARD This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons pease,
And utters it again when God doth please.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Wood-pigeons cooed there, stock-doves nestled there;
My trees were full on songs and flowers and f...
CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI 'Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note,
And the trembling throb in its mottled throat;
The...
NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS Hold, there is the very remuneration I had of thy master, thou
halfpenny purse of wit, thou pigeon-...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Keith was no Franciscan, and it seemed to him an act of narcissism to feed pigeons, who would if any...
GARTH RISK HALLBERG Blasted with excess of light.
THOMAS GRAY You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate,
And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst;...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What's in Spam?
nostrils brains?and eyes
intestinal linings and uteri?
anything swept from the slaug...
O ANNA NIEMUS Whether an individual receives this much spam, or more or less spam, is highly variable. What an ind...
RICK JACKSON ISPs have gotten better at blocking spam, they've gotten together to form anti-spam associations and...
GRAHAM CLULEY ISPs have gotten better at blocking spam, they've gotten together to form anti-spam associations and...
GRAHAM CLULEY It'll certainly give the pigeons something to do.
PAT CASH There," Zoë suggested."By the Embarcadero Building."
"Good thinking," Chuck said. "Me and Han...
RICK RIORDAN Spam filters have gotten so good, a properly managed filter can turn the sting of spam into a minor ...
RICHI JENNINGS Spam has shifted from basement amateurs to hard core criminal enterprises. True criminals have start...
CLAUDIA SARROCCO Consumers use the 'S' word very easily. Their definition of spam is completely different from a mark...
STEPHANIE MILLER I love the pigeons. I just raise them, period, and feed them. Pigeons go away, and they always come ...
GEORGE FOREMAN My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
OLIVIA HOLT Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Given what I know of spam, [filtering won't] be very effective in reliably differentiating types of ...
CHRIS LEWIS I started looking at fashion magazines, specifically 'British Vogue.' I was reading a lot ab...
HAMISH BOWLES Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coc...
DRIES VAN NOTEN ALF: Kate, have I ever lied to you?
Kate: Yes. Several times.
ALF: I meant today.
ANNE SCHEDEEN I spent the day with the pigeons, on a bench in Trafalgar Square, my bag of belongings huddled to my...
KATE GRIFFIN Manfred used to be a flock of pigeons -- literally, his exocortex dispersed among a passel of bird b...
CHARLES STROSS Me? I was lost for long time. I didn’t make any friends for few years. You can say I made friends ...
RABIH ALAMEDDINE It'll certainly give the pigeons something to do.
PAT CASH When they think of pigeons they think of something wild.
JIM CLARK Kate would have Thomas, no one blame her can: Tom won't have Kate, and who can blame the Man?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Porn is passe when it comes to spam.
NICHOLAS GRAHAM The internet is 95 percent porn and spam
MARGARET ATWOOD I get more spam than anyone I know.
BILL GATES Kate Moss has great style.
YIGAL AZROUEL Kate Moss is an icon.
JAMES KYDD It won't reduce spam directly. AOL is already good at managing spam issues, and Yahoo is getting bet...
RICHARD COX When it comes to Spam, ... we get the joke.
JULIE CRAVEN How to identify a poor person;The one always desiring more money just to satisfy his vanity affairs ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics
WOODY ALLEN It was in ruins. It had become a home for pigeons.
DANA ROBERTS If you don't get Spam, you feel left out.
ALAN PELZER What often is missed with social irritants like spam and telemarketing is that they are a product of...
CHRIS HOOFNAGLE The average inbox doesn't have that much spam anymore. The end user would probably say the spam prob...
ANNE MITCHELL We would have second thoughts about using Kate Moss again. We weren't aware of any issues with Kate ...
GLORIA VANDERBILT Yes, I have seen Kate again.
PETE DOHERTY Every time I think you’ve reached the limits of arrogance, you show me new heights. Truly, your eg...
ILONA ANDREWS My investigative technique mostly consisted of going through the list of interested parties and maki...
ILONA ANDREWS I turned and bumped my head against his chest a few times. It was the nearest hard surface.
ILONA ANDREWS Shapeshifter parenting motto—if your kid slits somebody's throat, always have a backup plan to mak...
ILONA ANDREWS You said sloppy! Look, I didn't even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.
ILONA ANDREWS I believe people ought to mate for life...like pigeons or Catholics.
WOODY ALLEN Ultimately, Captchas are useless for spam because they're designed to tell you if someone is ...
MATT MULLENWEG Testing on the spam filter last week went very well.
BETSY DRAPER The bottom itself wasn't anything exciting. But when it started going higher, it blasted off.
