They didn't fear... They were fear!
The Americans were never interested in what was best for the Shiites.
In my nothing, you were everything, to me.
I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.
My parents were truly severe.
By and large my relations with the US were good.
He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods.
Girls in my school were always prettier.
The Go-Go's were like my first babies.
Drums were my first instrument.
My parents were music lovers and collectors. It was around.
Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.
So, okay, I'm not a genius. Vincent Van Gogh and Albert Einstein were geniuses.
He slammed her door shut and spun her so she was facing him. “One more for the road.” She stared at him with a perplexed expression but didn’t back away. “I want another taste,” he said, feeling his heart race. He leaned her against the car...
The air was filled with beings, flying hither and thither in otherworldly haste, and shouting as they went. Half of them were – if Scrooge could put words to it – darkness and evilness incarnate: squat, short beings with owl-like bodies and monke...
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