RICHARD DICKSON And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
BIBLE I'm still very much Kate.
KATE MIDDLETON Kate was, and is, an absolute champ.
TOM CRUISE Sparrows and pigeons and a blackbird were celebrating the morning in the courtyard.
RUTH DOWNIE I would try being friends with her, but she's too busy being a smartass."
"Now you know h...
ILONA ANDREWS The amount of spam coming from some individuals, or a spam ring, can be staggering. If these people ...
AARON KORNBLUM One small company we spoke to ended up getting their legitimate mail blocked by anti-spam software, ...
CHRIS POTTER Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam.
SCOTT WEILAND Your data is for sale. Let’s hear it from spam industry
LILY CHATTERJEE Every single day, the flood of pornographic and sleazy spam grows.
RON WYDEN The spam filter [suggestion] came up last year. It was a request from the Technology Fee Committee, ...
BETSY DRAPER I pressed PLAY and started up Chiron's favorite--the All-Time Greatest Hits of Dean Martin. Suddenly...
RICK RIORDAN It's going to put the cat among the pigeons, and that's not a bad thing, it seems to me.
JOHN HURT The biggest problem is the lights with the spikes on them for the pigeons.
ED BAILEY Kate Daniels, deadly swordmaster. Fear my twitching pinkie.
ILONA ANDREWS Dancing with Kate Beckinsale made me very excited.
RICHARD ROXBURGH Kate just stood on her head, like always.
JEAN BUTLER Poor Kate,” said Constance, “she’s lost her marbles.
TRENTON LEE STEWART I've learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
AL YANKOVIC The Rockland runner is very good and Kate stayed with her the whole race. Kate is so consistent. I c...
KATHLEEN MCCARTHY While the volume of spam reaching AOL email inboxes has remained at low levels compared to it's heig...
CHARLES STILES If it could be done tomorrow you'd just see spam just drop off the charts,
JOHN REID Hip," I murmur, remembering last night, how I lost it completely in a stall at Nell's---my mouth foa...
BRET EASTON ELLIS She's very comfortable with her sexuality. She doesn't have the Puritan approach that Kate had. Well...
DON BELLISARIO We came out real lazy. Coach didn't like that. He came in at halftime, and just blasted us.
ANTONIO ANDERSON His beard was nonexistent, except for a carefully trimmed goatee that met his mustache on both sides...
ILONA ANDREWS Every time you receive spam, we send back an opt-out request to the spammer. Unlike other companies ...
ERAN RESHEF He Greek and Latin speaks with greater ease
Than hogs eat acorns, and tame pigeons peas.
LIONEL CRANFIELD, EARL OF MIDDLESEX Any poultry on sale in an unregulated market and any pigeons or game are now culled.
GEORGE KHOURY I love the way Charlize Theron and Kate Moss dress.
PHARRELL WILLIAMS Kate Middleton's a pretty girl who sounds nice.
PETER YORK Mary-Kate is doing well and really enjoying her summer.
MICHAEL PAGNOTTA The Help Desk does receive complaints regarding spam e-mail. Faculty, staff and students are verball...
KATHY LANG ISPs are wise to improve spam filtering, and ensure that permission emails are not erroneously marke...
DAVID DANIELS Who has time to manually spam web sites? That can't be very cost effective.
ERIC CHENG This is payback, isn't it?" Jim glared at me. "Don't be ridiculous," I told him. "As the Consort of ...
ILONA ANDREWS If you come back to me, I'll never leave you", I whispered into the furry ear. "I'll make you all th...
ILONA ANDREWS Ready to put your claws where your mouth is, or are you going to cringe behind the big boys and yip ...
ILONA ANDREWS Her face looked like it would shatter any second.
ILONA ANDREWS One day I'll kill him, you know.
I glanced at her. She was deadly serious.
ILONA ANDREWS She put her hands over her face. Ah crap. What do I do now? Do I say something, do I not say somethi...
ILONA ANDREWS Are you happy?
When I can get out of my own way.
And the rest of the time?
The rest o...
ILONA ANDREWS Would you like to work here with me?
We have no clients and the pay is shit.
ILONA ANDREWS What do you mean fainted?
Took a dive, kissed the pavement. Swooned like a southern belle after...
ILONA ANDREWS
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KATE CHOPIN Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of...
KATE CHOPIN When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills.
KATE CHOPIN But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exce...
KATE CHOPIN To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been ac...
KATE CHOPIN I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the...
KATE CHOPIN A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect ...
KATE CHOPIN It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating ...
KATE CHOPIN She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the s...
KATE CHOPIN